Meredith Deliso

• Largest Tilt-Wall Building in the World Going Up at Daikin Industries HVAC Manufacturing Plant in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Equus Capital Partners Has Acquired the One Sugar Creek Center – Comerica Bank Building for $31.4M [Realty News Report]
• Downtown Officials Narrow Down List of Developers To Redo Former Sakowitz Building and Adjacent Property to 3 [Prime Property]
• Behind Oxberry Group’s Search To Build the Mondrian in the Museum District [HBJ]
• Houston the 21st Most Expensive Rental City in the Country, According to Zumper’s National Rent Report for September [Houston Chronicle]
• H&M Opening Pearland Town Center Store on Sept. 24, 2 Weeks After Opening in CityCentre [HBJ]
• Grand Pkwy. Construction at Rayford Road and Riley Fuzzell Brings Gridlock to Montgomery County [abc13]
• North Woodlands Hills Subdivision Residents Say Trash Filling Up Driveway of Vacant House [abc13]
• Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ World Tour Is Taking Over Minute Maid Park [Houston Press]
• Archaeologists Fail To Find Sign of Sunken Texas Navy Warship Zavala in Galveston’s Harbor [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Houston from I-10: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Houston Actually, Sort of Really Does Have Zoning Through Land-Use Regulations [The Urban Edge]
• Houston-to-Dallas Bullet Train Moving Forward Despite Obstacles [The Texas Tribune]
• Rail Crossings Still Pose Problems for Commuters, Emergency Response Times [The Highwayman]
• By 2020 Houston Will Have a Population of 7,413,214 with 40.9% Hispanic Residents, According to Lawnstarter [Culturemap]

Photo of the Police Officer Memorial in Buffalo Bayou Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NorthStar Midstream Relocates Minneapolis HQ to The Woodlands After Leasing 7,500 SF on Top Floor of Parkwood I Building [Prime Property]
• Sims, Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects Reveal More Details About Uptown Luxury Condo Aurora [HBJ]
• Early End To Special Taxing Zone Could Suspend Falcon Group’s Luxury High-Rise on East Beach [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Hubcap Grill’s Ricky Craig, The Modular’s Josh Martinez Opening Galveston Restaurant in Historic Strand Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Attracted the Most Newcomers from 2012-2013 Behind Travis County, Finds Headlight Report [HBJ]
• SureSpot Testing Its Smartphone App That Lets You Prepay and Reserve Parking Spots at NRG Park [HBJ]

Photo of Ciity Centre 15: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sales of New Homes Down 11%, Closings Down 13% Through July Over Same Period Last Year, Finds Metrostudy [Houston Chronicle]
• Duplex Made From Retired Shipping Containers For Sale in South Union, Builder Wants To Develop More in Neighborhood [Houston Chronicle]
• How Low-Impact Development Can Decrease the Likelihood of Flooding Around Houston [HBJ]
• What Using Metro’s New Bus Network is Like in a Low-Income Community [Houston Press]
• Texas Railroad Commission Refutes Peer-Reviewed Study Linking Earthquakes to Oil and Gas Activity [Houston Public Media]
• Competing Models for Flood Warnings Emerge from Federal Government, University of Oklahoma [The Urban Edge]
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases First Gouts of Sand To Add New Galveston Beach [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Equus Capital Partners Affiliate Buys Comerica Bank Building in Sugar Land, Planning Major Upgrades [Prime Property]
• Residential Lofts in Former Heights Telephone Museum to Have New Orleans Flair [Prime Property; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Has Second-Highest Number of Apartment Units Permitted Among Major US. Metros, Finds Axiometrics [Prime Property]
• Are Houston’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones Good or Bad for the City? [Houston Public Media]
• Texas A&M University Starts Construction on Park West, the Largest Student Housing Project in the Nation [Realty News Report]
• Killen’s Steakhouse’s New Pearland Home at 6425 Broadway Could Feature a Private Dining Room Just for J.J. Watt [Houston Chronicle]
• Constructions Crews Are Working on Castle-Like Riverside Terrace House [Prime Property; previously on Swamplot]
• Bayou Greenways 2020 Hike and Bike Trails Initiative Advances as City Council Approves $19M for Next Phase of North Houston Trails, Land Purchase for Others [Houston Chronicle]
• Artist Boat Plans To Buy Another 99 Acres of Coastal Galveston Habitat for Preservation [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Krispy Kreme under construction on Westheimer Rd. at Lazy Hollow: Bayan Raji

• Hines Expected To Buy Houston Chronicle Building Downtown and Demolish It [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Rents Rose by 0.6% Across the Greater Houston Region in August to $1,310 a Month for a 2-Bedroom [Houston Public Media]
• International Homebuyers in Texas Becoming More Diverse, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [Prime Property]
• First Phase of Southwest’s New International Terminal and Concourse Opens at Hobby [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Peli Peli Kitchen Slated To Open in Gateway at Spring Valley Along the Katy Fwy. Next Year [HBJ]
• Ãœberrito, Previously Known as Mission Burritos, Closes at 2245 W. Alabama [Houston Streetwise]
• During Peak Lunch Rush There Are at Least 1,000 Empty But Inaccessible Parking Spaces in the Rice Village Area [The Urban Edge]
• Roving Graffiti and Street Art Museum of Texas Established in Houston [Glasstire]
• What Will Become of Kenny Goss’ Giant Bronze Gorilla Now That His Dallas House Is On the Market? [Glasstire]

Photo of Centennial Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Residents Begin Moving Into SkyHouse River Oaks at Former Site of Westcreek at River Oaks [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Oden Hughes Sells Parkside Grand Parkway in Katy to EGI International Corp. [Prime Property]
• Some $3B in Medical Development Under Way in Houston, According to Colliers International [Realty News Report]
• Spring Branch Has Highest Home Value Increases in Area, Up 38% Over Last Year [Prime Property]
• CBRE To Market Newly Completed Woodlands Office Building Wildwood Corporate Centre I at 460 Wildwood Forest Dr. [GlobeSt.com]
• Former Texas Cafeteria Site at 2400 N. Shepherd Dr. Could Have Up to 3,250 SF of Restaurant Space [The Leader]
• Maria’s Café Opens Inside Dr Gleem’s Car Wash on Ella Blvd. [The Leader]
• 4 Ways To Improve the Rice Village Experience for Pedestrians and Cyclists [The Urban Edge]

Photo: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• River Oaks District to Expand Onto Adjacent Land with Hotel, Office Building, More Residential Units and Shops [Houston Chronicle]
• Energy Corridor Building Energy Tower at 11700 Katy Fwy. Now 60% Leased [Prime Property]
• Avenue Community Development Corp. To Build 48 Mixed-Income Apartment Complex The Avenue Terraces Near Northside [HBJ]
• Real Estate Downturn Should Not Be a Repeat of the 1980s in Texas, Says Fannie Mae Report [Prime Property]
• $6B Plan To Ease Congestion Along I-45, Create Green Space and Trails Could Impact Hundreds of Properties [Houston Chronicle]
• State Approves $3.6M Project To Replace ‘Confusing’ Entrance Ramp from Allen Pkwy. to Southbound I-45 [The Highwayman]

Photo of partially defunct Humble-area subdivision: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Signorelli Signs Academy Sports + Outdoors at Valley Ranch Town Center in Porter [HBJ]
• Affordable Living Community Avenue Terraces in the Near Northside Lines Up Its Construction and Tax Credit Financing [Prime Property]
• Conroe, Sugar Land, League City, and Pearland Are Among the Fastest-Growing Suburbs in Texas, According to LawnStarter [Culturemap]
• Riders Sound Off On Metro’s New Bus Network [Houston Public Media]
• Proposition 7 Going on Ballots in November Would Dedicate $2.5B of Sales-Tax Revenue a Year Toward Improving Texas Roads [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Still in Houston Reflect on the Last 10 Years Here [Wall Street Journal]

Photo of the Rose Garden at Centennial Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Songy Highroads Sells Galleria Place Office Campus It Acquired 2 Years Ago to Lincoln Property Co. Affiliate [HBJ]
• Preserving the View from JPMorgan Chase Tower 60th Floor Observation Deck Before Capitol Tower, Houston First Change It [Prime Property]
• There are 17 Breweries in Planning in Houston, According to the Brewers Association [HBJ]
• Dual-Concept Restaurant Black & White Opens in ‘Cursed’ Stella Sola Space at 1001 Studewood [Culturemap]
• Galleria-Area Sports Bar Big Woodrows Now Closed ‘For an Unknown Length of Time’ After Closing for Repairs in June [HBJ]
• H&M Sister Store Collection of Style Opening Seventh and Largest U.S. Location in Houston’s River Oaks District [HBJ]
• Ridership Increased 24% on the New Bus Network and Light Rail After Metro Offered Free Service [Culturemap]
• Congestion Costs Houston-Area Commuters $1,490 a Year, Finds Texas A&M University Transportation Institute [Houston Chronicle]
• Remembering UH Professor Tom Colbert, Who Fought to Protect Texas’ Coastline [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Earthworks Threatens To Sue the EPA for More Regulation at Fracking Sites in States Like Texas [Houston Public Media]
• Nearly 2 Dozen Teens Caught on Surveillance Video Arriving at Parkway Lakes Subdivision To Trash the Pool, Say Cops [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston Leaders Prepared the Astrodome For 60,000 Katrina Evacuees [The Urban Edge]
• Reexamining 4 Myths About Katrina’s Impact on Houston Using the 2006 Kinder Houston Area Survey [The Urban Edge]
• Despite What Headlines and Public Officials Said, Katrina Evacuees Didn’t Cause a Houston Crime Wave [The Urban Edge]

Photo of NRG Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Former Humble Oil Building Reopens as 167-Room SpringHill Suites by Marriott [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How the Oil Slump is Affecting Residential Real Estate in Houston [HBJ]
• Houston Home Values Gained 0.8% from June to July to $161K, Finds Zillow [Prime Property]
• Museum Park Neighborhood Association Concerned About Pedestrian, Children Safety Near Proposed Mondrian at the Museums Condo [HBJ]
• Grazia Italian Kitchen Owner Constructing an Underground ‘Speakeasy’ Next Door to Pearland Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• Seabrook Changes Second St. to Main St. in Plan To Boost Economic Development Through Main Street Redevelopment Programs [Prime Property]
• Houston-Dallas Bullet Train Route Will Follow Major Electrical Transmission Lines Through Rural Areas [HBJ]
• Montgomery County Proposes $280M Road Bond To Support Growing Population [Houston Public Media]
• HCC Art Exhibit Challenges Houston’s Disregard for Its History in Favor of Demolition [Houston Public Media]
• Harris and Montgomery Counties Lift Burn Bans [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the Med Center: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Arizona-Based Taylor Morrison Building Another Active-Adult Community in the Houston-Area with Gated Neighborhood in Fulshear [HBJ]
• Undisclosed Buyer Picks Up 79-Unit Spring Gardens, 38-Unit Johanna Square Multifamily Properties in Spring Branch [Realty News Report]
• Inside Loop 610 Still Slightly a Seller’s Market for Homes Priced Under $2M [Tom Plant’s Houston Real Estate Blog]
• Fifth Ward Residents Receive Eviction Letters in the Mail as BGH Holdings Prepares to Redevelop Brewster St. [Click2Houston; more here]
• Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza Has Opened 2 Houston-Area Locations So Far with Deals Under Negotiation for 10 More [Prime Property]
• The Salary To Afford a Median-Priced Home in Houston Up 5% Over the End of Last Year to $53,684, Finds HSH.com [Prime Property]
• Heritage Society To Open Doors to 3 Historic Houston Homes, Including the Mayor’s 1904 Colonial Revival in Westmoreland [Culturemap]

Photo of Capitol Tower mat pour: Craig Hartley

• Inside 21eleven, Hines’ Luxury Apartments Under Construction at Site of Former Cafe Adobe at 2111 Westheimer [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Mat Foundation Scheduled To Be Poured over the Weekend for Capitol Tower Office Building at 800 Capitol St. [Prime Property]
• Houston Community College Demolished 2-Story, Multi-Colored Midtown House at Alabama St. and Almeda Rd. [Houston Chronicle]
• Memorial Day Flooding To ‘Change the Nature’ of Meyerland as Homeowners Rebuild, Renovate or Move Out [Houston Chronicle]
• Sale of Homes Priced Under $250K Declined 4.3% in July Over Same Time Last Year as Inventory Dwindles [Tom Plant’s Houston Real Estate Blog]
• Planning Commission Approves City’s First General Plan, Moves to the City Council [Houston Public Media]
• UH Students Create Wooden E-Reading Room for Former Fifth Ward Plumbing Supply Store [OffCite Blog]

Photo of America Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Oxberry Group Plans To Build 8-Story Luxury Condo The Mondrian on Site of the Former Weather Museum in the Museum District [HBJ]
• Construction to Start on ‘Yale Marketplace’ Hosting 365 by Whole Foods Market When Neff Rental’s Lease Expires in 2018 [The Leader]
• Tomball Tollway, Grand Pkwy. Drive Building Boom, Population Growth in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• How Surge Homes Went About Creating Crowdsourced-Designed Residential Projects [HBJ]
• Southern States Lead Country in Housing Market Gains, Finds National Association of Realtors [Prime Property]
• ‘Exciting’ New Water Park Typhoon Texas Breaks Ground Near the Katy Mills Mall [Covering Katy]
• Ogden Hospitality’s Gastropub Pour Society Opening Sept. 1 in Gateway Memorial City [Eater Houston]
• Portion of U.S.-59 within Loop 610 Officially Designated as Part of I-69 [The Highwayman]
• First Impressions of the Reimagined Metro Bus Route [OffCite Blog]
• New Daily Rainfall Record Set in Galveston Yesterday [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool