- After Eight-Year Stall, Preliminary Work Begins on First Phase of Lago Mar Development [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Pipeline Realty Building Up To 5 Office Warehouses on 12 Acres Next to Church at Beltway 8, Cottingham [Prime Property]
- Houston-Area Office Rental Rates Slowed in First 3 Quarters of 2013 [Houston Business Journal]
- Down the Road, Phoenicia Would Like To Expand to ‘Outer Houston, Like The Woodlands or Sugar Land’ [Eater Houston]
- Developer Group Submits Brief Arguing Court Should Stop Residents’ Attempt to Stop Ashby Highrise [Prime Property]
- Appraising the Contents of Former Hand Surgeon Michael Brown’s Memorial Dr. Home [Houston Chronicle]
- State Budget Writers Reject $250M Plan To Repair Roads in Energy-Boom Areas [Houston Chronicle ($)]
Photo of Mecom Fountain at Hermann Park: Curt Littlejohn via Swamplot Flickr Pool
Michael Brown mounted a grizzly?
Woodlands schmoodlands. Come to Sugar Land, Phoenecia!
I bet the Ashby developers sure as heck wished they passed on buying that property.
The homeowners in that area have a ton of money and political connections and are a force to be reckoned with. Even if the developers get their way (and I hope they do). I would be surprised if they make much money off of it.