Tag: Headlines

• The Companies with the Biggest Blocks of Sublease Space in Houston Right Now Are Almost All Energy-Related [Houston Chronicle]
• First Look at Darling Homes’ Patio Homes at Grand Central Park on Former Camp Strake Property [HBJ]
• Hong Kong Chef Closes After 60 Years in Bellaire To Make Way for New Multilevel H-E-B [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Midtown BBQ To Open in Former Bourbon on Bagby Spot at 2708 Bagby on April 20 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Grady Gammage Jr. on How Sustainability in Sunbelt Cities Like Phoenix and Houston is Misunderstood [The Urban Edge]
• The Urban Revival is Skewed Toward a Young, Rich, Childless, White Demographic [Jed Kolko]

Photo of Houston Heights: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Energy Corridor Is the Epicenter of Houston’s Sublease Problem with 2.9M SF of Sublease Space [Realty News Report]
• Stream Realty Partners Breaks Ground on Active-Adult Community Soléa Copperfield in Cypress-Fairbanks Area [HBJ]
• Dish Society Planning Third, Largest Houston Location in Midway Cos.’ Upcoming Memorial Green Mixed-Use Center [HBJ]
• Katy Master-Planned Community Cane Island Will Offer a ‘Street Pantry’ in Attached Garage Just for Deliveries [Houston Chronicle]
• Restoring a 1908 Woodland Heights Property Back to a Single Home [The Leader]
• Road Improvements Slated for NRG Park Area Ahead of the 2017 Super Bowl [HBJ]
• Sesquicentennial Park Now Connected to Allen’s Landing via 0.3-Mile Trail Connection [Houston Chronicle]
• Basins Being Built Along Greens Bayou in North Houston for Flood Prevention [Houston Public Media]
• A Reading List of Articles and Books about Houston’s History, Future, Transformation, and Challenges [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the George R. Brown Convention Center: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Arel Capital Has So Far Sold 40% of Units at The River Oaks Condo Tower Now Rising on Westheimer [Houston Chronicle]
• Developer David Denenburg’s Plans To Stick With the Cheek-Neal Coffee Building’s Original Details, By Himself If Necessary [OffCite Blog; previously on Swamplot]
• New Houston Home Designs Include ‘Multigenerational’ Options That Are Like 2 Homes in 1 [Houston Chronicle]
• Simpson Property Group Offering a ‘Closet Concierge’ Program for Residents Downsizing to Smaller Urban Spaces [Houstonia]
• Why Houstonians Should Be Mad About Public Housing [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Second Katy YMCA Breaking Ground This Friday To Serve Growing Population [Covering Katy]
• White Oak Music Hall’s Outdoor Stage, on a Hill Above Little White Oak Bayou, To Have First Show April 9 [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Toulouse Café and Bar, the First of 8 Restaurants Opening at River Oaks District, Debuting April 4 [Culturemap]
• Astros Owner Jim Crane’s 2 Italian Restaurants Near Minute Maid Park Expected To Open by Late Summer [Culturemap]
• Second Location of D’Marcos Pizzeria Closes Less Than 5 Months After Opening on Memorial Drive [Eater Houston]
• New Training Facility Called the Pete Rose Hit King Baseball Academy Planned for Katy [Community Impact Newspaper via HBJ]
• New Port of Houston Refrigerated Facility Could Lower Regional Food Prices [Houston Public Media]
• Greater Houston Area Could See About $300M in Spending as a Result of the Final Four [Houston Public Media]
• Houstonia Magazine Declares 10 ‘Hottest-of-the-Hot’ Neighborhoods of 2016 in 3rd Month of Year [Houstonia]
• Landry CEO Tilman Fertitta’s CNBC Reality Show ‘Billion Dollar Buyer’ Renewed for a Second Season [HBJ]
• Meet the Woman Who Moved into the Former Mack’s Icehouse in the East End [Houstonia]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Real Estate Exec Predicts 10M SF of Sublease Space Could Be on the Market by Year’s End [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Foreclosures Down 29% Year-over-Year in January, Finds CoreLogic [HBJ]
• More Than Half the Residents of Tavola Moved to the Community Because of the Grand Parkway Expansion [Houston Chronicle]
• What Millennials Look for When Buying Houses in the Suburbs [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston Can Embrace the Idea of ‘Thick’ Infrastructure in the Coming Years [The Urban Edge]
• H-E-B To Start Construction on That Multilevel Store at Site of Current Bellaire Location in Early 2017 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• TXDoT Scolds Drivers for Jumping the Gun Yesterday on New Grand Parkway Segment G Opening Planned for Later That Afternoon [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• BP To Cut at Least 500 Jobs in Harris County This Year [HBJ]

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

• Ashby Highrise Case Casts Long Shadow Over Local Land Battles [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Methodist’s New $697M North Tower in Texas Medical Center on Track To Finish in November 2017 [HBJ]
• PulteGroup To Open Active Adult Community Del Webb The Woodlands on April 2 [HBJ]
• A 1-Minute Aerial Video Tour of ExxonMobil’s Campus Near The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Video: Inside Raven Tower, the ‘Quirkiest’ Building in Houston [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Grand Parkway Segment Running East from I-45 onto US 59 Opening Today with Tolls Waived Until April 4 [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• State Considering Changing or Just Scrapping ‘Deceptive’ Power to Choose Electricity Provider Website [Houston Public Media]
• Galveston Groups Seeking BP Oil Money for East End Nature Center, More Beach-Building Projects [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Stephanie Burritt Named Co-Managing Director for Gensler’s Houston Office [HBJ]
• Midtown, Montrose Among the 10 Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Texas, According to Redfin [Redfin]
• David Adickes Would Like To Move His ‘We Heart Houston’ Sculpture Near Stude Park in the Heights for the Selfie Potential [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of 2929 Weslayan: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Rental Market is ‘Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better’ Amid Apartment Glut [Houston Chronicle]
• Gilley’s-Anchored Development Finalizing Commitments with 125-Room Hotel for La Porte Town Center [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Process of Converting NRG Stadium into a Basketball Venue for the NCAA Final Four [Houston Public Media]
• This is the ‘Most Successful Board in the History of Metro,’ Says Outgoing Chairman [Houston Chronicle]
• How Dallas’s Approach to Rolling Out Its Bus Network Changes Differs from Houston’s [Dallas Morning News]

Photo of the Uptown District: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Homebuyers Moving Farther from City Center Amid Rising Home Prices, Finds Redfin Corp. [HBJ]
• Saint Nicholas School To Develop New School, Houses, Chapel, More on 46.82-Acre Tract Near the Med Center [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Dual-Branded Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites Opening Downtown on March 31 [HBJ]
• Whole Foods Market To Open in Former Randalls Across the Street from Old Wilcrest Location on June 1 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Fajitas a Go Go To Debut in Mid-April at 5404 Kirby in West U [Houston Chronicle]
• Are Houston’s Transportation and Urban Revolutions Here to Stay? [The Urban Edge]
• Nominating the 9 Most Congested, Confusing, and Hated Intersections in Houston [Houston Press]
• A Look at a Few Houston-Area Waterfront Homes with Upcoming Open House Tours [Houston Chronicle]
• Nearly 50,000 Bees and 50 Pounds of Honey Vacuumed Out of West Houston Home [Click2Houston]

Photo of MK Luxury Homes & Condos at Post Oak Blvd.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Added More People Last Year Than Any Metropolitan Region in the Country, According to New Census Data [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Homes Prices Are 43.7% Higher Than the Pre-Recession Peak, According to HSH.com [Culturemap]
• First Residents of Luxury Apartment Complex District at Memorial Near CityCentre To Move in in April [HBJ]
• Houston Among the Top 20 U.S. Cities with the Worst Traffic-Clogged Commutes, According to TomTom Traffic Index 2016 [HBJ]
• What’s the Big Deal About Houston’s New Street Lights? [The Urban Edge]
• Slideshow: The Homes in Next Month’s Houston Heights Association Spring Home & Garden Tour [HBJ]
• Meet 45 Young People Who Want To Make an Impact on Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Demolition Company Tore Down the Wrong Tornado-Damaged Home in Rowlett, Texas [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Brays Bayou: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Khoshbin Unloads Another Houston Property With Sale of 2-Story Office Building 8700 Commerce Park Drive [Realty News Report]
• Cordyne Inc. Leases 34,220 SF in Colliers’ Spec Office Warehouse Facility Under Construction in Waller’s Alegacy Park [Realty News Report]
• SoulCycle, Kick Pleat Both Opening First Houston Locations in Upper Kirby Shopping Center Next Month [HBJ]
• Price Too High for Conroe To Buy Wedgewood Golf Course Property for Proposed Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark Closing for 6 Months Starting April 4 for Renovations [Houston Press]
• New Partnership Between Harris County, Houston To Clean Up Blighted Properties in Precinct 1 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Area Residents Protest Levee-Based Storm Surge Protection Proposal [The Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Motorists Take Spike in Gas Prices as Sign the Industry is Turning Around [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Memorial Hermann: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Class A Apartment Occupancy Rate Drops To 86% While Class B at Near-Record High of 96%, Finds CBRE [Realty News Report]
• Downtown’s First Church of Christ Scientist at 1720 Main Sold For Above $2.25M Asking Price [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• 2-Building Uptown Complex Park Towers in the Midst of Multimillion-Dollar Renovation [HBJ]
• Burlington Stores To Anchor Mixed-Use Project University Commons Opening Next Year in Sugar Land [HBJ]
• Members-Only CityCentre Club Marque Houston Has Closed [HBJ]
• Rice Village La Madeleine Hoping To Relocate to Rice Village As Shake Shack Takes Its Place Next Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston County Chooses Law Firm To Navigate Use of Eminent Domain on Rollover Pass [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Open Houses Rarely Lead To a Higher Price or Quicker Sale in Houston, Finds Redfin Corp. [HBJ]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Lowe’s To Anchor Thor Equities’ The Shoppes at Cinco Ranch Breaking Ground Next Month [HBJ]
• Georges Bistro That Took Back Former Feast Space at 219 Westheimer 2 Years Ago Closing For Real This Time [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: The 17 Worst Commutes in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Clearview Font on Texas Highway Signs To Be Phased Out [Houston Public Media]
• The Role of Highways in American Poverty [The Atlantic]
• Volunteers Work To Replace Trees Lost to Drought and Trail Construction in 100 Acre Wood Preserve [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Mid Main: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Moody’s Downgrades Houston’s Bond Rating Again over Low Oil Prices, Increasing Property Taxes and Pension Costs [HBJ]
• SmartAsset Names Houston Among the Top Cities in the Country for First-Time Home Buyers [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Ranked Among the Slowest Job Markets in the U.S. by Headlight Data [HBJ]
• Energy Corridor Apartment Complex Going Up Near Beltway 8 and I-10 Offering Rent Incentives [Realty News Report]
• East Aldine, Neighborhood Centers, and Houston’s Modern Settlement House Movement [Places Journal via The Urban Edge]
• Video: The Construction Progress of Katy’s New Waterpark Typhoon Texas, Opening in May [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Resident of Royal Lakes Estates Subdivision in Fort Bend County Finds Alligator on Her Porch [abc13]

Photo of the Post at Afton Oaks apartments, 3131 West Loop South: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Phase I of Gateway Southwest Industrial Park in Missouri City Now Complete [Realty News Report]
• Bella Rinova Salon To Move from Uptown Park to Glassy River Oaks District Space [HBJ]
• Houston’s Health Care Boom Driving Search for More Medical Real Estate [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Maritime Museum To Leave Museum District Home for New $50M Museum Near Port of Houston [HBJ]
• Video: Inside Houston’s First Micro-Unit Development The Ivy Lofts [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• A Discussion on Houston’s Public Space Transformation with Architects Andrew Albers and Ernesto Alfaro, Part III [OffCite Blog]
• Dozens Camped Out as of Last Night for Today’s Opening of Houston’s First Cabela’s in League City [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CommunityBank of Texas Relocating from Downtown’s 1415 Louisiana Building to Greenway Plaza [Realty News Report]
• City Council OKs New Buc-ee’s at Corner of I-10 and Cane Island Parkway in Katy [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Glitzy Midtown Steakhouse Mr. Peeples Closing March 28, New Concept To Open in Its Place [Culturemap]
• Houston Had the Fourth Worst Traffic in the Country Last Year, According to the Inrix 2015 TrafficScorecard [HBJ]
• Houston’s No Longer the Joke at the Beginning of Every Urban Planning Presentation [The Urban Edge]
• Cycling Advocates Make Case for Increased Use of Electric Bikes in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Woman Leaves Southmore Street Apartment of 26 Years After It Became Infested with Fleas [KHOU]

Photo of “Personnage et Oiseaux” in front of the Chase Tower: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Lineup of Builders at Grand Central Park Community on Former Camp Strake Property Announced [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Colvill Office Properties Closes on 30,921 SF in 2 Leases at 712 Main Street Downtown [Realty News Report]
• The Crowne Plaza Houston Downtown To Once Again Go By The Whitehall When It Reopens Next Month [HBJ]
• Restaurants Start Offering ‘Oil Barrel Bargain’ Menus and Reduced-Price Meals Amid Oil Slump [Houston Chronicle]
• Tapas and Wine Bar Broken Barrel Planned for Hughes Landing in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Bus Shelters Matter More Than You Think [OffCite Blog]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool