- Three New Tenants Sign Leases at Energy Tower at 11700 Katy Fwy.; 200K SF of Former Technip Space Still Available for Lease [Prime Property]
- Houston Added More Construction Jobs Than Any Other Major Metro in the U.S. in the Past Year, Finds Survey [Houston Business Journal]
- ExxonMobil Leader Says New Suburban Campus ‘Exceeds Highest Standards of Environmental Compliance,’ Now Has 2,200 Workers Onsite [Houston Chronicle]
- Boheme Owner Plans To Open Brewhub Brewheme at 2505 Mason St. in Mid 2015 [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
- First of New Metro Light Rail Cars Passes Initial Testing [The Highwayman]
- I-45 To Be Shut Down in Both Directions from Woodlands Pkwy. to Highway 242 This Weekend [Click2Houston]
- ‘Hidden History’ Website Overlays State Current Aerial View of Houston with Historic 1900 Map [Houston Chronicle]
- The 11 Houston Buildings That Have Earned the State Antiquities Landmark Designation [Houston Press]
- Communities Like Brownsville That Are Outside the Major Metropolitan Areas Help Keep Texas Booming [Site Selection]
Photo of I-10: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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christ on a cracker. New METRO lines could open in late Feb, but are pushed back to April because of the resources tied up with the rodeo. Nothing more than a circus of cronies dabbling in pet projects, with no accountability to delivering actual mass transit. My prediction for the next METRO cockup: the entire rail system is taken off line for most of 2016 leading up to the super bowl, so they can paint the trains with whatever limp slogan GHP overpays for that year. #DailyMETRORant