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Our sponsor today is Houston’s own Central Bank. Swamplot appreciates the continued support!

Central Bank has 4 (central) Houston branches available to meet your business or personal needs: in Midtown, the Heights, West Houston, and Post Oak Place.

Central Bank believes that change is essential to its success; the company actively pursues the latest in service, technology, and products. Central Bank aims to know its customers personally and to be their primary business and personal financial resource. The bank’s staff values relationships and strives to be available when you need them.

To learn more about how Central Bank can meet your banking needs, please call any of the following Senior Vice Presidents: Kenny Beard, at 832.485.2376; Bonnie Purvis, at 832.485.2354; Gary Noble, at 832.485.2366; or Ryan Tillman, at 832.485.2307. You can also find out more on the bank’s website.

Should your business become a Swamplot sponsor? Here’s some basic information about the program. 

Today’s sponsor of Swamplot: The house at 2629 University Blvd. in West University. We appreciate the support!

Here’s a home that’s just down the street from the Rice Village — not quite a block deep on the West U side of Kirby Dr. What else stands out about it? Well, in a good rainstorm you should notice the standing-seam metal roof. And rain or shine, sitting in the breakfast room, it’s hard to ignore the 660-bottle climate-controlled wine-storage setup. (Look for the photo on the property website.) Unless, of course, from the table you’re focusing your attention on the covered patio on the other side of the triple window.

The 4-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath home dates to 2000. Granite countertops, slate floors, and stainless-steel appliances from Sub-Zero, Thermador, and Bosch round out the kitchen (see photo above). The family room, shown in the top photo, opens onto the back yard. The second-story master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling.

More views — and information about the 2-story, 3,401-sq.-ft. home — are available on the property website. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate,which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Got a property that’s ready for its closeup? Put it in the spotlight with a Swamplot sponsorship.

Today’s sponsor is the 2-story, 3-bedroom, 4-bath Unit 304 at the Memorial Cove Lofts. Swamplot appreciates the support!

No, the 3,262-sq.-ft. third-floor loft space didn’t look like this back in 2002, when the 20-unit building at 6007 Memorial Dr. was completed. It’s been completely redone — with new spaces, finishes, lighting, hardware, and appliances. And there’s very little more to do: It’s being offered for sale as a “turnkey” property — with all the new furniture and furnishings included.

Interiors of the 3-bedroom, 4-bath loft space were designed by the Chairma Design Group; construction was completed by Morning Star Renovations. The Memorial Cove Lofts building faces Memorial Dr. directly across Glen Cove Dr. from the visitor center for the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens; Memorial Park is less than a half mile in the opposite direction.

The 2-story great room (pictured above) is now the heart of the loft, allowing views into a portion of the master bedroom suite above. Two other bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms, are up the steel floating staircase as well. A wine room flanks the unit’s entry; a separate media room is adjacent to it and the great room as well. The property comes with 2 assigned covered parking spaces and a private storage room.

There’s a whole lot more to look at and appreciate on the property website. You can find out more about the offering there, as well as get views of the balcony, bedrooms, and other reimagined spaces. If you like what you see, you’ll want to come to the open house this Sunday, June 5, from 2 to 4 pm.

Got a spectacular interior vision you’d like to share? Why not try featuring it on Swamplot?

Sponsoring Swamplot for today: The house at 2629 University Blvd. in West University. Thanks for the support!

Here’s a home that’s just down the street from the Rice Village — not quite a block deep on the West U side of Kirby Dr. What else stands out about it? Well, in a good rainstorm you should notice the standing-seam metal roof. And rain or shine, sitting in the breakfast room, it’s hard to ignore the 660-bottle climate-controlled wine-storage setup. (Look for the photo on the property website.) Unless, of course, from the table you’re focusing your attention on the covered patio on the other side of the triple window.

The 4-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath home dates to 2000. Granite countertops, slate floors, and stainless-steel appliances from Sub-Zero, Thermador, and Bosch round out the kitchen (see photo above). The family room, shown in the top photo, opens onto the back yard. The second-story master bedroom has a vaulted ceiling.

More views — and information about the 2-story, 3,401-sq.-ft. home — are available on the property website. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Maybe you’ve been giving your home a lot of attention — but other people haven’t. Put it in the spotlight with a Swamplot sponsorship.

Today’s Swamplot Sponsor of the Day: the new-construction residence at 810 Ralfallen St. in the Heights. Thank you for supporting this site!

Do you hear this home calling you? The brand-new 4-bedroom at 810 Ralfallen was recently completed by the Heights’s own Icon Home. The company’s name signals its inspiration: iconic architectural styles — such as Greek Revival and American Farmhouse — which the builder adapts to contemporary sensibilities.

Beyond the carefully ordered façade is an open layout with an emphasis on entertaining: the formal dining room, for example, has its own serving bar with wine fridge. Beyond is a view into the family room, a few steps down, with 12-ft. ceilings, the kitchen open to it, and floor-to-ceiling built-ins surrounding a marble fireplace. The family room opens directly onto a carefully crafted room for outdoor living — dubbed the loggia — which is sheltered by a vaulted ceiling, and appointed with a masonry fireplace, a custom grill and kitchenette, and wood shutters. Its one open side leads into a yard opposite the kitchen.

Other spaces in the home await interpretation: A first-floor room off the foyer could be a study or sitting room; a cathedral-ceilinged flex space upstairs could be a gameroom or fifth bedroom. There are 4 bathrooms and 1 half-bath — including one you can get to directly from the back loggia.

Other new Icon Home constructions in the Heights area offer variations on 810 Ralfallen’s sensibility: 2023 Cortlandt sports a little more Greek Revival styling on its front, while the home at 523 E. 23rd St. features a courtyard with multiple points of entry through the living area. All 3 are listed by Bill Baldwin and Boulevard Realty. If you like what you’ve seen and heard about it here, do poke through the 810 Ralfallen property website for more photos and details.

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Yes, we’ve been hearing a lot about 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth this week. And a good part of that is because the 2.5-acre retail development coming to Garden Oaks and Oak Forest is Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day — for the third day in a row. We sure appreciate the support!

Wasn’t somebody telling us a while back that Oak Forest lacked retail excitement? Well, take a look at what Crescere Capital Management has in store for the intersection of 34th St. and Ella Blvd., where each day close to 50,000 cars pass by, on their way to and from Garden Oaks and Oak Forest: a 29,000-sq.-ft. (or so) multi-tenant retail center on the southeast corner.

The project’s (uh, record-setting) name is 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth. The design team is being led by architects Peter Merwin and Ted Rubenstein of the Houston office of Gensler. Broker Tony Armstrong of leasing firm A. A. Armstrong will be working to fill up the new development. Crescere’s Chris Hotze is probably best known to GOOFers as the developer (and still the owner) of The Shops at Oak Forest a few blocks north at 43rd St., which is home both to Plonk! and a Starbucks drive-thru.

What kind of retail is going to go in at 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth? Hotze says his team has “reached out to the neighborhood to find out what they are looking for. There are certainly tenants looking to go into a high-caliber center, and that is the market segment that we seek to fill.” Merwin says he sees it as a “neighborhood center with hip, ‘aspirational’ retail . . . a place where parents, children, and neighbors connect with their community on a daily basis.”

Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2017.

When your new project is ready to receive the attention it deserves, talk to us about how to participate in Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day program.

If you missed yesterday’s big introduction of 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth, no worries — the 2.5-acre retail development coming to Garden Oaks and Oak Forest is Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day again today, and you’ll find all the details right here. Thanks for supporting this site!

Wasn’t somebody telling us a while back that Oak Forest lacked retail excitement? Well, take a look at what Crescere Capital Management has in store for the intersection of 34th St. and Ella Blvd., where each day close to 50,000 cars pass by, on their way to and from Garden Oaks and Oak Forest: a 29,000-sq.-ft. (or so) multi-tenant retail center on the southeast corner.

The project’s (uh, record-setting) name is 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth. The design team is being led by architects Peter Merwin and Ted Rubenstein of the Houston office of Gensler. Broker Tony Armstrong of leasing firm A. A. Armstrong will be working to fill up the new development. Crescere’s Chris Hotze is probably best known to GOOFers as the developer (and still the owner) of The Shops at Oak Forest a few blocks north at 43rd St., which is home both to Plonk! and a Starbucks drive-thru.

What kind of retail is going to go in at 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth? Hotze says his team has “reached out to the neighborhood to find out what they are looking for. There are certainly tenants looking to go into a high-caliber center, and that is the market segment that we seek to fill.” Merwin says he sees it as a “neighborhood center with hip, ‘aspirational’ retail . . . a place where parents, children, and neighbors connect with their community on a daily basis.”

Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2017.

Swamplot’s Sponsors of the Day get attention. Find out how you can participate in the program here.

Today’s Sponsor of the Day post introduces 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth, a 2.5-acre retail development coming to Garden Oaks and Oak Forest. Thanks for supporting Swamplot!

Wasn’t somebody telling us a while back that Oak Forest lacked retail excitement? Well, take a look at what Crescere Capital Management is announcing today for the intersection of 34th St. and Ella Blvd., where each day close to 50,000 cars pass by, on their way to and from Garden Oaks and Oak Forest: a 29,000-sq.-ft. (or so) multi-tenant retail center on the southeast corner.

The project’s (uh, record-setting) name is 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth. The design team is being led by architects Peter Merwin and Ted Rubenstein of the Houston office of Gensler. Broker Tony Armstrong of leasing firm A. A. Armstrong will be working to fill up the new development. Crescere’s Chris Hotze is probably best known to GOOFers as the developer (and still the owner) of The Shops at Oak Forest a few blocks north at 43rd St., which is home both to Plonk! and a Starbucks drive-thru.

What kind of retail is going to go in at 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth? Hotze says his team has “reached out to the neighborhood to find out what they are looking for. There are certainly tenants looking to go into a high caliber center, and that is the market segment that we seek to fill.” Merwin says he sees it as a “neighborhood center with hip, ‘aspirational’ retail . . . a place where parents, children, and neighbors connect with their community on a daily basis.”

Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2017.

Got an announcement of your own for Swamplot readers? They’ll be looking for it — if you sign up to be a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Sponsoring Swamplot today: the 4-5-bedroom, 4-bath single-family home at 1704 Kipling St. in Winlow Place. Thank you for supporting this site!

The duplex that originally stood on the northwest corner of Kipling and Dunlavy was built in 1930, but it had been vacant for 20 years before Houston architect Donna Kacmar renovated and converted it, in 2007, to this single residence. Kacmar recycled some of the materials from the house for its own rejuvenation: Termite-ridden oak planks on the first floor were replaced by shiplap — removed from the interior walls, milled, and turned into wide-plank flooring. New cabinet pieces were fabricated from the home’s longleaf pine door jambs. Interior doors are refinished originals, but all windows and exterior doors were replaced, soapstone countertops inserted, and a new garage constructed.

The renovation efforts resulted in a Good Brick Award from the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (now known as Preservation Houston) in 2008. But the home has more to offer than its rehab pedigree: There’s also the central Montrose location. Coffee, croissants, and company are just a short walk away. The 3,552-sq.-ft. home is just a couple blocks south of the storied corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy.

1704 Kipling St. is listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers. You can see more photos of the renovated home — including the back porch and brick exterior — and get more info about it on the property website.

Done some rehab work on an older piece of Houston, and interested in getting word out about it? Consider the limelight available to it as a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Finishing off the sponsor list for this week is Farmstead: Grow & Eat. Thanks for supporting Swamplot, Farmstead!

Farmstead: Grow & Eat is a retail garden center that carries a wide selection of edible plants, including the widest selection of fruit, nut, and citrus trees that grow well in Houston. If you’re interested in setting up your own edible garden, or just want to expand your back yard from vegetation to vegetables, you’ll want to know about it. The storefront also features herbs, seeds, and tools necessary to get you on the path to gardening success.

Farmstead is located at 6640 West Montgomery Rd. in the 77091; it’s open from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays and by appointment on Sundays. To find out more, take a look at the Farmstead website.

Your business needs to grow (and eat) too! Find new customers among this site’s vast local readership by becoming a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Today’s sponsor of this site is Edible Earth Resources. Swamplot sure appreciates the support!

If you’ve been inspired to get some sort of edible garden installed at home or work, you’ll want to know about Edible Earth Resources. Edible Earth Resources is a full-service edible-focused landscaping and consulting firm in Houston, and they’re experts in soil health, plant health, and food production. Edible Earth Resources offers design, installation, and ongoing maintenance services to help you grow your own nutritious produce in a manner that’s safe for your family, healthy for your property’s ecosystem, and protective of our water supply.

For more information, please see the Edible Earth Resources website.

Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day program is a great way to demonstrate to readers that your business supports this site’s Houston coverage — and to attract some valuable attention in the process. You can find out more about the program here.

Today’s sponsor on Swamplot: the newly completed 3,000-sq.-ft. condo on the second floor of the Chateau Ten Sunset — 1742 Sunset Blvd. Unit 201, to be exact. We appreciate the support!

The Chateau Ten Sunset midrise on the corner of Sunset and Ashby St. was completed this year by the Randall Davis Company. And true to its name, it has only 10 units. This one, on the second floor, features an oversized tree-level balcony; it’s one of only 2 units in the building with a terrace that extends its full length (see top photo).

There’s a private entrance to the unit directly from the elevator. Inside, the main living area (pictured above) opens to the kitchen, which features Eggersmann cabinetry, blue Alaskan marble countertops, and Thermador appliances. The master bedroom looks onto the terrace; one of the 2 secondary bedrooms opens onto a separate balcony.

Rice University is just 2 blocks to the south. The building is also convenient to Rice Village, the MFAH and other museums, Hermann Park, and the Med Center beyond. For more info or a photo tour, take a look at the property website. This condo is listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Got a chateau of your own you’d like to show off? It’ll get all kinds of attention as a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Today’s sponsor of the day is personal coach Cricket Buchler. Thanks for your continuing support of Swamplot, Cricket!

Are you looking to make some changes in your life? Or just searching for a creative spark for a jump-start? You might consider a 90-minute personal coaching session with coach Cricket Buchler. An experienced corporate trainer who has helped top executives, Hollywood celebrities, and employees in a range of industries address personal and professional development issues, Cricket also works one-on-one, guiding clients to explore and unlock possibilities and design plans to realize change, and coaching them through their journey toward an intentional life.

A coaching session can also be an inspiring gift for anyone who is looking to take the next step forward in life, work, or relationships, but feels a bit stuck as to what next steps might look like. You’ll find a sampling of testimonials from Cricket’s clients on her website, along with more information about coaching sessions.

Here’s our own coaching tip: Becoming a Sponsor of the Day is a great way to let Swamplot readers know about the amazing things you do. 

Today’s sponsor is the home at 2228 Colquitt St. in Colquitt Court. Thanks for supporting Swamplot!

Houston architect Scott Ballard designed several homes on the block of Colquitt St. between Greenbriar and Morningside Dr., but he created this 3-bedroom, 3-bath on that street for himself and his family in 2000. The coastal live oaks on the 12,155-sq.-ft. lot have grown even bigger since then. The main living spaces are on the second floor (see photo above), but they connect to the back yard through a deck and light stairway leading straight to the pool. A master suite, also overlooking the back yard and pool, is on the third floor.

The upper floors are made from 1×6 tongue-and-groove pine; the home features floor-to-ceiling windows, limestone countertops, and several balconies. A story about the home’s construction, written by Ballard, was featured in the May 2003 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine.

You can see more views, and information about the home, on the property website. It’s listed for sale by New Leaf Real Estate, which offers unique savings programs for both sellers and buyers.

Designed something Swamplot readers should be seeing? Show it to them just like this — by becoming a Swamplot Sponsor of the Day.

Today’s Swamplot sponsor is Realty News Report, a Houston-based publication focused on commercial and residential estate markets in Texas. Thanks for supporting Swamplot, RNR!

Realty News Report’s founding editor is Ralph Bivins, an award-winning journalist who covered real estate for the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News for decades. He’s also a past president of the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Here’s a list of Realty News Report’s most popular recent stories. Did you miss any of them?

• A Ritz Carlton Perhaps? The New 30-story Tower at the Galleria
• Midway Plans to Build More Office Buildings at CityCentre
• Oil’s Impact on Houston’s Hotel Business
• Greenway Plaza and Other Major Houston Buildings Get New Owner in $2 Billion REIT Deal
• Houston is a Prime Spot for First-Time Homebuyers

You’ll find more coverage of the Texas real estate scene on the Realty News Report website. For a free trial subscription to Realty News Report’s weekly newsletter, send an email to RealtyNewsReport@gmail.com.

Here’s a great way to show readers your business appreciates this site too: Sponsor Swamplot for a day.