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• Bridgeland Plans New Community West of Grand Pkwy. Called Prairieland Village [HBJ]
• Caydon’s 27-Story Tower Under Construction in Midtown Hits Half-Way Point [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• One of Houston’s First Concrete Houses Going Up for Auction Next Month Starting at Any Price [HBJ]
• It Takes 6.2 Years To Save Up for a Down Payment in Houston, According to Zillow [Culturemap]
• San Francisco Residential Real Estate Services Company Opendoor Closing on First Sale in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Preservationists Speak Out Against Planned Demolition of Former Houston Press Building [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New York AG Lawsuit Claims ExxonMobil Defrauded Shareholders by Downplaying Climate Change Risks [New York Times ($)]

Photo of West 18th St., Houston Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Where the Most Expensive Areas by Median Home Price Are in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• The Top Houston Homebuilders with the Most Closings So Far This Year, According to MetroStudy [HBJ]
• A Look Inside Skanska’s Under-Construction Capitol Tower in Downtown Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Get a Sneak Peek at the Grand Texas Theme Park on Nov. 3 Ahead of Its 2019 Opening [Culturemap]
• Japanese Chain Pepper Lunch Opening First Texas Outpost Inside Bellaire Street Food [Eater Houston]
• Singaporean Restaurant Sing Debuts at Lowell Street Market [Eater Houston]
• Study Finds Potential Connection Between Houston Home Buyouts Pre-Harvey and ‘White Flight’ [Houston Public Media]
• Only 40% of Gulfton-Area Residents Live Within a 10-Minute Walk of a Park or Green Space [The Urban Edge]
• Harris County Commissioners Court Takes Move to Prevent ‘Robot Brothels’ from Opening [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the Lyric Market: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Two Katy-Area Projects To Add More Than 650 Apartments Combined Along the Grand Parkway [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston Developers Are Diversifying Residential Projects [Bisnow]
• Katy Asia Town Development Getting New Crawfish Spot from Yummy Pho & Bo Ne Owners [Eater Houston]
• Looks Like Ice Cream Shop Kiwi Creamery Is Coming to Montrose [Eater Houston]
• 24/7 Wall Street Names West University Place America’s Best City To Live [Houston Chronicle]
• Top 2 Most Congested Stretches in Texas are in Houston, Finds Texas A&M Transportation Institute [Houston Chronicle]
• Lakes of Eldridge North Home Transformed into Movie-Themed Haunted House [abc13]

Photo of the Pierce Elevated: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Rose 11.6% in the Third Quarter, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [Houston Chronicle]
• Where the Most New Home Projects Are Under Construction in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• The Largest Office Leases Signed in Houston So Far This Year [HBJ]
• Sushi Burrito Spot U’Maki Opening Third Houston Location at University Commons [Eater Houston]
• All the Street Closures Planned for Monday’s Trump-Cruz Rally at the Toyota Center [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of container home under construction on McGowen St. between Hutchins and St. Emanuel streets: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• This $9.75M River Oaks Mansion Is the Most Expensive Foreclosure in the U.S. [Realtor.com]
• 6-Property Self-Storage Portfolio in Greater Houston Area Changes Owners [Realty News Report]
• Snooze, an A.M. Eatery Opening Sixth Houston-Area Location Near the Galleria in Mid-December [KHOU]
• METRO Mulls Adding Park and Ride Bus from Conroe to Med Center, with Stops in Downtown and  Midtown [Houston Public Media]
• What Houston Needs To Do To Make Room for Its Growing Population Over the Next 20 Years [Houston Public Media]
• See an Original Map of Houston from the Allen Brothers [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of the 59 bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Crow Holdings To Break Ground Next Year on Spec Industrial Project in North Houston [HBJ]
• Houston Has 152 New Hotels Currently in the Development Pipeline, According to CBRE Hotels [Realty News Report]
• City Council Approves $18.8M for Phase I Infrastructure of Ellington Airport Spaceport [HBJ ($)]
• How Much Houston Homes Have Appreciated Since 2000 [HBJ ($)]
• Harris County Getting $2.5M from Qatar Harvey Fund to Help Reopen Riverside General Hospital in the Third Ward [HBJ]
• Restaurant Bisou To Open Oct. 22 in the River Oaks District in Former Taverna Pizzeria and Risotteria Space [HBJ]
• Ginger Man To Close 8-Month-Old Fourth Ward Location This Weekend [Eater Houston]
• Galveston Museum That’s Been Closed Since Ike Close to Reopening [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• South Main’s 77054 a Top ZIP Code for Millennial Residents, According to RentCafe [Culturemap]

Photo of home in Riverside Terrace: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Stonelake Capital Partner Buys 238,125-SF Industrial Property in the East End [HBJ ($)]
• Hanover Co. Acquiring 4.5-Acre Site Near Buffalo Bayou Park [Realty News Report]
• Fidelis Realty Partners Picks Up Retail Properties in Missouri City and League City [Realty News Report]
• Luxury Apartment Building Dubbed Tower 5040 To Go Up on Site of Former UH Frat House [HBJ ($)]
• New Residential Development in Fulshear Will Be Geared Toward Toward First-Time Home Buyers [Houston Chronicle]
• WeWork Looking To Expand to Hughes Landing in The Woodlands [Bisnow]
• In-N-Out Planning Next Houston Location in Katy [Houston Chronicle]
• Breakfast Spot Snooze Opening Next in Clear Lake Next Month [Eater Houston]
• Bellaire and South Gessner One of the Most Dangerous Intersections in Houston for Pedestrians and Cyclists, Finds LINK Houston [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Arne‘s: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• MetroNational Sells Off Office Properties in the West Belt Submarket and Energy Corridor [HBJ]
• The Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston So Far This Year Are Mostly in River Oaks [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown’s The Rustic Houston Opening to the Public Nov. 2 [Houston Chronicle]
• Latest Pizaro’s Pizza Now Open on Katy Fwy. [Culturemap]
• Taste of Texas Steakhouse Along the Katy Freeway Undergoes a Nearly $2M Makeover [Houston Chronicle]
• Sears Hometown Store in Richmond Says It’s Not Going Bankrupt in Wake of Sears Holdings Filing [abc13]
• Lending Tree Ranks Houston Among Top 10 U.S. Cities with Most Foreign-Born Homeowners [Culturemap]
• Houston Housing Needs $12B More in Harvey Aid, Finds City Study [Houston Chronicle]
• This Weekend’s Eastwood Historic Home Tour To Include Sunny DJ Dana Tyson’s Renovated Home [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of the Bayou City Art Festival: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Transocean Has Leased the Entire Enclave Place Building in the Energy Corridor [HBJ]
• Endress+Hauser To Build New Facility in the Lower Kirby District in Pearland [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside the Forthcoming Mondrian Luxury Condo in the Museum District [HBJ ($)]
• 1959 Greater Houston Builders Association Parade of Homes’ ‘Giveaway House’ on the Market [Culturemap]
• Restored Gus Wortham Park Golf Course Reopens in the East End [Houston Chronicle]
• New Permit Applications Point To Bobby Heugel and Justin Yu Planning New Bar in Southern Goods Space [Eater Houston]
• More Than 140,000 Cubic Yards of Harvey Storm Debris Ultimately Removed from Bayou Drainage System [Houston Public Media]
• Study Finds Houston’s First Light Rail Line Has Helped Reduce Air Pollution [The Urban Edge]

Photo of White Oak Bayou: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 13.2-Acre Pasadena Tract First Listed for Sale 18 Years Ago Finally Off the Market [Realty News Report]
• Downtown’s Lancaster Hotel Reopens Oct. 15 After Work To Repair Harvey Damage [HBJ]
• Report: Houston Needs an Extra $2B in Federal Funds for Harvey Housing Relief [The Texas Tribune]
• Houston Isn’t So Affordable When Transportation Costs Are Factored In, Finds Kinder Institute Study [The Urban Edge]
• How Houston Is Planning for a Future with More People But Fewer Cars [Houston Public Media]
• Chris Shepherd’s Steakhouse Georgia James Debuts in Old Underbelly Space on Westheimer [Eater Houston]
• Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company Breaks Ground on New Sawyer Yards Brewery and Restaurant [Culturemap]
• New Vietnamese Eatery Banh Appetit Coming to Westchase [Eater Houston]
• Memorial Park Master Plan’s Eastern Glades Phase I Project Wraps Up [Culturemap]
• Every Single Building in the U.S., Mapped [New York Times]

Photo of Sewall Hall at Rice University, with Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza behind: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HAR: Houston-Area Home Sales Down Nearly 6% Last Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Lands at No. 37 on Annual List of Real Estate Markets to Watch [HBJ]
• CityNorth Renovations Underway at Exxon’s Former Campus [HBJ ($)]
• Crowne Plaza Brookhollow in Northwest Houston Adding Lazy River in Multimillion-Dollar Renovation [HBJ ($)]
• El Tiempo 1308 Cantina in Montrose Guesses It’s Staying Open for at Least Another Month [Eater Houston]
• Houston’s Seventh-Area Snooze: An AM Eatery Coming to The Woodlands [Culturemap]
• Houston City Council Approves Tiny Property Tax Rate Increase [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Flood Control District, Army Corps To Conduct $6M Study of the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs [Houston Public Media]

Photo of home in Cherryhurst, Montrose: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Six Weeks After Flood Bond Passage, More Than $1.4B-Worth of Projects Are in the Works Around Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Pulte Group Planning Gated Townhome Community Near Oak Forest [HBJ ($)]
• Spec Distribution Space Underway in Bayport North Industrial Park [HBJ ($)]
• Lakeside Estate in Fort Bend County Going to Auction Starting at $1.8M [HBJ]
• Design Store Rejuvenation Opening First Houston Location Oct. 18 in Uptown Park [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• New Springwoods Village Marriott Adds Restaurant Dubbed SwitcHouse Plates & Pours [Eater Houston]
• New Orleans-Based Neyow’s Creole Cafe Sets Its Sights on Former Beaucoup Bar & Grill on Richmond Near Hillcroft [Eater Houston]
• Levy Park Wins International Award from Urban Land Institute [Houston Public Media]
• Two Giant Hives of ‘Killer’ Bees Removed from Braeburn Home in Southwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of mural by Ana Marietta on the Dramatika Custom Framing building at 331 W. 19th St., painted as part of the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse program: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 85 Apartment Complexes Planned Across Houston, According to ApartmentData.com [Houston Chronicle]
• Costco Looking for Up to 1M SF in Houston for Distribution Space [HBJ ($)]
• Where the Next Industrial Market Might Be After the Houston Ship Channel [Bisnow]
• The Most Expensive Lots for New Home Construction in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Inside the Newly Renovated 5 Houston Center [HBJ ($)]
• CityCentre Inks 4 New Tenants [Bisnow]
• Chinese Hot Pot Chain Spice World Coming to Asiatown [Eater Houston]
• The Roastery Coffee Kitchen Opening Stand-Alone Locations in Select Houston H-E-Bs [Houston Chronicle]
• City Spending on Drainage Projects Has Dropped Since Drainage Fee Went into Effect [abc13]
• Is Houston Doing Enough To Be Resilient? [The Urban Edge]

Photo of The Mount at McGovern Centennial Gardens: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• In the Year After Harvey, 1 in 5 New Homes Permitted in Houston Is in a Floodplain [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Developer Allen Harrison Buys 7-Acre Tract Near Timbergrove for Apartments [HBJ ($)]
• Early Redevelopment Plans for the Former Chevron Office Campus in Bellaire [Houston Chronicle]
• Coworking Space Vinegar Hill Houston To Take Over Original Beaver’s on Decatur St. Next Month [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Noodle House Mian Planned for Bellaire Blvd. in Asiatown [Eater Houston]
• California-Based Churned Creamery Opening in Sugar Land on Saturday [Eater Houston]
• Sneak Peek at the New Midtown Bars Jack & Ginger’s and 77 Degrees [Culturemap]
• The Historian That Saved Thousands of Historic Houston Photos During Harvey [Click2Houston]

Photo of 1002 Woodland St., Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Average-Priced Homes Are Further Out of Reach for Average Earners Than They Have Been in a Decade, Finds National Report Finds [Houston Chronicle]
• As Demand Increases, a Texas Affordable Housing Crisis Looms [The Texas Tribune]
• Downtown and Midtown Are the Most Popular Neighborhoods for Renters Right Now, According to ApartmentGuide.com [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Some Tech Companies Are Choosing Houston Over California or Austin [HBJ ($)]
• Smith & Wollensky Won’t Renew Its Lease After 15 Years in Highland Village [Culturemap]
• Poke Spot Moku Bar Opening Second Houston Location in the Heights [Eater Houston]

Photo of jack-‘o-lantern decorations in West University Place: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool