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• EPA Approves Plan To Stabilize Riverbed Near San Jacinto River Waste Pits [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Daunting Task Ahead for County Appraisal Districts Determining Property Values in Harvey’s Wake [The Texas Tribune]
• Harvey Damage to Metro Buses, Trains, and Facilities Estimated at $9.4M [Houston Chronicle]
• Housing, Equity Top Concerns for HUD Money as Houston Rebuilds After Harvey [The Urban Edge]
• FEMA Aid Deadline Extended to Nov. 24 for Harvey Victims [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at What Houston Highlighted in Its Amazon HQ2 Proposal [HBJ ($)]
• HealthSouth’s Pearland Hospital To Open, Already Plans To Expand [HBJ ($)]
• Video: Latest Look at New Retail Development 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth Under Development at 34th and Ella [YouTube]
• Hakeem Olajuwon Opening a Red Mango Yogurt Cafe in Mont Belvieu Today [Houston Chronicle]
• Spring Street Beer & Wine Garden Now Open in the First Ward [Eater Houston]
• White Oak Music Hall Allowed 4 More Outdoor Concerts Before Going to Court on Dec. 11 [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of home under construction in Lynn Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pontikes Development To Break Ground on 3M-SF Distribution Center in Baytown [HBJ]
• Meyerland Residents Concerned Buyout Talk Would Negatively Affect Neighborhood’s Jewish Community [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• What Does a More ‘Resilient’ Houston Mean and How Do We Get There? [OffCite]
• Video: Raising Houses in Meyerland After Harvey with Arkitektura Development [Houston Public Media]
• What It Takes To Clean Up a Restaurant After Harvey [Eater Houston]
• Political Momentum for Flood Control Could Fade Quickly, Warns SSPEED’s Jim Blackburn [Houston Public Media]
• Rice University ‘Supportive’ of Houston’s Bid for Amazon HQ [Realty News Report]
• City Council Goes Against Mayor Turner, Votes for Slightly Lower Property Tax Rate [Houston Public Media]
• 81% of Houston Renters Want To Own a Home at Some Point, Finds Zumper Survey [Culturemap]
• River Oaks Seafood Restaurant SaltAir Seafood Kitchen’s Last Day Will Be October 27 [Culturemap]
• D-SNAP Benefits Site at Duessen Park Expected To Draw Thousands on Day 2 [abc13]
• Monitor Earthquakes in Texas in Real Time at New Site from UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology [Houston Public Media]

Photo of construction in West University: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• TransCanada Expands Footprint in Downtown’s Soon-To-Be-Renamed Bank of America Center [HBJ]
• Houston Industrial Leasing Slowed Down in the Third Quarter [Houston Chronicle]
• Aside from Restaurants and Fitness Centers, Houston Retail Has Slowed Down Its Leasing Activity [HBJ ($)]
• 8th Wonder Opening Distillery Across the Street from Its Dallas St. Brewery [HBJ]
• Frankel Building Group Launching New Company To Offer Build-on-Your-Lot Services [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• TxDOT Has Removed About 10M Cubic Ft. of Harvey Debris from State Highways [abc13]
• Long-Delayed Project Brays Component That Would Rebuild 8 Bridges Over Brays Bayou Moves Forward [Houston Public Media]
• How To Get Serious About Flood Control at the Federal, State and Local Levels [The Urban Edge]
• Houston’s Views on Flood Management Circa 1977 [OffCite]
• Debating Whether a Statue of Texans Owner Bob McNair Should Be Erected on NRG Park Grounds [abc13]
• Houston’s Most Popular Biking and Running Spots, According to GPS App Strava [Houston Chronicle]
• Utility Luminant To Close 2 Coal-Fired Power Plants in Texas Next Year [The Hill]
• Goldhagen: What a Building Looks Like Affects Your Emotional State [Here & Now]
• Google Parent Company Alphabet To Help Redo Toronto’s Waterfront with ‘Smart City’ Features [The Globe and Mail]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BuildFax: Harvey Cleanup and Rebuilding Period Could Last Upwards of 20 Months [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston County Cities Waiving Some Fees, Streamlining Permit Processes for Flood Repairs [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Residents, Management at Odds Over Living Conditions of Kingwood Lakes Apartment Complex [Houston Public Media]
• Multifamily Developers Say They’re Hesitant To Invest in New Houston Product After Harvey [Bisnow]
• The Deliberate Flooding of West Houston [Houstonia]
• Houston, the City That Will Be Building and Rebuilding Forever [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Harris County Residents Have 3 More Days This Week To Apply for Disaster Food Assistance [Houston Chronicle]
• Comparing Harvey and Ike Power Outages [HBJ ($)]
• Greater Houston Partnership To Submit Amazon HQ Proposal by Oct. 19 Deadline [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Generation Park’s Case for Getting the Amazon HQ [abc13]
• Moody’s Analytics Ranks Houston 52nd Among Cities Vying for Amazon’s New North American Headquarters [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Memorial Hermann Health System Planning New Patient Tower at Woodlands Medical Center Amid Montgomery Population Boom [HBJ]
• More Poke for Houston: Wiki Poki Opens in Asiatown on Bellaire Blvd. [Eater Houston]

Photo of One Allen Center: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Hotel Construction Activity Down 15% Year-Over-Year in September [Houston Chronicle]
• Woodlands MUD Inaction Caused 100 Homes To Flood, Residents Claim [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Map: Comparing Harvey Flooding to Houston’s Past Storms [The Urban Edge]
• How Houston Grand Opera Is Transforming the Downtown Convention Center’s Exhibit Hall A3 into an Opera Theater [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• David Adickes’ 31-Foot-Tall Statue ‘Virtuoso’ Moved to New Platform During Lyric Centre Renovations [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas AG’s Office Has Received More Than 5,000 Complaints of Price Gouging After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Air-Conditioned Restroom Trailers Parked Outside Downtown’s Harris County Administration Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Department of State Health Services: Statewide Harvey Death Toll Now At Least 88 [Houston Public Media]
• Architecture Firm EYP To Expand, Consolidate Its Downtown Office [HBJ]
• What the New Rice Village Location Has Done for Little Liberty and Ruggles Cafe Replacement Island Grill [HBJ ($)]
• It Looks Like Hot Dog Joint Spicy Dog’N Go Is Planned for 3224 Yoakum Blvd. in Montrose, but Owners Are Alleged To Have Created Fake Restaurants Before [Eater Houston]
• Delayed El Tiempo Cantina Opening in Webster in Mid-November [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Axelrad Beer Garden: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Demand for Warehouse and Distribution Space Likely To Rise During Harvey Rebuild [Houston Chronicle]
• Court To Hear Temporary Injunction on 2100 Memorial Eviction Hearing Next Wednesday [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Renters Find Extra Hurdles To Recovery After Hurricanes [AP]
• House Approves $36.5B in Aid for Victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate [Houston Chronicle]
• David Young & Co. Office on Memorial West of Kirkwood To Become New Branch of John Daugherty Realtors [Houston Chronicle]
• Wine Cafe Postino Planning First Houston Location for Heights Mercantile [Culturemap]
• LA Chain Fatburger Eyes Texas Expansion with Houston, DFW Locations [Eater Houston]
• Austin-Based Tarka Indian Kitchen Opening Second Houston-Area Location, in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Mason Jar, Mia’s Table Planned for Plot of Land Near Grand Parkway and Kingsland Blvd. in Katy [HBJ]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Rental Demand Hit Record Levels After Harvey, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• The Houston Neighborhoods with the Highest Percentage of Harvey-Damaged Apartments [Houston Chronicle]
• Suspended Curbside Recycling Service Likely To Resume in Early November [Houston Chronicle]
• So Far About 20% of Harvey Debris Has Been Removed [Houston Public Media]
• Mayor Turner Turned Down Debris Removal Help from Dallas [Click2Houston]
• A Breakdown of How Houston Will Fund Part of Its Recovery [The Urban Edge]
• The 10 Largest Blocks of Sublease Office Space Available Right Now in Houston [HBJ]
• How Texas A&M Was Able To Purchase Land Near the Texas Medical Center Without State and UH Opposition When UT Wasn’t [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• A Look at the ‘Park’ Atop Capitol Tower’s Attached 11-Story Parking Garage [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside Amazon’s Already Deep Houston Invasion [HBJ ($)]
• Slideshow: The Houston Roadways That Had the Most Wrong-Way Crashes Between 2010 and 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents To Vote on Heights Dry Zone Status on Nov. 7 [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Gateway on Cullen: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harris County Approves Buyout of More Than 40 Flood-Prone Properties [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Based Floodgate Maker FloodBreak Expects Business To Increase After Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• How Roof Gardens and Planting Trees Could Reduce Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• Contanda Terminals To Build Facility on 339 Acres on the Houston Ship Channel [HBJ]
• Oakmont West 10 Spec Warehouse Going Up in the West Ten Business Park [Realty News Report]
• Israeli Plastics Manufacturer Entering Houston Market Amid Petrochemical Boom [Houston Chronicle]
• New Greenway Plaza Furniture Showroom Will Be Geared Toward Companies Trying To Recruit Millennial Workers [HBJ]
• Houston’s Second WeWork Opening in the Galleria in December [Houston Chronicle]
• Museum Park Homeowners Complain of Front-Porch Defecation, Panhandling [Click2Houston]
• Humble Has the Highest Property Crime Rate in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• How Realistic Is the Hyperloop in Texas? [Houston Press]
• How the Federal Expenditure on the Mortgage Interest Deduction Compares to Spending on Section 8 Rental Assistance Programs [Apartment List]
• Tokyo’s $2B Underground Anti-Flood System Prepared for Floods ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Ever Seen’ [New York Times]

Photo of Joe O’Connell’s Wings Over Water in front of the GRB: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Only 7 Out of 39 Texas Counties That Flooded During Harvey Have Flood Maps That Are Based on Rains from This Century [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• More Than 100 City-Owned Cars and Trucks Were Parked in Underground Parking Facilities Flooded During Harvey [abc13]
• TxDOT Lightens Load on I-69 San Jacinto River Bridge Damaged During Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Captured Nearly One-Third of the Annual Market for Condos and Townhomes in Texas Year-Over-Year in July [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Ranks No. 1 Nationally for Industrial Construction in the Past Decade, According to CommercialCafe [Houston Chronicle]
• Allen Harrison Co. Starts Construction on Citadel Apartment Complex in the Heights [HBJ ($)]
• 2-Story Restaurant Pelican Joe’s Opening on the Strand This Month [HBJ]
• Surface Parking Lot Now Open at Former Houston Chronicle Building Site Downtown [abc13]
• Los Angeles Boozy Boba Shop Mint Thai Kitchen Opening in River Oaks This Week [Eater Houston]
• Momentum Indoor Climbing Gym Opening Second Houston Location Next Month in the First Ward [Houstonia]
• Frankel’s Costume Shop on Polk St. To Close Before the End of the Year, After 67 Years in Business [Houston Chronicle]
• Number of Craft Breweries in Texas Grew 990% in the Past 12 years, Finds CBRE [Bisnow]

Photo of crape myrtles near Buffalo Bayou after Harvey: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Federal Claims Judge To Consider Consolidating the 46 Lawsuits So Far Filed Over Barker, Addicks Flooding [Houston Chronicle]
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Studied But Never Pursued Flood Warning Plan Around the Addicks and Barker Dams in 1995 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Greater Houston Partnership: Harvey Business Impact Will Be ‘Short Term’ [CNN]
• What Houston Can Learn from The Woodlands, Springwoods Village, and Cross Creek Ranch [OffCite]
• Spaghetti Warehouse Still Assessing Harvey Damage [KHOU]
• Keeping Track of How Much Money Has Been Raised for Harvey Relief, and Where It’s Going [The Texas Tribune]
• FEMA Extends Hotel Help for Hurricane Harvey Victims to Oct. 24 [Houston Chronicle]
• The Pitfalls of Navigating the FEMA Elevation Grant Process [Houston Public Media]
• Bellaire HS Grad Dennis Quaid Throwing Bellaire Block Party To Raise Money for Harvey Relief [InstantNewsBellaire]
• MetroNational To Open Apartments at Hotel ZaZa Memorial City in January [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Elite Street Capital Acquires 16-Story 2100 West Loop South Office Building [Realty News Report]
• Denver REIT Buys Industrial Distribution Facility in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• 4 Swank Homes on the Market for $6.95M and Up [Houston Chronicle]
• Tilman Fertitta Closes on $2.2B Deal To Buy Houston Rockets [HBJ]
• Big Companies Relocating to Urban Environments To Attract Millennials [Yahoo! Finance]

Photo of Crawford Boxes during game 2: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Where Commercial Building Permits Have Been Filed in Houston for Harvey Damage [HBJ ($)]
• Average Houston Rent Up at Least $16 from Pre-Harvey Amount to $1,000 a Month, Finds ApartmentData.com [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Today Is the Final Day Harris County Residents Can Apply for Disaster Food Assistance [abc13]
• Podcast: How Houston’s Drinking Water Stayed Safe During Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Land Tejas Cos. Breaks Ground on Texas’ First Crystal Lagoon at Balmoral in Northeast Houston [HBJ]
• Atlanta Developer Oakmont Industrial Group Building 700,000-SF Spec Distribution Facility in Katy [HBJ ($)]
• About 52 Self-Storage Projects Currently Being Built in Houston, Finds Report [Culturemap]
• H-E-B Mentioned as Possible Tenant at Meyerland Plaza [Realty News Report]
• After 8 Years as a Food Stand, Melange Creperie To Open Its Own Standalone Restaurant on Oct. 16 at the Heights Mercantile [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Central Partners Hires Another Contractor for Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Project [HBJ ($)]
• Parking Near Minute Maid Park During Astros Playoffs Hits $80 [abc13]

Photo of construction in West University: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hurricane Harvey Flooded 6%, or 43,000 Units, of Houston Apartment Supply, RealPage Estimates [Houston Chronicle]
• Meyerland H-E-B at 5417 S. Braeswood Blvd. Has Closed for Good Following Floods [HBJ]
• Residents at Legacy Apartments Left Without Walls or Stoves After Harvey [abc13]
• More Than 30 Polling Sites for November Election Damaged By Harvey [HBJ]
• Houston To Shell Out $9.7M To Reinstate Flood Coverage for Its Facilities [Houston Chronicle]
• State Officials Estimate Texas Will Need $60B in Disaster Relief Funds To Rebuild After Harvey [The Texas Tribune]
• Harris County Judge Ed Emmett Calls for Flood Control Plan for the Entire State of Texas [The Texas Tribune]
• ‘Flood Czar’ Stephen Costello Reviewing Guidelines for Granting Building Permits in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Flood Victims Now Experiencing Respiratory Problems [Houston Chronicle]
• UPS To Build $17M Distribution Facility in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• Millennial-Friendly Jones on Main Ranks High for Walk- and Bike-ability [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Bissonnet and Sam Houston Pkwy. Named the Most Dangerous Intersection in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Makes Short List To Host the 2026 FIFA World Cup [HBJ]
• Michael Phelps Will Be an ‘Ambassador’ for Crystal Lagoons, Which Has 2 Texas Lagoons in the Works [HBJ]
• One-Acre Park Between One and Two Allen Center To Debut Monday [Houston Chronicle]

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

• Where the Highest Percentages of Houston Homes Were Taken Off the Market After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• City’s New Online Map Tracking Harvey Damage and Debris Removal Results from Collaboration with Sketch City Founder [Houston Press]
• Memorial Drive Townhouses Latest To Find FEMA Red Tape When It Comes To Trash Removal on Private Streets [Houston Press]
• Houston Homeowners Warn on NextDoor of Potential Fake FEMA Inspectors Knocking on Doors [KHOU]
• Why Are Harvey Debris Crews Dumping Refrigerators and Appliances on Front Lawns? [Houston Press]
• Calculating How Much Revenue Houston Small Businesses Lost Due to Harvey [HBJ]
• Houston, Harris County Dole Out $7.5M in Grants to 28 Nonprofits Helping Harvey Victims [Houston Public Media]
• Tuesday’s Rainfall the Little Push Needed To Make 2017 the Wettest Year on Record in Houston [abc13]
• Thousands Lined Up To Apply for Harvey Food Relief Yesterday at Greenspoint Mall [Click2Houston]
• Harris County Organizing Recovery Fair This Saturday for Residents Affected by Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Average Office Deal Size in Houston Continues Steady Decline [HBJ]
• Stratton Development and Construction To Build 6 to 8 Warehouses in North Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Missouri City Increases Property Tax Rate by 7.12% [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Texadelphia Returns To Houston with Westheimer Location [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Justin Yu’s New Restaurant Theodore Rex Opens Thursday [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• NYC-Based PokeWorks Opens First Houston Restaurant, Near Sprouts on Heights Blvd. [Houston Press]
• The Story Behind The Woodlands’ Themed Neighborhoods and Street Names [Houstonia]
• The Weirdest Homes on This Weekend’s Weird Homes Tour [Houston Press]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Nearly 60 Homeowners from Kingwood, Atascocita, and Humble Suing State Agencies for ‘Intentionally Flooding’ Their Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Officials Detail Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Hurricane Harvey Recovery Need at State Hearing [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• About 460,000 Texas Households Are Still Waiting for FEMA Assistance Approval [Houston Public Media]
• New Government Report Finds FEMA’s Flood Mapping Program Is Inaccurate, Outdated [Houston Public Media]
• What Some of Houston’s Flooded Restaurants Have Been Dealing With in Harvey’s Wake [Houston Press]
• CBRE: Harvey Accelerated Multifamily Absorption in Houston by About 18 Months [Realty News Report]
• Harvey by the Numbers [Houstonia]
• Profiles of the Heroes of Harvey [Houstonia]
• Slideshow: The Most Dangerous Houston Suburbs, Based on the FBI’s 2016 Violent Crime Rate [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Area School Districts with the Most New Homes Under Construction [HBJ]
• Redfin Reduces Listing Fee from 1.5% to 1% of the Sales Price in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Newest Pappas Restaurant, Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse, Opening Later This Month in Webster [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Pho Restaurant Flying Pho Coming to the Ella Plaza Shopping Center in Garden Oaks [Culturemap]
• Breakfast Chain Snooze Opening Latest Houston Location at LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch on Oct. 25 [Houston Press]
• Food Truck Flip ’N Patties Teases First Brick-and-Mortar Location, in the Energy Corridor [Eater Houston]
• These Are the 10 Houses Featured in AIA Houston’s Annual Home Tour This Month [HBJ]
• Houston Included Among U.S. News’s Best Cities To Spend Retirement [HBJ]
• After Harvey, Houston at a Development Crossroads [Curbed]
• An Optimist’s Guide To What Houston Will Do To Prevent Future Floods [Houstonia]
• Packers Tight End Martellus Bennett Releases Renderings of Football-Field-Sized Playground Called MartyLand Adventure Park [NFL.com]
• Hundreds of Harvey-Displaced Pets Still Waiting for Their Owners at NRG [abc13]

Photo of Los Meros Tacos Y Su Trompo Tribalero: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Eyes Flood Control Projects During Harvey Recovery [AP]
• Mayor Turner Withdraws Proposed Property Tax Rate Hike After Gov. Abbott Releases $50M from State Disaster Fund [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey-Damaged Midtown Seafood Restaurant Holley’s Closes for Good [Culturemap]
• What It’s Like To Be in the Debris-Removal Business After Harvey [Houston Press]
• One Houston Landfill Company Expects To Double Year-Over-Year Revenue During Harvey Cleanup [HBJ]
• Wisconsin Homebuilder Makes Tiny House for TBD Houston Family Displaced by Harvey [abc13]
• Effort To Ward Off Mosquitoes After Harvey Considered a Success [Houston Public Media]
• Construction Starts on 600K-SF Industrial Building for Emser Tile in North Houston’s Pinto Business Park [Realty News Report]
• Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Opens in Lake Pointe Development in Sugar Land [HBJ]
• Hotel Alessandra Opens Downtown [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Melange Creperie Closes at Conservatory as It Readies for Move to Heights Mercantile [Eater Houston]
• Yelp-Like Commercial Real Estate Platform Tenavox.com Launches in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• River Oaks HOA Says Tony Buzbee’s Parked World War II Tank Causing ‘Serious Concerns’ for Neighbors [KHOU]
• Houston Only Needs About One-Third of an Inch of Rain for This To Be the Wettest Year on Record [Houston Chronicle]
• Considering the Impact of Gentrification on Health [The Urban Edge]
• Real Estate Art: 1046 Bayou Island [The Great God Pan Is Dead]

Photo of UH: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool