Tag: Headlines

• Houston Apartment Rents Dropped 3.7% Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Axiometrics [Realty News Report]
• Local Foods To Open Fourth Location in Downtown’s Former Byrd’s Department Store on Main Street [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Hugo Ortega and Tracy Vaught’s Restaurant Xochi To Debut Inside Marriott Marquis Downtown Next Month [Eater Houston]
• Northpointe Shopping Center Planned Next to Silverado Theater in Tomball [HBJ]
• Karbach To Build $4.5M Warehouse at Karbach Street Facility in Wake of AB-Imbev Sale [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Greater Houston Partnership: The Worst is Now Over for Houston’s Economy Amid Steady Job Growth [Houston Public Media]
• The Reasons Why Hundreds of Houston Homes Are Still in Need of Ike Repairs [Houston Public Media]
• Bill Signed by Obama Aims To Expedite Ike Dike Study on Houston Hurricane Flooding Protection [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Hermann Square: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Photo Tour through Hanover Montrose Apartment Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• More Than 100 Homes So Far Sold at Hillwood Communities’ Master-Planned Community Pomona in Manvel [Realty News Report]
• Checking in on the George R. Brown Convention Center Renovations So Far [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Near the Galleria Sold to Undisclosed Buyer [HBJ]
• Dumpling Restaurant Planned for Former el Tiempo Parking Lot at 223 Westheimer [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Ridership Declined in November, Affected by Unemployment Rate [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• White Oak Music Hall Ordered To Pull Plug on Outdoor Amplified Music Until Dec. 30 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Residents Raise $7,500 Bond Through Garage and Bake Sale To Enforce Restraining Order Against White Oak Music Hall [Houston Chronicle]
• El Campo Home Claiming Largest Swimming Pool in the World On the Market for $3.5M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• 8 Years Later, Ike-Damaged Roof Repaired for South Houston Resident Through City’s Blue-Tarp Program [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First Look Inside Downtown’s New Marriott Marquis Hotel Opening Next Week [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Food Bank’s ‘End Hunger’ Building Off I-45 in the Heights Sold [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Apartment Rents Among the Slowest Growing Nationally, Finds RENTCafe [HBJ]
• Fusion Taco To Open Second Houston Restaurant in the Heights in January [Houston Chronicle]
• Luxury Men’s Clothing Store Established Bespoke Coming to Downtown’s The Jones on Main [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Fitness Facility Yoga Athletex To Debut in Spring Branch in January [Houstonia]
• Uber To Remain Operating in Houston At Least Through the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Reggae Hut Cafe: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Up 22.7% to 5,706 Year-Over-Year in November, Finds HAR [Realty News Report]
• Developer Long Lake Acquires 549 Acres in Rosenberg for New Residential Community [HBJ]
• Kroger-Anchored Village at Riverstone To Break Ground in Fort Bend County Community Riverstone Next Year [HBJ]
• First Public Performance at $84M Arena Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land This Sunday [Culturemap]
• Car Vending Machine Carvana Now Open Off Katy Freeway [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Germany-Based Grocery Store Lidl Planning League City Location [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• How Rising Federal Reserve Interest Rates Would Impact Houston Homebuyers [HBJ]
• Mapping the Character of a City [The Urban Edge]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Economy Expands for Second Straight Month, Finds The Purchasing Managers Index [Houston Public Media]
• Why Rising Property Values in Texas Don’t Lower School Property Tax Rates [The Texas Tribune]
• More Housing Geared Toward Nation’s Growing Boomer Population Needed, Finds Harvard University Study [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Simon Property Group’s Galleria IV Wing in Remodeled Former Saks Fifth Avenue Store [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Downtown Taco Spot Dizzy Kaktus Now Open in Historic Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Academy Sports + Outdoors To Buy Naming Rights for Katy ISD’s Future Football Stadium [Houston Chronicle]
• Replicas of ‘Be Someone’ Overpass, Astrodome, Space Shuttle Among Winners in AIA Gingerbread Build-Off [HBJ]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• A Look Back at Some Notable Condo Projects Claimed by the Energy Downturn This Year [HBJ]
• CBRE: Houston’s Retail Market is 94% Occupied [HBJ]
• Morningstar Adds Houston Properties to Real Estate ‘Watchlist’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Predicting the Good, Bad and Ugly of Houston Realty for 2017 [Realty News Report]
• White House Look-Alike Sterling Mansion in Morgan’s Point Sold at Auction [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Hawaii-Based Agu Ramen To Open Third Houston Location in Former Christian’s Tailgate Bar & Grill This Month [HBJ]
• Spring Branch Beer Bar The Branch To Open in Otilia’s Spot in March with Full Liquor License [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What A Few Houston Restaurants Looked Like Nearly a Decade Ago, as Captured by Google Street View [Houston Chronicle]
• What’s Next For Houston’s Bike Trail System [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Delays Push Seawall Improvements to the Spring [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of the future Cemex HQ: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Overall Houston Apartment Rents Fell 0.7% Year-Over-Year in 2016, According to MPF Research [HBJ]
• Why Developers Aren’t Building Affordable Apartments in Houston [HBJ]
• 13 Restaurants and Bars Opening in 8-Block Stretch Near Discovery Green Ahead of the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle]
• Longtime Galleria-Area Restaurant Arcodoro to Renovate, Rename Itself Arcodoro by Efisio [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Franchisee Planning To Open 8 More Dunkin’ Donuts in Houston [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Greater Houston Partnership Predicts Healthcare Growth, Energy and Construction Job Losses in 2017 [Houston Public Media]
• New Yale Street Bridge in the Heights To Open 10 Months Ahead of Schedule in February [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• White Oak Bayou Trail Closes Gap in Bike Trail Network [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside the Buffalo Bayou Cistern’s Digital ‘Rain’ Exhibit [It’s Not Hou It’s Me; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of “Rain” by  Madgalena Fernández at the Cistern: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Market’s Sublease Space Glut Has Decreased Slightly for the First Time in 2 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• 4 Houston Multifamily Projects Totaling 1,067 Units Sold to Dallas-Based Knightvest Capital [Realty News Report]
• Hilton Homewood Suites Planned for Memorial City Area [HBJ]
• Construction To Start Next Week on Beer Market Midtown [HBJ]
• Hungry’s To Debut Second-Story Bar and Lounge at the End of This Month in New Rice Village Space [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin-Based Barbershop Finley’s Planning To Open at Least 2 Houston Locations Next Year [HBJ]
• Houston’s B-Cycle Bike-Sharing Program Gets OK To Grow To More Than 100 Stations by 2018 [Houston Public Media]
• What The New Head of Harris County Flood Control Thinks About Houston’s Recent Flooding [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Rothko Chapel’s Newly Restored ‘Broken Obelisk’ Now Back at the Reflection Pool [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Few Residents Leaving Houston Despite Oil Slump, Finds Abodo [HBJ]

Photo of Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 5 Texas Cities Including Houston Among Top 6 Markets Where Home Prices Have Increased the Most Since 2006 [HBJ]
• Effective Rents Rose 1.6% Year-Over-Year in Houston to $1,030, Finds Marcus & Millichap Fourth-Quarter Report [HBJ]
• JLL Construction Report: Health Care, Education, IAH, Retail Shoring Up Houston Hospitality Market [HBJ]
• Houston’s Loan Delinquency Rate Second-Lowest Among the State’s Largest Cities, at Less Than 1% [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Sales Tax Revenue Continued to Fall in October [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Based Bennu Oil and Gas Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy [HBJ]
• What Ben Carson at HUD Might Mean for Houston [The Urban Edge]
• CBRE: Downtown Undergoing a ‘Metamorphosis’ with New and Renovated Hotels [HBJ]
• Preleasing Begins on Allied Orion Group’s New Luxury Apartment Project Downtown, Eighteen25, Near the Toyota Center [HBJ]
• Construction Under Way on Houston-Area’s 24th Raising Cane’s Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• Harold’s in the Heights To Close Pizza Concept, Expand Downstairs Tap Room [Culturemap]
• Baytown Working To Ease Congestion On Its Busiest Roadway, Garth Road [Houston Public Media]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Approves First Subsidized Houston Housing Authority Development in a Decade, for Crosstimbers and N. Main [Houston Chronicle]
• Fiesta Holding Grand Re-Opening for Remodeled Store at 12355 Main St., Grand Openings for 3 New Stores To Follow [Houston Chronicle]
• Baileson Brewing Company Planning Location in Former Auto Service Center in Rice Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston in Midst of Gelato Boom as Sweet Cup Plans Second Bayou City Location in Garden Oaks’s Ella Plaza [Eater Houston]
• City To Rename Plaza by Downtown Library as Barbara Bush Literacy Plaza [Houston Public Media]
• Traffic Apps Not Up To Speed on Some Houston Road Work [KHOU]

Photo of Memorial City: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Homes Sales On Track To Have Highest Sales Volume in State’s History [Houston Chronicle]
• 7 Projects That Will Change the City [PaperCity Magazine]
• Hanover Finally Closes on Kirby Court Apartments Land To Build Luxury Apartment Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Canadian Builder Empire Continental Land Starts Work on Residential Community in League City [Realty News Report]
• Family Unwittingly Restores Former Houston Mayor Otis Massey’s Riverside Terrace Home [abc13]
• Cypress Master-Planned Community Bridgeland Scores 8 New Retail Tenants for Its Lakeland Village Center [HBJ]
• St. Louis-Based Sweetie Pie Apparently Opening Houston Location Next Year West of the Loop [HBJ]
• BB’s Cafe Planning To Open Seventh Location This Winter in Former Verde Cali-Mex Space in the Energy Corridor [Culturemap]
• County Judges Disagree on How To Solve Congestion [Houston Public Media]
• Google Timelapse Shows How Texas Cities Have Changed Over 30 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• Rapper Gucci Mane Shot a Music Video in Theresa Roemer’s Famous 3-Story Woodlands Closet [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Carvana: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Among the Top Markets for Single-Family Rental Home Investments, Finds HomeUnion [Houston Chronicle]
• Comparing How Much House You Can Get for $300,000 in 50 U.S. Cities [Point2 Homes]
• Kingwood Medical Office Building Kingwood Medical Arts Trades Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Seattle Hydrotherapy Chain Urban Float To Open 3 Houston Spots in 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
• The Westin Galleria Hotel Undergoing $20M in Renovations [HBJ]
• Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurants Opening Second Houston-Area Location in League City Next Year [HBJ]
• Michelin-Starred Chinese Restaurant Yauatcha Slated to Open First Houston Location This Spring in the Galleria’s ‘Jewel Box’ [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Tanglewood Homeowners Association Wins Legal Dispute Over Lot Line Proposal [Houston Chronicle ($)]

Photo of Enchanted Promenade installation at Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Brookfield Property Partners Acquires Downtown DoubleTree Hotel, Planning Renovations [Houston Chronicle]
• U of H Considers Building a Third Ward Incubation Facility [Houston Chronicle]
• Historic Heights Home at Corner of Heights Blvd. and Fourth St. To Become Law Offices Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Price Slashed on Theresa Roemer’s Woodlands Mansion with 3-Story Closet [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• A Call for Houston Preservation Efforts To Include Vestiges of East End Industry [OffCite Blog]
• Shake Shack, Torchy’s Tacos To Have Concessions Stands in Minute Maid Park’s Renovated Center Field [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Breakfast Chain First Watch Opening First Houston Location Dec. 12 in Katy, Signs Lease for Second Near Willowbrook Mall [HBJ]
• Pop-Up Dinner Series Ono Poké To Have Permanent Location in Former Bowl Cafe in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• Sneak Peek at Ronnie Killen’s New Restaurant STQ [Culturemap]
• Chick-fil-A Rolling Out First-Ever Food Truck in Houston This Month [KHOU]
• Third of 4 Planned Closings of I-45 Downtown Happening This Weekend [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Aris at Market Square: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Reven Housing Real Estate Investment Trust Purchases 97 Houston-Area Single-Family Homes for About $9M [Houston Chronicle]
• The Palms on Galveston Island To Feature 16 Townhouses on the East End [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• How Presidential Elections Affect Houston’s Housing Market [HBJ]
• Emergency Room Planned for Former Fort Crockett Military Housing Complex [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Nao Ramen House Debuting Today at 5510 Morningside in Rice Village [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin-Based Birds Barbershop Opening in the Heights’s 420 This Saturday [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Ronnie Killen’s New Restaurant STQ Slated To Open Monday in Former Bramble Space [Culturemap]
• Is Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park Closing Soon? [Houston Press]
• What Happens When More Than 1M People Converge on Downtown Houston Leading Up to the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Constant Flooding Will Be the New Normal in Houston, Expert Says [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• What Houston, Rural North Carolina, and Detroit Can Teach Us About the Future of America [Politico]

Photo of Root Memorial Square Park Heritage: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Prices Rose 7.5% to a Median of $175,800 Year-Over-Year in October, Finds Zillow [Houston Chronicle]
• Alliance Residential Nearing Completion on 7 Broadstone-Branded Apartment Projects Across Houston [HBJ]
• Bebidas Juice, Coffee & Bites Slated To Open Dec. 5 in Former Infinity Title Spot Across Westheimer from River Oaks Park [HBJ]
• Street-Level Craft Beer Cellar Ready To Open in Bayou Lofts Building Downtown Next Month [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Floating Turtle Club in Clear Lake Closing at the End of the Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro To Roll Out Electric Bus on the 63 Fondren Route Starting Dec. 4 [Houston Public Media]
• The Number of Homeless People in Texas Fell 42% from 2007 to 2016 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• The Best Holiday Lights Displays in Houston This Year [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of BBVA Compass Stadium: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool