Tag: Headlines

• Sneak Peek at Trammell Crow’s New Houston Heights Luxury Apartment Complex Alexan Heights [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Downtown Aquarium To Expand To Adjacent Half-Acre Lot Across Preston St. By the End of 2017 [HBJ]
• New iPic Movie Theater in River Oaks District ‘Like Tesla and Porsche Had a Baby’ [Houston Chronicle]
• People Lined Up as Early as 8 a.m. Monday for Today’s Opening of Krispy Kreme at 8611 Westheimer [Houston Chronicle]
• Skinny Rita’s Grille To Open in Former Eleven XI Location at 607 W. Gray in Montrose Later This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Tacos a Go Go Set To Open in Roznovsky’s Hamburgers Building at 3401 W. T.C. Jester By January [The Leader]
• Austin-Based Mama Fu’s Asian House Plans To Open 8-10 Storefronts in Greater Houston Area Throughout 2016, 5-7 More in 2017 [HBJ]
• Eleanor Tinsley Park, Johnny Steele Dog Park Closed After Heavy Weekend Rains [Houston Chronicle]
• More Flooding Forecast This Weekend in Texas, Recurrent Flooding Likely To Linger Until Spring [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of HUE Mural Festival mural at St. Emanuel and Leeland: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Street Residential Closes on 10.5 Acres of Land in New Forest for Class A Apartment Project [HBJ]
• Concrete Poured on Tilman Fertitta’s Uptown Mixed-Use Project The Post Oak [HBJ]
• Ann Taylor of ULI Houston on Houston’s Economy, Growth and Land-Use Perspectives [Realty News Report]
• SF Capital Transforms 1970s Montrose Apartment Complex Hyde Park into Luxury, Modern Homes [HBJ]
• The Custom-Designed Heights Home That Channels an Ice House [The Leader]
• Fate of Drainage Fee Unclear After Judge Voids ReBuild Houston Election [Houston Chronicle]
• Loop 610 from I-10 to U.S.-59 Second-Worst Congested Road in the State, According to Texas A&M Transportation Institute [The Highwayman]
• New $35M Mile-Long Ramp from Southbound Texas 249 to Westbound Sam Houston Tollway Opens Today [Houston Chronicle]
• 2M Gallons of Sewage Spilled into Houston Bayous After 2 Weekend Storms [KHOU]
• Breaking Down the Battle Over Buffalo Bayou and Its Preservation [The Leader]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Class B Buildings Are Weathering the Oil Crisis Very Well, According to NAI Partners Vice President [Houston Chronicle]
• Aldi Rumored To Be Shopping Around for a Galveston Location on Broadway Boulevard [Galveston County Daily News]
• The Pros and Cons of Houston TIRZs [HBJ]
• Killen’s Steakhouse Opening New Pearland Location Nov. 9, Killen’s Burger To Open in Old Location [Houston Chronicle]
• Abandoned Shell Gas Station and Store at Richmond and Woodhead Demoed [Houston Streetwise]
• Judge Rules ReBuild Houston Ballot Measure Obscured Cost and Nature of Drainage Fee, Voids Election [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Hermann Park’s Tudor Family Pine Hill Walk: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developer Dennis Murphree Planning Tower Next To Historic Kirby Mansion in Midtown Modeled After Dallas’ Mansion on Turtle Creek [Houston Chronicle]
• Newland Communities To Drop 900 Apartments from Its Telfair Master-Planned Community in Sugar Land After Opposition from Residents [Houston Chronicle]
• Novel Creative Development Planning ‘Micro-Unit’ Condo Development Ivy Lofts in EaDo at Leeland and Live Oak [HBJ]
• Sun Holdings Group Acquires 190-Unit Villas of Elysian at Sienna Plantation [Realty News Report]
• Cousins Properties Completes $5M in Renovations in Greenway Plaza, Starts Work on Phase II [HBJ]
• For the First Time Since 2009, Houston Likely Won’t Surpass 10M SF in Leasing Deals for the Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Nearly Half of Houston Renters Can’t Afford To Live in Their Apartment, According to Apartment List [HBJ]
• Why Houston’s Tax Cut Won’t Actually Lower Your Taxes [Houston Chronicle]
• Major Delays on 610 Loop Near U.S-290 Expected This Weekend for Work on U.S.-290 Widening Project [Houston Public Media]
• What People Really Think About Houston, According to Yelp [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Rice Loft: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Available Houston Office Market Sublease Space Has Nearly Doubled Since Last Year to 7.1M SF, Finds CBRE [Prime Property]
• Kroger Marketplace To Break Ground Thursday in Porter Retail Development Valley Ranch Town Center [Prime Property]
• Houston Condominiums Appreciating Faster Than Homes, According to Zillow [HBJ]
• Cullen Family’s 3,273-Acre Hunting Ranch in Cleveland on the Market for $16.4M [Prime Property]
• Sneak Peek Inside Luxe iPic Movie Theater Opening in River Oaks District Next Month [HBJ]
• Homeowner Building Art Installation Inside Sharpstown Home Recently Filled with Debris [abc13]
• State Set Today To Approve Rate Adjustment That Would Increase Grand Pkwy. Toll Rate 2% Each Year [The Highwayman]
• Comparing Houston’s and Dallas’ Different Approaches to Transit Rail [The Urban Edge]
• How Rice University and City of Houston’s Data-Sharing Project Is Coming Together [Next City]
• Texas Flood Damage Could Top $3B for 2015 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Photographer Max Burkhalter on Covering the Rains from Hurricane Patricia [CNN]
• Could the Houston Zoo Be Haunted? [abc13]

Photo of James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany skyspace at Rice University: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Average Office Rental Rate Up 6% from a Year Ago to $27.74, According to CBRE [Realty News Report]
• Johnson Development Breaks Ground on 1,350-Acre Community Jordan Ranch Near I-10 and Grand Pkwy. in Fort Bend [Realty News Report]
• Luxury 17-Story Condo The Wilshire at River Oaks More Than 40% Sold [HBJ]
• $1B in Residential Projects Are Underway Around Minute Maid Park [Houston Chronicle]
• CBRE’s John T. Fenoglio on the Current State of the Real Estate Industry in Houston [Realty News Report]
• E.E. Reed Construction Awarded for 6-Story Tilt-Wall Building Sierra Pines Phase II in The Woodlands [Prime Property]
• Weingarten Mansion in Riverside Terrace Receives Landmark Status [Prime Property]
• Construction of Texas 288 Toll Lane To Start a Few Months Later Than Planned [The Highwayman]
• At Least 121K Gallons of Sewage Dumped Throughout the City Following Weekend Rains [abc13]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• American Liberty Hospitality To Renovate Restaurant in Historic Sam Houston Hotel [Houston Chronicle]
• Friendswood Development Corp. Moves into New Office Building in Greenspoint [HBJ]
• SRP Medical Sells Spring Creek Village Seniors Housing Property in Spring [Realty News Report]
• Dickinson Education Village Begins To Take Shape [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• U.S. 290 Will Have Single HOV Lane on New Freeway Once Completed in Late 2017 [The Highwayman]
• Houston Ship Channel Toll Bridge Toll Booths To Be Replaced By All-Electronic Tolling in January [Houston Public Media]
• City Breathes Sigh of Relief After Hurricane Patricia Brings Minimal Damage to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Interactive Map Shows What Weekend Rains Did to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Flooding Causes Raw Sewage To Spill onto Roadways in Downtown Houston [abc13]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Multifamily Market Performing ‘Surprisingly’ Well Despite Oil Slump [HBJ]
• Pacific Financial Developing Mixed-Used Project District West Along Westpark Tollway in Northern Fort Bend County [Realty News Report]
• Historic Heights Theater Officially Purchased By Dallas Developer, Will Be Turned into Entertainment Venue [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Northwestern Quadrant of Loop 610 the Next ‘Hot Spot’ Led By Opening of New Hines Gated Community Somerset Green [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Various Land Deals That Helped Lead to Katy Mills Mall Area’s Transformation [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Houston’s Private Indoor Home Swimming Pools Pulled from HAR’s Inventory [Houston Chronicle]
• New Midtown Microbrewery Under the Radar Brewery Set To Open in Early 2016 [HBJ]
• Houston Voters To Decide on New Bond Proposals with $700M for Road Projects on Nov. 3 Ballot [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Houston Area, Galveston Prep for Potential Flooding This Weekend [Click2Houston]
• City Planning To Set Up Cameras Soon To Catch Illegal Dumping in Southwest Houston Along Keely and Holmes [Click2Houston]
• Exxon Sowed Doubt About Climate Science for Decades by Stressing Uncertainty [InsideClimate News]

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

• City Council Adopts Lowest Property Tax Rate Since 1987 at 60 Cents Per $100 of Home Value [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s First Even-Branded, Wellness-Focused Hotel from InterContinental Hotels Group Planned for Shenandoah Community [Realty News Report]
• Houston Building Permits Totaled $6.1B for First 9 Months of 2015, Down 11.8% from Same Period Last Year [Houston Public Media]
• Charlie Christ of Clay Development and Construction on the State of Industrial Real Estate in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Houston Home Staging Franchise Showhomes on the Ins and Outs of Home Staging [Houston Chronicle]
• Can Houston Preserve Green Space Alongside Rapid Growth? [Houston Public Media]
• The Nine Steps for Making a Better City, According to NRDC’s Shelley Poticha [The Urban Edge]
• The Similarities Between Drake’s New Video ‘Hotline Bling’ and James Turrell’s Light Installations [Hyperallergic]

Photo of CenterPointEnergy and Esperson Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Closes Deal To Buy Downtown Houston Chronicle Building, Adjacent Half-Block That Houses a Parking Garage [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• American Liberty Hospitality Now Sole Owner of the Historic Downtown Sam Houston Hotel [Prime Property]
• Lovett Commercial Breaks Ground on 33-Acre H-E-B-Anchored Shopping Center Main Street Kingwood [HBJ]
• TopGolf To Open Third Houston Location Next Month in Webster [HBJ]
• Stream Realty Partners Awarded Leasing Assignment at Recently Renovated 1001 McKinney [Realty News Report]
• Houston Homebuilders Diversify Product Line To Expand Market Share [HBJ]
• Temporary Restraining Order Issued to Finger Companies, Triple S Masonry in Scaffolding Collapse Across from Minute Maid Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Design Team Chosen To Design and Engineer Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Project [The Highwayman]
• Grisby Square in Energy Corridor Poised To Become the Center of Houston’s Walkable Bubbles [OffCite]
• Scenes from Houston’s First HUE Mural Festival in Downtown Area [Houston Public Media]
• Willowbend Family Recreates Scenes from ‘The Purge’ with Halloween Decorations [KHOU]

Photo of construction at Main and Texas: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Rockwater Energy Solutions Moving Its Headquarters Down the Street from Williams Tower to 515 Post Oak Blvd. [HBJ]
• Lion Square Shopping Center in Southwest Houston Redeveloped Using Principles of Feng Shui [Prime Property]
• Husband-and-Wife Real Estate Duo David Young and Carol Peyton Young of Coldwell Banker United Realtors Launch David Young & Co. [HBJ]
• River Pointe Church Merges with West End Baptist Church To Expand Inside the Loop [HBJ]
• Heights Restaurant Witchcraft Tavern & Provision Co. Reopens This Week as Republic Diner + Sojubang [HBJ]
• Checkers Planning To Open 100 Locations in Houston Within Next 10 Years, as Many as 200 in Next 15-20 Years [HBJ]
• 6,400 New Jobs Were Created in Houston in September, According to the Texas Workforce Commission [Realty News Report]
• The Effort To Involve Houston’s ‘Invisible Cyclists’ in Bike Advocacy [The Urban Edge]
• American Institute of Architects Home Tour To Showcase 9 Unique Homes This Weekend [abc13]

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

• Skanska Energy Corridor Office Project West Memorial Place ll Tops Out [Realty News Report]
• Newland Communities To Deliver First Model Home Lots in Katy Master-Planned Community Elyson in January or February [HBJ]
• Houston on National Top 10 List for $1M-Plus Home Sales in Report by Coldwell Banker Previews International [Prime Property]
• Why Houston Is Actually More Affordable Than It Seems [HBJ]
• Hyatt Regency Hotel Houston Galleria Now Open at Sage and West Alabama Roads [HBJ]
• Bernie’s Burger Bus Opening Third Restaurant in the Heights at 2200 Yale in Summer 2016 [Culturemap]
• River Oaks Restaurant State of Grace Opening Today on Westheimer Across from Lamar High School [Culturemap]
• The Underground Caverns That Store Huge Quantities Of Natural Gas Liquids Near the Outskirts of East Houston [Houston Public Media]
• 6 Injured in Scaffolding Collapse at Downtown Apartment Complex Construction Site Next to Minute Maid Park [Houston Public Media]
• Is the Julia Ideson Building Haunted? [Bayou City History]

Photo of BBVA Compass Stadium: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE Selling Uptown’s Marathon Oil Tower for Estimated $300M, According to Real Estate Alert [Realty News Report]
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston Breaks Ground on First Phase of $450M New Campus [HBJ]
• Texas Central Partners Study Estimates Its Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Would Have $36B Impact Over Next 25 Years [The Highwayman]
• HAR.com’s Revamps iPhone and Android Applications To Take on Real Estate Competitor Zillow [HBJ]
• $23M Galveston Beach Expansion Project Halfway Done, 10 Additional Blocks of Beach Now Available [abc13]
• Texas City Dike Reaches 100-Year Anniversary [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Downtown Management District Public Art Program To Add Contemporary Art Installations to Main Street Square [Prime Property]
• Tal’s Hill To Remain in Minute Maid Park for 2016 Season [abc13]

Photo of Neils Esperson Building: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Market ‘Holding Its Own’ with Home Sales Up 3.5%, Median Price Up 4.5% Year-Over-Year in September, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Southwest Officially Opens New International Terminal at Hobby Airport Today [abc13]
• Memorial Hermann Health System To Open Convenient Care Center in Greater Heights [HBJ]
• Why Mixed-Income Apartment Community Avenue Terrace Has a 3- to 6-Month Waiting List [HBJ]
• ‘E-Commerce Store’ Bonobos Guideshop To Open in River Oaks District on Oct. 29 [HBJ]
• Chick-fil-A Rumored To Be In Final Stages of License Agreement with Landry’s for Pleasure Pier Restaurant [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston City Council Approves Arts and Cultural Plan [Houston Public Media]
• Eastwood Historic Home Tour, Bellaire Fall New Homes Showcase This Weekend [Prime Property]
• Artists To Paint Murals in and Around Downtown Starting Oct. 17 as Part of Mural Festival [Dallas Art Dealers Association]

Photo of the Mosaic Condos: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Edifis Group Buys Texas City Shopping Center Palmer Plaza from Weingarten Realty [Realty News Report]
• There’s Some $2.4B Worth of Development Underway Downtown in 30 Projects [Houston Chronicle]
• Kinder Family, Kinder Foundation Take Top Floor of Hines’ San Felipe Place Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Petra Oil Recently Broke Ground for New 65K-SF Campus Near the Tomball Parkway [Houston Chronicle]
• Retail Portion of CityCentre Now 90% Occupied After 6 New Leases from Madewell, West Elm, Others [Prime Property]
• Colorado-Based Chain Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom Plans To Open First Houston Location in Katy [Prime Property]
• Historic Woodland Heights Prairie-Style Mansion at 205 Bayland on the Market for Just Under $3M [Houston Chronicle]
• Homeowners in HISD Won’t See an Increase in Property Tax Rates for 2015-2016 School Year Under New Proposal [Isiah Factor]
• Houston Ranks No. 4 Among the Buggiest Cities Nationally, According to Thumbtack [HBJ]
• Residents of Patton Village Say Water is Making Them Sick [Fox 26 Houston]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool