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• Former Walmart Supercenter in Northwest Houston Being Converted into Mixed-Use Project [HBJ]
• 50M SF of Office Space Is Vacant in Houston, According to NAI Partners [Realty News Report]
• Permit Delays Postpone Projected Stability of Tower Planned at River Oaks Shopping Center [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Finalized Plans for Downtown Post Office Include Food Hall, Music Venue, Coworking Space, Rooftop Park [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: Where Home Prices Have Increased and Decreased the Most So Far in Houston in 2018 [HBJ]
• Can Houston Support Another Food Development That’s Car-Centric in Railway Heights Market? [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Snooze, An A.M. Eatery Opening Next Year in Former Arcodoro Space at Centre at Post Oak [HBJ]
• The Grove Do-Nutz Owners Bringing Breakfast Spot Toast to Sugar Land [Eater Houston]
• JLL: An Average of 31.6% of Houston Workers Reverse Commute for Their Jobs [Houston Chronicle]
• Levy Park in the Running for Urban Land Institute’s Urban Open Space Award [HBJ]

Photo of Waugh Bridge: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NFL Quarterback Robert Griffin III Puts Lake Conroe on the Market for $2.6M [HBJ]
• 3 Houston-Area Self-Storage Facilities Trade Hands [Realty News Report]
• More Details on Symbolic Brewing’s Upcoming Navigation Blvd. Drinking Spot [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• BCK Management Opening Bars Inside Houston Apartment Projects The James and The Ivy [HBJ]
• EggHaus Gourmet To Debut Next Door to King’s BierHaus in a Few Weeks [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Burgr Hous in EaDo Doesn’t Quite Make It to 2 Months Before Getting Locked Out [Eater Houston]
• CBRE Ranks Houston No. 32 Among Top 50 Markets in North America for Tech Industry Talent [HBJ ($)]
• Harris County Saw a Nearly 23% Increase in Flood Insurance Policies After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Rice University’s Harvey Memories Project Shares Digital Artifacts from the Storm [Houston Public Media]
• Temporary Flood Mitigation Plan for Lake Conroe and Lake Houston To Begin This Month [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Saint Arnold’s new beer cathedral: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• What Alliance Residential Has Planned for Its 5-Story Apartments Near The Silos at Sawyer Yards [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Six Houston Library Branches Still Closed 11 Months After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Houston On Track to Use More Water This Month Than Any Other Since Record 2011 Drought [Houston Chronicle]
• A Bike Tour of Brays Bayou’s Green Infrastructure [OffCite]

Photo of White Oak Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Planning 107-Acre Business Park in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Clay Development and Construction To Break Ground on Spec Distribution Center in Baytown [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Housing Market Trends a Year Out from Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Homeowner Says He’s Still Waiting for House To Be Elevated 2 Years After Paying City-Approved Contractor [abc13]
• ValuePenguin Names US-59, I-10, and US-290 Among the Most Dangerous Highways in America [Houston Chronicle]
• Pasadena Refining System Agrees to $3.5M Settlement in Air Pollution Lawsuit [Houston Public Media]
• Granbury, TX Listing Featuring Inflatable T-Rex Costume Goes Viral [abc13]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Katy, Montrose, and The Heights Leading Submarkets for Future Apartment Projects, According to ApartmentData.com [HBJ ($)]
• El Tiempo 1308 Cantina in Montrose To Live A Little Bit Beyond July 31 Closing Due to ‘Technical Construction Delay’ [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• New Neo-Soul Eatery Indigo Opens in Lindale Park Area [Eater Houston]
• Delayed by Fire, Present Company Officially Replaces Royal Oak in Montrose [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston TranStar’s New Real-Time Maps Will Help Drivers Find High Water Locations During Floods [Houston Public Media]
• Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Harvey Flooding Samples, According to Rice University Research [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the Houston Police Officers Memorial: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza Sells for Reported Record-Setting Price [HBJ ($)]
• Wheelock Communities Starts Selling Lots in League City’s Magnolia Creek Community [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Apartment Market Close to 90% Full, According to Berkadia [HBJ ($)]
• Opening of Grand Texas Water Park, Adventure Park Delayed Again to Unspecified Date [HBJ]
• Chris Shepherd’s Romance Languages To Close, Reopen Sept. 1 as One Fifth Mediterranean [Texas Monthly]
• New Bars 77 Degrees and Jack & Ginger’s Irish Pub Heading to Brazos St. in Midtown [Eater Houston]
• Slideshow: The Winners of the Latest Houston Apartment Association Honors Awards [Houston Chronicle]
• More Families with Children Are Renting in Houston, Finds RentCafe [The Urban Edge]
• Flood Plan To Look at Ways to Improve Warnings, Protections Along San Jacinto River [Houston Public Media]
• Bayou Greenways Completes Mile-Long Trail, Breaks Ground on Another Half-Mile Segment [Houston Public Media]
• Menil Collection Cuts Down ‘Favorite’ Oak Tree That Was a ‘Public Safety Hazard’ [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston Survived the Great Oil Bust of 2015-16 [Forbes]

Photo of “Open House”: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 33-Story Luxe Condo Arabella So Far 75% Sold [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• ‘Pocket-Sized’ Retail Development Dubbed 18th Street Bungalows Planned for Durham Corridor in the Heights [Culturemap]
• City Department Focused on Harvey Recovery Relocating to Central Square in Midtown [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Realtor Nan & Co. Adding Office in the Heights with Nap Pods, Meditation Room, Juice Bar [HBJ ($)]
• Saint Arnold Officially Opens Beer Garden and Restaurant Near Brewery [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Burger Chain Wahlburgers Has a Houston Location Somewhere in the Works [Houston Chronicle]
• 72-Year-Old Kegg’s Candies on Beechnut Closing at the End of the Month [abc13]
• Citing Name Confusion, Hubbell & Hudson Bistro in The Woodlands Renovating, Rebranding to Tris [Culturemap]

Photo of the Glassell School of Art: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Retail Market Vacancy Rate at 94% in Second Quarter of 2018 [HBJ ($)]
• Average Monthly Rents in Houston Up $10 Quarter-over-Quarter, Finds JLL [HBJ ($)]
• Alta West Gray Midrise Opens in Montrose [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Mixed-Used Development Katy Green Adding Medical Office Building Called Medical Plaza West [HBJ]
• Vallone’s Steakhouse Closes After 5 Years at Gateway Memorial City Complex [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Baker Katz’s New Webster Shopping Center Adds Hopdoddy Burger Bar, Snooze, Mod Pizza, and Main Squeeze Juice [Houston Chronicle]
• 14 Tenants Confirmed for New ‘Town Center Concept’ at Old Conroe Road and FM 1488 [Community Impact]
• Nearly $5B for Flood Mitigation Projects To Reach Harris County Before First Anniversary of Harvey [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Galveston on Memorial Day weekend: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Inside Latitude Med Center, a New Hotel-Apartment Project in the Med Center [HBJ ($)]
• Harvey-Damaged The Clubs at Kingwood Undergoing $40M Overhaul of Both Clubhouses [HBJ ($)]
• Cedars Tapas Opens in Former Ship & Shield Space in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• Improvement Project Starts on Bolivar Peninsula Hurricane Evacuation Route State Highway 87 [Houston Public Media]
• Nearly 100 Bats Congregate Yearly on a Houston Office Building Near the Sam Houston Tollway [Houston Chronicle]
• Rents in Skyline Address Offices Are Reaching Record Highs [Bisnow]
• Midland Has the Fastest-Rising Housing Prices in the Nation, According to SmartAsset Study [Realty News Report]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ‘Architecturally Significant’ Part of River Oaks Shopping Center Starts Coming Down to Make Way for Residential Tower [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Montrose’s El Tiempo 1308 Cantina Officially Closing July 31 with Apartment Project Back on Track [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Accredo Packaging Starts Third Expansion at Sugar Land Campus [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Closed Since November Fire, Southern Goods in the Heights Closes for Good [Culturemap]
• The Union Kitchen and Jax Grill Coming to Katy Next Year [Eater Houston]
• Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey [The Kinder Institute for Urban Research]
• National Flood Insurance Program Set To Expire July 31 Without Intervention [Galveston County Daily News]

Photo of GreenStreet: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Triten Real Estate Partners Breaks Ground on Distribution Center Near Port of Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Renderings for Midway’s ‘Evolving’ East River Project Were Created as Part of Last Year’s Amazon Bid [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Getting Another $8M for Harvey Buy-Outs [Houston Public Media]
• How to Improve the Recovery Funding Process [The Urban Edge]
• 4-Mile Section of U.S. 290 Between Little York and Pinemont Reopens After Revamp [Houston Chronicle]
• New East End Mural by ARTKUNGFU Tackles Gentrification [Culturemap]
• Texas Predicted To Become World’s No. 3 Oil Producer Next Year [CNN]

Photo of the Glassell School of Art: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• California-Based Wilson Investment Properties Picks Up 19 Buildings Across 6 Industrial Parks in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mixed-Use Project Breaks Ground within CityPlace Development in Springwoods Village [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Construction To Start Next Month on Rice University’s New School of Social Sciences Building Designed by Rogers Partners [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Rethink, a Coworking Space Geared Toward Real Estate Professionals, Opening in Houston Next Year [HBJ ($)]
• 20-Year-Old Asiatown Dim Sum Spot Ocean Palace Getting Revamp [Eater Houston]
• Houston Habitat for Humanity Relaxes First-Time Homebuyer Rule Post-Harvey [Realty News Report]
• About 20% of Applicants Approved for Harvey Home Buyouts Have Dropped Out of the Program [Houston Public Media]
• Dimensions of James Reese Career and Technical Center To Be a Few Feet Shorter Than Planned To Avoid Sugar Land Grave Sites [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Mapping the Most Expensive Airbnb Rentals in Houston [HBJ]

Photo of Ferris wheel at Truck Yard: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ExxonMobil Picks Up Nearly 100 Acres Near One of Its Baytown Refinery [HBJ ($)]
• Ibiza Enterprises Files Permits for Greater East End Residential Project Called Harrisburg Oaks [HBJ ($)]
• Fein Planning Next Luxury Project Reverie at River Hollow in Uptown Area [HBJ]
• Take-Out Focused Location of The Halal Guys Franchise Coming to the Medical Center [Culturemap]
• Slideshow: These Were the 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in June [HBJ]

Photo of the Four Seasons: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Wolff Companies Picks Up 521 Acres in Waller for Business Park [HBJ ($)]
• Senior Living Developer Breaks Ground on 23-Story Highrise in Tanglewood [HBJ ($)]
• Eleven of RCLCO’s 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Are in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• How New Developments Push the Limits of Houston’s Suburban Sprawl [HBJ ($)]
• Co-Working Company Rethink To Open First Houston Location in Former Master Mattress Works North of Downtown [HBJ]
• Tomball Getting Second Craft Brewery with Opening of Fire Ant Brewing Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Business Park Redemption Square at Generation Park Adding 2 New Restaurant Concepts [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Will Have a Cafe Devoted to Matcha Starting Next Week [Eater Houston]
• Shun Japanese Kitchen Planned on Shepherd at Harold St. This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Inside Seattle’s Tiny House Village for Homeless Women [abc13]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Buyers Closed on More Homes Than Any Other Month in History in June [Houston Chronicle]
• United Equities Buys Last 2 Tracks in Northwest Houston’s Satsuma Station Business Park for Industrial Project [HBJ ($)]
• Lincoln Property Co. Breaks Ground on Lincoln Heights Midrise Near the Heights [HBJ ($)]
• Ono Poke To Open Second Houston Location in Downtown’s Tunnels Sometime This Fall [Eater Houston]
• 15-Year-Old Harry’s Restaurant & Cafe Renovating to ‘Keep Up with the Changes’ in Midtown [Culturemap]
• Study: How Race Plays a Factor During the Home-Buying Process in Houston [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool