Tag: Headlines

• Bellaire Officials Considering Rezoning 28-Acre Chevron Campus [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Cheek-Neal Preservationist David Denenburg To Take Over Restoration of Schlumberger Building in the East End [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Randalls To Close Katy Location at 525 S. Mason Sometime in February [Houston Chronicle]
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Opening in Former Sports Authority Spots in Pearland, Galleria Area Later This Year [HBJ]
• Houston Economy Saw Expansion for Third Month in a Row in December, Finds Purchasing Managers Index [Houston Public Media]
• Why Creative Office Space is On the Rise in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Last Look at the Murals Adorning the Doomed Myrtle B, Fonteno Building in Midtown [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• The Most Underrated Bars in Houston, According to Local Bartenders [Thrillist]

Photo of the Port of Houston: James Ray via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developers Expected To Build and Open Nearly 5M SF of Retail Space in Houston in 2017 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• JLL To Market Kirby Collection Offices to Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Beltway 8 Corporate Centre III Backfills Vacancy with 3 New Leases, Back to 100% Occupancy [HBJ]
• Russell Reynolds Associates Relocating Downtown Offices to New 609 Main Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Medical Center Embassy Suites Hotel Expected To Break Ground This Year [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Alamo Drafthouse To Anchor Last Phase of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch [Culturemap]
• Heights Mercantile Leases Space to Retailers Saint Lo Boutique, The Gypsy Wagon, and Marine Layer [Culturemap]
• Killen’s Barbecue Considering Opening Second Houston Location in Sugar Land, Katy, or Inside the Loop [Culturemap]
• A Renovated Jamail Skatepark Did Not Actually Reopen in October as Previously Announced [Houstonia]
• City Council Officially Votes To Change Dowling St. To Emancipation Ave.[Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Law Schools University of Houston, South Texas College of Law Houston Reach Potential Impasse in Name-Change Dispute [Houston Chronicle]
• Broadway St. Landscaping Near Hobby Airport Finished Just in Time for the Super Bowl [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Discovery Green: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HP To Build New Campus on 12 Acres in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• First-Phase Tenants of East Village Development Confirmed as Truck Yard, Rodeo Goat, and Poku [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Peli Deli To Take Over Murphy’s Deli Space in Esperson Building for 9 Months Starting in March [Houston Press]
• How Chris Shepherd’s New Restaurant Is Taking Houston to New Heights [Tasting Table; previously on Swamplot]
• Rice Village District To Launch New Parking Plan with Storefront Meters, 36% More Free Parking Next Month [HBJ]
• Kinder Foundation, H-E-B, Houston Endowment Commit $2M to Emancipation Park Conservancy [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How To Legally Rent Out Your Home for the Super Bowl [Click2Houston]

Photo of Niels Esperson Building: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• About 3.4M SF of New Office Space Underway in Houston with 45% Preleased, According to PMRG [HBJ]
• Columbia Property Trust Sells All Houston Office Properties for $272M [Realty News Report]
• Co-Working Space Called Headquarters To Open in Converted EaDo Warehouse in February [Houston Chronicle]
• First Model Home Goes Up in Texas City’s Lago Mar Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Montrose Property Owners File Another Lawsuit Against Montrose Management District [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Concerns About Fair Housing Mount as ‘Opportunity Index’ Tax Credit Guidelines Change [The Urban Edge]
• Long-Delayed Green Line Set To Open Wednesday with Free Rides Until Jan. 22 [Houston Chronicle]
• More Bricks Destroyed in Historic Freedmen’s Town [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Had a Net Gain of 107,689 Residents in 2015, 4% Higher Than in 2014, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [HBJ]
• Hundreds of Stunned Turtles Recovering from Cold Weather Across Texas [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Saturday’s freeze: Swamplot inbox

• Bank of America In Talks To Anchor Skanska’s Unbuilt Capitol Tower Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• NewQuest Crosswell Planning 150K-SF Retail Center in Kingwood [Realty News Report]
• ‘The Downturn Seems To Be Over,’ Says Texas A&M University Real Estate Center Chief Economist [HBJ]
• Houston Fails To Make List of Top U.S. Cities for Foreign Investors — Again [Houston Chronicle]
• How Revitalization Programs Slowly Impact Houston Neighborhoods [Housing of Houston]
• California-Based Juice Bar Chain Juice It Up! Looking To Expand in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at Temporary 3-Story Super Bowl Venue Club Nomadic So Far [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s 8 Greatest Vantage Points for Dramatic Downtown Skyline Views [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the San Jacinto Monument: Swamplot inbox

• LyondellBasell Taking Its Houston Refinery Off the Selling Block [Fuel Fix; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: The New Highrises That Will Reshape Houston’s Skyline in 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
• Riverstone and Aliana Among the 20 Top-Selling Communities Nationally in 2016, According to RCLCO [Houston Chronicle]
• The Department Store ‘May Very Well Be Dead’ as Mixed-Use Developments Are the Future of Retail [Bisnow]
• J. Black’s Feel Good Kitchen & Lounge on Wash Ave To Close [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How Lake|Flato and Studio RED Made MATCH’s Open-Air ‘Street’ Appealing in Houston’s Heat [The Architect’s Newspaper; previously on Swamplot]
• Atlas Van Lines Classifies Texas as a ‘Balanced State’ with 53.5% of Moves Inbound [HBJ]
• How Houston’s Looking One Month Out from the Super Bowl [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
• A Portion of I-10 Will Be Closed This Weekend for Bridge Repair Work Downtown [Houston Public Media]

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• Houston Construction Starts Down 40% Year-Over-Year in November to $766.7M, Finds Dodge Data & Analytics [Houston Public Media]
• The Case for Natural Drainage Systems in Houston-Area Land Development Projects [Realty News Report]
• Gateway Southwest Industrial Park in Missouri City Signs First Tenant [HBJ]
• HISD Opens $72M New Campus for Aviation Magnet High School Sterling with Airplane Hangar [HBJ]
• Construction To Start This Month on Roka Akor Steak, Seafood & Sushi in First-Floor Retail Space in 2929 Weslayan [HBJ]
• Chobani Café Opening First Houston-Area Location in The Woodlands, Per Craigslist Job Post [Eater Houston]
• CityCentre in West Houston Getting New Restaurant, Boutique and Showroom [HBJ]
• League City Mixed-Use Development Pinnacle Park Adds Ohio-Based PizzaFire [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Macy’s To Close Greenspoint, West Oaks Mall, and Pasadena Town Square Stores This Year [abc13]
• The Real Story Behind the Closing of Foreign Correspondents [Houston Press]
• How Houston Is Coping with Population Growth and Demographic Changes [BBC via Houston Chronicle]
• Orkin Names Houston Among the Most Bed Bug-Infested Cities in the Country [Houston Chronicle]
• How a Fresh Look at Street Design Could Help Prevent Pedestrian Deaths in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Finding History in Bellaire’s Evelyn’s Park [Offcite Blog]
• 5 Graphs That Describe Houston in 2016 [The Urban Edge]
• The Restaurant Industry Bubble Is About To Burst [Thrillist]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Zillow: Houston-Area Housing Stock Valued at $373B [Houston Chronicle]
• PMRG Closes on Midtown Site Planned for Apartments at 3300 Main [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• NexPoint Residential Trust Acquires 924 Apartments Across 2 Briargrove-Area Complexes [Houston Chronicle]
• These Leases Gave Houston’s Industrial Market a Strong Finish in 2016 [HBJ]
• Beaver’s Second Location Now Open in Former Westheimer Texadelphia Spot [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Restaurant Planned for Former Teala’s Mexican Restaurant at 3210 W. Dallas [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Lubbock-Based Abuelo’s Mexican Opening First Houston-Area Restaurant in Katy in February [Community Impact Newspaper]
• White Oak Music Hall Can Return to Outdoor Amplification For Now [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• MUD Taxpayers Left on the Hook for Developer’s Bankruptcy After Failed Northeast Harris County Project [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• The 6 Biggest Questions Facing Houston in 2017 [The Urban Edge]
• 3 Things To Watch in Houston’s Retail Scene in 2017 [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Transportation Projects That Will Shape Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Remembering the 3-Screen Basement Movie Theater The Greenway 10 Years After It Closed [Houston Press]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Houston Is Reinventing Itself for the Super Bowl and Beyond [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Former Radio Holland Industrial Site in Southeast Houston Sold, To Be Redeveloped for Retail [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Children’s Hospital Wrapping Up $50M Expansion at West Houston Campus [HBJ]
• Trulia: Median Starter Home Price in Houston in the Fourth Quarter Was $104,967 [Culturemap]
• Galveston County Project Adds 1.2 Miles of Beach to Bolivar Peninsula [AP]
• Major Shortage of Gulf Coast Refinery Maintenance and Repair Workers Expected in 2017 [Reuters]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Florida-Based Firm Acquires 324-Unit Vintage Park Apartments [Realty News Report]
• Toll Brothers To Launch Smaller, Cheaper Home Line in Tomball Next Month [HBJ]
• Ryan Lachaine’s Riel To Debut Next Week on Fairview [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Laurenzo’s-Branded Bar & Grill To Move Into Former The Republic Smokehouse & Saloon in Midtown [HBJ]
• Westside Tennis and Fitness Building Multimillion-Dollar, 1,200-Foot Lazy River at West Houston Club [HBJ]
• 97-Year-Old Wexler Jewelry Slated To Close Dec. 31 at River Oaks Plaza When Lease Is Up [HBJ]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas City Terminal Railroad Co. Buys 65 Acres in Kemah for $1.65M [Realty News Report]
• Former Second Ward Warehouse Being Developed into Co-Working-Oriented Hub of Shops and Businesses Dubbed EaDo Workspaces [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• SAE Towers Commits to Greenspoint, Renews 2,500-SF Office Lease in Four Greenspoint Place Building [Realty News Report]
• Chicago-Based Hotelier Buys Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Tomball [HBJ]
• Orangetheory Fitness Opens 10th Houston-Area Location with Webster Studio [Houston Chronicle]
• Day 1 Inside Biggio’s Sports Bar at the Marriott Marquis Downtown [Houston Chronicle]
• California Pizza Chain Persona Pizzeria Opening Second Houston Location at The Shops at Houston Center [HBJ]
• Houston in 2016, as Told Through 5 Maps [The Urban Edge]
• Minnesota Homebuilder Alive After Accidentally Firing Nail Gun into Head [Fox9]

Photo of EaDo: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Median Home Value Up 7% to $176K Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Zillow [HBJ]
• Houston’s High-Rise Apartment Rents Fell the Most Nationally in 2016, According to Realpage [HBJ]
• Marriott Marquis Downtown Opens Ahead of Super Bowl [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis Preleases More Space at 609 Main Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Maharishi Peace Palace in The Woodlands To Become Co-Working Space [HBJ]
• New Restaurants, Festivals Made 2016 the Year of Barbecue in Houston [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Can Houston Sustain All These New Performance Venues? [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Upscale Indoor Gun Club Brazos Shooting & Social Club Planned for Missouri City [HBJ]
• Debating Whether To Save a Detailed Model of The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Western Westheimer Could Be Test Bed for Automated Buses [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Council Approves Sale of Landmarked Heights Waterworks Land to Apartment Developer Alliance Realty Partners [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Foreign Correspondents Neighbor Canard Follows Suit, Closing Jan. 1 [HBJ]
• La Vista in Briargrove To Close in the Spring, Reopen Somewhere Else in Houston [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at 5 Out of the 6 Restaurants Opening in the Marriott Marquis Downtown Monday [Eater Houston]
• Downtown Houston I-10 Entry Ramp Closed Until Mid-January for Emergency Repair [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at C3’s Efforts To Lessen Exploitation of Texas Construction Workers [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of Aris Market Square reflection: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harris County Commissioners Select Kirksey Architecture To Design Astrodome’s Basement Parking Garage [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Rent Grew 1.6% Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Yardi Matrix Report [Houston Public Media]
• Foreign Correspondents Closes After Founding Chef Departs, Treadsack To Redevelop Space [Culturemap]
• Carlo’s Bakery of ‘Cake Boss’ Fame Opening Somewhere in Houston in Spring 2017 [Eater Houston]
• Houston’s First Poke Restaurant, Ono Poke, To Open Early Next Year in Montrose [HBJ]
• Energy Corridor Dutch Junctions Underway, Should Be Completed by the Spring [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Discovery Green: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool