• Houston First Picks Rida Development To Develop Convention Center Hotel [Houston Chronicle]
• Dallas-Based Investment Fund Velocis Buys Second Houston Office Property [Houston Business Journal]
• City’s Property Tax Rate Expected To Stay the Same [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s Arts Industry Generates $978M in Annual Economic Activity [Houston Business Journal]
• Conroe May Annex 55-Acre Boy Scout Camp Up for Sale [Courier of Montgomery County]
• Metro Installs 100th Bus Shelter This Year, at West Tidwell and Wheatley [KUHF]
• Last Year’s Drought Killed More Than 300M Trees Statewide, Finds Texas A&M Survey [Click2Houston]
• Slideshow: Latest ‘Houston. It’s Worth It’ Photo Book Looks at 100 Years of Rice University [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: 17 Non-Generic Houston Dining Rooms That Don’t Feel Dated [Eater Houston]
• Houston Architects, Builders, Interior Designers Wanted for Two Competitive HGTV Series [Mike McGuff]
• Orange Show Throwing Garage Sale at Its Warehouse This Saturday [Glasstire]

Photo of bus shelter installation, West Tidwell and Wheatley: KUHF