Meredith Deliso

• Hines Closes Deal To Buy Downtown Houston Chronicle Building, Adjacent Half-Block That Houses a Parking Garage [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• American Liberty Hospitality Now Sole Owner of the Historic Downtown Sam Houston Hotel [Prime Property]
• Lovett Commercial Breaks Ground on 33-Acre H-E-B-Anchored Shopping Center Main Street Kingwood [HBJ]
• TopGolf To Open Third Houston Location Next Month in Webster [HBJ]
• Stream Realty Partners Awarded Leasing Assignment at Recently Renovated 1001 McKinney [Realty News Report]
• Houston Homebuilders Diversify Product Line To Expand Market Share [HBJ]
• Temporary Restraining Order Issued to Finger Companies, Triple S Masonry in Scaffolding Collapse Across from Minute Maid Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Design Team Chosen To Design and Engineer Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Project [The Highwayman]
• Grisby Square in Energy Corridor Poised To Become the Center of Houston’s Walkable Bubbles [OffCite]
• Scenes from Houston’s First HUE Mural Festival in Downtown Area [Houston Public Media]
• Willowbend Family Recreates Scenes from ‘The Purge’ with Halloween Decorations [KHOU]

Photo of construction at Main and Texas: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Rockwater Energy Solutions Moving Its Headquarters Down the Street from Williams Tower to 515 Post Oak Blvd. [HBJ]
• Lion Square Shopping Center in Southwest Houston Redeveloped Using Principles of Feng Shui [Prime Property]
• Husband-and-Wife Real Estate Duo David Young and Carol Peyton Young of Coldwell Banker United Realtors Launch David Young & Co. [HBJ]
• River Pointe Church Merges with West End Baptist Church To Expand Inside the Loop [HBJ]
• Heights Restaurant Witchcraft Tavern & Provision Co. Reopens This Week as Republic Diner + Sojubang [HBJ]
• Checkers Planning To Open 100 Locations in Houston Within Next 10 Years, as Many as 200 in Next 15-20 Years [HBJ]
• 6,400 New Jobs Were Created in Houston in September, According to the Texas Workforce Commission [Realty News Report]
• The Effort To Involve Houston’s ‘Invisible Cyclists’ in Bike Advocacy [The Urban Edge]
• American Institute of Architects Home Tour To Showcase 9 Unique Homes This Weekend [abc13]

Photo of White Oak Music Hall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Skanska Energy Corridor Office Project West Memorial Place ll Tops Out [Realty News Report]
• Newland Communities To Deliver First Model Home Lots in Katy Master-Planned Community Elyson in January or February [HBJ]
• Houston on National Top 10 List for $1M-Plus Home Sales in Report by Coldwell Banker Previews International [Prime Property]
• Why Houston Is Actually More Affordable Than It Seems [HBJ]
• Hyatt Regency Hotel Houston Galleria Now Open at Sage and West Alabama Roads [HBJ]
• Bernie’s Burger Bus Opening Third Restaurant in the Heights at 2200 Yale in Summer 2016 [Culturemap]
• River Oaks Restaurant State of Grace Opening Today on Westheimer Across from Lamar High School [Culturemap]
• The Underground Caverns That Store Huge Quantities Of Natural Gas Liquids Near the Outskirts of East Houston [Houston Public Media]
• 6 Injured in Scaffolding Collapse at Downtown Apartment Complex Construction Site Next to Minute Maid Park [Houston Public Media]
• Is the Julia Ideson Building Haunted? [Bayou City History]

Photo of BBVA Compass Stadium: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE Selling Uptown’s Marathon Oil Tower for Estimated $300M, According to Real Estate Alert [Realty News Report]
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston Breaks Ground on First Phase of $450M New Campus [HBJ]
• Texas Central Partners Study Estimates Its Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Would Have $36B Impact Over Next 25 Years [The Highwayman]
• HAR.com’s Revamps iPhone and Android Applications To Take on Real Estate Competitor Zillow [HBJ]
• $23M Galveston Beach Expansion Project Halfway Done, 10 Additional Blocks of Beach Now Available [abc13]
• Texas City Dike Reaches 100-Year Anniversary [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Downtown Management District Public Art Program To Add Contemporary Art Installations to Main Street Square [Prime Property]
• Tal’s Hill To Remain in Minute Maid Park for 2016 Season [abc13]

Photo of Neils Esperson Building: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Market ‘Holding Its Own’ with Home Sales Up 3.5%, Median Price Up 4.5% Year-Over-Year in September, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Southwest Officially Opens New International Terminal at Hobby Airport Today [abc13]
• Memorial Hermann Health System To Open Convenient Care Center in Greater Heights [HBJ]
• Why Mixed-Income Apartment Community Avenue Terrace Has a 3- to 6-Month Waiting List [HBJ]
• ‘E-Commerce Store’ Bonobos Guideshop To Open in River Oaks District on Oct. 29 [HBJ]
• Chick-fil-A Rumored To Be In Final Stages of License Agreement with Landry’s for Pleasure Pier Restaurant [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston City Council Approves Arts and Cultural Plan [Houston Public Media]
• Eastwood Historic Home Tour, Bellaire Fall New Homes Showcase This Weekend [Prime Property]
• Artists To Paint Murals in and Around Downtown Starting Oct. 17 as Part of Mural Festival [Dallas Art Dealers Association]

Photo of the Mosaic Condos: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Edifis Group Buys Texas City Shopping Center Palmer Plaza from Weingarten Realty [Realty News Report]
• There’s Some $2.4B Worth of Development Underway Downtown in 30 Projects [Houston Chronicle]
• Kinder Family, Kinder Foundation Take Top Floor of Hines’ San Felipe Place Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Petra Oil Recently Broke Ground for New 65K-SF Campus Near the Tomball Parkway [Houston Chronicle]
• Retail Portion of CityCentre Now 90% Occupied After 6 New Leases from Madewell, West Elm, Others [Prime Property]
• Colorado-Based Chain Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom Plans To Open First Houston Location in Katy [Prime Property]
• Historic Woodland Heights Prairie-Style Mansion at 205 Bayland on the Market for Just Under $3M [Houston Chronicle]
• Homeowners in HISD Won’t See an Increase in Property Tax Rates for 2015-2016 School Year Under New Proposal [Isiah Factor]
• Houston Ranks No. 4 Among the Buggiest Cities Nationally, According to Thumbtack [HBJ]
• Residents of Patton Village Say Water is Making Them Sick [Fox 26 Houston]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sueba USA Corp. To Develop 22-Acre Portion of Katy Boardwalk District Near Katy Mills Mall [HBJ]
• Houston Homebuilder Tipler Design and Build Constructing 3 New Office Buildings Near The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Houston’s First Baptist Church Picks Up 32.4 Acres To Build 100K-SF Church in Bridgeland [Prime Property]
• Developers Like Rise Communities, Homebuilders Like Trendmaker See Huge Opportunity for Residential Development in Manvel [HBJ]
• Greater Houston Partnership’s Upskill Houston Tackles Shortage in Skilled Construction Workers [HBJ]
• Colvill Office Properties’ Chip Colvill on the Next Cycle for Houston’s Office Market [Realty News Report]
• Architect Richard Keating Talks Kirby Collection, Houston vs. LA, Architecture Industry [Houston Chronicle]
• Kroger Opens First Texas Marketplace with Beer and Wine Bar in Katy [Prime Property]
• Why Are Neighbors Angry that the Glenbrook Golf Course is Becoming a Botanical Garden? [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Why Mass Transit Experts Have Their Eyes on Houston’s Bus System [PBS]
• New Contractor To Work on Stalled US-290 Segment from Pinemont to W. Little York [The Leader]
• Slideshow: Where To Find the Worst Streets in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• How Many Major U.S. Cities Can Fit Inside Houston? [Mental Floss]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Mark Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Stream Realty Partners Buying Land in Copperfield, Cinco Ranch To Develop High-End Senior Apartment Complexes [Houston Chronicle]
• Rise Communities’ Marvel Community Meridiana To Feature Educational Campus with Schools, Learning Labs, Football Stadium [HBJ]
• Judge Orders Long-Troubled Crestmont Village Apartments To Close By Oct. 30 [Houston Chronicle]
• Star Cinema Grill To Build Fifth Houston-Area Dine-In Theater in Cypress’s Miramesa Town Center [HBJ]
• Hobby Airport’s New $156M International Terminal Set To Open in a Few Days [Click2Houston]
• Truck Accidents on Texas Rural Roads More Frequent, Severe Due to Traffic from Oil Well Development, Finds Texas A&M [The Highwayman]
• Uptown Houston To Be Honored as an ‘Exceptional Patron of Architecture and Urban Design’ by Rice Design Alliance [Prime Property]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Moves from No. 1 to 30 on Urban Land Institute’s List of Top Commercial Real Estate Markets [Prime Property]
• Houston Slips from No. 5 to 8 on Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s Fall Luxury Market Report [HBJ]
• Petra Oil Co. Breaks Ground on New Campus at 11085 Regency Green Drive in Cypress [HBJ]
• Hopdoddy Burger Bar, The Tuck Room, Baanou, Les Copains Headed To the Newly Opened River Oaks District [Prime Property]
• ITEX Group Rumored To Be Converting Vacant Downtown Galveston Medical Arts Building into Apartments [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Memorial-Area Mansion in Hunters Creek Built by Kenneth Lay on the Market for $2M [HBJ]
• Drivers Annoyed By Delayed Construction Project Along Shepherd Drive in the River Oaks Area [Click2Houston]
• Microbrewery BackPew Brewing Opening in Former Church in Porter [HBJ]
• City Council Streamlines Houston’s Historic Preservation Ordinance [Houston Public Media]
• Main Street Cocktail Bar Moving Sidewalk Has Drinks Menu Dedicated to AstroWorld [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Westheimer at Edloe: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ConocoPhillips Buying Energy Center Three in the Energy Corridor for $275M, According to Real Estate Alert [Prime Property]
• Schlumberger Moving its North American Headquarters to Sugar Land with Tax Abatement, Performance Agreement Approved [HBJ]
• Inside Amegy Bank’s New Headquarters Under Construction at 1717 W. Loop South [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Westmount Realty Capital Acquires 376-Unit Summer Cove Apartments in Southeast Houston Near Ellington Field [Realty News Report]
• First Phase of Rice Village Shopping Center Renovation To Begin, Including Improved Parking, Street Enhancements, Landscaping [Prime Property]
• Healthcare Construction Boom in Houston’s Suburbs Expected To Slow Down [Realty News Report]
• Land Tejas’ Cypress Residential Community Miramesa at Canyon Lakes West To Open Oct. 17 [HBJ]
• Houston Home Prices Have 40% Chance of Declining Over the Next 2 Years, According to Arch Mortgage Insurance [Prime Property]
• Houston Plan a ‘Compass’ for City Leaders in the Coming Years [The Urban Edge]
• Niko Niko’s To Open New West Houston Location at I-10 and Beltway 8 By Early Next Year [Prime Property]
• Houston B-cycle Set To Become Largest Bike Sharing Program in Texas and the Southwest [Culturemap]
• City To Launch $40K Pilot Project To Remove Vehicles from Sims and Brays Bayous [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown Marriott Marquis Houston Opening Next Year Already Has Almost 200,000 Room-Nights Booked [Realty News Report]
• Transwestern Arranges Financing for Randall Davis Condo Tower Arabella in River Oaks [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• 3 Buildings Inside Pinto Business Park at Beltway 8 and I_45 North Sold to TIAA-CREF [HBJ]
• Montrose Plot with Community Garden in the Audubon Place Historic District To Give Way to 2 ‘Prairie-Style’ Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• First Residents Begin Moving into New Master-Planned Community Cane Island in Katy [HBJ]
• 64-Acre Park Planned for Bacliff [Galveston County Daily News (S)]
• What Copenhagen and Houston Tell Us About How Trust Affects Cities [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Downtown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Construction To Start This Month on Memorial City Hotel ZaZa [Houston Chronicle]
• New 24-Acre Industrial Business Park Apex Distribution Center in Former Goya Foods Manufacturing Site Signs 2 New Tenants [HBJ]
• Inside Oxberry Group’s Art-Inspired Condominium The Mondrian Proposed for Museum District [HBJ]
• Lionstone Investments’ Jane Page on Making Mixed-Use Work in Downtown Houston [Realty News Report]
• River Oaks District Design Based on New York-Style Street Grid System Where Visitors Stroll Under Storefront Canopies Along Tree-Lined Streets [Prime Property]
• Texas Ranked Second in the Nation for Relocation Activity in 2014, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [Prime Property]
• Buffalo Bayou Park Officially Open Following $58M Makeover That Added Nature Play Area, Running Trails, Bikeways [Houston Chronicle]
• Next Segment of Buffalo Bayou Park To Include Downtown District, Allen’s Landing, East of Downtown [HBJ]
• How Houston Became the Model for Green Space in Cities [Texas Monthly]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• More Than 85% of Retail Space Has Been Committed in River Oaks District [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Behind The Woodlands Development Co.’s Strategy for Buying Back Commercial Properties [HBJ]
• Judwin Properties Planning First Luxury Apartment Project in Fulshear with 4-Lane Bowling Alley, Other Amenities [HBJ]
• Houston’s Real Estate Market Feeling the Effects of Oil’s Price Drop [Texas Monthly]
• Broadmore Health Realty Acquiring 7.5 Acres Near IAH for Senior Living Facility [HBJ]
• Inside the New Krispy Kreme Store Opening Later This Month on Highway 6 [Isiah Factor]
• Historic Bungalow Moved from Heights to 2-Acre Plot in Acres Homes for ‘Pocket Neighborhood’ Restored [Houston Chronicle]
• Transit, Development Issues Face Houston Mayoral Candidates [Urban Edge]
• Rice University Radio Station KTRU Rice Radio Returns to FM Today After 5-Year Hiatus [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of El Real Tex Mex: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• River Oaks District Grand Opening Today with 20-25 Stores Opening To Start [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Allied Orion Group Breaks Ground on 242-Unit Apartment Community Downtown Near St. Joseph’s Medical Center [Realty News Report]
• Houston Ranks No. 26 Among Major National for Affordable Housing, Transportation Costs in Rice University Report [HBJ]
• College of the Mainland Rumored To Be Buying Former JC Penney Building at Mall of the Mainland [Galveston County Daily News]
• Arch-Con Corporation President Michael G. Scheurich on the State of Houston’s Economy [Realty News Report]
• A Bottom-Up, Unofficial Guide to Cigna Sunday Streets on Washington Avenue This Sunday [OffCite Blog]

Photo of I-10: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool