Tag: Headlines

• Nearly 4 Years After Buying the Land, Phillips 66 To Move Into Westchase Headquarters in July [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Housing Market a ‘Cause for Concern’ as Florida Atlantic University Report Forecasts Housing Price Decline [HBJ]
• College-Educated Houston Residents Need at Least 2.2 Years To Save 20% Down Payment on Starter Home [Houston Chronicle]
• New Restaurant Taverna Now Open at River Oaks District [Houstonia]
• Owners To Close Maria Selma Next Month, Reopen as Texas Shrimp Shack Amid Mexican/Tex-Mex Competition in Montrose [Houstonia]
• Recent Flooding Damaged or Destroyed About 880 Homes in Montgomery County [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Hitting $30 to $36 Per-Square-Foot Rents It Projected for 609 Main Tower Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Pepperl+Fuchs Breaks Ground on 110K-SF Engineering Facility in West Ten Business Park in Katy [Realty News Report]
• Former Bunker at Houston Oaks Resort To Be Transformed into Napa Valley-Style Wine Cellar [HBJ]
• American Express Taps Chef Justin Yu for IAH’s Centurion Lounge Opening This Month in Terminal D [Houston Chronicle]
• Where Houston Drivers Are Most Prone to Crashes [Houston Chronicle]
• Nerd Wallet Ranks Houston Among Top 20 Worst Cities for Drivers Based on Crashes, Crime, Insurance Rates [CW39 NewsFix]
• Bayou Greenways 2020 Project Lands Another $3M Gift [HBJ]
• Houston Leads U-Haul’s Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities List for Seventh Year in a Row [HBJ]
• More Areas Along the Brazos Being Evacuated Due to Flooding [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston-Based Oil and Gas Explorer Warren Resources Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy [Fuel Fix]
• Houston a Glimpse of a Future Where Weather Has Gone Wild [Slate]
• Grand Texas’ Newly Completed Storm Water Management System Withstands Flooding [Your Houston News]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Doesn’t Need Any More Class A Apartments, Greater Houston Partnership Finds [HBJ]
• First Look Inside Linde Group’s Ziegler Cooper-Designed Energy Corridor Digs [HBJ]
• Houston Lags Behind Austin, San Antonio, Dallas for Entrepreneurial Growth, According to Kauffman Foundation Study [HBJ]
• Houston Commuters Paying Nation’s Third-Highest ‘Sprawl Tax’ [Houston Chronicle]
• UH Wants More People To Be Aware of Its Public Art Program [Houston Public Media]
• Governor’s 31-County Disaster Declaration a Step Toward Federal Help as Texas Faces Waves of Severe Weather [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Mercer Botanic Gardens Back Underwater Days After Reopening Post Tax Day Floods [Houston Chronicle]
• Drones Give a New Perspective on Extent of Flooding in Houston [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Nearly 1 in 5 Houston-Area Homes Along the Gulf at Risk for Flood Damage This Hurricane Season, Predicts CoreLogic [HBJ]

Photo of the Galveston Seawall: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ConocoPhillips To Put Entire Energy Corridor Office Tower on Sublease Market [Houston Chronicle]
• City Purchases 18 Acres of Vacant Land in Minnetex for 120-Bed State Veterans’ Home [Houston Chronicle]
• Gracepoint Homes To Build 381 Carolina Low-Country-Style Houses in Stillwater Community Near The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Galveston County Identifies 200 Blighted Properties Abandoned Since Ike for Demolition [Galveston County Daily News]
• Inside Master Planned Cross Creek Ranch’s Tree Farm Growing Live Oaks, Maples, Cypresses, Pines for the Fulshear Community [Houston Chronicle]
• Embattled Zelko Bistro Space in the Heights Is Actually Up For Lease Now [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Mass Texas Oil Job Losses Expected To Continue for Months Despite Price Rally [Fuel Fix]
• Brazos River Expected To Remain at Flood Stage for at Least 2 Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
• Fort Bend County Residents Continue To Evacuate as Waters Slowly Rise [abc13]
• Houston Homeowners Using Personal Water Gates To Protect Homes from Additional Flooding [abc13]

Photo of Market Square Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hundreds of Homes Impacted by Historic Flooding in Fort Bend County [Houston Public Media]
• Construction To Start This Month on Model Homes for First Phase of Elyson Community Near Grand Parkway [Realty News Report]
• Transwestern Sells Sugar Land Business Park Tract To Be Developed into a New School [HBJ]
• Houston’s Hostel Scene Slowly Grows with Midtown Hostel Slated To Debut Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Boutique Stationary Bike Company Peloton To Open Houston Showroom in the Galleria [HBJ]
• EaDo’s The Cajun Stop To Slowly Turn Spring’s The Tamale Pot into Second Location [Culturemap]
• Houston Falls 18 Spots to No. 24 Among Large Cities on Forbes’s ‘Best Cities For Jobs’ List [HBJ]
• ExxonMobil May Face Many Millions in Fines After Federal Court Reverses Baytown Refinery Decision [Houston Public Media]

Photo of flooding in Richmond: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Brazos River Reached Record Level of More Than 50 Feet on Memorial Day in Richmond [Houston Chronicle]
• Drone Captures Footage of Flooding in The Woodlands After Friday’s Rains [Houston Chronicle]
• Debating the Katy Prairie’s Role in Flood Control [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Flooding Forces Free Press Summer Festival To Relocate to NRG Park for Second Year in a Row [Houston Press]
• Multifamily Development The Grand at LaCenterra Apartment Homes Opens in Cinco Ranch [Realty News Report]
• Miami-Based One Real Estate Investment Buys 446-Unit Village at Uvalde in East Houston for $20.3M [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Houston’s Newest Whole Foods Market Opening June 1 in Westchase [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• $50M, 25-Acre Waterpark Typhoon Texas Debuts in Katy [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin-Based Gloria’s Latin Cuisine Opening Second Houston Location in Baybrook Mall [HBJ]
• TxDOT Plans To Widen 7-Mile Stretch of FM 1960 Near Humble Once It Acquires Funding, Property [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Typhoon Texas: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Prime Asset Management Secures Unprecedented $450M in Financing for JPMorgan Chase Tower, Chase Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Giant Retail Project Valley Ranch Town Center Going Up North of Kingwood Lands Hobby Lobby [Houston Chronicle]
• Heights Central Station Strip Mall Project Just Following Houston Orders [Purple City; previously on Swamplot]
• Canadian Hockey Player Turned Reef Chef Ryan Lachaine To Head Riel in Former House of Te Location on Fairview [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Few ExxonMobil Employees Actually Buying in Stillwater Residential Community Built Near Exxon Campus [HBJ]
• Auto and Mortgage Loan Delinquencies on the Rise in Oil-Dependent Counties, Finds New York Fed [Houston Chronicle]
• Lack of Coordination Among Agencies One of Houston’s Biggest Roadblocks To Addressing Flooding, Says Flood Czar [Next City]
• Houston Ranks Low on ParkScore But Is Improving City with Buffalo Bayou Park, Trails [New York Times]
• Quiz: How Well Do You Know Houston’s Iconic Logos? [Houstonia]

Photo of Washington Ave: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• French Restaurant Brasserie du Parc Slated To Open in Downtown’s One Park Place This Fall [Culturemap]
• The Barvin Group Has Acquired Memorial Towers and The Grove at White Oak Apartment Complexes [HBJ]
• H-E-B Confirms It’s Working with Political Consulting Firm To Change Heights Dry Law [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Renters Need To Earn $18.23 Working Full Time To Afford a 2-Bedroom Apartment in Houston, Finds Report [Houston Chronicle]
• What the Evolution of 2 Frank Sharp Developments Says About Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Metro Launching New Manchester/Lawndale Route This Summer To Serve East Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Is Houston’s Pothole Repair Program Really Working? [Click2Houston]

Photo of Elan Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ABS Signs Lease for Mixed-Use Development CityPlace Under Construction in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Economist Mark Dotzour: Houston Market To Hold Up Amid Oil Slump as Long as Inventory Remains Low [Houston Chronicle]
• How Third Ward Plans To Manage the Forces of Gentrification [The Urban Edge]
• Inside the Harwood Taylor-Designed Frame House, Currently on the Market [OffCite Blog; previously on Swamplot]
• The ‘Questionable’ Relationship Between Subsidized Housing and Property Values [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Uptown Top Neighborhood for Houston Apartment Inquiries in April, According to Zumper [HBJ]
• Heights-Area Triple A Restaurant Closes Amid Lease Dispute, Likely For Good [Culturemap]
• Houston’s Unemployment Rate is Likely Higher Than It Looks [Houston Chronicle]
• 10 Acres of Heavily Tax-Day-Flooded Mercer Botanic Gardens Reopening Today near Spring [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of White Oak Music Hall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bellaire Retailers Relocating To Make Way for 2-Story H-E-B [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Baker Katz Buys Foodarama-Anchored Retail Center in Timbergrove at 1805 Ella Boulevard [HBJ]
• Sugar Land To Buy Old Prison Grounds for Training Center, Potential Business Park [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Developer Behind The Sophie Says Houston Has an Untapped Market for Condos [HBJ]
• Lennar Corp. Expands NextGen Home Line Across Houston for Multigenerational Living [HBJ]
• River Oaks’ Briar Club Almost Done with $33M Renovation To Add Clubhouse, Pool, Tennis Courts [Houston Chronicle]
• An Early Look Inside White Oak Music Hall’s Music Hall, Opening Later This Summer [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Outdoor Bar Part & Parcel Being Added to Whitehall Hotel Downtown [HBJ]
• Houston and Dallas Customers Complain State’s ‘Power to Choose’ Electricity Website Is Rigged [Houston Public Media]
• A Recap of the Year Since Metro’s 2 New Purple, Green Rail Lines Opened [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• University of Houston System Approves New Katy Campus Inside Failed Grand Parkway Mall Ring Road [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Construction Underway on $4.2M Emergency Shelter on Bolivar Peninsula [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Home Builders Positive So Far in 2016, Says Metrostudy Senior Advisor Lawrence Dean [Realty News Report]
• Pearland the 7th Fastest-Growing City in U.S., According to Latest Census Bureau Data [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Unemployment Rate Tops National Average for First Time in Nearly 10 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Water Development Board’s Plan To Not Run Out of Water [HBJ]
• Are Houston’s Sinking Suburbs Suffering Worse Flooding? [Houston Public Media]
• Why Houstonians Can Worry Less About Smog [Houston Chronicle]
• Some Advice on What To Do If Your Home Floods in Houston [HBJ]
• Houston Among Top U.S. Cities for Registered Commercial and Hobby Drone Users [MarketWatch]
• Chicago Declares Houston Its Newfound ‘Nemesis’ and Beer-Sales Rival [Chicago Tribune via Houston Chronicle]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Second Phase of Mixed-Use Project Regent Square Moving Forward Near Buffalo Bayou [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Grand Opening Held for New Hines Building at Pinto Business Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Memorial Hermann Health System To Build 5-Story Patient Tower at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital Campus in Humble [HBJ]
• Hotel Alessandra Under Construction Downtown Won’t Open in Time for the Super Bowl After All [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Fibs That Helped Build Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Behind the Chronicle’s Makeover of the Former Post Building [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Head to Fort Bend County for the Lowest Home Closing Costs in Houston [HBJ]
• Pearland’s King’s Biergarten Owners Opening King’s Bierhaus in the Heights at 2044 East T.C. Jester [Houston Chronicle]
• Sterling House Restaurant Opening in Historic Sterling House in Midtown To Feature ‘Girl-Friendly’ Menu [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• A Few Suggestions on Areas in Houston That Could Use a Pedestrian Plaza or Protected Bike Lane [The Urban Edge]
• Houston’s Rapid Growth, Heavy Rains Heighten Flood Risk [Wall Street Journal]

Photo of St. John Church at Sam Houston Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ExxonMobil’s Abandoned, 24-Acre Brookhollow Campus Sold for Potential Retail Redevelopment [Realty News Report]
• Houston Home Values Rising at Slower Rate Amid Oil Slump, Finds Harris County Appraisal District [HBJ]
• What $2,000 a Month in Rent Gets You Inside the Loop Versus Out in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• An Aerial View of Bridgeland, the Third-Largest Residential Community in Houston by Acreage [HBJ]
• Slideshow: A Look Back at the Rice Building Downtown in Honor of Its 103rd Birthday [Houston Chronicle]
• Central Market at Westheimer and Weslayan To Undergo $10M Renovation To Add 10K SF [Houston Chronicle]
• Third Houston Location of Jerry Built Burgers Opening May 30 in Memorial City [Houston Chronicle]
• Peli Peli Opening New Location in LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch [HBJ]
• What Houston Can Learn from New York City About Becoming More Bike- and Pedestrian-Friendly [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Now About 424K Residents Behind Chicago, on Track To Becoming Third-Largest U.S. City in About 10 Years [Chicago Tribune]
• FEMA Has Paid More Than $3B for Flood Losses in Metropolitan Houston Since 1998 [AP]
• Flash Flood Watch in Effect for Southeast Texas Today from 10 a.m. to Midnight [abc13]

Photo of Smith Street: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston No. 1 in the Nation for Retail Construction with Nearly 3.3M SF on Track for This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• 40-Story Market Square Tower Set To Welcome Residents in October [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• How Legends of Memorial’s Micro-Unit Apartments Have Become a ‘Profit Center’ for Veritas Equity Management [HBJ]
• They Know How to Build Apartments in Houston [Bloomberg via Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Private School Incarnate Word Academy Raising $15M To Build 18,500-SF Academic Building and Parking Lot [HBJ]
• Customizable Event Space Life htx Opening May 19 in Montrose [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Jinya Ramen Planning To Expand to Katy and Sugar Land in Coming Months [Eater Houston]
• Great Heights Brewing Company Signs Lease for Brewery and Taproom at 938 Wakefield Dr. [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• At Least 2 Years of Job Losses, Sluggish Growth, Softening Home Sales in Houston Before a Rebound, Forecasts UH [Houston Chronicle]
• Mature Trees Removed from Lovett Boulevard as Part of Esplanade Improvement Projectin Montrose [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of I-45 at US-59: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Moody National Buys Le Renaissance Apartment Property in Memorial for Site of Mixed-Use Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Condo Midrise The Sophie at Bayou Bend Now Slated To Rise on Site of Former Piazza Lucca Townhome Community Near Memorial Park [HBJ]
• Houston-Based NewQuest Properties Latest Texas Real Estate Company to Venture into Self-Storage Facilities [HBJ]
• Austin’s Tacodeli Announces Fall 2016 Opening of First Houston Location at 1902 Washington Ave [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Kinder Institute Project To Turn Empty, 2,400-SF Lot By Metro’s Melbourne North Lindale Station into Bike-Focused Park Space [The Urban Edge]
• Street Repairs Begin Around NRG Park in Advance of the Super Bowl [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Bracing for Possible Flooding This Week [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Named a Top 10 City in Which To Start a Career by WalletHub [HBJ]

Photo of Knollwood Village pour: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool