• Johnson Development To Build 2,500-Home Community Veranda on 590 Acres in Fort Bend County [Houston Chronicle]
• Midtown Development Awaits Approval To Sit Closer To Brazos, Smith and Elgin Than Normally Allowed [Houston Chronicle]
• The Port of Houston’s Low 3.4% Submarket Vacancy Rate a ‘Completely New Phenomenon’ [HBJ]
• Houston Home Sellers Slashing Prices, Offering Incentives as Oil Slump Hits Market [Wall Street Journal]
• Fresh Off Opening 500 Crawford Downtown, Developer Marvy Finger Prepares for a Slowdown [Houston Chronicle]
• ‘Filthiest Home in Houston’ in Champions Area Under Contract, Has 12 Back-Up Offers [abc13]
• Chapman & Kirby Gastropub Planned for EaDo Mixed-Use Project East Village [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Halal Guys Restaurant Chain Opening First Houston Location on January 30 at 3821 Farnham [Culturemap]
• What Ever Happened to Houston’s ‘One Bin For All’ Program? [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Unidentified Smell Has Been Bothering Richmond Residents for at Least a Month and a Half Now [abc13]
• Slideshow: Inside Houston’s Abandoned Places [Houston Chronicle]

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