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• What’s In Store for NewQuest, JLL, and Aliana’s 57-Acre Retail Development [HBJ ($)]
• Texas City To Consider Deal for $800M Ammonia Plant [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Rice University To Break Ground on New Music Building This Thursday [Rice News; previously on Swamplot]
• What’s Changed About Office Design in 2017 [Houstonia]
• East Hampton Sandwich Co. Now Planning River Oaks Location [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Commissioners Court Set To Vote Today on New Development Rules in Harvey’s Wake [Houston Chronicle]
• What Still Needs Cleaning Up at the Flooded Wortham Theater [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• San Jacinto Waste Pits Cleanup Might Not Start for Another Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Nearly Half of Those Affected by Harvey Say They Still Need Help To Get Back on Their Feet [AP]
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: More Than 3,700 People Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since Late August [AP]
• Richmond Residents Debate Leaving Flood-Prone Neighborhood [Texas Observer]

Photo of the Icon Premier Residences: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Brookfield Property Partners Adds To Downtown Portfolio with Purchase of Houston Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Ranks Second Behind North Carolina on Forbes’s Best States for Business List [HBJ]
• Greater Houston Partnership Launches New Resilience Task Force To Address Flood Challenges [HBJ ($)]
• Developers of The Woodlands Used Deceptive Techniques To Lift Lots Out Of Flood Zones [New York Times]
• Bayou Greenways Project Sees Increased Support After Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• BB&T Scott & Stringfello Opens First Houston Office Downtown in 2 Allen Center [HBJ]
• Steakhouse Doris Metropolitan Opens in Former Triniti Restaurant Space on Shepherd [Eater Houston]
• In-N-Out Burger Pausing Plans for Westheimer Restaurant, Exploring Other Houston Locations [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Lady Gaga Does Some Demo Work at Harvey-Damaged Houston Home [abc13]
• New Law May Make It ‘Almost Impossible’ for Texas Cities To Annex Land [Houston Public Media]
• Wind Power Capacity Has Surpassed Coal in Texas [Texas Monthly]

Photo of Travis St. opposite Market Sq.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Rustic Breaks Ground Downtown on Polk St. [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Thor Equities Inks First Office Leases within Kirby Collection in Upper Kirby [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Asian Food Hall Bellaire Food Street Opening in Chinatown Next Summer [Eater Houston]
• Galleria-Area Seafood Restaurant Peska Closes [Culturemap]
• Spaghetti Warehouse Launches Online Liquidation Auction for Kitchen Items, Chandeliers from Harvey-Damaged Location [HBJ]
• Free Press Summer Fest Rebranded as In Bloom Music Festival, Coming to Eleanor Tinsley Park in March [Houston Chronicle]
• Wortham Theater Center Reopening Pushed Back to September 2018 [Houston Press]
• Metro Suffered Damages of Up To $15M from Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Harvey Exposed the Shortcomings of Houston’s Health Care System [The Urban Edge]
• This Weekend’s Sunday Streets Route in Energy Corridor To Unite Businesses Flooded by Harvey [OffCite]

Photo of HUE Mural Festival: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Hurricane Harvey Created a Perfect Storm for Houston Commercial Leases [HBJ ($)]
• Mayor Turner: Houston Doesn’t Have the $500M Needed To Build a Third Reservoir [Houston Public Media]
• Real Estate Execs Bullish on Houston’s Property Market Despite Harvey, Oil Bust [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Long-Term UH Survey Aims To Track How People Recover from Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Houston’s Fourth Snooze Eatery Opening Next Year in the Heights [Houston Press]
• Canadian-Based Moxie’s Grill and Bar Arrives in Houston with Location at The Centre at Post Oak [HBJ]
• Montrose Restaurant Lowbrow Has Closed [Culturemap]
• Texas Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens’s 65,000-Acre Mesa Vista Ranch on the Market for $250M [Dallas Morning News]

Photo of 609 Main: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Quantum Energy Partners To Relocate HQ to Capitol Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• Benjy’s on Washington Closing at End of This Year, Reopening Next Year as Diner Concept [HBJ]
• How Much More Money You’ll Need for a Down Payment in Houston in 2018 [Culturemap]
• Officials: Harvey Recovery Complicated by Cost, Lack of Temporary Housing [Houston Chronicle]
• Industry Support for Proposed Flood Plain Rules May Signal New Attitude in Harvey’s Wake [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• How Much Has Been Raised for Harvey Relief So Far and Where It’s Going [The Texas Tribune]
• How Disaster Recovery Money Moves Between Federal, State, Local Levels [The Urban Edge]
• Grand Parkway Bridge To Close for Nearly a Month for Harvey Repairs on Brazos River [abc13]
• Residents Say City Sent High Water Bills to Homes Vacant Since Harvey [Click2Houston]
• Pearland Homeowners Create Facebook Group To Protest Smelly Tap Water [KHOU]
• ICE Proposing 5 New Privately-Run Immigrant Detention Centers Like This Sprawling Complex in Conroe [Houston Public Media]
• Inside the Gabled Houston House Architect Michael Viviano Designed for His Parents [Dezeen]

Photo of Highway 90: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• RealPage: Houston-Area Rents Reached 2-Year High in October [HBJ]
• Inside East Downtown Mixed-Use Project East Village [HBJ ($)]
• Greystar’s Latitude Med Center Residential Tower To Open in the Spring [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Maison Pucha Bistro Might Just Break Curse at 1001 Studewood, Previously Home to Black & White and Stella Sola [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Federal Study Could Increase Rainfall Estimate for ‘100-Year Storm’ in Harris County by Up To 5 Inches [Houston Chronicle]
• Arcadis Study Ranks Houston Among the Worst Places in North America for Urban Transportation [Houston Chronicle]
• The Worst Traffic Hotspot in Houston is I-45 from Exit 46A to Exit 63, According to INRIX [Houston Chronicle]
• A Rainfall Deficit Has Been Building in Houston Since Harvey [abc13]
• How the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Process Affects Access to Jobs, Schools, and Healthcare [The Urban Edge]
• Blue Triangle Garden Club: New Civic Association ‘Disrespectful’ for Holding Competing Riverside Terrace Home Tour [Houston Forward Times]

Photo of Springwoods Village Town Center: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• About 17,000 Apartments Have Been Leased in the 2 Months After Hurricane Harvey, Finds ApartmentData.com [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Construction Labor, Materials Costs on the Rise After Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• In Counties Hit by Harvey, More Than 100 Day Care Centers Are Suspended or Permanently Closed [The Texas Tribune]
• Three Months After Harvey, More Than 47,000 Flood Victims Living in Hotels [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• More Than 22,000 Houston Students Still Considered Homeless Due to Harvey [KHOU]
• New Vehicle Sales Up 41.5% Last Month After Harvey, Finds TexAuto Facts Report [Houston Chronicle]
• How These Pop-Up Houses Could Help After Hurricanes [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey-Related Research Projects Getting Underway in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• More Than 1,000 Volunteers Have Helped Clean Up Buffalo Bayou [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• NewQuest Acquires Land in Aliana Master-Planned Community for Retail Concept [HBJ ($)]
• Lowe’s Signs Lease for Industrial Space in North Houston Logistics Center [HBJ ($)]
• Air General Inks 101,460-SF Industrial Lease Near IAH [Houston Chronicle]
• Temple Oaks Baptist Church Puts 79,000SF of Garden Oaks Land Up for Sale at More Than $2.5M [The Leader]
• More Renters Finding Single-Family Homes in Houston Suburbs [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council: Local Car Crashes Up More Than 40% in Past 5 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• Clear Lake Residents Asked for Input on El Dorado Blvd. Widening Project [Houston Public Media]
• Touring the Bayou City’s Roots on the Houston History Bus [Houston Press]

Photo of mural by Helena Martin at HUE mural festival, 2123 Polk St: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NAR: Home Sales Spike in October as Houston, Florida Rebound from Hurricanes [Curbed]
• Houston Sees Highest Average Rental Rate in 2 Years, Finds Axiometrics [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Proposing Using 500-Year Floodplains Instead of 100-Year Floodplains for New Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner: Houston’s Share of Federal Funding for Harvey Recovery Not Enough [abc13]
• The ZIP Codes with the Most FEMA Applications After Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Immigrant Reconstruction Workers Report Wage Theft After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Hurricane Harvey Forces Congressional Candidate in Meyerland To Relocate, Run in Different District [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Law Firms Named to Consolidated Harvey Flood Cases [HBJ]
• The Union Kitchen Opens Fifth Location, on Wash Ave [HBJ]
• Houston’s Strong Retail Fundamentals Likely To Keep Growing Boutique Fitness Sector Competitive [Bisnow]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Accepting Comments for Regional Transportation Plan Update [Houston Public Media]
• Buffalo Bayou Park Wins Urban Land Institute’s Global Award for Excellence [Houston Public Media]
• Recommendations for Making Houston a More Bird-Friendly City [The Urban Edge]

Photo of cranes near Brady’s Landing: John Atkinson

• Wu Investments Acquires Eldridge Lakes Town Center in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Engineering Firm PinnacleART Will Add 2 Buildings to Company Campus [HBJ]
• Fans Sleep Outside the Galleria Ahead of Kylie Jenner Cosmetic Line Pop-Up Opening [abc13]
• Two New, Niche Dessert Chains Arrive in Houston [Eater Houston]
• Is Heights Mercantile The Future of Retail? [Bisnow]
• TxDOT Breaks Ground on Redesign of I-69/610 Interchange [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Museum of Natural Science Opens New High-Tech Energy Hall [Texas Monthly]
• A Short History of Goode Co. on Its 40th Anniversary [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Gov. Abbott Extends State Disaster Declaration for 60 Counties Affected by Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Alley Theatre Will Open Doors Friday for First Time Since Hurricane Harvey [abc13]
• The Stories of 2 Displaced Houston Families Living in Limbo 3 Months After Harvey [The Texas Tribune]
• A House’s Flood History Can Be Hard To Find in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• How One Researcher Used Satellite Images To Track 20 Years of Houston Growth [The Urban Edge]

Photo of former Exxon Brookhollow campus demolition: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Harvey Affected Home Sales, Rent Prices in Houston’s Wealthiest ZIP Codes [HBJ ($)]
• The Woodlands Hills Expected To Be Built Above the 500-Year Floodplain [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Renters Claim Mega-Landlord Waypoint Homes Slow To Repair, Quick To Evict [abc13]
• Mercer Botanic Gardens in Humble Still Mostly Closed As It Slowly Rebuilds After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Once-Lively Meyerland Now Eerily Quiet After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Greater Houston Added a Record-Breaking 43,200 Jobs in October, Finds Workforce Solutions [Houston Public Media]
• Mattress Firm Casper Has Opened a Mattress Store in the Galleria [Houstonia]
• Lily Rain Opening Third Houston Store in CityCentre [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: Scenes from This Year’s Via Colori Street Art Festival [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Momentum Indoor Climbing at Silver St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Ranks No. 2 in the Nation in Housing Starts Behind Dallas, Finds Latest Metrostudy Report [Realty News Report]
• Braun Enterprises Under Contract on Galleria Office Building [HBJ ($)]
• Stream Realty Partners Breaks Ground on Northwest Logistics Center in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• Indian-Focused Developer ShantiNiketan Plans to Build Next Adult Community in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Skeeters Mesquite Grill To Close 20-Year-Old Woodlands Location [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Sues Arkema for Chemical Fires During Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Justice Department Has Received More Than 1,800 Harvey-Related Fraud Complaints [Houston Public Media]
• Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium Responds to Judge Emmett’s 15-Point Plan [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Clear Lake City Officials Hope Golf Course Detention Project Will Inspire Others To Mitigate Flooding at Community Level [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of 1400 Smith and 1500 Louisiana: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Building Sales Rebound in 2017 [Realty News Report]
• The Woodlands Hills Under Construction North of The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Project To Convert Former Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Building Downtown to Hyatt Place Hotel Lands Financing [HBJ]
• Stewart Tile Subleases 155,000 SF from BHP Billiton [HBJ ($)]
• Event Venue The Revaire Opening in Former Delta Fastener Warehouse Next Year [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Urban Institute Report Calls Houston Economically Strong While Highlighting Some Threats to Stability [The Urban Edge]
• Kingwood Randalls Finally Reopens After Harvey [abc13]
• Nearly $29M Granted to More Than 90 Houston Nonprofits in Second Distribution from Harvey Relief Fund [abc13]
• The Slow, Costly Process of Reopening State Parks After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• U.S. Chemical Safety Board: Harvey Chemical Plant Fires Should Be Wake-Up Call for Industry [Houston Public Media]
• The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods To Save Everyone Else [Bloomberg]
• City Does ‘Deep Cleansing’ of Homeless Encampment Under Midtown Underpass [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of The Square at Memorial City Mall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First Phase of Construction Complete on East Village Development in East Downtown [HBJ]
• Hotel ZaZa Memorial City Opening Dec. 1 [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• First Tenants Move into Transwestern Development’s Tanglewood Multifamily Project The Hayworth [Realty News Report]
• New Northside Avenue Housing Recovery Center Opens To Help Harvey Victims [Houston Public Media]
• New Cleburne Cafeteria Reopens Friday [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• New Starbucks at 1801 Richmond: Unlikely, Yet Present [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers Opens in Pearland [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Mobile Shoe Store Shoe Bar Houston Now Operating Out of Restored Trolley [Houston Public Media]
• Sales at Restaurant Chains Rebound After Harvey [HBJ]
• Harris County Commissioner’s Court Approves Funding To Study Detention Along Buffalo Bayou [Houston Public Media]
• House Passes Bill To Renew Flood Insurance Program [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Arcade by The Color Condition: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Goya Foods To Nearly Double Size of Brookshire Processing Facility [HBJ]
• LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch Sold to PGIM Real Estate [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek Inside the Presbyterian School’s New Museum District Building [HBJ ($)]
• Multiple Restaurants Might Be Heading to the Post Oak Tower [Eater Houston]
• Wine Bar and Bistro Nancy’s Hustle Opening in East Downtown Later This Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Climbing Gyms Gain a Following in Flat Houston [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston ZIP Codes Where Rent Increased the Most After Hurricane Harvey, According to RentHop [Houston Chronicle]
• Map Compares Neighborhood Harvey Damage with Poverty Level [Houston Public Media]
• Asp Caterpillar Population May Have Gained a Boost from Harvey [abc13]
• Harris County Commissioners Voting Today on Removing Trees for Detention on Buffalo Bayou [Save Buffalo Bayou]

Photo of Sunset Coffee Building: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First Harvey-Damaged Home Bought in Houston’s Rapid Buyout Program Demolished [Houston Chronicle]
• Why a Third Reservoir Isn’t a Surefire Solution [Save Buffalo Bayou]
• Houston Civil Rights Finding Could Delay Harvey Housing Funds [Houston Chronicle]
• Friendswood Concerned About Illegal Dumping as Harvey Debris Cleanup Service Comes to an End [abc13]
• Houston’s Long Harvey Recovery Now Largely a Private Matter [Washington Post ($)]
• Petition Calls for Houston Street To Be Named After Mattress Mack, Honoring Harvey, Astros Support [abc13]
• Miami-Based One Real Estate Investment Has Sold 2 Houston Apartment Complexes Totaling 882 Units for $60M [Houston Chronicle]
• Washington Ave Redevelopment To Include Co-Working Space [HBJ ($)]
• Where Rent Has Increased the Most for a 1-Bedroom in the Houston Area [HBJ ($)]
• Apartment List Names Houston the Least Affordable Major Rental Market in Texas [Culturemap]
• Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. To Break Ground on $14M Brewery and Restaurant in Sawyer Yards [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Hooters To Return to Galveston Today [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• TxDOT Plans To Expand Stretch of Texas 99 from I-10 to FM 1093 from 4 Lanes to 6  [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston County Voters Approved $80M in Bonds with Bulk Earmarked for Roadwork [Houston Public Media]
• Montrose Management District Cancels Monthly Board Meeting Scheduled for Monday [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Bus Crashed into Southeast Houston Home Last Night [abc13]
• Chinese Government Building Water-Absorbent Projects in 30 Cities Through ‘Sponge City Initiative’ [Business Insider]
• Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle Is America’s Tale [New York Times]

Photo of Main Street: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool