Tag: Headlines

• Dunavant, Floor & Décor Outlets of America Sign Leases Totaling 1.2M SF in Bay Area Business Park [HBJ]
• Texas Medical Center Property Medical Towers To Be Redeveloped, Get 230-Room Embassy Suites [Houston Chronicle]
• Urban Planner Steven Spillette Predicts Uptick in New Development in Houston’s East Sector [Realty News Report]
• Affordable Housing Units Disproportionately Located in ‘Low Opportunity’ Areas, Finds CAP [The Urban Edge]
• Bradley Ogden Hospitality’s Closes Funky Chicken and Bradley’s Fine Diner, 2 Out of Its 3-Restaurant Stake in Houston [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Johnny Carrabba Buys Common Bond Bakery, Has Already Leased More Parking [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Trees, Squirrels, Woodpeckers To Blame for Sienna Plantation’s Power Outages, Says Centerpoint Energy [Houston Public Media]
• Relocated Heights Post Office Now Open at 1300 W. 19th St. [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of South Loop 610: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Shopping Center Construction Pace To Reach Highest Level Since 2008 This Year with 4.53M SF of New Space, According to Wulfe [Realty News Report]
• Westgate Market Shopping Center Near Katy Sells for $25.1M to Argentina Investor [Houston Chronicle]
• Holiday Inn Houston-Downtown Now Open in Former Savoy Hotel Property [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• South Shore Harbour Resort in League City in Midst of $15M Renovation Driven by Petrochemical Boom [HBJ]
• Embassy Suites Hotel Now Open at Hughes Landing in The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Houston Was the Most Popular Moving Destination in Texas in 2015, According to United Van Lines [HBJ]
• Ship Channel Bridge Closed This Weekend To Replace Old Toll Booths with EZ TAG [Houston Public Media]
• Closings Along Parts of Highway 290, I-10 This Weekend Too [abc13]

Photo of BG Group Place at 811 Main: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Nearly 70% of Texas Contractors Plan To Hire More Workers in 2016, Finds Report [Houston Public Media]
• Kemah’s Star Fleet Marina Developing Mixed-Use Project for Dining, Office, Commercial Use [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Daily Pothole Reports To City Have Tripled Since Mayor Turner Announced Plan on Monday To Make Repairs Within 24 Hours [Houston Chronicle]
• Crude Pushes Closer to $30 a Barrel as West Texas Intermediate Slides to 12-Year Low [Fuel Fix]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Do Houston’s Oil Troubles Spell Danger for the Texas Economy? [CNBC]
• How U.S. Economic Expansion, Drilling Collapse, Petrochemical Construction Boom Are Shaping Houston’s Economy [Bauer College of Business]
• Houston Among Nation’s Most At-Risk Cities of Seeing Falling Housing Prices [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Area Master-Planned Communities Riverstone, Aliana, Wildwood at Northpointe Among the Best-Selling in the U.S. [HBJ]
• Community Optimistic Sunnyside TIRZ Will Spur Development [Houston Public Media]
• Rocky Stevens Planning Small Retail Center at Yale and 21st Street Behind the Heights Kroger [Houston Chronicle]
• Shake Shack Officially Opening in the Galleria Mall in Late 2016 [HBJ]
• When It Comes to the Astrodome, Houston Should Capitalize on the Growing Interest in ‘Ruin Porn’ [The Urban Edge]
• Ranking the Houston Neighborhoods with the Largest Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Map: The Art of the New Light Rail Lines [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the Raven Tower, near the White Oak Music Hall complex in former Fitzgerald’s site at 2915 N. Main: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Plunging Crude Price Threatens To Drag Down Houston’s Residential Real Estate Market With It [Texas Monthly]
• Development Slowing as Fewer Than 1.6M SF of New Office Space Will Be Completed in 2017-18, According to JLL [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Could Lose as Many as 50K Jobs in Manufacturing, Oil and Gas Before the Industry Recovers [Houston Chronicle]
• Lincoln Property Secures $60.74M in Financing for Galleria Place Office Campus [Houston Chronicle]
• Vacant Waddell’s Housefurnishing Building in EaDo To Be Converted into Lofts [Houston Chronicle]
• Surge Homes Starts Residential Developments in Upper Kirby, the Museum District, Midtown [Realty News Report]
• Magnolia, Richmond, The Woodlands Among Highest Apartment Rents in Texas, Finds Apartment List [Houston Chronicle]
• Second Ward Taco Joint Villa Arcos Changing Location and Name [Culturemap]
• Baker St. Pub & Grill in Rice Village Has Closed [HBJ]

Photo of the Tarkett Site: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Commercial Real Estate Players Predict What 2016 Will Bring [HBJ]
• Some of 2015’s Biggest Stories in Houston Real Estate [Houston Chronicle]
• Transwestern’s Chip Clarke: There Is Still ‘Good Investor Demand’ in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Torchy’s Tacos Also Opts Out of Texas’ New Open Carry Gun Law, Now In Effect [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the Wortham Theatre Grand Foyer: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Housing Market Gained $23.4B in Value This Year for an All-Time High of $381B, According to Zillow [Houston Chronicle]
• Clay To Develop 1.5M SF of Distribution Space on 80 Acres It Just Bought in Cedar Port Industrial Park [Realty News Report]
• 2 Hotels Totaling 325 Rooms Planned for 1.3-Acre Site Near the Texas Medical Center [HBJ]
• Six Ping Opens Fourth Houston Bakery Within a 1.5-Mile Radius of Previous Locations [Houston Press]
• The Best and Worst Urban Trends of 2015 [Next City]

Photo of Market Square Park: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Downtown Houston Expected To Have 3.8M SF of Direct and Sublease Submarket Space Available Next Year [HBJ]
• Clay Picks Up Nearly 80 Acres in Cedar Port Industrial Park in Baytown [GlobeSt.com]
• Demo of 3 Upper Kirby Buildings at Kirby Drive and Southwest Fwy. To Wrap Up Around April [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Can You Identify These Downtown Construction Sites? [Houston Streetwise]
• Median Rent for 2-Bedroom Apartment in Houston Grew Only 1.1% Over Last Year to $1,120, Finds Apartment List [HBJ]
• The 6 Most Critical Issues Facing Houston’s New Mayor in 2016 [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Pennzoil Place: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Homebuilders, Apartment Developers Increased Houston’s Housing Supply 9.7% from 2011 to 2014 [Houston Chronicle]
• Dailey Oil Tools Office Project in Conroe NewQuest Crosswell Business Park Sold [Realty News Report]
• More Concessions and Amenities Expected in 2016 To Attract Tenants [HBJ]
• How Mandolin Village Subdivision’s ‘Snake Pit’ Became Its Biggest Attraction [Houston Public Media]
• New Icehouse Eight Row Flint Now Open in Former Citgo Station at Yale and W. 11th [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Public Art Wanted for Smither Park in Southeast Houston [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Christmas Village at Bayou Bend: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Miller Road Realty Purchases 80.4 Acres in Northeast Houston Pipe Yards Industrial Corridor on Highway 90 [Realty News Report]
• Horizon Homes Breaks Ground on First Model Home in Affordable Living Community in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• Fisher Homes Sells Oak Forest Place Apartments Less Than a Year After Purchasing Property [The Leader]
• We’re at a ‘Tipping Point’ for the Galleria Submarket [HBJ]
• Cause of Christmas Day Fire at Southwest Houston Strip Mall Mosque Declared ‘Incendiary’ [Houston Chronicle]
• College Park Cemetery Association Trying To Raise Funds To Turn Montrose Cemetery into Park [Houston Public Media]
• New Minipark in Downtown Galveston First Project in Effort to Add Greenspace to Island [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Museum of Natural Science To Renovate Wiess Energy Hall [HBJ]

Photo of sunset off I-10 near Houston: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Heights Washateria To Be Restored into Retail Center Dubbed ‘The 420’ [HBJ]
• Gilley’s-Anchored Entertainment Center in La Porte Approved by City Planners [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Top 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in 2015 [Houston Chronicle]
• Steak 48 To Open in 2-Story Space in River Oaks District This Spring [HBJ]
• Walmart’s Neighborhood Market Concept Opening in League City January 13 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• There’s a ‘Very Good Chance’ the Wunsche Bros. Café & Salon Will Be Sold Soon [Your Houston News]
• The Country Feel of Rivercrest in West Houston, Where Lots Are At Least 3 Acres and There Are No Sidewalks [Houston Chronicle]
• Toll Road Authority Removing Toll Booths from Ship Channel Bridge Weekend of January 9 [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Hotel Alessandra: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Jones & Carter Moving Headquarters to 6330 W. Loop S. in Bellaire, Will Sublease WorleyParsons Space [HBJ]
• Recapping Houston’s Largest Industrial Leases of 2015 [HBJ]
• What 2016 Will Look Like for Transit in the Sun Belt [The Urban Edge]
• How the Panama Canal Expansion Will Bolster Industrial Houston [Forbes]
• Houston Named Fifth Best Food City in America [Washington Post]
• Friday Could Be One of the Top 10 Warmest Christmas Days on Houston Record [abc13]

Photo of Midtown Park: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Kirkland & Ellis Signs 62K-SF Lease for Top 2-and-a-Half Floors of Hines’ 609 Main St. Office Tower [HBJ: previously on Swamplot]
• The Scene After the Hogan-Allnoch Building Demo [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• Economist Tom Lawler Predicts Houston Housing Market Will Continue To Cool [Calculated Risk via Houston Chronicle]
• Ellington Airport Awarded State Grant To Assist in Building New Air Traffic Control Tower [Houston Public Media]
• 20-Ft. Hole in San Jacinto River Waste Pits Has Contaminated Water with ‘Untold Amounts’ of Dioxin, Says EPA [KRIV]
• Galveston Preparing for High-Tide ‘Nuisance’ Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• The Proper Signage That Allows Private Businesses To Forbid Openly Carried Guns on Their Premises [Houston Press]

Photo of nighttime construction at Braeswood and Kirby: Rakesh Agrawal

• Houston On Track To Log $11.6B in Commercial Real Estate Sales This Year, Down from $12.3B in 2014 [Houston Chronicle]
• Pair of Century-Old Downtown Buildings, Pecan Tree Coming Down To Make Way for Lancaster Hotel Parking Lot [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Amirex Capital Services Buys Baytown Retail Center Baytown Plaza [Realty News Report]
• University of Houston Information Center at Energy Research Park Moves Forward [HBJ]
• Home Inventory Grows as Sales Slow in Houston, According to Redfin [HBJ]
• Homes Selling Quickly in Houston’s First ‘Agrihood’ Harvest Green [HBJ]
• New Icehouse Eight Row Flint Opening in Former Citgo Station at Yale and W. 11th Soon [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Meat-Centric Bacon Bros. Public House Planning To Open First Houston Franchise Next Year [HBJ]
• Kenny & Ziggy’s Opening New Restaurant in Former Fish City Grill in Plaza in the Park Shopping Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What the Interest Rate Hike Might Mean for Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• State Approves Controversial, $600M Power-Line Project To Feed More Electricity into the Houston Area [Houston Chronicle]
• $1B in Disaster Relief Funds from Hurricanes Ike, Dolly Still Unspent 7 Years Later in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Has Lost More Than 30% of Its Coastal Prairie Wetlands Since 1992 [Houston Chronicle]
• The Art Works Taking Over the Temporary Wall at the Glassell School of Art Construction Site [#FutureMFAH]

Photo of the Chase Tower Observation Deck: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Lonza Group Plans To Build New Research and Manufacturing Facility in Pearland [HBJ]
• Arch‐Con Construction Starts Construction on 2-Story Katy Office Building Near Grand Pkwy. [Realty News Report]
• Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke’s Health To Break Ground Next Year on Second McNair Campus Tower [HBJ]
• River Oaks Shopping Center Plans ‘Very Preliminary,’ Says Weingarten [Houston Chronicle]
• Limited Housing Expansion Forecast for Houston in Nationwide Insurance Report [HBJ]
• MaRS, Mayfield and Ragni Studio-Designed Downtown Office Honored in Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards [Culturemap]
• The Pros and Cons of an Elevated Express Lane on West Loop [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Smog Levels As High in Downtown Houston, Aldine Area Today Than They Were 10 Years Ago [Houston Public Media]
• Houston No Longer Hip, Tasty, Funky, Savvy, But Still Inspired, in Market Square Mural [Houston Streetwise]

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