- Crane Pops Up at Construction Site of Skansa’s Delayed Capitol Tower Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Houston Housing Authority Breaks Ground on Mixed-Income Complex in Independence Heights [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
- Houston Topped Nation in Housing Permits Authorized Between 2010 and 2016, Based on Census Bureau Data [Forbes]
- Houston Apartment Market Ranked the Riskiest Nationally for Multifamily Investors by MPF Research [HBJ]
- New Target Store Prototype To Debut near Richmond in October [Houston Chronicle]
- King’s BierHaus To Open in the Heights Next Month [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
- Report: Houston Has Lowest Number of Farmer’s Markets Per Capita Compared to Austin, Dallas, San Antonio [HBJ]
- How Drones Are Used in Houston’s Oil and Gas Industry [Click2Houston]
- In a City Where Bigger Is Better, Can Houston Build a Startup Scene? [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Hotel Boom in Dallas, Houston, and Austin Driven by Corporate Relocation, Population Growth [New York Times ($)]
Photo of Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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I’m glad they’re starting Capitol Tower back up. The designs released were really nice. Instead we got a parking garage that is easily the ugliest structure in downtown. It seriously looks like a prison with it’s exposed concrete and chain link fences.
If you value your safety, never get between Queen Sheila and a television camera.