Tag: Headlines

• Briar Lake Village Retail Center in Westchase District Sold [Realty News Report]
• Florida-Based Ecclestone Organization Has Acquired Sheraton North Houston at George Bush Intercontinental Airport [Realty News Report]
• Luxury Residential Brokerage Carnan Properties Moves into New Galleria-Area Office Building [HBJ]
• Worship Facilities and Educational Market are Underserved in Houston, According to Architect Scott Ziegler [Realty News Report]
• Harvest Green in Fort Bend County Among Some 200 ‘Agrihoods’ Sprouting Up Across the Country [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harvest Moon Solar Farm Almost Dressed and Ready for Harvest [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New Hermann Park Master Plan Expected by Year’s End as Old Master Plan Wraps Up [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Renter Population Increased 37% in Last 10 Years, Finds National Study [Houston Chronicle]
• What Greater Houston Partnership’s New Space at Partnership Tower in Downtown’s Convention District Will Look Like [Houston Chronicle]
• Cultural Landscape Foundation Conference This Weekend To Examine the More Than $700M in Park Investments in Houston Since 2004 [AP]
• A Discussion on Houston’s Public Space Transformation with Architects Andrew Albers and Ernesto Alfaro, Part II [OffCite Blog]
• The Safest Streets for Biking in Houston, According to Avid Cyclists [Houston Press]
• Reagan HS Joins Houston Schools Named After Confederate Figures That Will Be Renamed [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Rodeo Houston: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Single Family Home Sales Rose 2% Year-Over-Year in February, Finds HAR [Tom Plant’s Houston Real Estate Blog]
• The High-Rise Apartment Boom in Downtown Houston, Dallas and Austin [Realty News Report]
• How Dwindling Oil Prices Hurt Houston’s Commercial Real Estate Market [Forbes]
• First Emission-Free Gas Power Plant Breaks Ground in La Porte [Fuel Fix]
• League City Moves Forward in Process to Annex More Land [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• DanMar Manor Found an Anonymous New Jersey Buyer 1 Day Before the Woodlands Estate Went Up for Auction [HBJ]
• Surge Homes Opens Upper Kirby District Gated Community Upper Richton To Sales [Realty News Report]
• Homes To Go Up Soon at New Gated, Master-Planned Community The Preserve at Grand Beach [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Flotation Therapy Spa Healing Waters Opening in Montrose at 504 W. Gray St. by May [HBJ]
• Three Square and Architects Plus to Merge, Move to Houston’s East Village [HBJ, previously on Swamplot]
• Uber Now Leaving Corpus Christi over Regulation Already Implemented in Houston [Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s Official City Song, As Performed by the Houston Saengerbund [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the Chase Tower sky lobby: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Quasar Galleria Ltd. Buys 11-Story Galleria-Area Office Building 5433 Westheimer [Realty News Report]
• Downtown KBR Towers To Be Rebranded as Jefferson Towers at Cullen Center [HBJ]
• Construction To Start This Month on Kroger-Anchored Market at Springwoods Village [HBJ]
• Labor Shortage Amid Petrochemical Plant Boom in East Houston, Says Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership [Realty News Report]
• Graphs of Residential Permits from 2005-2015 Show Variable Nature of Houston’s Building Patterns [Houston Chronicle]
• Video: Inside a Model Home at Tiger Wood’s Bluejack National Luxury Golf Resort [HBJ]
• First Houston Location of Austin’s Hopdoddy Burger Bar To Open in April in the River Oaks District [Click2Houston]
• Hospitality USA Opening Restless Palate Restaurant with Eatsie Boy Menu in Katy’s LaCenterra Shopping District in Mid-April [Culturemap]
• Opening of Niko Niko’s West Houston Location Nears as Sign Goes Up on Building [HBJ]
• Houston Targeting Illegal Dump Sites To Reduce Mosquito Breeding Grounds in Fight Against Viruses Like Zika [Houston Public Media]
• A Discussion on Houston’s Public Space Transformation with Architects Andrew Albers and Ernesto Alfaro [OffCite Blog]

Photo of the Gus Wortham Fountain: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Transwestern To Lease 40-Story KBR Tower and 20-Story 500 Jefferson Building in Downtown’s Cullen Center [Realty News Report]
• Seattle-Based Residential Brokerage and Technology Company Redfin Corp. To Move Houston Office into Spring Street Studios [HBJ]
• Whitestone REIT Sheds Brookhill Office Building in Southeast Houston for $3.1M [Houston Chronicle]
• Longtime Rice Village Restaurant Kubo’s Sushi Bar and Grill Has Closed [Culturemap]
• Number of Poisonous Snakes on Galveston Beaches Totally Normal This Time of Year, Officials Assure [Houston Public Media]
• Naked Dancing Woman on Top of Big Rig Shut Down Highway 290 For More Than 2 Hours Yesterday [KHOU]
• Plus: A Poem for the Naked Dancing Woman, in the Style of William Carlos Williams  [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pasadena Refining Systems Plant Explosion Injures One, Sends Huge Plumes of Black Smoke into the Air on Saturday [abc13]
• Fairway Says Time Is Right to Convert Salt Dome Caverns More than 2k Feet Under Southwest Houston into Crude Oil Storage Space [Fuel Fix; previously on Swamplot]
• $3.9M Bunker Hill Village Estate for Sale Also Comes with a $90K Tesla [Houston Chronicle]
• You Need To Make $52K To Be Able To Buy a Median-Priced Home in Houston [Business Insider]
• Real Estate Company Allegiance Title Co. Moving into Uptown’s Redstone Building on Post Oak Lane [HBJ]
• Midtown Barbecue Set To Take Over Former Bourbon on Bagby Space in Mid-April [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Video: Inside Cabela’s First Houston-Area Store Opening March 17 in League City [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• $150M Project Will Extend Westpark Tollway 2.5 Miles West of the Grand Parkway [Houston Public Media]
• Thrillist Names Houston One of the Worst-Designed Cities in America [Houston Chronicle]
• How Oil and Gas-Dependent Areas Avoid Becoming ‘Ghost Towns’ [Oilpro]
• Local Nonprofits Feeling the Squeeze from Oil Collapse as Donations Drop [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Members Dumbfounded by Public Art Costs [Glasstire; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of smoke from Saturday’s Pasadena Refining Systems plant explosion: Swamplot inbox

• Land Sales Slipped 44% in The Woodlands and Bridgeland Year-Over-Year in 2015, Reports Howard Hughes Corp. [Realty News Report]
• Houston Baptist University Announces Tenants for $3.9M Retail Development The Pillars at HBU [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• River Oaks District Opening First of 8 New Restaurants on March 15, Starting with Toulouse Cafe and Bar [Houston Chronicle]
• Cabo San Lucas Apartments Near Hobby Airport Offering Tenants Free Health Screenings Amid Oil Bust [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT Wants To Know How You Would Fix the US 59-610 Loop Interchange [Houston Public Media]
• ‘Art Blocks’ Temporary Installations Counter ‘Cold Business-like Space’ in Main Street Square Downtown [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Evelyn’s Park Conservancy Holding Contest To Name Restaurant in the Bellaire Park [Culturemap]

Photo of McKee Street Bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How East Houston is Booming Amid Oil Slump [Realty News Report]
• Madison/Foley Developing Master-Planned Community Sundance Cove Near Lake Houston [HBJ]
• Elan Heights Apartment Complex Going Up in Woodland Heights Begins Preleasing Units [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Tiger Woods Unveils BlueJack National Golf Club in Montgomery County [abc13]
• Mattress Firm Opening in Former Oak Forest Verizon Wireless at 1347 West 43rd St. [The Leader]
• City Council Delays Vote on New Contract for Curbside Recycling Program [Houston Public Media]
• Levees Would Be Less Expensive and More Cost Effective Than 55-Mile ‘Ike Dike’ Galveston Coastal Barrier, Finds New Report [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]

Photo: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Unemployment On Track To Outpace the National Rate for the First Time in a Decade [Quartz]
• Houston Apartment Market Showing ‘Significant Signs of Weakening’ Amid the Oil Slump, Finds MPF Research [HBJ]
• New Del Webb Community for Residents Ages 55 and Up Going Up in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Johnson & Johnson Debuts Lab Space JLabs @ TMC in the Texas Medical Center [HBJ]
• Target To Anchor Grand Parkway Marketplace Near Grand Pwky. in Spring Coming in March 2017 [HBJ]
• Costco Opening Latest Houston-Area Store on March 18 with Humble Location [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Pizzeria Cane Rosso Opening Heights Location in Mid-April with Gold-Clad Oven, Montrose Spot To Follow This Summer [Culturemap]
• Behind the 20-Year Renovation of a 1935-Built River Oaks House [Houstonia]

Photo of 1885 Saint James Place construction: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Inside StreetLights Residential’s The James Luxury Apartments Near the River Oaks District [HBJ]
• Belfiore Developer Says Galleria-Area Tower Sets a New Standard for Upscale Housing [Houston Chronicle]
• The Challenges in Developing Houston’s East End Properly [The Urban Edge]
• University of Texas Medical Branch Set To Open Galveston Hospital After 4 Years of Construction [HBJ]
• The Donald J. Trump For President Campaign Has Leased 3K SF in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• The Remaining 59 Diner Locations at Farnham, Willowbrook and Stafford All Appear To Be Closed [Houston Press]

Photo: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Master-Planned Communities Harvest Green ‘Agrihood,’ Cane Island Slated To Open in March [HBJ]
• Houston Added 190 New Restaurants from Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 for 2% Growth, Finds The NPD Group [HBJ]
• City Will Only Permanently Quit Mecom Fountain Alterations if Private Funds Can Be Raised to Reverse Them [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Conroe Realtor Paul Gomberg Offers Limo Rides, 24-Hour On-Call Showings [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Trail Riders Once Again Trot Through Houston at Start of Rodeo Season [Houston Public Media]

Photo of trail riders south of Kirby Collection construction site at 3200 Kirby Dr.: Loves Swamplot

• United Airlines Confirms Houston Headquarters Move to Hines’ 609 Main Building Under Construction Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Urban Land Institute Recommends Creating Multimillion-Dollar Incentive Program To Develop East End [Houston Chronicle]
• New Cedar Port Industrial Park Owners Have Invested $22M into Infrastructure Upgrades Since Buying Park in 2014 [HBJ]
• Mapping Houston’s Residential and Commercial Demolitions from 1990 to 2014 [Houston Chronicle]
• StreetLights Residential Opens First Houston Apartment Project The James Between River Oaks District and Highland Village [HBJ]
• Dams at Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Undergoing $75M Repair Job To Reduce Risk of Failure [Houston Public Media]
• Longtime UT Architecture Dean Leaving Post Over State’s New Campus Carry Law [The Texas Tribune]
• Video: Katie Couric Visits Houston in Yahoo Special Series ‘Cities Rising: Rebuilding America’ [Yahoo News]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Building Permits Fell 31% Year-Over-Year in January to $400M, Finds Greater Houston Partnership [Houston Chronicle]
• Hines’ Beltway Southwest Business Park Preleases 424K SF of Space with First Tenants [HBJ]
• La Marque Land Cleared To Make Way for 450 Houses in Next Phase of Salt Grass Crossing Development [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Kiran’s Vacating Galleria To Open in Kirby Grove Development on Richmond by July or August [Culturemap]
• Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen’s Second Houston Location Opening in Plaza in the Park Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Golf Association Officially Takes Over Gus Wortham Park Golf Course from City [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New Tech Startup HomeMe Pre-Approves Renters and Matches Them with Houston Apartments [HBJ]
• The Signs of the Oil Downturn Among Houston’s Rich [Reuters]
• Just a Few More Formal Steps Before Work Begins To Extend Final 1.5 Miles of the Tomball Tollway in Harris County [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston’s New Downtown Bus Terminal Now Officially Open [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• 6 Ways To Make Downtown Houston More Pedestrian-Friendly [The Urban Edge]
• Mayor Turner Not Planning To Move Forward with Houston’s ‘One Bin For All’ Program [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Larchmont: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• $400M Hydrogen Plant To Break Ground in Baytown Tomorrow [HBJ]
• Port of Texas City Buys More Than 300 Acres in La Marque Once Home to Lakeview Country Club [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Al Ross Luxury Homes Scraps Plans for $20M Condo Project The Monroe Near Buffalo Bayou [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at the Nearly-Finished Belfiore, the Most Expensive Condo Tower Under Construction in Houston [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• River Oaks Berryhill Baja Grill Relocating to Former Harwood Grill Across the Street [HBJ]
• This Year’s Winners of Preservation Houston’s Good Brick Awards [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Marathon Oil Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Some 8.6M SF of Sublease Space on the Houston Market Now with At Least 1.5M SF More on Its Way [Realty News Report]
• Crow Holdings Industrial Acquires About 50 Acres of Former Texas Instruments Campus in Stafford for Industrial Park [Realty News Report]
• Paul’s Kitchen in Former Haven Space To Close Feb. 28, Reopen as Banquet Facility The Merrill House [Culturemap]
• Houston Could Soon Be Home to More Than 100M Barrels of Stored Crude Oil [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Will Cheap Oil Kill the Houston Art Scene? [Glasstire]
• The Urban Land Institute in Houston Names David Kim Its New Executive Director [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents of Garden Oaks Apartments in Southeast Houston Have Been Without Hot Water for a Month [Houston Press]

Photo of KV Weld in Baytown: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool