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• Watermark Residential Buys 15.5 Acres South of Grand Parkway, Between I-45 and 249 [Houston Chronicle]
• Montalbano Tire Shop Redeveloper Confirms Yoga Studio Inbound, Barber and Furniture Showroom Possible [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• A Few of the New Stores and Restaurants Coming to the Galleria This Fall [abc13]
• Food Truck Waffle Bus To Open First Shop in Shepherd Strip at W. 19th St. [Eater Houston]
• Neo Baguette Opens This Week in the Heights [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas-Based Cotton Patch Cafe Makes Houston Debut Today in Spring [Houston Chronicle]
• Cannabis Oil Store Will Set Up Shop on Hwy. 6 Near 290 [Click2Houston]
• Ronnie Killen Planning Tex-Mex Restaurant Called Killen’s TMX in Pearland [Eater Houston]
• How Northern Third Ward Is Organizing Against Gentrification [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Tinys Milk and Cookies, 3636 Rice Blvd., West University Place: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bill Baldwin’s $3M Woodland Heights Home Finds Buyer After Just 3 Days on the Market [Houston Chronicle]
• Owners of Khun Kay Thai Cafe Want To Build 20-Story Mixed-Use Tower on Site of Their Montrose Restaurant [HBJ]
• Palace Bowling Lanes Site To Become New Entertainment and Office Project with Bowling [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Home Prices Have Increased 155% in Past 25 Years, Finds Smartasset [Houston Chronicle]
• Wallethub Ranks Houston Among the Worst Real Estate Markets for 2018 [Culturemap]
• Slideshow: Inside Flower Child, Opening Tomorrow at Uptown Park [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Smoosh Debuts Permanent Location at Lowell Street Market [Eater Houston]
• New Renderings Show What a Bullet-Train Station in Houston Could Look Like [HBJ ($)]
• Report: Texas Criteria for Polluted Site Cleanup ‘Substantially Weaker’ Than Neighboring States [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of Rice University: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Frank Liu Planning Affordable Housing Development in EaDo [HBJ ($)]
• GYS Development Developing Self Storage Facility in Fulshear [Realty News Report]
• Japanese Restaurant Izakaya Wa Expanding to River Oaks Shopping Center Next Year [HBJ]
• ‘Mom-and-Pop’-Style Marq’e Coffee & Donuts Opens at 7613 Katy Freeway [Eater Houston]
• Edible Cookie Dough Shop Dough Life Opens in Friendswood [Eater Houston]
• Making the Rounds with Harris County Public Health in the Aldine Area a Year After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Menil Collection Reopens Sept. 22 After an 8-Month Facelift [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of GreenStreet: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Boulevard Realty Owner Bill Baldwin’s $3M Woodland Heights Home Latest Million-Dollar Listing in the Heights [Houston Chronicle]
• Brookfield Starts ‘Radical’ Renovation of Downtown Houston Doubletree [HBJ ($)]
• More Intel on the Vendors Planned for Downtown’s Lyric Market [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Shuttered Rice Village Sushi Restaurant Kubo’s To Take Over Former Kukuri Space on Wash Ave [Eater Houston]
• Del Frisco’s Grille at Upper Kirby’s West Ave Complex To Close This Month [Culturemap]
• Owner, Tenant of Historic Montrose Property Think New Fitness Center Going Up Next Door Is Too Close [abc13]
• Drivers for Ridesharing App Lyft Have Made $64M Since Its Launch in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Chemical Company Arkema Asks Judge to Pause One of Its Harvey Lawsuit [Houston Public Media]
• Multiple Studies Underway To Research Harvey’s Impact on Health [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of the Water Wall: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Duke Realty Developing 5-Building Industrial Property on Former Chevron Tract in Katy [HBJ ($)]
• Howard Hughes Corp. Acquires 2 Vacant Office Buildings Adjacent to Hughes Landing [Bisnow]
• Renovation Planned for One and Three Riverway Office Buildings in the Galleria Area [Houston Chronicle]
• West Houston Home Listed for $1 Eventually Sells for $270,000 [Houston Chronicle]
• Mosaic-Filled Home Hits the Market in Timbergate [abc13]
• An Analysis into Why Houston’s Roads, Drivers Are Nation’s Most Deadly [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of Caydon tower under construction between Main and Fannin streets in Midtown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Building Permits Up 19% in July to $638.9M with Boost from The Tradition Woodway and The Discroll [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Home Prices Up 5.4% Year-Over-Year in July, Finds CoreLogic [Houston Chronicle]
• Median Houston Rent Also Up 3.6% Year-over-Year in August, According to ApartmentList.com [Bisnow]
• Howard Hughes Starts Construction on Second Apartment Complex at Hughes Landing [HBJ]
• City Breaks Ground on Lots for 19 Homes in New Program Geared Toward Low- and Moderate-Income Buyers [abc13]
• H Mart To Debut at Katy Asia Town on Sept. 21 [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Asian Grocery Store Chain z.Tao To Open Sept. 14 in Katy [Houston Chronicle]
• Ford Fry Might Be Opening a Seafood Restaurant on Wash Ave [Eater Houston]
• Cherry Pie Hospitality Has Sold Off Its 3 Heights Restaurants [Culturemap]
• 38 Purple Street Signs Quoting Rap Lyrics Popped Up Around Houston over the Weekend [Houston Chronicle]
• Stressed ‘Zombie Trees’ Showing Up Across Houston [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of the Clear Lake area: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Chevron’s Former 30-Acre Bellaire Campus Under Contract [Houston Chronicle]
• Fort Bend County Breaks Ground on $21M Transit Center [HBJ]
• Sawyer Yards Expansion To Include Brewery, Cidery, and Restaurants at 2 New Buildings [Houston Chronicle]
• Cypress-Area Costco Moves Forward for 17-Acre Plot [HBJ ($)]
• Downtown’s Bravery Chef Hall Getting a Sixth Food Tenant [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• NAI Partners: Number of Craft Breweries in Houston Has Quadrupled in 5 Years to 52 [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Among One of the Top Markets for International Homebuyers, Finds Report [Culturemap]
• Texas Housers Report: Houston’s New Floodplain Regulations Adversely Affect Low-Income Communities [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Galveston Bay: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NAI Partners Picks Up Royal Montreal Plaza Shopping Center in Katy [Houston Chronicle]
• 224-Unit Venue Museum District Apartments Sold for $72.9M [Realty News Report]
• Tarantino Properties Acquires Ascension on the Bayou in the Memorial Area [Houston Chronicle]
• UH Approves $100M Budget for Main Campus Renovations [HBJ ($)]
• Former Mattress Warehouse on Center Street Being Converted into a Coworking Space [Houston Chronicle]
• Houstonian Hotel To Add New Restaurant Tribute in October As Part of $3M Renovation [Eater Houston]
• Downtown Tiki Bar Kanaloa Set To Open Next Week [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Chick’n Cone Opens First Texas Location in The Woodlands Today [Eater Houston]
• Owners Could Embrace Co-Working To Secure Small or Short Leases in a Tenant’s Market [Bisnow]
• Where Recovery Efforts Stand A Year After Harvey [The Texas Tribune]
• How ‘Heat Belt’ Cities Are Changing To Stay Livable [The Washington Post ($)]

Photo of NRG Stadium: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Salary Requirements To Buy a New Home in Houston Up 7.7% from Last Year, Finds Realtor Study [Houston Chronicle]
• LendingTree: Houston 13th Most Valuable Metro Area in the Nation for Residential Real Estate [Houston Chronicle]
• Cacao & Cardamom Adding Second Houston Location in River Oaks Shopping Center [Houstonia]
• First Houston Flower Child To Open Sept. 12 in Revamped Uptown Park Development [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Hilliard Elementary in Northeast Houston Opens Doors a Year After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• Houston To Hire Chief Resilience Officer, Develop ‘Resilience Strategy’ with New Grant [Houston Chronicle]
• New Children’s Book ‘H is for Harvey’ Focuses on First Responders, Community Spirit [Houston Public Media]

Photo of apartments at 2212 Dunlavy: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• $170M, 1,800-Acre Solar Farm Planned Near Orchard in Fort Bend County [HBJ]
• Kroger To Open Sugar Land Store in The Village at Riverstone [HBJ]
• Uptown Park Getting First Texas Location of Williams-Sonoma’s Rejuvenation This Year [HBJ]
• Original Beaver’s To Close, Reopen in a Couple Months with as Something Different [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Commissioners Approve First 14 Flood-Control Projects [abc13]
• Houston’s Tourism Industry a Year After Hurricane Harvey [New York Times ($)]
• How Houston’s Floodplain Ordinance Could Negatively Affect Low-Income Communities [Houston Public Media]
• Texas Congressional Candidates Making Harvey a Key Issue [The Texas Tribune]
• Houston Flood Museum Now Live Online [Houstonia]
• Zillow: Houston Homeowners Have More Than $10,000 in Hidden Costs Per Year [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of The Mondrian: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Spec Industrial Project Called Thompson 10 Logistics Center Breaks Ground in Baytown [Realty News Report]
• Spec Warehouse and Distribution Center Planned for Humble [HBJ ($)]
• Crystaphase Relocating Corporate Headquarters from Greenspoint to Downtown at 1201 Louisiana St. [HBJ ($)]
• Heights Clock Tower Fully Leased for Office Space [CoStar Group]
• Heights Victorian Mansion Where Preservationist Bart Truxillo Lived on the Market for $2.28M [Houston Chronicle]
• Spaghetti Warehouse Opening New Restaurant Concept Called Warehouse 72 in Spring Branch [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Getting 2 New Restaurants for Shabu Shabu with Shabu Zone and Shabu Squared [Eater Houston]
• J.J. Watt Foundation So Far Has Raised $41.6M for Hurricane Harvey Relief [NFL.com]
• An Analysis of Evictions Before and After Harvey [The Urban Edge]

Photo of home renovations in Meyerland: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harris County Voters Overwhelmingly Pass $2.5B Bond for Flood-Control Projects [The Texas Tribune]
• An Assessment of Houston’s Restaurant Scene a Year After Hurricane Harvey [Eater Houston]
• Kashmere and Trinity Gardens One Year After Harvey [OffCite]
• Hurricane Harvey Is Houston’s Unending Nightmare [The Atlantic]
• Harvey-Inspired Movie Scheduled To Premiere Sept. 22 [Houston Chronicle]
• New Documentary ‘Harvey’s Heroes’ Captures 5 Weeks of Hurricane’s Wake [Houstonia]
• $2.65M Woodlands Mansion Sells After ‘Unusual’ Listing Period of 15 Days [Houston Chronicle]
• Korean Shaved Ice Shop Sul Bing Su Opens in Katy Asiatown [Eater Houston]
• Montrose Restaurant Vibrant Debuts Today [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Cherry Pie Hospitality Closes Petite Sweets in H-E-B-Owned Upper Kirby Property [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• MFAH Replacing Stickers That Damaged Museum Property, Sculptures with Reusable Tags [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Braes Heights: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pelican Builders Breaks Ground on NYC Walkup-Esque River Oaks Condo Project The Revere [CoStar Group; previously on Swamplot]
• Land Tejas Hosts Grand Opening of Texas’ First Crystal Lagoon with Michael Phelps [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Report: Lake Woodlands Market in The Woodlands One of the Most Expensive Housing Markets for Lakeside Homes [HBJ]
• Orangetheory Fitness Has 5 Houston-Area Locations on the Way This Year Plus Another 20 Planned over the Next 5 Years [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Hotel Industry’s Post-Harvey Boost Has Slowed [Bisnow]
• Houston’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Bet to Survive the Next Harvey [CityLab]
• Housing Market in Uneven Recovery One Year After Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• The Flood Bond Is Not Enough [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Rice Box: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hai Di Lao Hot Pot Coming To Katy Grand Development [Eater Houston]
• Toasted Coconut Opening in Former Texas Shrimp Shack Space at 1617 Richmond [Eater Houston]
• 10% of Texans Displaced By Harvey Still Haven’t Gone Home, Finds Report [The Texas Tribune]
• Turner: Possibly Thousands of Houstonians Still Living in Flood-Damaged Homes 1 Year After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• An Analysis of Where Flood Management and Disaster Recovery Money Comes From and Goes [OffCite]
• What Twitter Can Teach Us About Hurricane Harvey [The Urban Edge]
• 400 Houses Remain Empty in Bear Creek Village 1 Year After Harvey [The Washington Post]

Photo of the Lynchburg Ferry: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool