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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Houston Real Estate Roundup: Bad Air, River Oaks Demo, Downtown Flip

  • Surprise! There’s a lot of mercury and formaldehyde in Houston air, and we don’t know where it’s coming from [UH]
  • River Oaks Shopping Center: One down, two to go [Houston Chronicle]
  • Hines adds parking garage, flips former BankOne Center downtown [Globe St. and Houston Chronicle]
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