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• 21-Hour Concrete Mat Pour for Hines’s 47-Story Office Tower on Former Houston Chronicle Site To Begin Saturday Afternoon [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• FlixBus Begins Long-Distance Bus Service to San Antonio, New Orleans, and Mississippi from Gray and Smith Downtown March 14 [HBJ]
• Production Builders Constructed One-Half to Two-Thirds of 110 New Homes Built in Meyerland After Harvey Flooding [HBJ ($)]
• Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, a California Chain with Separate Menu for Dogs, Aiming for Summer Opening at 290 and Wortham in Cypress Creek [Eater Houston]
• Solange’s Simultaneous Screenings of Her New When I Get Home Film at Favorite Third Ward Hotspots [Vogue]
• A Map of the Top 100 Parking Ticket Locations in Houston from 2016 to 2018 [KHOU]
• 1,500 Hosts Booked 15,000 Nights in Houston Airbnbs Over the 3 Week Span of the Rodeo [Houston Chronicle]
• Boulder City Council Passes Emergency Moratorium on Some Opportunity Zone Developments [Next City]
• Congressional Committee Sends Letters to EPA, TCEQ, NASA Asking Why Pollution-Data Flight Was Canceled After Harvey [L.A. Times; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of 315 Travis St.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Oil and Gas Storage Company Oiltanking North America Moving HQ from Three Allen Center Downtown to Memorial City [HBJ]
• Renovations of Two and Three Allen Center To Include New Connecting Skybridge, 2-Story Lobbies [Houston Chronicle]
• ADL Releases Map of Houston-Area Extremist and Hate-Group Incidents from 2017 to 2018 [Houston Chronicle; map]
• Ken Hoffman: Moving the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo to Later in Spring Would Mean Warmer Weather and Bigger Crowds [Culturemap]
• New Sushi Hand Roll Restaurant Hando Opening in 1200 SF Spot on W. 11th St. at Ashland [Culturemap]
• Messina Hof Opening Winery and Restaurant in Richmond’s Harvest Green Agrihood [HBJ]
• How Playing Sim City Inspired a Generation of Real Life City Planners [L.A. Times]

Photo of Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Caldwell Building 1,200-Acre Residential Development for Seniors in Willis, Aiming for 2020 Opening [HBJ ($)]
• 5K SF River Oaks Home at 929 Kirby Under Foreclosure, Selling As-Is for $2.6M [Houston Chronicle]
• Marcus & Millichap Projects Houston Will Gain 125K New Residents, 110K New Jobs This Year [Culturemap]
• Gensler Moving Downtown Office from Pennzoil Place to 2 Houston Center at 909 Fannin St. [Houston Chronicle]
• New Food Hall Planned for 2645 N. Main Near White Oak Music Hall Will Feature Oui Eats, Good Dog, Double Trouble, Lantern by Ruggles [Eater Houston]
• Interfaith Ministries’ ‘Plaza of Respect’ Reflection Space Outside Midtown HQ at 3303 Main St. Opens Next Month [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Amazon Planning To Open Dozens of New, Non-Whole-Foods Grocery Stores Starting Later This Year [HBJ]

Photo of Battleship Texas: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Direct Energy Moving HQ from Greenway Plaza to 2 Houston Center in Downtown [Realty News Report]
• Hard To Visit Loved Ones at La Porte Cemetery When It’s So Floody and Doesn’t Drain [Click2Houston]
• 35 Women Already Signed up for Microlending at Grameen America’s New Houston Office at 6260 Westpark [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Leading Nation in Increased Pedestrian Deaths [Houston Chronicle]
• Victoria’s Secret To Close Another 53 Stores Nationwide This Year, After Shuttering 30 in 2018 [USA Today]
• Refrigerator in Parking Lot of Garcia’s Auto Detail in Alvin Accepting, Distributing Food for People in Need [KHOU 11]
• City Council Approves $3.4M financing for Community Resource Hub Avenue Center on Irvington East of Moody Park [Virtual Builders Exchange; previously on Swamplot]
• Three Places Where Congestion Pricing Could Work in Houston [Houston Press]
• Lisa Pope-Westerman’s Small-Firm Design Collective [Bisnow]
• Pflugerville Home Now Painted Pepto-Pink, Including Roof [CBS Austin]

Photo: Bill Barfield, via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Airia (Formerly Aliana) Planning New Residential and Mixed-Use Commercial Development on 2,200 Acres in Conroe [HBJ]
• Crews Tearing Down FM 646 in League City This Weekend, Kicking off 6 Months of Detours [Houston Public Media]
• Breakfast Chain Snooze Opening Woodlands Location at 2415 Research Forest Dr. on March 20th [Eater]
• Grand Central Park Development at Former Camp Strake Site in Conroe Adding 13-Acre Amenity Complex [HBJ]
• Flood Control District May Need To Close 8 NRG Area and Med Center Bridges at Once for Brays Bayou Flood Mitigation Project [abc13]
• Rothko Chapel’s New Skylight Includes Louver System for Filtering Daylight, Projected Digital Light for Nighttime [New York Times; previously on Swamplot]
• Waffle Bus Is First Temporary Tenant in NextSeed’s New Greenway Plaza Popup Restaurant Space [Culturemap]
• Why FEMA Shouldn’t Be Auctioning Off Harvey Relief Trailers [Houston Public Media]

Photo of The Marlowe Condo Tower at 1311 Polk St.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Uptown Sushi Now Open After Interior Renovations [Culturemap]
• KBR Lands Contract for Exxon’s Beaumont Facility Expansion [HBJ]
• Burn Boot Camp Owners Aim To Open 20 New Houston Locations This Year [HBJ]
• Friendswood Development Planning 320-Acre Neighborhood West of Grand Pkwy. Partially within Katy Prairie Floodplain [HBJ ($)]
• Opportunity Zone Incubator Program Helping Launch Fund To Support Fifth Ward Commercial Development [Bisnow]
• Katy Colombian Eatery Tropical’s Opens Montrose Location in Former Njoy Thai Spot on Westheimer [Eater]
• Rice Student Proposal: Let City Pay for Construction of Garage Apartments in Montrose, Heights, East End To House Voucher Holders [The Urban Edge]
• City Council Considering New Firm To Elevate Meyerland Homes Left High and Dry by Previous Contractor [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Alley Theater: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• D.R. Horton Submits Plan for 460-Acre Neighborhood Ventana Lakes East in Katy [HBJ ($)]
• SNAP Clinic on Durham Crowdfunding New HVAC Unit for Section of Building that Houses Furry Surgical Patients [Houston Press; campaign]
• New Midtown Rooftop Bar 77 Degrees Opening Above Jack & Ginger’s March 7th [Eater]
• BBVA Compass Stadium Renovating To Add Goal Post Smoke Effects, Mother’s Rooms for Dynamo Fans [Houston Dynamo]
• Contract-Analysis AI Company ThoughtTrace Moving HQ to Phoenix Tower [HBJ]
• Spring Resident Spending Retirement at the Holiday Inn Because It’s Cheaper — and Has More Perks — Than a Retirement Home [abc13]
• Former Gibbs Boats Building Under Development at 1110 W. Gray Designated a Houston Landmark [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Houston Rodeo Trail at 947 Gessner Rd.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Rhotey Rotisserie Serves Last Chicken Sandwich After 6 Months in Business at 9296 Westheimer [Eater]
• Lockwood Station Landing in Bravery Chef Hall’s Bar ‘Incubator’ [Culturemap]
• Sienna Plantation Adding New 600-Home Neighborhood on 10,800 Acres with Parks for Humans and Dogs [HBJ]
• Oil and Gas Firm EnVen Energy Relocating HQ to 609 Main St. from Three Allen Center [HBJ]
• HomeAid Houston Completes 50th Duplex for Single Mothers, This Time on Gracewood Campus in Spring Branch [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Minute Maid Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Moody National’s 182-Room Residence Inn by Marriott Now Open Near NRG Stadium at 7807 Kirby Dr. [HBJ]
• After Recent Renovations, 1415 Louisiana Considers Adding Coworking Space [Bisnow]
• New Broadstone Apartment Projects on Chelsea Market Site, Near Memorial Park Start Construction August 1st [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Pasadena’s Bay Area Business Park Adding Additional 1.3M SF in Phase 3 of Development [Bisnow]
• New Houston Libraries Should Be Modeled on Palm Center’s Young Library [OffCite; previously on Swamplot]
• Feng Cha Teahouse Opening Second Houston Area Location in Sugar Land’s University Commons [Eater]
• Study Finds 59% of People Whose Homes Were Damaged as a Result of Hurricane Harvey Experience ‘Intrusive Thoughts’ About Storm [Houston Public Media]
• Berlin Considering Barring Landlords Who Own 3K+ Units from Operating in the City [CityLab]

Photo of Hobby Airport: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First of 6 Corky’s BBQ Houston-Area Locations Now Open in Katy [Culturemap]
• Lax Regulations on Cheaper — but Flammable — Wood Construction is Partly Why New Apartment Midrises Look the Same Everywhere [Bloomberg Businessweek]
• Renderings of Houston Trust’s New Greenway Plaza Digs at 3737 Buffalo Speedway [HBJ ($)]
• Flood Pool Homeowners’ Lawsuit Over Harvey Flooding Could Shape Legal Precedent [Houston Public Media]
• New Energy Corridor Sichuan Restaurant Wula Buhuan Now Open in Former Great W’kana Cafe Spot [Eater]
• City Gives EaDo’s Truck Yard a Green Light To Bring Food Trucks Back This Weekend [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
• William Fulton: Lack of Government Restrictions on Investments Could Cause Gentrification on Steroids in Opportunity Zones [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Fulton St. at Boundary St.: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• D’Agostino Cos. Planning 39K SF Medical Building with Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Services in Sugar Land’s Telfair [Bisnow]
• Avenue CDC Putting Proposed W. 34th St. Housing Project on Hold [Houston Chronicle]
• Slowpokes, Kenny & Ziggy’s Commissary Headed for Spring Branch Shopping Center at 8141 Long Point Rd. for Braun Enterprises Redevelopment Project [HBJ]
• New Owner of Washington Corridor’s Star Fish Rebranding as 1751 Sea and Bar After Renovations [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• New Bipartisan Bills Introduced To Allow Craft Breweries To Sell Beer To Go in Texas [HBJ ($)]
• Park Place Baptist Church’s Midcentury Digs at 4104 Broadway May Be Headed for Demo [Houston Chronicle; petition; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Dean’s at 316 Main St.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• State Rep Calanni Introduces Bill To Accelerate Tax Credit Applications for Housing Projects in Houston’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction [Houston Chronicle]
• Local Artists Design Houston-Centric Monuments for Buffalo Bayou Park’s New Art Installation along Allen Parkway [Culturemap]
• Owners of Turkey Leg Hut at 4830 Almeda Rd. Opening Daiquiri Hut Next Door in Former Scrappy Brown’s Spot [Eater]
• Photos: John Staub’s 1948 Reinterpretation of a Prairie-Style House in River Oaks Hits the Market after Expansion Added [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner Announces 100% of Potholes Reported to 311 Last Year were Repaired by the Next Day [Houston Public Media]
• Rice Architecture Students Teamed Up with Nonprofit Agape Development To Build Tiny Homes in Third Ward [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Chevron building at 1400 Smith St.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pulte Planning 260-Home Development Called Pine Grove on 60 Acres off Cypresswood Dr. in Spring [HBJ ($)]
• Doyle’s Restaurant To Relocate and Downsize After 62 Years in Oak Forest, Leaving Land on W. 34th Open for Nearby Apartment Development [Houston Chronicle]
• ‘Boutique’ Office Buildings in the Suburbs Becoming Increasingly Common Among Houston Metro Office Development [Bisnow]
• Payless ShoeSource Closing All Retail Locations, Including About 50 in the Houston Area [HBJ]
• Pasadena’s Former Town Square Mall Ready To Go Colonial [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of former Texas Junk Warehouse at 215 Welch St.: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BB’s Cafe Opening 10th Location in Former Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet Building on Bay Area Blvd. in Clear Lake [Eater]
• Home Depot Leasing 770,640SF Warehouse in Hines’s 102-Acre Grand National Park Next to Sam Houston Race Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Hollywood Gym Chain Barry’s Bootcamp Opening Soon in River Oaks Shopping Center [Culturemap]
• Samsung Opening Experience Store in the Galleria Next Week [HBJ]
• Mayor Turner Takes the Stage at Travis Scott’s Toyota Center ‘Astroworld’ Concert To Boost Idea of New Year-Round Amusement Park for Houston [Click2Houston]
• 15-Story Office Building with Ground Floor Retail Going Up Between Highland Village Shopping Center and River Oaks District Should Be Complete by Next Spring [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
• Amazon Backs Out of Plans for NYC Headquarters [New York Times]
• Marquette Cos. Planning 8-Story, 293-Unit Apartment Building with Restaurants Below Near Intersection of Navigation and Canal [HBJ ($)]

Photo of Mason Park Bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Dallas-Based HistoryMaker Homes Now Building in Fulshear, Conroe, Iowa Colony, Klein [Houston Chronicle]
• Landscape Architecture Firm Nelson Byrd Woltz Opened Houston Office in Upper Kirby To Be Close to Memorial Park, Rothko Chapel, Ismaili Center Projects [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Plastic Logistics Co. Plantgistix Opening 337K SF Facility in AmeriPort Industrial Park in Baytown [HBJ]
• Stuff’d Wings Will Be Serving Mac & Cheese Stuffed Chicken Wings in the Building Behind its Food Truck at 6402 Tierwester St. [Eater]
• Slowpokes Coffee’s Second Location in Levy Park Now Open at 2925 Richmond Ave. [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
• Transwestern Developing 884K SF Distribution Center on 60 Acres off Fairbanks N. Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Developer Planning Affordable Housing Complex in the Heights Says It’ll Probably Be 5 Stories, Not 10 [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Joan Miró Personage and Birds sculpture at JPMorgan Chase Tower: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool