Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Try to remember the end of September: these demolitions and all that will follow.
- HAR: Houston Housing Market Still Strong in August Even After Removing ‘Harvey Effect’ [HBJ]
- CB&I’s Former Headquarters Campus in Hughes Landing Seeking New Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
- Lennar Corp. Looking To Build 55-Acre Subdivision Partially in 500-Year Floodplain Near Hockley [HBJ ($)]
- Lennar Also Planning Garden Oaks-Area Townhome Community Chapel Heights [HBJ ($)]
- Pat Green’s Downtown Live Music Venue and Bar To Hold Grand Opening on Nov. 1 [Culturemap]
- Hubbell & Hudson Bistro Turns into New Concepts Tris, Cureight [Eater Houston]
- Shun Japanese Kitchen To Open on South Shepherd in Early October [Eater Houston]
- Tour of the Near Northside, a National Model for Community-Based, Comprehensive Planning [OffCite]
- Thousands of Mosquitoes Swarm Brazoria County Homes [abc13]
Photo of the University of Houston-Downtown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Headlines
- Land Sold in Katy for Future 1,600-Acre Master-Planned Community [HBJ ($)]
- Multilevel H-E-B in Bellaire Hits the Market [HBJ ($)]
- Retirement Community Watercrest at Kingwood To Add Assisted Living Component [Houston Chronicle]
- Georgetown’s Affordable Housing Options Have a 4- to 6-Year Waitlist [Community Impact Newspaper]
- Houston Suburbs Have Exceeded Harris County Population Growth in Latest Census Data [The Urban Edge]
- Environmental Defense Fund: Air Pollution in Houston-Galveston Region Could Increase Under EPA Loophole [Houston Chronicle]
- 1.8-Mile Woodlands Waterway Completed After 18 Years [Community Impact Newspaper]
- Gigantic Water Tunnels Won’t Save Houston from the Next Harvey [Grist]
Photo of Gus S. Wortham Fountain: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Headlines
- The Houston Neighborhoods with the Biggest Price Drops in 2017 [HBJ ($)]
- Historic ‘Valentine House’ Just off Washington on the Market for $750,000 [Houston Chronicle]
- Montrose Management District Votes To Dissolve Itself [Houston Chronicle]
- Labor Pool Was Priced Out of Galveston Housing After Ike [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Longtime Houston Restaurant Le Peep Moves a Block Down Westheimer [HBJ ($)]
- Kau Ba Saigon Kitchen Opening in Montrose in June in Former Bacchus Space [PaperCity Magazine]
- Second Houston Pokeworks Opens in Montrose [Eater Houston]
- Metro Wants To Partner with Houston To Clear HOV Breakdowns Faster [Houston Public Media]
- Commuter Buses Like The Woodlands Express Eye New Routes as Commuter Job Sites Spread Out [Houston Chronicle]
- Latest Census Figures Show Houston Region’s Population Growth Decelerated in 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
- Houston Named a Top City for Food Trucks [HBJ]
- Large Portions of West Texas Are Sinking at an Alarming Rate [The Texas Tribune]
Photo of Eleanor Tinsley Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Headlines
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The H-shaped, 1961 structure at 5956 Bayou Glen Rd. now listed at $2.8 million sits right on the elbow of street, where the mostly east-west road turns south before ending 2 houses down, a couple blocks north of Woodway Dr. A set of double doors — shown open in the photo above — fronts the brick courtyard outside the entrance to the 4,732-sq.-ft house. Then a glassy hallway runs sideways when you walk in:
Center Court
The steel is up on the site of Lamar High School’s new campus, nearly in its sophomore year of construction adjacent to the existing building at 3325 Westheimer. Photos of the new schoolhouse — which will front Eastside St. to the east of the old building — show it still in assembly on what used to be the high school’s track and athletic field. When it’s done, the planned 4-story structure will house 2,800 to 3,100 students, who will spend most of their class time in the new building, but still be able to access its neighbor through a 2nd-story concourse that links to it.
The perspective section below from architect Perkins + Will slices open both the planned and existing buildings and peers south into their classrooms. On the right, it shows the concourse plugging into the old building’s gray exterior:
Secondary Education Building
- 642Â E. 26th St. [HAR]
There’s been a bit of activity inside the former restaurant space under the slanted roofline at the 2311 W. Alabama St. mini-mall on the corner of Revere St., a reader notes. A dumpster is parked outside; workers have been poking, prodding, and injecting all sorts of reconfigurations to the interiors.
No new restaurant is going in, though: Ruggles Green decamped from the space at the beginning of 2015 — and reopened a few hundred feet to the east the following year. The adjacent Persona Medical Spa is now expanding into the 2,122-sq.-ft. former dining space, making more room for its full range of massaging, de-wrinkling, plumping, resurfacing, pricking, heating, and cooling services.
- Previously on Swamplot: Ruggles Green Now Open on W. Alabama St. Less Than 250 Ft. East of Former Location; Ruggles Green Closes on West Alabama, Plans To Reopen Next Door
Photo: sfalumberjack
Revere St. Retail Reinvigoration
- Katy’s 77450 ZIP Code Ranked Among the Best Places To Live Based on Schools, Home Prices [Houston Chronicle]
- Top 5 Houston Regions with the Most Homebuilding Activity [HBJ ($)]
- Developer Russell Gordy on Buffalo Heights, Washington Avenue Projects with Midway [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
- The 8 Largest Sublease Spaces Expiring in the Next 24 Months in Houston [Bisnow]
- Houston Among Metropolitan Areas Leading the Shift Away from Sprawl, Finds Study [The Urban Edge]
- Houston’s Trailer Parks Offer Cheap Housing, But With a Catch [Houston Press]
- Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital Breaks Ground on 5-Story Building in Its Humble Campus [Houston Chronicle]
- A Sneak Peek at Hotel Alessandra Underway Downtown [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Vista Equities Group Starts Final Phase of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch in the Katy Area [Realty News Report]
- East Village Development Opens First Retail Tenant, Chapman & Kirby [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Blend Bar with Davidoff Cigars Planning First Texas Location in The Woodlands [HBJ]
- Jonathan’s The Rub Opening Second Houston Location at Midway Mixed-Use Development Memorial Green [Culturemap]
- More Than 2 Dozen Payless Shoes Locations Expected To Close in the Houston Area [KHOU]
- Big Horn BBQ Opening New Location in Manvel [Houston Chronicle]
- I-45 Widening Project Moves South to FM 517 Near Dickinson [Houston Public Media]
Photo of the Texas Packing Company building: Patrick Feller via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Headlines
That big metal-skinned house on Centenary St. in West University is on the market as of yesterday, listed for a smidge under $2.2 million.  The home’s construction in the early 2010’s touched off some nasty comments and light contractor harrassment from some of the folks in the area (though architect Cameron Armstrong said around the time of completion that most folks thought the final product was fine).  The big shiny box holds 2 floors and 4 bedrooms, with a rooftop patio that allows visitors to rise above any neighborhood hubbub and gaze off toward the Medical Center:
Shiny New Listing
Okay. So. There’s a little bit of rain scheduled for Monday — but so far none of the forecasts seem to be showing anything like what turned up during the last few Memorial Day weekends. Swamplot’s gonna go ahead and take the day off anyway. Here’s hoping you and yours have a fun, safe, and largely dry break, if you’re getting one. (And if you don’t — we’ll still meet you back here on Tuesday to wade back into the Bayou City’s murky real estate waters, together.)
Photo of I-45, May 2015:Â Marc Longoria
Remembering Memorial Day
- Avera Cos. To Develop 143-Acre Bayport Logistics Park in Pasadena [HBJ]
- KM Realty Proposing Mixed-Use Development on Fitzgerald Tract in Baytown Along I-10 [Bisnow]
- Griffin Partners Office Fund III Acquires 520 Post Oak Boulevard Near Memorial Park [Realty News Report]
- Historic Petroleum Building Downtown To Be Redeveloped into High-End Hotel [HBJ]
- Houston Apartment Occupancy Rose Above 92% for First Time Since October 2016, Finds Axiometrics [Houston Chronicle]
- Antone’s Famous Po’boys Planning Downtown, West Houston Locations [HBJ]
- Heights Restaurant Glass Wall Closes, New Concept To Open in the Space [Culturemap]
- Homelessness Down Slightly in Houston Area Since 2016 [Houston Chronicle]
- On the Hunt for Treasure Possibly Buried in Hermann Park 35 Years Ago [abc13]
- The 40 Safest Cities in Texas Right Now [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Spring Branch: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Headlines
- 15900 FM 1097 [HAR]
