The legal entity that has recently taken control of this block of Scott St. — located between Hadley and Bremond streets just off I-45 — appears to have been named in honor of the University of Houston’s early September football defeat of the Oklahoma Sooners. The previous owner of the land, a corporation called 3919 Scott Street (which, yes, is also the address of the up-for-eventual-demo original Frenchy’s restaurant down the road), transferred the property shown above over to an entity called UH33-OU23 near the end of last month, after putting in a request to the city to turn the 1.79 acres of mostly-vacant smaller lots into 1 big unrestricted parcel under the name University Gateway. The land is less than half a mile up Scott St. from the Elgin / Third Ward light-rail stop at the edge of UH’s central campus:

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The block was largely cleared of trees last week; here’s another shot a reader sent yesterday, looking across the land to the mix of 2000s and early 1930s houses on Napoleon St.:

• Previously on Swamplot: Church Expansion Plans Cast Out Frenchy’s from Original Scott Spot

Images: Swamplot inbox (photos), Houston Planning Commission (plat drawing)