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• Hyatt House Houston Energy Corridor Changes Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Hickory Hollow’s Heights Property Sold to Braun Restaurants, Restaurant To Close Next Year [Culturemap]
• Inside Houston’s First Whole Foods 365 Store, Opening Today in Independence Heights [HBJ]
• Ninfa’s on Navigation To Open Blvd Place Location Next Year [HBJ]
• Mama Ninfa’s Tacos y Tortas Signs Up for Downtown Tunnel Food Hall Understory [Eater Houston]
• Metro’s New Bi-Monthly Podcast One of the Few Produced by a Public Transit Agency [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of construction on Bay Colony, Dickinson: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Fully Occupied Garden Oaks Shopping Center Sold to Fifth Corner [Houston Chronicle]
• WorkSuites To Add Coworking Offices in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• East Hampton Sandwich Company First Confirmed Eatery for Downtown Tunnel Food Hall Understory [Eater Houston]
• First Texas Location of Corky’s BBQ Landing in Katy [Eater Houston]
• Plano Matcha Tea Shop Meccha Matcha Coming to Asiatown’s Dun Huang Plaza This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Wortham Center To Open Foyer To Public for First Time Since Harvey at Sunday’s Theater District Open House [Houston Public Media]
• Checking In with Houston Chief Recovery Officer Marvin Odum a Year After Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Then-and-Now Photos Compare Houston During Harvey and a Year Later [Houston Chronicle]
• A Breakdown of the Buyout Process [The Urban Edge]
• Bus Line Connecting Galveston to Houston To Be Shut Down in Face of Lost Funding, Low Ridership [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Topwater Grill, San Leon: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Median Sale Price in Houston in July Was $242,500, According to Redfin [Houston Chronicle]
• Friendswood Development, Pulte Homes To Build 175-Acre Community Katy Crossing Near Grand Pkwy. [HBJ ($)]
• 6 Ivy Point Apartment Complexes for Residents Ages 55 and Up Planned for Outer-Loop Neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle]
• League City King’s Bierhaus Looking at Fall Opening [Galveston County Daily News (($)]
• What We’ve Learned Since Harvey [The Urban Edge]
• Residents of The Pines Condominium Complex Still Weighing Whether To Rebuild or Move On Post-Harvey [Wall Street Journal ($)]
• Why Workers Put Christmas Trees Atop Under-Construction Buildings [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Travis St. at Preston St.: Tom Rusteberg via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Proposal To Bring W Hotel to Downtown Houston Advances [HBJ]
• Slideshow: The 10 Most Expensive Houston Homes Sold in July [HBJ]
• Montrose Restaurant L’Olivier To Become New Concept Avondale Food & Wine [Culturemap]
• Savoir To Take Over Former Tiny Boxwoods Space in the Heights [Eater Houston]
• Cherry Pie Hospitality Sells Off Memorial-Area Restaurant State Fare to Culinary Khancepts [Culturemap]
• Harvey-Related Water and Air Pollution Was Vastly Underestimated, According To Report [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s Noteworthy Urban Agriculture Success Stories [The Urban Edge]
• ‘Harvey Heroes’ Mural Unveiled on Drainage Canal in the Westchase District [Houston Chronicle]
• A Walking Tour of Gulfton, Houston at Its Most Diverse and Densely Populated [OffCite]

Photo of Studemont Junction: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• One in 5 Apartments Damaged During Harvey Are Still Not Restored, According to ApartmentData.com [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Home of TLC’s ‘Little Couple’ Under Contract To Sell After Multiple Price Cuts [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• There’s ‘Incredible’ Interest in Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages’ West University Place Property [HBJ ($)]
• $50M H-E-B-Anchored Mixed-Use Development Planned for Kingwood [Realty News Report]
• Harris County Commissioners Formally Approve 237-Item Project List for Flood Control Bond [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in ‘Early Stages’ of Planning Plan for Former AstroWorld Land [HBJ]

Photo of Carruth Pedestrian Bridge: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Westgate 1 Office Building in Energy Corridor’s Park Ten Business Park Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Taps CBRE To Sell Several of Its Greater Houston Properties [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Millennial-Geared Wanderstay Hostel To Open Near Midtown This Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Fitzgerald’s Owner Sells White Oak Property to Chicago Developer Planning Retail Down the Street [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Churrasco Food Truck, The Grove Do-Nutz Among Vendors at New Wash Ave Food Hall Railway Heights [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Pizza Motus Now Open in West University [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• League City Getting First Franchise of King’s BierHaus This Fall [HBJ ($)]
• HISD To Open 13 New or Renovated Campuses for New School Year [HBJ]
• Homeowners Can Apply To Get Reimbursed for Harvey-Related Repairs [Houston Public Media]
• The Average Houston Commute Is 27.3 Minutes, According to HomeArea.com [HBJ]

Photo of Downtown: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Top Builders and Communities by New Home Starts, According to Metrostudy [HBJ ($)]
• HAR Chair: New Real Estate Business Models ‘Starting To Gain Traction’ [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Landlords Turning to Event Spaces and Amenities To Counter Lukewarm Office Market [HBJ ($)]
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Texas Economy Expected To Cool Down as Job Growth from Harvey Fades [Houston Public Media]
• Ziegler’s Foods Plans Its Return to Dickinson [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Kashmere Gardens Residents Calling for Lights Along 2-Mile Hunting Bayou Trail Segment [abc13]

Photo of new home construction in Braes Heights: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Aztec Fund Acquires 3-Year-Old Westway Plaza [Realty News Report]
• Villas at Bunker Hill in the Memorial City Area Trades Hands [[Realty News Report]
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Long-Term Plans for the AstroWorld Site [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
• Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café Looking To Add Another Houston Location in Friendswood [HBJ]
• Republic Diner and Noodle Bar in the Heights Has Closed To Make Way for Blackbird Izakaya [Eater Houston]
• Austin Bar Owners Bringing 4 New Concepts to Midtown [Culturemap]

Photo of lake off Sandalwood Dr. in Sandalwood neighborhood: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HAR: Last Month Saw Highest Figures for Single-Family Home Median and Average Prices for a July [HBJ]
• New Home Construction Program To Help Replace Housing Lost from Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Braun Redevelopment Project at 2522 Yale St. in the Heights To Include Creative Office Space [HBJ ($)]
• McCord Development ‘Essentially Building a City from Scratch’ with Generation Park [Community Impact Newsday]
• Houston Ranked Among the Biggest Boomtowns in America by MagnifyMoney [Houston Chronicle]
• Second Houston Location of Japanese Cream Puff Chain Beard Papa’s Already Planned for Bellaire Blvd. [Eater Houston]
• Part-Taproom, Part-Brewery Fortress BeerWorks Coming to Spring This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Forthcoming Bellaire Food Street Development Adds Vietnamese Eatery Migo [Eater Houston]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• More Than 8,000 People Now Live in Downtown Houston, Up from 3,800 in 2012 [Realty News Report]
• Houston the No. 1 Home Market on New Real Estate Search Site HomLuv.com [Realty News Report]
• Madison Park Apartments in the Westchase District Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Developer: Capitol Tower Food Hall To Stand Out from Downtown Crowd at Center of the Tunnel System [HBJ ($)]
• Rapper Slim Thug Giving Away a Remodeled Northeast Houston Home to a Harvey Victim [abc13]
• Field & Tides Adds Separate Bar and Patio Destination Adjacent to Heights Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• Signage for Sweet Bribery Show Up on Heights Site Where Cherry Pie Hospitality Had Planned To Open Lee’s Creamery [Eater Houston]
• Houston Bike Share Program BCycle Looking To Add More Than 30 Stations [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Waugh Dr. Bridge: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Colliers: 43 Full Floors of Houston Sublease Office Space Coming Back in the Next 12 Months [Realty News Report]
• Alliance Residential Breaks Ground on 364-Unit Project Near Katy [HBJ ($)]
• Monthly Rent for Average One-Bedroom Unit in Houston Fell to $1,280 in July, According to Abodo [Bisnow]
• $6.75M Mansion in Carlton Woods Section of The Woodlands Going to Auction [HBJ]
• Where Lake Houston-Area Homeowners and Business Owners Stand a Year After Harvey [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Adair Concepts Opening New Restaurant Concept at Wells Fargo Plaza [HBJ]
• Capitol Tower Getting 2-Story, 7-Vendor Food Hall Dubbed Understory [Houstonia]
• Cafe Benedicte Reopens in the Energy Corridor Nearly a Year Since Closing After Harvey [Eater Houston]
• Heights Cocktail Bar One Armed Scissor Leaving Shared Hughie’s Tavern Space for Downtown [Culturemap]
• Fast-Casual Salad Restaurant SaladHead Coming to West University [Eater Houston]
• Mia’s Table To Add 3 Locations in Houston Suburbs by April 2019 [Houston Chronicle]
• Rico’s Morning Noon Night in Bagby Park Has Closed [Eater Houston]
• $2.5B in Flood Bonds Could Fund 237 Projects in Harris County [Houston Public Media]
• More Than Half of Harris County Residents Will Vote for Bond Package, Finds UH Survey [Houston Public Media]
• Equity Assessments of Metro’s Drafts for Its Long-Term Plan by LINK Houston [The Urban Edge]
• The Birth, Rise, and Spread of New Real Estate Buzzwords [Bisnow]

Photo of Buffalo Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston a Top ‘Buy’ Market for Apartment Investors, According to Ten-X Commercial [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Sublease Office Space Will Fall Below 13-Year Average of 5M SF by 2021, Predicts PMRG [Realty News Report]
• NRG Stadium Getting The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation and Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys [HBJ]
• Nashville-Based Beauty Retailer Lemon Laine Coming to Heights Mercantile This Fall [Houstonia]
• Locked-Out Pi Pizza and Star Fish Reopen After ‘Banking Snafu’ [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Pho Restaurant Flying Pho Debuts on Ella Blvd. in Garden Oaks [Eater Houston]
• Sugar Land Town Square Wraps Up Plaza Renovation [Houston Chronicle]
• Arkema Indicted for ‘Recklessly’ Releasing Chemicals During Harvey Aftermath [HBJ]
• Hughes Landing Adds Sixth Piece of Public Art to Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Where Do Confederate Monuments Go After They Come Down? [NPR]
• Civic Leaders Don’t Know What Incentives Have Been Promised to Amazon in Bid for HQ2 [New York Times ($)]

Photo: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CoreLogic: Houston Rents for Single-Family Homes Up More Than 4% After Harvey [Realty News Report]
• Chadillac’s Backyard Waterpark in Conroe Can Be Yours for $2.8M [abc13]
• Beazer Homes, Taylor Morrison Start on 200-Acre La Porte Master-Planned Community [HBJ ($)]
• Arbor Court Residents Sue Government Over Flood-Prone Apartments [abc13]
• Lowell Street Market Restaurant Sing Now Crowdsourcing Funds on NextSeed [Eater Houston]
• Tony Vallone’s Galleria-Area Italian Ciao Bello Has Closed [HBJ]
• Benjy’s Turns into New Concept, The Classic All Day, Starting Friday [Culturemap]
• First Watch Opens in Market Square at Eldridge Parkway on Monday [Eater Houston]
• Revamped I-45 Exit at St. Joseph Parkway-Pease Street To Open Monday [Houston Public Media]
• Meet New Metro Board Member Teresa Morales [The Urban Edge]

Photo of 2050 W. Sam Houston: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Two Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor Nearing Default on Its Loan [HBJ ($)]
• Austin’s GVA Real Estate Group Picks Up Huntington Glen Apartment Complex in Alief [Realty News Report]
• MS Warehousing Expands Lease at 2015 Turning Basin in East Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• G.T. Leach Constructors and Arel Capital Both Suing Each Other Over Delays on River Oaks Condo Project [HBJ]
• Houston Renters Able To Save $66 on Average a Month, Finds PropertyShark and RentCafe Report [Culturemap]
• Millennials Looking to Settle Down in Cy-Fair, Says Realtor [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Renters Living in Bear Creek Post-Harvey Causing Tension with Homeowners [Houston Public Media]
• Downtown Restaurants Massa’s South Coast Grill and Blue by Massa’s Struggling with Downtown Changes [Culturemap]
• Ice Cream Shop Twisted Love Coming to Dun Huang Plaza [Eater Houston]
• The Architect Behind the Double Helix-Shaped Park at TMC3 [TMC News; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Studemont Junction: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool