• Chevron Phillips Breaks Ground in Old Ocean on Second Part of Its $6B U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project [Houston Business Journal]
• Fort Crockett Military Housing Complex on the Seawall on the Market for $10M [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Howard Hughes Corp. Gets Permit To Add 400 Homes to Bridgeland [Houston Business Journal]
• Kroger Closing Humble Store at U.S.-59 and FM 1960, Replacing It With Larger One at 19611 Eastex Fwy. [Houston Business Journal]
• Quaker Steak & Lube Opening First Houston Restaurant July 18 in League City [Houston Business Journal]
• Owner of Recently Shuttered Funeral Bars on Kirby Open Glass House Nightclub in Former Roosevelt Lounge Space on Washington Ave [Eater Houston]
• Houston Building Permits Reach Record $7.3B for the Year Ending in May [Houston Public Media]
• Katy City Council Approves Plan To Annex 3 Parcels of Land West of City Limits [Covering Katy]
• Survey Finds 56.8% of Downtown Workers Drive Alone To Work, 25.8% Use Park and Ride [The Highwayman]
• Of 30 Largest U.S. Metro Regions, Houston Ranks 15th for Walkability in Smart Growth America Report [Houston Tomorrow]
• Family-Owned Bradshaw Cemetery on Church Rd. Near I-10 Dating Back to the 1800s Bulldozed Without Warning [News 92FM]
• Next Auction from the Estate of Hand Surgeon Michael Brown This Sunday To Include Versace Bed, Suit of Armor [Houston Chronicle]
• 12-ft., 10,000-lb. Civil War Cannon Found on the Bottom of the Houston Ship Channel Placed in New Texas City Home [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Authorities Seize More Than a Dozen Pet Pythons, Boa Constrictors from Heights Home [KHOU]
• A Brief Overview of the Houston Area’s Diverse Landscape, Part II [OffCite]
• 27 Things About Houston You Have To Explain to Out-of-Towners [Thrillist]

Photo of house on West St. near Harrington, Fifth Ward: David Elizondo via Swamplot Flickr Pool