Tag: Headlines

• Housing Market Booming in Brazoria County Right Now Thanks to Plastic Pellet Manufacturing [Houston Chronicle]
• Land Tejas Master-Planned Community Set To Double in Size [HBJ ($)]
• Long-Rumored Costco Wholesale To Open in Webster [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Rice Village Shake Shack Could Be Open by March 1 [PaperCity Magazine; previously on Swamplot]
• Tito’s Cantina Joins the Cypress Village Station Plaza [Houston Chronicle]
• Galleria-Area Italian Restaurant Arcodoro Has Closed After More Than 20 Years [Culturemap]
• Grandway West Signs 2 New Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Needs To Put Community at Center of Harvey Buyout Program [Texas Housers]
• The Top Homebuilder Design Trends Likely To Take Off in 2018 [HBJ]
• Test-Riding a Dockless Bike from MoBike Stationed in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Transplants Make Up Largest Share of New Texans [Dallas News]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Former Exxon Building in Greenspoint Lands New Tenant [HBJ ($)]
• Howard Hughes Corp. Breaks Ground on Lake Woodlands Crossing Retail Center in The Woodlands [Realty News Report]
• Montreal-Based Zenda Acquires Orleans Square Shopping Center in the Atascocita Area [Houston Chronicle]
• Matrix Metals Relocating Headquarters to Stafford Grove Industrial Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Rockin’ Robin Guitars and Music Puts 2-Story S. Shepherd Store Up for Sale [Houston Chronicle]
• Uptown Luxury Tower The Post Oak Adding 4 Eateries [Eater Houston]
• City Council Approves $3.2M Deal for New Rugby Stadium at Houston Sports Park [Houston Public Media]
• Flu Season Helps Harvey-Damaged NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care in Humble Bounce Back [Houston Public Media]
• Judge Orders Strip Club That Sued City Shut Down, Alleges Prostitution and Employment of Minors [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Judge Emmett Makes Case to State Lawmakers for ‘Flood-Proof’ Freeways [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Average Houstonian Spent 2 Days Sitting in Traffic During 2017 [abc13]

Photo of construction on Lyric Market, 411 Smith St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 3000 Weslayan Trades Hands, Eyed for Residential Use [HBJ ($)]
• H-E-B Buys Vacant Land on Corner of W. Alabama and Kirby Previously Home to Kirby Court Apartments for New Mixed-Use Project [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• LGI Homes Expands Footrpint at Town Center I in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council To Consider Plans for New Rugby Facility Adjacent to the Houston Sports Park [HBJ]
• Brewery Founded by NASA Employees To Open in East Downtown with Space Theme [HBJ ($)]
• Flooded Meyerland Synagogue United Orthodox To Be Demolished Next Month, Considering New Location [Houston Chronicle]
• Can Houston Prevent Disaster When the Next Storm Comes? [PBS NewsHour]
• How the East End Has Grown in the Past Year, Despite Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• BCK: Kitchen & Cocktail Adventures Opens Today in the Heights [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Jury Awards More Than $200,000 to Theater Square in Downtown Pedestrian Tunnels Dispute [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Federal Railroad Administration’s Public Comment Meeting for Bullet Train Turns Out Big Houston Crowd [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Northwest Harris County Residents Are Not Fans of the High-Speed Train [Texas Standard]
• Why Architects Struggle with Architectural Criticism [Common Edge]

Photo of W. Gray St. at McDuffie St.: Katie Schon

• Filling West Houston’s Empty Office Space Could Take a While [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Convention Sales Broke Records for Third Consecutive Year in 2017 [HBJ]
• Brookfield Residential Properties in Talks To Buy River Oaks Developer OliverMcMillan [HBJ ($)]
• Les Ba’get in Montrose Has Closed, To Reopen in a Few Weeks as Les Noo’dle [Eater Houston]
• Cow Atop Jerry Built Homegrown Burgers on W. Holcombe Retiring to Sculpture Garden off Hwy. 288 [Houston Chronicle]
• Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium Holding Panel on Buyouts Tonight [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Texas Central public meeting at Woodard Elementary School, Cypress: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 375-Unit Alliance Residential Highrise To Break Ground on Studemont [HBJ ($)]
• Camden Property Trust CEO Warns of Pricey Post-Harvey Building Regulations [Houston Chronicle]
• Ways Houston Can Improve the Buyout Process After Harvey [The Urban Edge]
• House Raising in Progress 1/8 of a Mile from Buffalo Bayou [Reddit]
• Businesses in Northwest Houston and Harris County Could Boom as U.S. 290 Construction Winds Down [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside United’s New Downtown Houston Office at 609 Main [HBJ ($)]
• Devil and the Deep Brewery Opens in Galveston [Eater Houston]
• Cinemark Theatre Opens in Valley Ranch Town Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Amazon’s Second Houston-Area Distribution Center To Open in Katy This Spring [Houston Public Media]
• Dickinson Bar-B-Que & Steakhouse Reopens 5 Months After Harvey Flooding [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Lidl Has Pattern of Pulling Out of Several Houston Deals [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Population Growth Fueling Expansion of Commuter Bus Options [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston’s Wright Containers Employees Indicted for Illegally Dumping Toxic Chemicals into Hidden Storm Drain [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Has Forgiven $19.6M Worth of Water Bills from July 2012 Through Last May [Houston Chronicle]
• Effort To Save 100-Year-Old League City Tree Has March 1 Deadline [AP]

Photo of the Harrisburg Overpass: Leonid Notax via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Metrostudy: Houston To Start Construction on 28,000 Homes This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Local Mexican Authorities File Suits Alleging Dozens of Spring and Woodlands Homes Were Bought With Stolen Money[Houston Chronicle]
• The Evolution of Acres Homes’s Neighborhood Nomenclature [The Urban Edge]
• Holocaust Museum Houston Begins $49M Expansion [AP]
• Dave & Busters To Anchor Metropark Square Development in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Gamer Cafe Coral Sword Debuts in Eastwood Today [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Ranks Low Among Cities for Telecommuting Rate [abc13]
• How 2 Flooded Energy Corridor Businesses Came Back from Harvey [Houstonia]

Photo of Downtown: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• More Details on Brookfield’s Houston Center Renovation [HBJ ($)]
• Astrodome’s Texas Historic Landmark Marker Application Approved [Mike Acosta/Twitter]
• Balls Out Burger Owner To Open New Restaurant Inside Sawyer Yards [HBJ]
• Missed Mortgage Payments Spike After Harvey, Triggering Fear of Foreclosures [AP]
• A Breakdown of What Mayor Turner’s Proposed Development Rule Changes Would Mean [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston City Council To Forgive Household Water Bills Bloated by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Also Lifts Ban on FEMA Trailers [Houston Public Media]
• Biggers Third Ward Mural, Sam Houston Park Archaeology Collections Get Emergency Preservation Grants Following Harvey Damage [Houston Chronicle]
• Cleanup of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Might Not Start for Another 2 Years, Says EPA [Houston Public Media]
• Metro Stepping Up Enforcement of Illegal Lefts in Front of Light Rail Trains After Spike in Crashes [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Apartment Experts Predict Growth, Tight Supply in 2018 [HBJ ($)]
• Foundation Poured for Midtown’s First Highrise [HBJ]
• Co-Working Space Dubbed Local Office Opens in West U. [Houston Chronicle]
• Former Arabian Horse Farm Near Tomball To Make Way for 1,000 New Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Wulfe & Co.: Houston Expected To See 3.28M SF of Retail Space Built and Opened This Year, Down 23 Percent from 2017 [HBJ]
• How Houston Lost Amazon’s HQ2 [Texas Monthly]
• Proposed ‘Innovation Corridor’ Between Med Center and Downtown Could Be Lasting Legacy of Failed HQ2 Bid [Houston Chronicle]
• Yummy Pho & Bo Ne First Business To Open in the New Katy Asian Town Shopping Center [Community Impact Newspaper]
• United Orthodox Synagogues To Demolish Part of Harvey-Damaged Campus [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Hurricane Harvey Recovery by the Numbers [Click2Houston]
• State Proposes Diverting Some Funds Earmarked for Harris County Disaster Recovery [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey-Damaged LULAC Houston Clubhouse To Undergo Repairs After National Treasure Designation [AP]
• Montrose Management District Sets Up Fund To Help Keep US-59 Bridge Lights On [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Still Leads Country in Installed Wind Power Capacity [Houston Chronicle]
• The Winners of the Urban Land Institute’s 2018 Development of Distinction Awards [HBJ]

Photo of Levy Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Liberty Property Trust Sells Legacy at Fallbrook Office Building [Realty News Report]
• NewQuest Properties To Break Ground on Second Phase of Katy Grand Retail Center This Spring [Houston Chronicle]
• New Restaurants, Salon Slated for Greenway Plaza [Houston Chronicle]
• Leeland House Opens in Former Arlo’s Ballroom Space in East Downtown [Culturemap]
• Houston Residents Can Weigh In on $12B Houston-to-Dallas Bullet Train Plan at Feb. 5 Meeting [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at the Unofficial Plans for the Bullet Train’s Dallas Station [Houston Public Media]
• Rice University’s Jim Blackburn: Houston Needs to ‘Really Get Serious’ About Flood Regulations [Click2Houston]
• National Weather Service Time-Lapsed Radar Imagery Shows Harvey’s Path in Under 30 Seconds [Houston Chronicle]
• A Review of Harvey Relief Funding and Spending 5 Months After the Storm [The Texas Tribune]
• Some 300,000 Children in the Houston Area Displaced by Harvey Still Waiting To Return to a Stable Home [Houston Public Media]
• A Houston Film Company Is Promoting a Movie About Hurricane Harvey [abc13]
• Last Texas Blockbuster Video Store Closes Its Doors [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of H-E-B under construction at 5130 Cedar St., Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Average New Home Sales Price in Houston Down 3.2% in December to $358,176, Finds HomesUSA.com [Houston Chronicle]
• Cypress Home for Sale Also Comes with $250 Worth of Tacos [abc13]
• Harvey-Damaged Downtown Criminal Courthouse Could Be Closed for Up To 2 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• Retail Center at 34th and Ella Dubbed 33 & 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth Opening This Spring [The Leader]
• Midtown Sears Department Store Has Closed Its Doors for Good After 79 Years [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Baltimore Seafood Spots Ouzo Bay and Loch Bar To Take Over Bottom Floor of River Oaks District Building [Eater Houston]
• Recently Shuttered Pappa Charlies Barbeque Relocating to Cypress [Culturemap]
• Groundwater at TxDOT Houston HQ Officially Deemed Contaminated [Houston Chronicle]
• Manchester Residents Still Dealing with Foul Air After Harvey [The Guardian]
• Southwest Fwy. Bridges’ Lights Back on After a Few Dark Days Amid Montrose Management District Legal Dispute [abc13; more info]
• Russian Trolls Who Promoted 2 Opposing Facebook Events on the Same Day in Houston Created 129 Events Total During Election Season [CNN]

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

• Tilman Fertitta’s The Post Oak Lands New PR Office Tenant [HBJ ($)]
• 5 Houston Neighborhoods That Could See Double-Digit Home Price Increases This Year [HBJ ($)]
• Slideshow: The 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in Last Month [HBJ]
• HomesUSA.com: Texas Coming Off One of Its Best Years in Recent Home Construction History [Realty News Report]
• Cafe Common Bond Expanding to Heights Waterworks Development [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Construction Underway on Texas Rail Yard That Could Ease Rail Congestion in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Where the Worst Bottlenecks Shape Up for Truck Drivers in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Exploring New High-Capacity Transit Options To Connect Region [Houston Public Media]
• National Hurricane Center Report: Harvey Flooding Was Greater Than a Once-in-1,000-Year Event [Houston Public Media]
• Former Presidents’ One America Appeal Campaign Ends with $41.3M Raised for Hurricane Relief [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Area Homeless Count Finds Some Displaced by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Library Exhibitions Celebrate Life and Work of Houston Architect John S. Chase [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mayor Turner Proposes Lifting Required Elevation for New Construction [Houston Chronicle]
• Turner To Also Convene a Summit in Response to Amazon HQ2 Snub [KHOU]
• Houston Needs To Add 214,000 Rental Housing Units by 2030 To Meet Demand, Finds National Multifamily Housing Council [Realty News Report]
• Dallas, New York Surpass Houston as Top Spots for Apartment Completions in 2017, Finds RealPage Report [Houston Chronicle]
• Where Houston Home Prices Increased and Decreased the Most in 2017 [HBJ]
• Toys ‘R’ Us Closing About 180 Stores Nationwide, Including One in Village Plaza at Bunker Hill on Katy Fwy. [abc13]
• Sage Plaza on San Felipe in Uptown Adds 2 New Tenants [Realty News Report]
• Steakhouse Cherry Block Craft Butcher and Seasonal Kitchen Planned for Bravery Chef Hall [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Freedman’s Town Brick Reconstruction Delayed by Harvey, Ice Storm [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• More Than 40% of Texas Now in a Moderate to Severe Drought [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of West Loop at Westheimer: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Museum District Condo Project Mondrian Set To Top Out Next Month [HBJ ($)]
• Meridiana Development in Manvel/Iowa Colony Area Opens Second Phase [Houston Chronicle]
• Avison Young: Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio All Poised for Real Estate Growth This Year [Realty News Report]
• Houston Included in Yardi Matrix Report of 10 Markets That Will Be Flooded With New Apartment Supply This Year [Bisnow]
• Commercial Building Permit Values Fall 17% in Houston Despite Harvey Repairs [Bisnow]
• Temple Oaks Baptist Church in Garden Oaks Sells All of Its Property to Commercial Developer [The Leader]
• B&B Butchers Owner Benjamin Berg on Track To Open Upscale Restaurant Called the Benjamin in The Star by the Fall [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Vegan Food Truck Ripe Cuisine Planning Brick-and-Mortar Location at Heights Waterworks [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Survey Underway To Count the Homeless Population Within the Loop [abc13]
• Metro Considers Expanding Park and Ride Service in Both Directions [Houston Public Media]
• Excerpt from the New Book Power Moves: Transportation, Politics, and Development in Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Inside the New Amazon Go Cashierless Convenience Store in Seattle [Recode]

Photo of Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Fewer Than Half of FEMA Harvey Requests Approved, According to Texas Housers [Houston Chronicle]
• Williams Renews 354K-SF Lease in Namesake Williams Tower Near the Galleria [Bisnow]
• Average Rent for Single-Family House in Houston Nearly $1,800 Per Month, Finds HAR [Houston Chronicle]
• Cotton Holdings Relocating HQ to Midway’s CityCentre Development in West Houston [Realty News Report]
• Houston’s Newest Boutique Hotels [HBJ]
• CEO of Children at Risk: City Has ‘More Brothels Than Starbucks’ [Houston Chronicle]
• EPA Hosting Public Meeting on San Jacinto Waste Pits Cleanup on Jan. 30 [CW39 NewsFix]
• New Route and Expanded Hours for Downtown’s Free GreenLink Bus [Houston Chronicle]
• El Dorado Blvd. Widening Project Moves Forward to Design Phase [GuidryNews.com]
• Corps Proposes Broad Study To Examine How Rainwater Flows Through All of Harris County’s Watersheds [Houston Public Media]
• More Tiny Murals Coming to Houston Traffic Signal Control Cabinets [KHOU]
• Gatlin’s BBQ Featured in Episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta [Eater Houston]

Photo of Preston St. at Travis St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Transwestern: Houston Industrial Market Ends 2017 with Strong Absorption, Low Vacancy [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Saw the Best Job Growth in 3 Years in 2017 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Industrial Site Clay Rd. Commerce Park Planned Just East of Grand Pkwy. [Houston Chronicle]
• Roans Prairie Selected as Only High-Speed Train Stop Between Houston and Dallas [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• The Breakfast Klub’s Marcus Davis Soft Opens New Restaurant Kulture Next to GRB [Eater Houston]
• Holman Draft Hall Now Open in Midtown [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Weights + Measures Reopens in Midtown After MLK Day Fire [Culturemap]
• Galveston City Council To Consider Porretto Beach Abandonments [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Montrose Management District Stops Providing Neighborhood Services [Houston Chronicle]
• Preservation Houston’s 2018 Good Brick Winners [Houston Chronicle]
• 180 Pounds of Marijuana Seized from Cypress Grow House [Click2Houston]
• Winter Storm Set Record for Texas Power Demand [HBJ]
• Houston Public Works Receives Flood of Investigation Calls Last Week During Winter Storm [abc13]
• Researchers Looking Into Why Sargassum Seaweed Winds Up on Galveston Beaches When It Does [Houston Public Media]
• Wildlife Specialist Called To Evict Bats from Alvin Walmart [abc13]
• Proceeds from Video Game ‘World of Warships’ Helping Preserve Leaky Battleship Texas Anchored in Ship Channel [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Project Row Houses, Holman St., 3rd Ward: Swamplot inbox