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• Downtown District and Downtown Redevelopment Authority Planning $12.1M Project To Improve Main Street [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston Has the Most Expensive Housing Market for 4-Bedroom Homes in Texas, According to Coldwell Banker [HBJ]
• Costco Currently Under Construction at Townsen Blvd. and I-69 in Humble [HBJ]
• Longtime Montrose Dry Cleaners McGowen Cleaners Closing Friday, Owners Plan To Sell Property [Culturemap]
• $8.9M Galveston Beach Revitalization Project Wrapping Up Any Day Now [abc13]
• Comparing How Austin, Denver, Fort Worth and Houston Use Public Bike Sharing Program B-Cycle [The Urban Edge]
• Houston Named Among the 10 Best Food Cities in America [The Washington Post]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hunington Properties Under Contract for Nearly 200 Acres in Baytown Slated for Mixed-Use Project [HBJ]
• The Bracewell & Giuliani Law Firm Signs 189,061-SF Long-Term Lease Renewal at Pennzoil Place [Realty News Report]
• Inside the Hyatt Regency Houston Galleria, Now Open in Uptown [HBJ]
• MedSpring Urgent Care Opens Sixth Houston Facility with Heights Location, Another Underway in Midtown [HBJ]
• Will Shake Shack Be a Future Tenant for the Renovated Galleria III? [Culturemap]
• Newly-Built Home Closings Fell 27% in September from Year Before, According to Metrostudy [Houston Chronicle]
• What the Defeat of HERO Could Mean for Houston’s Tourism and Convention Industries [HBJ]
• 610 Loop the Third-Worst Freeway in the U.S., According to Thrillist [Click2Houston]
• New, 2-Mile Piece of White Oak Bayou Greenway Under Construction [The Leader]
• Toll Brothers Debuts Optional Dog Wash Station in Its Latest Model Homes in Katy and The Woodlands [HBJ]
• So Far 34 Utility Boxes Have Been Painted in City’s Mini-Mural Program, Another 52 Planned Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Life Hacks for Living in Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of CityCentre Five: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• University of Texas System Acquiring More Than 300 Acres To Build New Campus in Buffalo Point [American School & University]
• Lone Star Flight Museum To Break Ground on New $35M Museum Today at Ellington Airport [HBJ]
• City Street Residential Project Domain New Forest To Feature Pool, Clubhouse with Arcade Room, Dog Park, Private Garages [HBJ]
• Moody Rambin Co-Founder J. Howard Rambin III on the State of the Houston Real Estate Market [Realty News Report]
• Developers McCord Development and Crescent Communities Create West Lake Alliance To Promote West Lake Region Northeast of Houston [HBJ]
• How B-Cycle Will More Than Triple Bike Sharing in Houston [The Urban Edge]
• The Link Between Parks and Bike Sharing in Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Wind Predicted To Power More of Texas as State Sets Record for Use [Houston Public Media]
• 800-Pound Alligator Caught Behind Sugar Land Strip Center on US-50 Near Williams Trace [Click2Houston]
• New York State Attorney General Investigating Whether Exxon Mobil Lied To Public About Risks of Climate Change [HBJ]

Photo of Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts, 601 Heights Blvd.: Brie Kelman

• Texas Home Sales Increased 7.8% to 91,704 in Third Quarter Over Same Time Last Year, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [Realty New Report]
• Dray Group Developing Medical Building in The Heights at Studewood and Omar [Realty News Report]
• Sugar Land City Council Passes Resolution That Could Reverse New Development Code, Limit Units in ‘Planned Development Districts’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Aquarium Expansion Plans Include $15M Investment in New Rides, Games and Carnival-Like Amusements [Houston Chronicle]
• The Burger Joint Food Truck Opens First Storefront in Former Little Bigs Location in Montrose [HBJ]
• Urban Land Institute Houston Announces Finalists for Its 2016 Development of Distinction Awards [HBJ]
• Houstonians Are Less Likely To Be Rejected for Home Loans Than the Average American, Finds Zillow [HBJ]
• An Analysis of Houston METRO’s Data on the First Full Month of Ridership Following the Bus Network Reimagining [The Urban Edge]
• Where Exactly is Inner Westheimer? [Houston Streetwise]

Photo of Centennial Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 70 Houston Office Buildings Have At Least 100,000 SF of Vacant Space, According to Colliers International [Realty News Report]
• 60-Acre Residential, Retail Development Dubbed Point Preserve Planned for League City [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• The Blair House at 4139 Bellaire Demoed To Make Way for Trammell Crow’s Alexan Southside Place [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• All Property Management Ranks Houston No. 4 Among the Best Cities in the Southwest U.S. To Own Rental Property [HBJ]
• Four Myths About Houston’s Growth [The Urban Edge]
• How a Couple Turned Their Galveston Beach Getaway Into a Full-Time Home [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Home to 5 of the Top 10 Most-Trafficked Roads in Texas, According to TxDOT Study [HBJ]
• Voters Approve Local and Statewide Measures That Would Provide New Funding for Road Improvements [Houston Public Media]
• What It’s Like To Live Carless in Houston [OffCite Blog]
• New 35-Foot David Adickes ‘Art’ Sculpture Debuts in the First Ward [Houston Public Media]

Photo of 609 Main: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Active Home Listings Increased 28.2% to 22,810 in Third Quarter Over Last Year, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [Houston Chronicle]
• Milwaukee-Based REIT Physicians Realty Trust Acquires Katy Medical Office Building for $40.4M [Realty News Report]
• Apache Extends Its Lease at Post Oak Central in Uptown By One Year [HBJ]
• Bryan Danna of Revive Development To Overhaul Stop and Shop-Anchored Shopping Center at 34th and Ella [The Leader]
• Novel Creative Development Reveals New Details About Houston’s First ‘Micro-Unit’ Condominium Project Ivy Lofts [HBJ]
• Equinox Fitness Club To Open in River Oaks District on Dec. 3 [HBJ]
• Houston Housing Authority Withdraws Threat of Eminent Domain over Fifth Ward Church Properties [Houston Press]
• Amy Bernstein on What’s Next for Relocation Realty in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Main Street Theater Unveils Rice Village Building After $2M Overhaul [Houston Chronicle]
• Pappas Bros. To Open Downtown Steakhouse in Former Strip House Space at 1200 McKinney on Nov. 5 [HBJ]
• Harris County Flood Control Getting FEMA Funds to Update Online Flood Mapping [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Wells Fargo Plaza: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sneak Peek at Trammell Crow’s New Houston Heights Luxury Apartment Complex Alexan Heights [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Downtown Aquarium To Expand To Adjacent Half-Acre Lot Across Preston St. By the End of 2017 [HBJ]
• New iPic Movie Theater in River Oaks District ‘Like Tesla and Porsche Had a Baby’ [Houston Chronicle]
• People Lined Up as Early as 8 a.m. Monday for Today’s Opening of Krispy Kreme at 8611 Westheimer [Houston Chronicle]
• Skinny Rita’s Grille To Open in Former Eleven XI Location at 607 W. Gray in Montrose Later This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Tacos a Go Go Set To Open in Roznovsky’s Hamburgers Building at 3401 W. T.C. Jester By January [The Leader]
• Austin-Based Mama Fu’s Asian House Plans To Open 8-10 Storefronts in Greater Houston Area Throughout 2016, 5-7 More in 2017 [HBJ]
• Eleanor Tinsley Park, Johnny Steele Dog Park Closed After Heavy Weekend Rains [Houston Chronicle]
• More Flooding Forecast This Weekend in Texas, Recurrent Flooding Likely To Linger Until Spring [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of HUE Mural Festival mural at St. Emanuel and Leeland: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Street Residential Closes on 10.5 Acres of Land in New Forest for Class A Apartment Project [HBJ]
• Concrete Poured on Tilman Fertitta’s Uptown Mixed-Use Project The Post Oak [HBJ]
• Ann Taylor of ULI Houston on Houston’s Economy, Growth and Land-Use Perspectives [Realty News Report]
• SF Capital Transforms 1970s Montrose Apartment Complex Hyde Park into Luxury, Modern Homes [HBJ]
• The Custom-Designed Heights Home That Channels an Ice House [The Leader]
• Fate of Drainage Fee Unclear After Judge Voids ReBuild Houston Election [Houston Chronicle]
• Loop 610 from I-10 to U.S.-59 Second-Worst Congested Road in the State, According to Texas A&M Transportation Institute [The Highwayman]
• New $35M Mile-Long Ramp from Southbound Texas 249 to Westbound Sam Houston Tollway Opens Today [Houston Chronicle]
• 2M Gallons of Sewage Spilled into Houston Bayous After 2 Weekend Storms [KHOU]
• Breaking Down the Battle Over Buffalo Bayou and Its Preservation [The Leader]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Class B Buildings Are Weathering the Oil Crisis Very Well, According to NAI Partners Vice President [Houston Chronicle]
• Aldi Rumored To Be Shopping Around for a Galveston Location on Broadway Boulevard [Galveston County Daily News]
• The Pros and Cons of Houston TIRZs [HBJ]
• Killen’s Steakhouse Opening New Pearland Location Nov. 9, Killen’s Burger To Open in Old Location [Houston Chronicle]
• Abandoned Shell Gas Station and Store at Richmond and Woodhead Demoed [Houston Streetwise]
• Judge Rules ReBuild Houston Ballot Measure Obscured Cost and Nature of Drainage Fee, Voids Election [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Hermann Park’s Tudor Family Pine Hill Walk: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developer Dennis Murphree Planning Tower Next To Historic Kirby Mansion in Midtown Modeled After Dallas’ Mansion on Turtle Creek [Houston Chronicle]
• Newland Communities To Drop 900 Apartments from Its Telfair Master-Planned Community in Sugar Land After Opposition from Residents [Houston Chronicle]
• Novel Creative Development Planning ‘Micro-Unit’ Condo Development Ivy Lofts in EaDo at Leeland and Live Oak [HBJ]
• Sun Holdings Group Acquires 190-Unit Villas of Elysian at Sienna Plantation [Realty News Report]
• Cousins Properties Completes $5M in Renovations in Greenway Plaza, Starts Work on Phase II [HBJ]
• For the First Time Since 2009, Houston Likely Won’t Surpass 10M SF in Leasing Deals for the Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Nearly Half of Houston Renters Can’t Afford To Live in Their Apartment, According to Apartment List [HBJ]
• Why Houston’s Tax Cut Won’t Actually Lower Your Taxes [Houston Chronicle]
• Major Delays on 610 Loop Near U.S-290 Expected This Weekend for Work on U.S.-290 Widening Project [Houston Public Media]
• What People Really Think About Houston, According to Yelp [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Rice Loft: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Available Houston Office Market Sublease Space Has Nearly Doubled Since Last Year to 7.1M SF, Finds CBRE [Prime Property]
• Kroger Marketplace To Break Ground Thursday in Porter Retail Development Valley Ranch Town Center [Prime Property]
• Houston Condominiums Appreciating Faster Than Homes, According to Zillow [HBJ]
• Cullen Family’s 3,273-Acre Hunting Ranch in Cleveland on the Market for $16.4M [Prime Property]
• Sneak Peek Inside Luxe iPic Movie Theater Opening in River Oaks District Next Month [HBJ]
• Homeowner Building Art Installation Inside Sharpstown Home Recently Filled with Debris [abc13]
• State Set Today To Approve Rate Adjustment That Would Increase Grand Pkwy. Toll Rate 2% Each Year [The Highwayman]
• Comparing Houston’s and Dallas’ Different Approaches to Transit Rail [The Urban Edge]
• How Rice University and City of Houston’s Data-Sharing Project Is Coming Together [Next City]
• Texas Flood Damage Could Top $3B for 2015 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Photographer Max Burkhalter on Covering the Rains from Hurricane Patricia [CNN]
• Could the Houston Zoo Be Haunted? [abc13]

Photo of James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany skyspace at Rice University: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Average Office Rental Rate Up 6% from a Year Ago to $27.74, According to CBRE [Realty News Report]
• Johnson Development Breaks Ground on 1,350-Acre Community Jordan Ranch Near I-10 and Grand Pkwy. in Fort Bend [Realty News Report]
• Luxury 17-Story Condo The Wilshire at River Oaks More Than 40% Sold [HBJ]
• $1B in Residential Projects Are Underway Around Minute Maid Park [Houston Chronicle]
• CBRE’s John T. Fenoglio on the Current State of the Real Estate Industry in Houston [Realty News Report]
• E.E. Reed Construction Awarded for 6-Story Tilt-Wall Building Sierra Pines Phase II in The Woodlands [Prime Property]
• Weingarten Mansion in Riverside Terrace Receives Landmark Status [Prime Property]
• Construction of Texas 288 Toll Lane To Start a Few Months Later Than Planned [The Highwayman]
• At Least 121K Gallons of Sewage Dumped Throughout the City Following Weekend Rains [abc13]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• American Liberty Hospitality To Renovate Restaurant in Historic Sam Houston Hotel [Houston Chronicle]
• Friendswood Development Corp. Moves into New Office Building in Greenspoint [HBJ]
• SRP Medical Sells Spring Creek Village Seniors Housing Property in Spring [Realty News Report]
• Dickinson Education Village Begins To Take Shape [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• U.S. 290 Will Have Single HOV Lane on New Freeway Once Completed in Late 2017 [The Highwayman]
• Houston Ship Channel Toll Bridge Toll Booths To Be Replaced By All-Electronic Tolling in January [Houston Public Media]
• City Breathes Sigh of Relief After Hurricane Patricia Brings Minimal Damage to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Interactive Map Shows What Weekend Rains Did to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Flooding Causes Raw Sewage To Spill onto Roadways in Downtown Houston [abc13]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Multifamily Market Performing ‘Surprisingly’ Well Despite Oil Slump [HBJ]
• Pacific Financial Developing Mixed-Used Project District West Along Westpark Tollway in Northern Fort Bend County [Realty News Report]
• Historic Heights Theater Officially Purchased By Dallas Developer, Will Be Turned into Entertainment Venue [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Northwestern Quadrant of Loop 610 the Next ‘Hot Spot’ Led By Opening of New Hines Gated Community Somerset Green [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Various Land Deals That Helped Lead to Katy Mills Mall Area’s Transformation [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Houston’s Private Indoor Home Swimming Pools Pulled from HAR’s Inventory [Houston Chronicle]
• New Midtown Microbrewery Under the Radar Brewery Set To Open in Early 2016 [HBJ]
• Houston Voters To Decide on New Bond Proposals with $700M for Road Projects on Nov. 3 Ballot [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Houston Area, Galveston Prep for Potential Flooding This Weekend [Click2Houston]
• City Planning To Set Up Cameras Soon To Catch Illegal Dumping in Southwest Houston Along Keely and Holmes [Click2Houston]
• Exxon Sowed Doubt About Climate Science for Decades by Stressing Uncertainty [InsideClimate News]

Photo of Aris at Market Square: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Council Adopts Lowest Property Tax Rate Since 1987 at 60 Cents Per $100 of Home Value [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s First Even-Branded, Wellness-Focused Hotel from InterContinental Hotels Group Planned for Shenandoah Community [Realty News Report]
• Houston Building Permits Totaled $6.1B for First 9 Months of 2015, Down 11.8% from Same Period Last Year [Houston Public Media]
• Charlie Christ of Clay Development and Construction on the State of Industrial Real Estate in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Houston Home Staging Franchise Showhomes on the Ins and Outs of Home Staging [Houston Chronicle]
• Can Houston Preserve Green Space Alongside Rapid Growth? [Houston Public Media]
• The Nine Steps for Making a Better City, According to NRDC’s Shelley Poticha [The Urban Edge]
• The Similarities Between Drake’s New Video ‘Hotline Bling’ and James Turrell’s Light Installations [Hyperallergic]

Photo of CenterPointEnergy and Esperson Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool