Tag: Headlines

• Read King Commercial Planning 130-Acre Waterview Town Center at Grand Parkway and Grand Mission in Fort Bend County [Realty News Report]
• Houston Office Leasing Could See 2 Years of Slow Growth, According to NAI Partners Report [Prime Property]
• Hartman Buys Greenspoint Office Project 400 North Belt from Parkway Properties for $10.2M  [Realty News Report]
• Houston Metro Area Gained 5,100 Construction Jobs in Last Year, Finds Associated General Contractors of America [HBJ]
• PM Realty Group’s Contract To Manage 3 Downtown Chevron Office Buildings Ends July 31; Will Terminate 52 Employees [HBJ]
• Arizona-Based Honest-1 Auto Care Looking To Open and Franchise 30 Locations Throughout the Houston Area in the Next 5 Years [HBJ]
• Sneak Preview of the Alley Theatre Redo [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• ExxonMobil To Get Federal Money To Pay for Cleanup of Baytown, Baton Rouge Refineries [Bloomberg]
• FEMA Has Approved More Than $11M in Individual Assistance for Victims of Last Month’s Floods in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• What Houston’s Sprawl Means for Sam Houston National Forest [Houston Chronicle]
• The Developer Who Helped the First Ward Become Home to the Largest Concentration of Working Artists in Texas [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Food Store at Main and Lamar: Christopher Hysinger via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 189K-SF in Exxon’s Eight Greenspoint Plaza Listed for Sublease at $4 per SF Net [HBJ]
• Memorial Hermann Health System Investing $25M in Expansion at Woodlands Location [HBJ]
• Multifamily Developers Received 24,502 Permits in Year Ending in April 2015, Up 33% from Same Time Last Year [HBJ]
• Arrival of Adjacent Mattress Stores at Westheimer and Montrose ‘Seems To Have Particularly Alarmed Some Residents’ [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston No. 1 on U-Haul Top 10 U.S. Destination Cities for Sixth Consecutive Year [HBJ]
• Some Riders Pushing Back Against Planned Changes in Metro Bus Service Ahead of Aug. 16 Debut [The Highwayman]
• The Past, Present, and Future of Post Oak Blvd. [Houston Chronicle]
• FEMA Opens Mobile Registration Sites in Spring Branch and Meyerland [Houston Public Media]
• Photographs from a Stroll Through Meyerland Near South Braeswood and South Rice After the Floods [OffCite]
• How Brands Saved Houston’s Flood-Ridden Free Press Summer Fest [Billboard]
• 32 Mini Murals Debut on Traffic Control Boxes as Part of Beautification Campaign [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston’s Sprawl Is Making the City Hotter [Houston Public Media]
• What A ‘Houston’ Candle Smells Like [Houstonia]

Photo of 3737 Buffalo Speedway: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Construction Starts on Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Springwoods Village [Realty News Report]
• Boomer Lifestyle Homes About To Start Construction in Westwood on Single-Story ‘Aging in Place’ Homes for Baby Boomers [Houston Chronicle]
• Seventh Area Sprouts Farmers Market Opening Sept. 2 at 2718 Old Charlotte Bayou Rd. in Pearland [HBJ]
• The Texas-Themed Bryan Museum Opening in Former Galveston Orphans Home June 19 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Bids Opened for Work Related to the Widening of U.S. 290 [The Highwayman]
• The 10 Best Bars Near This Weekend’s Free Press Summer Fest [Houston Press]
• How To Get from Houston to Galveston Using Public Transportation in Only 4 Hours [OffCite]
• 2 Sinkholes Have Opened Up on Allison Rd. Near Cottingham St. in Southeast Houston [abc13]

Photo of Free Press Summer Fest setup at NRG Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Leasing at Downtown ‘Trophy Towers’ Slows; 150K SF Year-to-Date, Down from 2.5M Last Year, According to JLL [HBJ]
• Apartment Construction Starts Down 53% in First Quarter of 2015 Year-Over-Year, Finds CMD Group Report [HBJ]
• Developer M Group Planning 230-Unit Apartment Complex off I-45 Between Tanger Outlets and Buc-ees in Texas City [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Florida-Based OrangeTheory Fitness Plans To Add Up to 20 More Houston Locations Within 2 Years [HBJ]
• Workshop Houston Breaks Ground on New Third Ward Campus Born from Rice Design Alliance Charrette, Rice Building Workshop Project [OffCite]
• Economic Impact of Floods Could Be $200M-$550M, According to BBVA Compass Economists [HBJ]
• Hundreds Pack Public Meeting for Flood Victims [Houston Chronicle]
• Gallery Furniture, Mattress Firm Helping Flood Victims by Replacing Damaged Mattresses [HBJ]
• Early Use of New Green and Purple Light Rail Lines Below Daily Ridership Expectations [The Highwayman]
• Metro To Issue Paper Transfers for Cash-Paying Bus Riders, Extend Hours for Toll and Carpool Lanes Starting July 1 [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT Awards Contracts To Add 1 Lane in Each Direction on Highway 290 from Mason Rd. to Badtke [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou’s Rosemont Bridge: Christopher Hysinger via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 300K-SF Suburban-Style Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center Planned for Springwoods Village’s ‘Urban’ District [Prime Property]
• Miami-Based Multifamily Investment Company Opens New Houston Office [Realty News Report]
• Hubbell & Hudson Opening New Tasting-Menu Restaurant Cureight Next to Bistro on June 18 [HBJ]
• Floods Might Add Up To Costly Delays for Retail Construction [HBJ]
• Homes in Flood Plains with ‘Substantial Damage’ May Need to Be Elevated Under Houston Ordinance [abc13]
• 16 City Vehicles Damaged During Last Week’s Floods Because Flood Gate at City Hall Annex’s Underground Parking Garage Was Left Open [Houston Chronicle]
• What To Expect at Free Press Summer Fest This Weekend Now That It’s at NRG Stadium [Houston Chronicle]
• City and Federal Officials To Address Flood Recovery Process at 2 Meetings This Week [Houston Chronicle]
• How To Check for Hidden Water Damage in Your Home Following a Flood [Click2Houston]
• HPD’s Mounted Patrols Have Been Leaving Poop on the Dedicated Lamar St. Bike Lane [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• League City To Install 30K Water Meters 2 Years After Replacing all City Water Meters [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Remembering Houston’s Devastating Flood of 1935 [Houston Chronicle]
• CultureMap Wants To Use Your Mobile Phone To Track What Restaurants and Shops You Visit [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Highlights of the AIA Houston Chapter’s Sandcastle Building Contest [HBJ]

Photo of Marriott Marquis construction: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Small Land Sales Increased 21% Last Year, According to Texas Small Land Sales Report [Prime Property]
• Houston Retail Firm Baker Katz Acquires Federal East Shopping Center off I-10 East [Prime Property]
• Remembering the Shamrock Hotel, Demolished 28 Years Ago [Houston Chronicle]
• Cheat Sheet on the Leanings of 4 Houston Urban Development Think Tanks [Houstonia]
• Houston Needs a Watershed-Specific Flood Alert System [The Urban Edge]
• Road Flooding a Reality in Heavy Houston Rains [The Highwayman]
• Widower Files Lawsuit After Coffin Surfaces from Riceville Cemetery Near Keegans Bayou During Last Week’s Storms [KHOU]
• Should Air Conditioning Be a Basic Human Right in Hot Climates? [Houstonia]
• NRG Stadium Charged $12 for Parking During HISD Graduations [Houston Chronicle]
• The Travails of Mattress Salesmen on One of the Busiest Weekends of the Year [Washington Post]

Photo of Westbury flood aftermath: Swamplot inbox

• Scenes from the Flooding in Minute Maid Park on Saturday [Houston Press]
• Free Press Summer Fest Will Relocate from Flood-Damaged Eleanor Tinsley Park to the Yellow Lot at NRG Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Videos Show Waterlogged Ceiling Inside Baybrook Mall in Friendswood Collapsing During Saturday Rains [Houston Chronicle]
• Controlled Stormwater Releases Will Raise Buffalo Bayou Several Feet Higher Than Normal Over Next Few Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
• No, That Wasn’t a Real Photo of a Shark Swimming Down a Flooded I-45 [Inquisitr]
• 3 Ways To Protect Yourself from Flood Damage Repair Scams [Houston Public Media]
• Official Hurricane Season Begins Today; How Weather Forecasting Has improved [Houston Public Media]
• What ‘Mixed Use’ Really Means [The Urban Edge]
• Number of Houston Homes Valued $250K and Greater Will Increase More Than 40% by 2020, Esri Predicts [HBJ]
• The Top 3 Things Millennial Buyers Look for in Homes, According to Metrostudy [HBJ]
• Exciting New Businesses Opening Along Cypress Creek Pkwy. Include Shamrocks Pub, Mattress Firm, Mattress One, Chick-fil-A, OfficeMax [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Toll Road Authority Suspends Toll Hike on I-10 Managed Lanes To Weigh Additional Options [Houston Chronicle]
• Crews To Start Rebuilding Post Oak Blvd. Next Month To Prepare for Bus Rapid Transit Line [Houston Public Media]
• Between May 2013 and April 2014 There Were at Least 950 Crashes Involving Bicyclists within Houston City Limits, Including at Least 213 Hit-and-Runs [Houston Press]
• 10 Major Changes in the Plans To Expand I-45 You Might Not Know About [OffCite]

• Tons of Debris Now Being Collected from 4,000 Flood-Damaged Buildings [Houston Public Media]
• Flooded-Out Homeowners: Fix Up and Move Back In, Sell As Is, Tear Down and Build New, or Move? [Houston Chronicle]
• Project Brays Improvements Saved Homes, but Construction Delays Meant Waters Still Rose in Upstream Neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle]
• More Than a Dozen State Parks Damaged By Flooding Close or Partially Close in Wake of Storm [Houston Public Media]
• Swollen Rivers and Lakes May Not Return to Normal Levels Until July in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Gator Catchers See Increase in Business [Houston Chronicle]
• Aloft Can Move Forward with Redeveloping 820 Fannin St. into Hotel After Building Permit Approved [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• First Residents Begin Moving into Vargos on the Lake on Former Site of Vargo’s Restaurant Near Piney Point Village [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• 28 New Darling Homes Coming to Gated Parkway Terrace on Eldridge Near Westheimer [HBJ]
• 24-Megawatt Hydroelectric Plant Now Under Construction at Lake Livingston [Fuel Fix]
• New Caney Theme Park Grand Texas Master Plan Reworked To Accommodate Slipped Construction Timeline, Add Outlet Mall [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Sigma Brewing Company Set To Open in East Downtown Toward the End of This Year at 3118 Harrisburg Blvd. [HBJ]
• Star Cinema Grill Building New 42K-SF Dine-In Movie Theater Near Westpark Tollway and Grand Pkwy. Set To Open in Fall 2016 [HBJ]
• Flow Juice Bar Coming to Uptown Park, Next to the Tasting Room [HBJ]
• Florida-Based PDQ Opening May 31 in Bunker Hill, Cypress Location To Follow Later This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro Considering Building Parking Garage or Using Lottery for Spaces in Existing Park-and-Ride Lot at I-10 and the Grand Pkwy. [Houston Public Media]
• David Adickes’ Beatles Statues Moving from I-10 and Taylor To Artist’s New Offices off Nance To Make Way for New Nightclub Parking [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of I-45 from North St. on Tuesday: Bill Shirley [license]

• Death Toll from Storms Increases to 7 in Houston as Flood Waters Recede [Houston Chronicle]
• Floods in Houston No Surprise, Despite Control Efforts [Time]
• In Texas, Race To Build in Hazardous Places Outpaces Flood-Risk Studies, Warming Impacts [New York Times]
• How the Recent Floods Stack Up Against Houston’s Other Catastrophic Rainstorms [Houston Chronicle]
• Displaced Alligator Captured Outside West Houston Office Building Along the Katy Fwy. [abc13]
• Touring Allen Pkwy. by Kayak [YouTube]
• Grand Opening for Renovated Buffalo Bayou Park Delayed from June to the Fall [Houston Chronicle]
• Expect To See More Mosquitoes in the Next Couple of Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
• Never Mind the Flooding, Free Press Summer Fest Will Play Eleanor Tinsley Park in 9 Days [Houston Press]
• CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Has No Comment on the $16M Worth of Building Permits It’s Filed with the City for McNair Campus [HBJ]
• Galveston Restaurant BLVD. Seafood To Open Soon in Former Convenience Store at 28th and Seawall [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Del Frisco’s Grille Opening Friday in Hughes Landing in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro Board May Raise Outbound Peak Toll Price $2 on I-45 North of Downtown, U.S. 59 Southwest of Downtown, U.S. 290 Northwest of Loop 610 [The Highwayman]
• New Mural on Breakfast Klub Building in Midtown Honors Jesse Owens [Houston Press]
• Series of Meetings Scheduled for Public Input on Houston Bike Plan [Montrose District]
• Handcrafted Details of the New Katy Chick-Fil-A [Community Impact Newspaper]
• How Houston Has Heeded That Ancient ‘Live Like People, Not Like Bees’ Billboard on the Gulf Fwy. [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of I-45 North on Tuesday: Marc Longoria

• State of Disaster Declared in Houston After Flooding Kills at Least 4 [Reuters]
• Even in Flood-Prone Houston, 11 Inches of Rain Catches Many Unprepared [L.A. Times]
• Hundreds of Homes Flooded Along Brays Bayou [KHOU]
• Flood Raises Casket from Historic Riceville Cemetery in Southwest Houston Near Keegans Bayou [KHOU]
• Kingwood in Store for Rapid Transformation with Growth from Grand Parkway, Generation Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Construction Now Underway on New A.D. Players Theater on Westheimer at Yorktown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Housing Market Hasn’t Been Affected Much by Downturn in Oil Industry, Says Real Estate Center Economist at Texas A&M [Prime Property]
• Most Houston Apartments Lack Gym, Pool, On-Site Laundry, Finds Apartments.com [HBJ]
• How Houston’s East End Finally Got a Rail Line [The Urban Edge Blog]
• Young Urban Farmers on the Rise in Texas [MyFoxHouston; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of casket on Keegans Bayou hike and bike trail: KHOU

• Heavy Rains Flood Freeways, Close Schools, Delay Bus Service This Morning [Houston Chronicle]
• Mississippi-Based Fast-Casual Restaurant Newk’s Eatery Opening 9 New Houston Locations in the Next 5 Years [HBJ]
• Radical Eats Has Closed in ‘Jinxed’ Montrose Location at 507 Westheimer [Culturemap]
• Houston Developer PinPoint Commercial Launches Senior Living Company To Focus on New Developments in Texas, New Mexico [HBJ]
• Landscape Architects West 8 Conducting Site Analysis for Houston Botanic Garden [Arch Paper]
• Moody Foundation Donating $1M To Renovate Historic Galveston Arts Center Building Damaged By Ike [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Harris County’s Newly Expanded and Renovated Emergency Operations Center [Houston Public Media]
• Deadline To Protest State Property Tax Hikes is June 1 [Houston Public Media]
• Houston, Dallas Among the Top 5 Most Affordable Rental Markets for Recent Grads, Finds Trulia [Culturemap]
• Budget Writers Remove Senate-Inserted Rider That Would Have Killed Privately-Funded Dallas-to-Houston High-Speed Rail [Dallas Morning News; more info]

Photo of Galleria garage this morning: cheyne’ nechelle

• Metro’s 2 New Light Rail Lines Officially Open Tomorrow with Concert, Free Rides [Houston Public Media]
• Houston-Based Moody National REIT I Buying 149 Hotels in 32 States from Goldman Sachs for $1.7B [Realty News Report]
• Transwestern Developing Pasadena Shopping Center Called the Market at Crenshaw on Nearly 24 Acres Along Beltway 8 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Rent Growth Has Slowed for 4 Straight Months; Rents Now Dropping on an Annual Basis in Montrose—River Oaks Area, Finds Axiometrics [HBJ]
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To Start Pumping 725,000 Cubic Yards of Sand from Ship Channels to Galveston’s Beaches Next Month [Galveston County Daily News]
• Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth Among Top 10 U.S. Cities with Largest Population Gains from 2013 to 2014 [Houston Public Media]
• First of 15 Planned Houston Locations of Pizza Chain Your Pie Will Open Downtown at SkyHouse Houston in October [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Super Bowl LI Will Be Held at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 [Ultimate Texans]

Photo of the Galleria: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Everson Developments Planning Retail, Medical, and Commercial Development on 11 Acres at Research Forest Dr. and Egypt Ln. in Magnolia [Prime Property]
• San Jacinto College Building New 57-Acre Campus in Generation Park [Prime Property]
• Worthing Cos. Planning 328-Unit Apartment Complex on 15.4 Acres in East Village Section of Harper’s Preserve [Prime Property]
• Tipler Design & Build Starts Construction on 147 Resort Homes in Tiger Woods Golf Course Community Bluejack National [HBJ]
• More Details on La Grange, the Cantina Opening May 26 in Former EJ’s Spot in Montrose [Culturemap]
• B&B Butchers and Restaurant Opening May 26 in Dittman Bakery Building at 1814 Washington Ave. [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Clear Lake Shores To Host Trial Run of Food Truck Park This Weekend at 1002 Marina Bay Dr. [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Apartment List Survey Grades Houston a ‘D’ on How Satisfied Renters Are To Live Here [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Ranks in Bottom Third of National Parks Survey, with Low Marks on Accessibility [Houston Public Media]
• Animated Map TRAVIC Shows Mass Transit on the Move in Major Cities Across the Globe, Including Houston [The Highwayman; map here]

Photo of Greenway Plaza: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Tool-Flo To Move into New 80K-SF Headquarters, Manufacturing Facility in Pearland [HBJ]
• Groundbreaking Ceremony for Midtown Superblock Scheduled for May 28 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• A Week After Opening, Bayou Bend Business Park in Southwest Houston Is 63% Leased [HBJ]
• Most Expensive Real Estate in Houston, per SF: A Plot in Glenwood Cemetery [HBJ]
• The 40 Most Expensive Houston Neighborhoods To Rent an Apartment, According to Apartment List [HBJ]
• Framing Goes Up on First-Floor Addition of Jacked-Up Heights House at 500 Teetshorn [Prime Property]
• I-10 Toll Rates To Increase by up to $1.20 Starting May 30 To Help Ease Congestion During Peak Hours [Houston Chronicle]
• The Evolution of Houston’s Light Rail [Houston Public Media]
• Sprawl Creates Challenges for New On-Demand Delivery Services Setting Up in Houston [HBJ]
• Industry-Friendly Bills Would Weaken Citizens’ Ability To Request Environmental Hearings by Putting Burden of Proof on Protestors [Houston Chronicle]
• Lakeside Homeowners Want To Suspend Plan To Tap Lake Conroe for Drinking Water [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Wood Partners apartments, 4020 Koehler St.: Swamplot inbox

• Kirksey Report Predicts Recent Increases in Core and Shell Construction Costs for Houston Office Buildings Will Flatten This Summer, May Drop in Fall [HBJ]
• Greenville, South Carolina-Based Land Brokerage Firm National Land Realty Expanding into Houston [HBJ]
• Select Specialty Hospital — Houston Heights at 1917 Ashland St. To Close by July 3 [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at La Grange, Opening in Former EJ’s Spot in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• Fluff Bake Bar To Open in Midtown at 314 Gray on May 28 [Food Chronicles; previously on Swamplot]
• Full Text of Metro’s Agreement with U.S. Rep. John Culberson for University Line Referendum, Commuter Rail Line on U.S. 90A [Houston Chronicle]
• Bill Signed into Law by Gov. Abbott Will Make It Tougher for Cities To Regulate Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking [Houston Public Media]

Photo of I-10 at Yale St.: Swamplot inbox