Tag: Headlines

• PMRG Launching Long-Awaited Midtown Apartment Project at 3300 Main [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• 16-Story Residence Inn Medical Center Tops Out Near NRG Stadium [Houston Chronicle]
• FEMA Extends Deadline for Hotel Financial Assistance for Harvey Victims Through July 1 [Houston Chronicle]
• Henry Cisneros: Where Houston Could Find The Money To Protect Itself Against Future Floods [Houston Public Media]
• Interactive Maps Show How Houston’s Highways Spurred Growth and Sprawl [The Urban Edge]
• New Mexico-Based Green Roof Company RoofCARE Expands to Houston [HBJ]
• Next Level Opening 7,000-SF Esports Arena in Midtown This Summer [HBJ]
• Randalls Store in Cypress To Close This Summer [HBJ]
• A Restaurant Named Krusty Krab Won’t Be Able To Open in Kemah [Eater Houston]

Photo of the Glassell School of Art and Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• U.S. Census Bureau’s Sluggish Population Growth Estimate for Houston Potentially Puts $17M Hole in City Budget [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Howard Hughes Corp. Planning More Apartments in Hughes Landing [HBJ ($)]
• Lionstone Investments Relocating Headquarters to The Jones on Main Downtown [HBJ ($)]
• University of Houston’s Fertitta Center To Be Completed in December [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas-Based East Hampton Sandwich Co. Opening First Houston Location Next Week in River Oaks District [Culturemap]
• Harris County Releases Hurricane Harvey After Action Report [Houston Chronicle]
• Officials at Arkema Chemical Plant Given Heads Up About Flood Risk a Year Before Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• How Schools Are Designed with Mass Shootings in Mind [The Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• The Astrodome’s Texas State Historical Marker To Be Unveiled Tuesday [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Truck Yard: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Historic Downtown Tower 1001 McKinney Trades Hands [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Temple Oaks Baptist Church Back on the Market After Sale Falls Through [The Leader]
• New Houston Homes Took Nearly 5 Days Longer To Sell in April, According to the HomesUSA.com Index [Houston Chronicle]
• Guidelines for Historic Heights Homes Up for Vote on May 31 [The Leader]
• University of Houston Breaks Ground on Katy Campus [HBJ]
• Goldman Sachs To Relocate to 609 Main Downtown [HBJ ($)]
• International Smoke Opening in CityCentre After July 4 [Culturemap]
• 2 New Tea Shops for the Heights [Eater Houston]
• Houston’s Unsheltered Homeless Population on the Rise After Harvey [Houston Public Media ]
• Less Than Half of Houston Residents Live within a 10-Minute Walk of a Park, Finds ParkScore Index [Houstonia]
• Inside Buc-ee’s Successful Trademark Case Against Rival Rest Stop Choke Canyon [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Seascape Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown Office Tower and Former Sakowitz Building Hit Market [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• AECOM’s 3300 Main 30-Story High-Rise Finally Breaks Ground in Midtown [CoStar]
• The Communities with the Most New Home Starts in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• ‘Butterfly Roof House’ Along Buffalo Bayou Listed at $2.15M Sold [Houston Chronicle]
• Lakeside Country Club To Start $32M Rebuild of Clubhouse Destroyed During Harvey [HBJ ($)]
• Fresh from Hurricane Harvey’s Flooding, Houston Starts To Build Anew — in the Flood Plain [The Washington Post ($)]
• 5th Circuit Sides with Houston in Lawsuit over Memorial City-Area Flooding [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston ZIP Codes 77494 and 77449 in Katy and 77407 in Richmond Lead Nation in Population Growth, Finds U.S. Census [HBJ]
• Thor Equities Expanding The Shoppes at Cinco Ranch [HBJ]
• New Rice Village Tenants Include Sixty Vines, Steel City Pops, Drybar [Houston Chronicle]
• Nobu Opening in the Galleria on June 1 [Culturemap]

Photo of Memorial Drive: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• What Smart Technology Does Inside Uptown’s Park Towers [Bisnow]
• Hanover River Oaks’ Developer Says Retail Component Will Make Kirby Dr. More Walkable [HBJ ($)]
• Model Homes Open at Howard Hughes Corp.’s The Woodlands Hills [HBJ ($)]
• Colvill Office Properties Selected To Lease One Buffalo Heights [Realty News Report]
• Report: Houston Among Top Cities for Job Opportunities in the Apartment Industry [Houston Chronicle]
• Kansas City-Based Commerce Bank Opens First Houston Office [HBJ ($)]
• Jenni’s Noodle House Owners Refashioning Their Greenway Plaza Location into New Restaurant Dream Tacos TX [Culturemap]
• Taco Cabana Opens Second Katy Location [Houston Chronicle]
• Rothko Chapel Receives Unsolicited White Paint Splatters Near Entrance, in Reflection Pool [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of trees off Waugh Dr.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Solaris Adds a Floor at Memorial City Headquarters [HBJ ($)]
• Alta Mesa Resources, Entech Civil Engineers Expand Energy Corridor Offices [Houston Chronicle]
• Renovated Magic Island Property on 59 Could Expand by About 10,000 Square Feet [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Luxury Waterfront Community Harborwalk Trades Hands [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Austin Residential Company Watters International Realty Expands to Houston [HBJ ($)]
• New Orleans Restaurant Group BRG Hospitality Still Planning To Open Buffalo Speedway Eatery This Summer [HBJ]
• Where To Find FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Specialists in Harris County and Beyond This Week [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Cantina Barba: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• These Hurricane Harvey-Damaged Homes in Meyerland and Bellaire Will Be Auctioned Off As-Is Next Month [HBJ]
• 540-Acre Rail-Served Business Park To Break Ground in El Campo Next Month [Realty News Report]
• Saint Nicholas School To Break Ground on New ‘Village Concept’ Private School Near the Medical Center [HBJ ($)]
• FloWorks International Wraps Up Work on New Pearland Facility [Houston Chronicle]
• Collvill Office Properties To Lease H-E-B-Anchored Buffalo Heights Project [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• I-45 ‘Be Someone’ Graffiti Altered with Homage to Mattress Mac [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of White Oak Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Yorktown Plaza Property Near the Galleria To Be Demolished for Potential Residential, Mixed-Use Project [HBJ ($)]
• Remington Square III in Northwest Houston Nearly Fully Leased [HBJ]
• Stages Repertory Theatre Breaks Ground on New Campus One Block South of Current Location [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Affordable Housing Apartment Project Breaks Ground in North Houston [HBJ ($)]
• The Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in April, According to HAR [HBJ]
• First Indoor Cycling Studio Opens in Downtown Central Business District [Culturemap]
• Gov. Abbott Criticizes Houston for Response to Hurricane Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas ‘White House’ Estate in Preston Hollow Sells for $11M [Culturemap]

Photo of MFAH: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Many Harris County Homeowners Still Don’t Have 2018 Property Value Notices [Houston Chronicle]
• Gioretti-Branded Upper Kirby Condos Break Ground Behind Schedule [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Listing Price for Woodlands Mansion with 3-Story Closet Drops to $7M [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Joseph Finger-Designed Kingston-Davis House Hits the Market [abc13]
• VKC Group Acquires Westlake Shopping Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Acclara Solutions Inks Lease at Remington Square III Office Building in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Outriggers Seafood Grill & Bar in Clear Lake Closing Next Week to Make Way for Highway 146 Expansion [abc13]

Photo of Walding Station: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First Quarter Houston Home Prices Rose 3.4% Year-Over-Year to $229,800 [Houston Chronicle]
• Berkadia Ranks Houston Third-Best Metro Area for Apartment Absorption [Realty News Report]
• Ten-X Ranks Houston Third-Best Market To Purchase Retail Property [Bisnow]
• Slideshow: Sneak Peek at Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s New School and Plaza [HBJ]
• Stucco-Paneled Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology Opens in the Museum District [Archpaper]
• Deadline To Protest Texas Home Appraisals Is Today [Houston Public Media]
• Poitín Officially Opens at Sawyer Yards [Eater Houston]
• U’Maki Sushi Burrito To Open Second Houston Location This Week in Katy [Eater Houston]
• Poking Around the Recently-Opened Post Oak Hotel [PaperCity Magazine]
• Harvey-Damaged Barbara Bush Branch Library Reopens in Spring [abc13]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Shuttered Omni Houston Hotel Near Galleria To Receive $30M Renovation Following Harvey Damage [HBJ]
• What To Expect When the Expanded MFAH Campus Debuts May 20 [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Heights Village Signs Taco Concept La Vibra, Still Searching for Second Restaurant Concept [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What Houston Is Learning About Underground Tunnels To Mitigate Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• SmartAsset Ranks Houston Among the Top 10 Cities for First-Time Homebuyers [Culturemap]
• About 1 in 5 Houston-Area Millennials Live at Home with Their Moms, Finds Zillow Report [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Harold and Yupon streets: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Building 150-Acre Business Park Between Amazon and Igloo Near Katy [HBJ]
• Downtown Office Tower 5 Houston Center Undergoing Renovations [HBJ ($)]
• Miramesa at Canyon Lakes West in Cypress To Grow by 50% [HBJ]
• Draft Plans for Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities Pilot Program Awaiting Review [The Urban Edge]
• Japanese Chain Beard Papa’s Coming to the Katy Asian Town Development [Eater Houston]
• Factors That Could Limit Houston’s Growth, According to the Center for Houston’s Future [Houston Public Media]
• Richard Wallrath’s 5,000-Acre Champion Ranch on the Market [HBJ]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Prices at All-Time Highs, Finds Latest HAR Report [HBJ]
• Far North Area Fastest-Growing Market for Houston Home Starts, According to Metrostudy [HBJ]
• 514-Acre Master-Planned Community Baytown Crossings Planned for Baytown [HBJ]
• Wedge Properties Management Acquires 6-Story Office Building Three Sugar Creek in Sugar Land [Realty News Report]
• New Restaurant UB Preserv Opens on Westheimer Across from Hugo’s [Food & Wine]
• Old-School Tex-Mex Restaurant Fiesta Loma Linda Has Closed After More Than 60 Years in the East End [Houston Chronicle]
• Maps Offer New Insight into Level of Hurricane Harvey’s Destruction to Houston Area [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Sends State Action Plan for Harvey Recovery to HUD Where It Now Awaits Federal Approval [Houston Public Media]
• New Video Rendering Offers a Virtual Bird’s Eye View of the New Houston Botanic Garden [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the Marriott Marquis: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Courtyard by Marriott Breaks Ground in Generation Park off Beltway 8 [Houston Chronicle]
• Jones Carter Selected To Lead Project To Redesign the Bagby Street Corridor [HBJ]
• Mayor Turner Proposes ‘Tight’ Fiscal 2019 Budget Post-Hurricane Harvey [Reuters]
• Advocates Seek To Apply Fair Housing Rule to Harvey Funds [Houston Chronicle]
• Developer Marvy Finger Reflects on Building in Houston Since the 1960s [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern To Unveil Second Major Art Installation This Week [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Galveston: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• New Howard Hughes Apartment Project Coming to Bridgeland [HBJ ($)]
• Hines Acquires Broadstone Tinsley Park from Crow Holdings for Undisclosed Price [CoStar Group]
• Houston’s Largest Subleases So Far This Year [HBJ ($)]
• Near Northside Development of 68 Affordable Units Now 100% Leased [Realty News Report]
• Downtown Now Home to More Than 8,000 Residents [Bisnow]
• Houston’s Housing Market Cools as Home Prices Stall, According to Trulia [Culturemap]
• Factory-Built Modular Home Starts To Take Shape in the Heights [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Mapping the Rates of FEMA Assistance Approval in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• The Winning Design of the Seeds of Sharpstown’s Architecture Competition [OffCite]
• Houston’s First Whole Foods Market 365 To Include Peli Peli Kitchen and Juice Society [Culturemap]
• Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken Opens on Wash Ave [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the University of Houston: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool