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• Greenway Plaza Office Building Formerly Known as River Oaks Tower To Be Renamed T-Mobile Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• Howard Hughes Developing First Medical Office Project in The Woodlands [Realty News Report]
• Houston Office Market Vacancy Rate Up to 28.2% in Second Quarter, Finds Savills Studley [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Ranks High on List of Cities Where Renters Pay a Premium for Prime Location [Culturemap]
• Houston’s First Whole Foods Market 365 Opening in Independence Heights on Aug. 22 [HBJ]
• Montrose Mediterranean Restaurant Aladdin Expanding to Garden Oaks This Week [Eater Houston]
• And Montrose Wine Bar Camerata at Paulie’s Expanding to Oak Forest Next Year [Culturemap]
• Mercedes Crashes into Underbelly in Montrose While Restaurant is Under Renovation [Houston Chronicle]
• Astros Extend Lease at Minute Maid Park Through 2050 [Houston Press]
• Houston Leg from San Antonio Not Part of Current Hyperloop Projects [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Approves Plan for How It Would Spent $1.1B in Federal Harvey Relief [Houston Public Media]
• County Engineer John Blount on the State of Flood Mitigation in Houston Post-Harvey [OffCite]
• Texans Name Downtown’s Bank of America Center as Their State’s Favorite ‘Architectural Masterpiece’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Kim Son: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• JLL: Houston Industrial Market Saw Negative Absorption in Second Quarter [HBJ ($)]
• Asian Retirement Community Developer STOA Architects Planning Second Houston Project at 6955 Turtlewood [HBJ ($)]
• Developer Buys Harvey-Damaged Spaghetti Warehouse Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Warehouse and Storage Company CustomSpace Opening First Texas Location on Polk Street [Realty News Report]
• Midtown Restaurant America Gardens Seeking Investors on Crowdfunding Platform NextSeed [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• What the U.S. Geological Survey’s New Harvey Study Tells Us About Flooding in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Underground Sewer Main Leaks Likely Cause of Houston Sinkholes [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Ranks Among 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities for Cyclists, According to Your Local Security [Culturemap]
• Sleuthing Where Andrew Zimmern Filmed in Houston for His Travel Channel Show [Culturemap]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Latest Houston Retail Occupancy Figures Among the Highest Levels on Record, Finds Weitzman Report [Houston Chronicle]
• So Far 50K Cubic Yards of Debris Removed from Lake Houston in Post-Harvey Cleanup [Houston Chronicle]
• La Villa Saint-Tropez Opens in Former Cafe Azur Space in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• The Queen Vic Owners Closing Upper Kirby Bar on July 15, Citing Landlord Dispute [Eater Houston]
• Steak 48 Owners Planning Seafood Restaurant Appropriately Called Ocean 48 Somewhere in Houston [Eater Houston]
• Harvey Registry Wants To Hear Your Health and Housing Experience After the Storm [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the Gulf Freeway: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Sublease Space Rose in June, Driven by Listings at Greenway Plaza [Bisnow]
• Lending Tree Ranks Houston on List of Cities with the Most Million-Dollar Homes [Culturemap]
• Mexican Peanut Company Galdisa USA Opens New Conroe Park North Facility Today [Houston Chronicle]
• New Foundation Poured for Hines’ Residences at La Colombe d’Or, Set To Deliver in 2020 [HBJ ($)]
• Continued Village Arcade Revamp To Include Public Art, Popup Shops, More Public Spaces [Houston Chronicle]
• $3M Renovation Begins on Restaurant at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa [HBJ]
• Board and Brew Gaming Opening in North Houston Warehouse [Eater Houston]
• Texas Getting Nearly $5B in Federal Funding for Flood Control Projects [The Texas Tribune]
• Seven of the Nation’s 10 Most Frequently Substantially Flood-Damaged Properties Are in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Houston Flood Museum Is Underway [Houstonia]

Photo of Elysian Viaduct: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Fourth of July Weather Causes Flash Flooding in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor: Lessons from Harvey Prepared Houston for Yesterday’s Flood [KHOU]
• Giant Sinkhole Opens Up in Westchase District After Storms [abc13]
• Looking into the Height of Tilman Fertitta’s Post Oak Hotel [CoStar Group]
• High-Rise Residential Properties That Offer Great Views in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Environment Texas Research & Policy Center Study Shows Air Pollution Risk in Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Wrightwood St. in Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Tilman Fertitta’s New Uptown Tower The Post Oak Has Outstanding Liens Totaling More Than $30.5M [HBJ ($)]
• Law Firm Sidley Austin Expands Offices in Downtown’s Wells Fargo Plaza [Realty News Report]
• FEMA Facing Backlog in Removing Trailers for Hurricane Harvey Victims [abc13]
• Colorado-Based American Furniture Warehouse Entering Texas Market with Katy, Webster Stores [Houston Chronicle]
• Quick Quack Car Wash Coming to Katy Retail Center [Houston Chronicle]
• 8th Wonder Distillery Opens Its Doors to the Public This Week Across the Street from Brewery [Houston Chronicle]
• The Ivy & James Has Closed a Little More Than a Year After Opening in Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire [Culturemap]
• Looks Like Blackbird Izakaya Is Replacing Republic Diner and Noodle Bar in the Heights [Eater Houston]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Recommends Millions of Dollars in Improvements for State Highway 146 To Address New Baytown Activity [Houston Public Media]
• Protective Cap Preventing Toxic Waste from Spilling at San Jacinto River Superfund Site Still Needs Repairing [Houston Public Media]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mark-Dana Corp. Closes on Land for Affordable Housing Project EaDo Lofts [HBJ ($)]
• Stream Realty Takes Over Leasing for Galleria Office Tower 3040 Post Oak [HBJ ($)]
• Lazybrook/Timbergrove Homes Saw Biggest Profits for Sellers Last Year, According to Zillow [Culturemap]
• FEMA-Funded Hotel Rooms End for 700 Families Displaced by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Forty Five Ten To Close River Oaks District Location When Lease Expires This Fall [HBJ]
• Permanent Connector at U.S. 290 and 610 Loop to Open Today [HBJ]
• A Quarter of Parking Spaces at Memorial Park Will Be Metered Starting Later This Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Drone Captures Footage of Saharan Dust Over Houston Area [abc13]

Photo of 1020 Holcombe: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sale of 1001 McKinney Office Tower Closes [HBJ]
• Third Office Building Breaks Ground in Chasewood Crossing Business Park [HBJ]
• CityPlace at Springwoods Village Breaks Ground on First Office Building [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Restaurateur Johnny Carrabba Lists Memorial Home for Nearly $19M [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Mattress Mack To Transform Some Gallery Furniture Stores into Both Retail and Community Center Space [HBJ]
• Anvil Owner Bobby Heugel To Take Over Neighboring Etro Space in Montrose [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Fusion Taco Expanding to Greenway Plaza Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Restaurant Chain Pepper Twins Opening Sixth Location at CityCentre This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Dish Society To Add Fifth Location in the Heights Later This Year [HBJ]
• Remembering Quality Hill, Houston’s First Affluent Neighborhood on the Northeastern Side of What’s Now Downtown [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Market Square Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Self-Storage Properties in Baytown, The Woodlands Trade Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Multi-Level Retail Projects a Growing Trend Among Developers [Houston Public Media]
• Houston a ‘Too-Many-Amenities Metro’ in Rental Market, According to Apartment List [Bisnow]
• How To Make Houston Housing More Resilient [The Urban Edge]
• The New Restaurant Row in the Galleria [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Kau Ba Saigon Kitchen Debuts Next Month in Former Bacchus Space at 2502 Dunlavy St. [Eater Houston]
• Clé Group Opening French Restaurant Bisou in Just-Shuttered Taverna Space in the River Oaks District [PaperCity Magazine]
• Nitro-Themed Ice Cream Shop Sub Zero Opens in Generation Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Council Approves Plan for First $1B in Harvey Aid [Houston Chronicle]
• After Harvey, Houston Has To Get Greener [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• H-E-B Opens First 2-Story Houston Store in Bellaire Today [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Of the 40 Apartment Projects Underway in Houston, 23 Are in the Suburbs [HBJ ($)]
• Midway Cos. To Refinance 15-Story West Houston Office Building CityCentre Five [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Budget Officer: Homeowners Are Paying Less in Property Taxes Than 6 Years Ago [Houston Public Media]
• Japanese Chain Go! Go! Curry Signs First Houston Franchise Deal [Eater Houston]
• The Carpenter Behind the ‘Catification’ of El Gato Coffeehouse in the Heights [Houstonia]

Photo of the Harrisburg Art Museum: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Springwoods Village’s CityPlace I Office Building Breaks Ground [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside the Newly-Completed Luxury High Rise The River Oaks [Houston Chronicle]
• Kiewit Engineering Group Subleasing 2 Floors of Energy Tower IV in the Energy Corridor [Realty News Report]
• The Praedium Group Acquires the Discovery at Mandolin Apartments in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• UH’s Fertitta Center to Host First Game Dec. 1 After $60M Renovation [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Aqua Park Altitude H20 Opening Houston-Area Location in Rosharon [Culturemap]
• Houston’s First Shell Shack To Debut Next Month on Wash Ave [Eater Houston]
• Bernie’s Burger Bus Opening Fourth Location in Missouri City [Culturemap]
• Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café Coming to Market Street in The Woodlands This Fall [Eater Houston]
• How Urban Planning Has Become a Self-Fulfilling Highway-Building Bureaucracy in Texas Cities [The Texas Tribune]
• Green Group Holdings Ends Years-Long Legal Efforts To Build Landfill in Waller County [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the former Maxwell House factory: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 8-Story Apartment Building with Ground-Floor Retail, Restaurant Space To Break Ground Next Month in Hughes Landing [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Country Club Approves $80M Renovation Including New Fitness Center [HBJ ($)]
• The Amenities at The McCarthy, the Apartment Building Atop Hotel ZaZa Memorial City [HBJ ($)]
• Both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar Are Coming to the Shoppes at 249 [Houston Chronicle]
• Ready Room, a New Cocktail Bar Named After an Old Dive Bar, Opens in the Heights [Culturemap]
• East Hampton Sandwich Company To Open Montrose Location This Week [Eater Houston]
• Judge Dismisses Charge in Case Against RG Homes Founder Roy Gabbay [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Manchester Neighborhood Grapples with Poor Air Quality [Houston Public Media]
• How City Demographics Affect Park Spending, Quality, and Access [The Urban Edge]

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

• New Main & Co Office Space Opens on Corner of Main and Commerce [Houston Chronicle]
• Bombshells off I-45 To Reopen This Week After Court-Ordered Closure [HBJ]
• St. Jac’s Bar Will Join Other Eating and Drinking Venues in Finn Hall [Eater]
• What’s a Texas Town Without a Dairy Queen? [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• GE Oil & Gas Industrial Building on Beltway 8 North of Clay Rd. Has a New Landlord [HBJ]
• German Diesel Engine Company Augsburg Starts Construction Next Week on US HQ in Twinwood Business Park Near Brookshire [HBJ]
• 37-Unit Museum Blvd Condo Building Breaks Ground at 4819 Caroline St. [HBJ]
• Cleanup Crew Removes Nails Jutting from Lake Conroe Park Bulkhead After Kids Injured While Swimming [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner Says He Won’t Support Planned Immigrant Kids Detention Center on Emancipation St. [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Southwest Key Programs Set To Make More Than $450M This Year for Operating Child Detention Facilities [Bloomberg]

Photo of NRG Stadium: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool