Meredith Deliso

• Taylor Morrison Acquires 107 Acres To Expand the Avalon at Riverstone Community [Realty News Report]
• San Francisco-Based Prologis To Increase Houston Portfolio with Acquisition of Denver-Based DCT Industrial Trust [Houston Chronicle]
• 3737 Buffalo Speedway in Greenway Plaza Area Refinanced [HBJ]
• Tranquility Development Group Entity Under Contract To Buy Unique Montrose Residential Property [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Mayor Turner, City Council Defend Meritage Homes’ Spring Brook Village Subdivision [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: Satellite Images Show Houston Before and After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• The Woodlands Loses Restaurants Bonefish Grill, Culver’s [Houston Chronicle]
• Developer Claims City Still Owes It Money for Improvements to Hitchcock Community Harborwalk [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• City Christens Connection Between White Oak Bayou Greenway and Buffalo Bayou Trails [Culturemap; Houston’s Bayou Biking Connector Is Now Complete]
• Houston Ranked Among the Top 10 U.S. Cities for Mortgage Loan Denials in Lending Tree Study [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Graustark St. bridge over 59, Castle Court, Montrose: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston the No. 2 Housing Market in the Country for New Home Starts, According to Metrostudy [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Floodplain Rules Could Lead To Bump in New Home Construction [HBJ ($)]
• Investors in Houston’s Single-Family Rental Houses Seeing Strong Annual Returns, Finds Roofstock.com [Houston Chronicle]
• Stream Realty Partners Brokers Launch New Venture Looking To Capitalize on Houston’s Strong Retail Demand [HBJ]
• Transwestern: Fast-Casual Dining Sector Continues To Be ‘Red-Hot’ in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Everson Developments Starts Construction on Medical Office Building in Shenandoah [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County To Consider Calling Flood Control Bond Referendum on the 1-Year Anniversary of Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Houston’s Growing Renewable Energy Sector [HBJ]
• Discovery Green’s Impact at 10 Years [OffCite]
• Texas Residents Can Be Doing More To Conserve Water as Drought Returns, Water Experts Advise [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of Galveston: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Value of New Houston Residential Projects Increased to $979.2M in March, Finds Dodge Data & Analytics [Houston Chronicle]
• Denver-Based Black Creek Group Has Acquired Stafford Grove Industrial Park in Southwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Texas City Retail Development Palmer Plaza Getting $3.5M Makeover, New Tenants [HBJ]
• CommercialCafe: Texas Office Market Hit a 5-Year Low in Sales in the First Quarter [Bisnow]
• Harvey Ushered in a New Reality for Houston Real Estate [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• New Lake Houston Grant Program To Award $200K-Plus to Small Businesses Affected by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• BikeHouston Pushing for Improvements at Site of Deadly Crash in the Museum District [abc13]
• METRO’s First Driverless Vehicle Will Debut at Texas Southern University Later This Year [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• How Rice University Students Famously Turned Willy’s Statue 180 Degrees 30 Years Ago [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of Market Square clock tower: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Up to 4.6% in Houston in February, Finds Bankrate [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Simmons & Company International Joins New Downtown Office Tower 609 Main at Texas [Realty News Report]
• Indie Bar Will Open Inside Bravery Chef Hall This Summer [HBJ]
• Roughly 50 Hurricane Harvey Victims Given Eviction Notices at Spanish Village Apartment Complex in Southeast Houston [abc13]
• Texas Lawmakers Pressing Regulators To Toughen Anti-Pollution Enforcement [Houston Public Media]
• City Surveying Residents To Study How Harvey Impacted Public Health [Houston Public Media]
• Kinder Foundation Gives $70M for Memorial Park Transformation [HBJ]
• $10M in Bike Lane Expansions Funds Diverted from a Pot That Usually Supports Sprawl Infrastructure [Streetsblog USA]
• In Seattle, the Data-Driven, Pro-Density Campaign To Transform Single-Family Neighborhoods [Politico]

Photo underneath Murdochs souvenir store, 2215 Seawall Blvd., Galveston: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Ikea Under Contract To Buy 160 Acres in Generation Park [HBJ]
• Colliers: Houston Office Market Had 1.5M SF of Negative Absorption Recorded in the First Quarter [Realty News Report]
• East-West Furniture Relocating Headquarters to Industrial Distribution Facility Near Beltway 8 [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: The 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston Last Month [HBJ]
• Less Than 20% of Harvey-Flooded Homes Were in MUDs, Finds Report [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• FEMA-Funded Hotel Stays End for Nearly 1,400 Harvey Victims in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston County Commissioners Want GLO Less Involved in Harvey Recovery [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Fort Bend Study To Explore Levee at Barker Reservoir [Houston Chronicle]
• White Oak Music Hall Reaches Settlement with Neighbors in Noise Lawsuit [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the Lakes on Post Oak, Uptown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mixed-Use Development Katy Village Slated for 84-Acre Site Across I-10 from Katy Mills Mall [HBJ]
• The Houston Neighborhoods That Saw the Biggest Drops in Average Sales Price [HBJ ($)]
• Denver Co-Working Venue Office Evolution Coming to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Based CenterPoint To Acquire Midwestern Energy Company Vectren Corp. in $6B Deal [Realty News Report]
• Under Proposed FEMA Maps, 97% of Dickinson Would Be in the 100-Year Flood Plain [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Traffic, Harvey Fallout Among Houston’s Biggest Problems, Finds Kinder Houston Area Survey [HBJ]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Work To Begin in June on Parking Garage, Apartments at Site of Galveston’s Medical Arts Building [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Randall Davis Developing Spec House in the Museum District [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro Purchase of 14 New Rail Cars Set To Move Forward This Week [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Bluejack National Releases Custom Lots for Sale at Tiger Woods Golf Resort [HBJ ($)]

Photo of Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• New Multifamily Project Regalia at the Park To Break Ground on Crawford at Commerce St. Downtown [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Black Real Estate Association To Host Expo Saturday To Advocate for Increased African-American Home Ownership [Houston Chronicle]
• In East Houston, 80% of Harvey High-Water Rescue Calls Were Outside of the Flood Plain [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT To Waive Over $1B in Toll Road Fees and Fines [abc13]
• New 2.6-Mile Segment of Sims Bayou Greenway Unveiled [abc13]
• Smoke Visible from Explosion at Valero Refinery in Texas City Could Be Seen for Miles Away [abc13]

Photo of Heights Bike and Hike Trail over White Oak Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Vacancy Rate Highest It’s Been in More Than 20 Years, According to CBRE Representative [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Energy Corridor Building One Park 10 Finalizes 30,715 SF of New Office Leases [Realty News Report]
• Texas Homeowners Say Harvey-Damaged Homes Are Worse Off After PREPS Program [AP]
• Greater Houston Community Foundation Launching Online System To Connect Harvey Victims with Repair Services [HBJ]
• Restaurant Growth Continues in Cy-Fair as Population Expands [Houston Chronicle]
• Heights Food Truck Victorian’s Barbecue Opening Brick-and-Mortar Location on N. York St. South of Canal [Houston Food Finder]
• Walking and Biking Are Highly Hazardous in Some Houston Neighborhoods [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Houston Ave. at Woodland Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Top Houston Neighborhoods for 10-Year Appreciation in Land Value [HBJ]
• H-E-B Opening New Houston Location Today Near Spring [HBJ]
• Amaya Coffee Joining Downtown Food Hall Finn Hall [Eater Houston]
• Assessing Houston’s Bike Plan a Year After It Passed [Houston Public Media]
• Majority of New Texas Residents Moving to ‘Newer Suburbs and Exurbs,’ Finds Latest Census Data [Houston Public Media]
• How the Bat Colony at the Waugh Bridge Is Doing Months After Harvey [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Meyer Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Avera Cos. Planning New Distribution Building in Pasadena [Realty News Report]
• First Phase of Houston Botanic Garden Master Plan To Open in Late 2020 at Former Glenbrook Park Golf Course [HBJ]
• VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa Opening Third Houston Location in Katy’s Stableside at Falcon Landing [Houston Chronicle]
• Stars of ‘The Little Couple’ Lower Price on Their Houston Home Again to $999,000 [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• It’s Harder To Find a Job in Houston Than in Austin or San Antonio, Reports Indeed [HBJ]
• Captain Brad’s Coastal Kitchen Coming to Northpointe Center in Tomball [Houston Chronicle]
• City Planning To Build 50 Miles of New Bike Paths in the Next 12 Months [KHOU]
• EPA Removes San Jacinto Waste Pits from Pruitt’s Short List Now That Cleanup Plan Has Progressed [NPR]

Photo of Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pearland’s Lonza Viral Therapy Biotech Building Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Clay Development To Buy Vacant Kennametal Industrial Building for New Development Dubbed Offices @ North Post Oak [Houston Chronicle]
• The Economic Growth Challenges Facing Houston’s Suburbs [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Eight Elements of a Successful Innovation District [The Urban Edge]
• FEMA Praises Houston’s New Floodplain Regulations [Houston Chronicle]
• Raw Fish Restaurant Diced Poke Debuts at Mid Main Lofts [Eater Houston]
• Taiwanese Sweet Shop 85C Bakery Café Planning New Houston Location in Friendswood [Eater Houston]
• Hearsay Bar Opening in the James Fadden Building in Downtown Galveston [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• David Adickes Piece ‘Art is Everywhere in Houston’ Installed Along I-10 Near Yale [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: Scenes from the 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Art Car Parade: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Second Phase of Fallbrook Pines Business Park Under Construction in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner Reveals Plans Thursday To Transform Former Midtown Sears into an Innovation Hub [Bisnow]
• Signorelli Co. Building New Subdivision Called Granger Pines Near Conroe [HBJ]
• Kelvin St. Senior Living Tower Dubbed The Village of Southampton Now on the Rise [HBJ]
• Kings Cove Apartments in Kingwood Wraps Up $6M Renovation After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Sears Looking To Unload 3 Houston-Area Retail Stores Through Online Auction [HBJ]
• South Korean Soft Serve Chain Milkcow To Debut on S. Mason Rd. off Highland Knolls [Eater Houston]
• Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café Opens New Location in Katy [Eater Houston]
• National Weather Service Officially Retires ‘Harvey’ as a Hurricane Name [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Bellaire H-E-B: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Down for First Time Since Hurricane Harvey, Finds Latest HAR Report [Houston Chronicle]
• $20M River Oaks Mansion Built for Saudi Prince Still on the Market [HBJ]
• Walmart Opening New Store in Fulshear, Remodeling 12 Houston-Area Locations [HBJ]
• Grand Texas To Open Newly-Built New Caney Water and Adventure Parks in June [HBJ]
• Market Square Tower on Preston St. To Welcome New Restaurant Coterie This Summer [HBJ]
• Taqueria Barba Food Truck’s Brick-and-Mortar Cantina Barba Location on N. Main and Pecore Nears Opening [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Inner Loop Sandwich Shop Maine-ly Sandwiches Expands to Cy-Fair [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Houston Makes Latest U.S. News & World Report List of Best Places To Live in the U.S. [Culturemap]
• Texas House To Study How Energy Exploration and Production Impose Wear and Tear on State and County Roads [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of the Galleria: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool