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• Houston Home Builds Up 23 Percent in Third Quarter [Prime Property)]
• CityCentre Cafe Flora & Muse Suddenly Closes [Food Chronicles]
• New Yard Signs Will Show That Prudential Anderson Properties Now Goes By Berkshire Hathaway [Prime Property]
• Architect and UH prof Patrick Peters Designs Structures Not Likely To Be Noticed To Avoid Vandalism [Art Attack]
• Texas Types Tend To Be Reserved, Aloof, Impulsive, Irritable, and Inquisitive, Finds Study [Hair Balls]

Photo of Imperial Sugar in Sugar Land: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• H-E-B Planning Second League City Store; Would Be Located Across from Kroger [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Demand from New Houston Residents Speeding Up Development of Retail [KUHF]
• University of Houston Football Stadium Officially Halfway Finished [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Revisiting Positions on the Astrodome in Advance of Next Week’s Proposition 2 Vote [Offcite; previously on Swamplot]
• Values of Houston Residential Building Permits Have Doubled Since Recession, Finds City [Houston Business Journal]
• Houston’s Rental Rate Growth Not Sustainable, Say Real Estate Experts [Houston Business Journal]
• No Date Set When 39 New Metro Rail Cars Will Arrive from Spain [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Coalition Wants Port of Houston To Reduce Exhaust for Nearby Neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of the Astrodome: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas City Tanger Outlets Generated $110M in Last 12 Months [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Sneak Peek at Nara, Taking Over Katsuya Space Next Month in West Ave [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
• Montrose Max’s Wine Dive Under Construction in Fairview Strip Center, On Track To Open in January [Eater Houston]
• Emancipation Park Breaks Ground on $33M Reconstruction Project [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• League City Sets Up Drainage System, Cuts Infected Branches of Ghirardi Oak Tree [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Searching for the Ruins of Camp Logan in Memorial Park [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Dutch Photographer Documents Boarded-Up, Dilapidated Buildings Across Western Europe [Daily Mail]

Photo of construction at 2929 Weslayan: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines To Break Ground First Week in November on 609 Main Tower Downtown [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
• Kroger Opening Jumbo-Sized Marketplace in Kingwood Tomorrow [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Inn at the Ballpark, Formerly Houston’s World Trade Center, Is Now Officially the Westin Houston Downtown [Houston Business Journal]
• Houston Commercial Real Estate in Early Stages of Long-Term Period of Growth, Says Panel [Prime Property]
• Lindale Park Residents ‘Don’t Want To Be Like the Heights,’ Trying To Keep Out Townhomes [abc13]
• 70K Bins To Be Delivered Starting Monday for Automated Curbside Recycling Program [The Leader]
• Residents Asked To Give Input on Wide-Ranging Plan for Houston Area’s Future [KUHF]
• New Website Provides Updates on Texas Drought, Water Resources [Click2Houston]

Photo of US-59 at Weslayan: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• A Rundown of 5 New Methodist Hospital Projects Coming to Sugar Land [Houston Business Journal]
• Mill Creek Residential Announces 6-Story Apartment Complex Near Med Center, Across from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [Houston Business Journal]
• Restaurant Replacing Ruggles Grill on Westheimer Now Called FM 903; Construction To Start Next Year [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• New Houston Club Near Top of One Shell Plaza Looks ‘Like Any High-End Office Space Minus the Cubicles’ [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Metro’s North Rail Line Extension To Open Dec. 21 [Houston Business Journal]
• ‘Awful’ Astrodome Tribute Pops Up, Set to the Tune of Springsteen’s ‘My Hometown’ [Rocks Off]
• Houston’s Haunts, from Downtown to Old Town Spring [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of Eleanor Tinsley Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HISD Seeks Final Bids for Law Enforcement HS Before November 14 Decision [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• JPMorgan Chase Tower’s Sky Lobby Closed While It Gets New Gensler-Designed Look [Prime Property]
• Harris County Treasurer Says Sport Teams Shouldn’t Get Free Ads on Buses [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Metro Running Safety Education Program To Avoid Accidents When New Light Rail Lines Open [KUHF]
• Critical Mass Leaders Trying To Make Ride Less Intrusive To Motorists [KUHF]
• Warehouse District Unveils Artist-Made Parking Meters [Culturemap]
• Heights Student Honored for Proposal To Turn Unused Train Tracks into Pedestrian Trails [The Leader]
• Urban Land Institute Names Finalists For Its Real Estate Development Awards [Prime Property]

Photo of the Medical Center: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• North Restaurant Newest Tenant To Lease Space at BLVD Place [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Aldi Now Opening Kemah Store on November 7 [Prime Property]
• Imperial Sugar Land To Unveil Designs for Its ‘Custom-Style’ Homes at Constellation Field This Saturday [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Comparing Hines’ San Felipe Office Tower to Ashby Highrise ‘Apples to Oranges’ [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• City of Galveston May Take Over Downtown Parking [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• New Rice University Installation Provides an Appreciation of Houston’s ‘Seemingly Ugly Landscape’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Texas Is Our Future [Time Magazine ($)]
• Were Brutalist Buildings on College Campuses Designed To Thwart Student Riots? [Slate]

Photo of Jamail Skate Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Saint Honoré Near River Oaks Sets Price Record with $3.15M Townhome [Prime Property; previously on Swamplot]
• D’Amico’s Italian Market Cafe Now Open in Katy [Houston Business Journal]
• Email Your Ideas To Name the Menil’s New Cafe by November 25 [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Conde Nast Traveler Names CityCentre’s Hotel Sorella Among Best in Texas [Culturemap]
• Proposal Would Bring Back Car Races to Galveston’s Scholes Field Runways [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Travel Website Ranks Houston Among the Ugliest Cities in the World [Prime Property]

Photo of the Fannin Bank Building at 1020 Holcombe: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hanover Sells 41-Story Marathon Oil Tower in Galleria Area to CBRE Global Investors Fund [GlobeSt.com]
• After 2 Years of Renovations, the Historic Jean Lafitte Hotel Will House First Apartment Tenants Soon [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Miami Investment Firm Buys Five Houston Apartment Properties in $35M Expansion [Prime Property]

Photo of Downtown: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown’s Historic Art Deco Gulf Building Purchased by Lionstone Group [Houston Business Journal]
• Houston Home Sales See 28 Straight Months of Increases [Culturemap]
• As Expected, Use of Katy Managed Lanes Along I-10 Has Decreased After $2 Toll Increase [The Highwayman]
• Wednesday is High Noon for Toll Scofflaws [The Highwayman]
• Hwy. 290 Morning Commute One of Worst in Houston with Speeds as Low as 11 MPH, Based on Transtar Data [Houston Chronicle]
• Are Houston Music Venues Fitzgerald’s, Numbers Haunted? [Rocks Off]

Photo of Lockhart Elementary School demolition: David Hollas

• Dornin Investment Group Buys Two More Energy Corridor Office Buildings [Prime Property]
• Imperial Sugar Land To Include ‘French Quarter’-Style Townhomes [Prime Property; previously on Swamplot]
• Hobby Center Files Suit To Kick Out Artista Over Lease Dispute [Culturemap]
• CreditDonkey Names Houston Among Top Cities for Twentysomethings Based on Rent, Bars, Population Growth [Culturemap]
• There’s a Website Now That Tells You Who Died in Your House [The Texican]

Photo of 2003 Union St. near Washington Ave: Molly Block via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developer Gerald Hines Sees Better Roads and Rail as Crucial for Houston Growth [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Steadfast Income REIT Buys Apartment Complex The Heights at 2121 for $37M [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Killen’s Barbecue Now Looking To Open in Early December in Pearland [Food Chronicles]
• I-45 Galveston County’s Deadliest Road, Based on TxDOT Data [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Texans’ Tackle JJ Watt Wants Security Gate Around His Pearland Master-Planned Community [abc13]
• Artist Boat Receives $3.5M Grant To Preserve Galveston Wetlands [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Deadline To Share Texas Drought Photos Extended to End of October [MyFoxHouston]

Photo inside the JP Morgan Chase Tower: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Igloo Shows Off New 420,000 SF Warehouse and Distribution Center in Katy [Prime Property]
• Diane Von Furstenberg Signs On at River Oaks District [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
• Maggie Rita’s at 1001 Fannin in the Tunnels Now Open [Eating Our Words; previously on Swamplot]
• Mayor Parker Proposes Policy To Improve Houston Streets [KUHF]
• Houston Traffic Hotspots: The Clear Lake Narrows [Hair Balls]
• 101-Year-Old Battleship Texas Has Sprung Its Fourth Leak Since September [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Vallone’s Steakhouse construction, I-10 at Gessner: Matthew Renfrow [previously on Swamplot]

• New $15M Museum and Exhibition Space To Be Built Adjacent to San Jacinto Monument [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Heavy Machinery for Energy Production Causing $2B in Highway Replacement, Maintenance Costs [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• State Leaders Plan To Close Rollover Pass [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Four River Oaks Homes Designated as Historic Landmarks [Click2Houston]

Photo of Reliant Stadium: Alex Luster via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Delmar Fieldhouse’s Indie Film Cred as Site in Rushmore [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Fat Bao Opening Second Location in Sugar Land [Culturemap]
• Ramps Planned To Ease Confusion at I-45 and I-610 South Interchange [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Metro Battling Graffiti at Rail Lines Under Construction [MyFoxHouston]
• See How Houstonians Use Solar Power in Self-Guided Tour on October 19 [Prime Property]
• Spring Creek Greenway a Hidden Gem [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Stafford: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool