• Wedge International Tower Rebranding as 1415 Louisiana; Construction of Adjacent Hilton Garden Inn To Begin by End of Year [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Area Near George R. Brown Convention Center Currently Undergoing More Than $1B in New Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Nau Center for Texas Cultural Heritage Breaks Ground, Will Open in Time for Super Bowl 2017 [Click2Houston]
• Construction of Homes in Magnolia Court Subdivision Resumes on Galveston’s West End [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• The Nightingale Room Bar Now Open at 308 Main St. Downtown [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
• Dak & Bop Less Than a Month Away from Opening in the Parc Binz Building in the Museum District [Culturemap]
• After 30 Years as Pico’s Mex-Mex, Restaurant Will Now Go by Arnaldo Richards’ Picos [Houston Business Journal]
• Dickinson Asks League City, Texas City To Cede Some of Their Extraterritorial Jurisdiction So It Can Expand Its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Galveston County Ranked Eighth on Weather.com List of Worst Places To Buy a Home Based on Natural Factors [Galveston County Daily News]
• Houston Central Library Plaza Will Be Site of Urban Park-Improvement Project [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Gives OK for App-Based Ride Service Companies Like Uber To Pick up Airport Passengers [Houston Chronicle]
• Prada Marfa Vandal Pleads Guilty, Agrees To Pay Fine Plus $10,700 for Cleanup [Glasstire]

Photo of Nieman Marcus: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool