- Tilman Fertitta’s First Tenant for His New Uptown Mixed-Use Project Is Tilman Fertitta [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Signorelli Planning 2 Multifamily Projects Totaling 700 Apartment Units at Valley Ranch in Porter [HBJ]
- C&J Energy’s Westchase Headquarters Sold to American Realty Capital Global Trust for Undisclosed Amount [CoStar]
- Glen Park Residents Bracing Themselves To Be The Next Woodland Heights or First Ward [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Report Ranks Houston No. 5 in U.S. for Luxury Sales, with 1,045 Homes Valued at $1M or Higher Sold in 2014Â [HBJ]
- 25 Employees of Houston’s Kirksey Architecture Are Now Co-Owners of the Company [HBJ]
- Pluckers Wing Bar Opening Second Location in Houston Next Year at 10407 Katy Fwy. [Austin Business Journal]
- First Look at the New Karbach Brewery, Ahead of Its Public Debut in Mid-May [Beer, TX]
- Walters Downtown Starts Indiegogo Campaign To Help It Resolve Debt by April 30, Avoid Foreclosure [Rocks Off]
- Metro Votes To Sell Pinemont Park and Ride Site to Harris County, Not Public Housing Agency [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- 5 Bars Wins $3M Contract To Install WiFi at NRG Stadium Ahead of 2017 Super Bowl [Houston Public Media]
- The Story Behind the Shuttered Magic Island Venue at Southwest Fwy. Near Greenbriar [Houston Chronicle]
- Secret Service Took More Than a Year To Replace Broken Alarm System at George H.W. Bush’s Houston Home [Washington Post]
Photo of mural by Wiley Robertson at 3301 Cline St., Fifth Ward: Swamplot inbox
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As a Kirksey ex, I do wish the new owners well. But quite frankly, I don’t get what the hype is all about. Back when I was there – 2008-2009, the firm was marked by dysfunctional teams, almost high-school like cliques, and worst of all: badly implemented BIM software that didn’t work! They do all the right things to get themselves famous as a “great place to work,” but I was never really happy there.
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Maybe I’m just weird. Anyway, I do wish the new Kirksey owners well.
Interesting story on Magic Island. As a carpetbagger I never knew the back story. Sort of sad to see it sit and rot.
So Pluckers will take over the spot formerly occupied by the Memorial City-area 59 Diner. And speaking of which — is the 59 Diner chain imploding? Attempt to visit 59diner.com forwards me to a GoDaddy auction page.
I hope 59 diner is imploding, my last visit to the one off 59 had slime in my partner’s tea. The waiter had the nerve to ask us did we want a replacement… from the same batch. Yuck… We haven’t been back since.
My husband worked as tech for the large theatre at Magic Island in the 90s. Even though he was “behind the scenes” he had to wear a tuxedo. When we went by recently, he said he had heard the interior is now stripped.
If 59 diner goes out of business, I MUST BUY THIS!
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