Tag: Headlines

• New Multifamily Project Regalia at the Park To Break Ground on Crawford at Commerce St. Downtown [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Black Real Estate Association To Host Expo Saturday To Advocate for Increased African-American Home Ownership [Houston Chronicle]
• In East Houston, 80% of Harvey High-Water Rescue Calls Were Outside of the Flood Plain [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT To Waive Over $1B in Toll Road Fees and Fines [abc13]
• New 2.6-Mile Segment of Sims Bayou Greenway Unveiled [abc13]
• Smoke Visible from Explosion at Valero Refinery in Texas City Could Be Seen for Miles Away [abc13]

Photo of Heights Bike and Hike Trail over White Oak Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Vacancy Rate Highest It’s Been in More Than 20 Years, According to CBRE Representative [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Energy Corridor Building One Park 10 Finalizes 30,715 SF of New Office Leases [Realty News Report]
• Texas Homeowners Say Harvey-Damaged Homes Are Worse Off After PREPS Program [AP]
• Greater Houston Community Foundation Launching Online System To Connect Harvey Victims with Repair Services [HBJ]
• Restaurant Growth Continues in Cy-Fair as Population Expands [Houston Chronicle]
• Heights Food Truck Victorian’s Barbecue Opening Brick-and-Mortar Location on N. York St. South of Canal [Houston Food Finder]
• Walking and Biking Are Highly Hazardous in Some Houston Neighborhoods [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Houston Ave. at Woodland Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Top Houston Neighborhoods for 10-Year Appreciation in Land Value [HBJ]
• H-E-B Opening New Houston Location Today Near Spring [HBJ]
• Amaya Coffee Joining Downtown Food Hall Finn Hall [Eater Houston]
• Assessing Houston’s Bike Plan a Year After It Passed [Houston Public Media]
• Majority of New Texas Residents Moving to ‘Newer Suburbs and Exurbs,’ Finds Latest Census Data [Houston Public Media]
• How the Bat Colony at the Waugh Bridge Is Doing Months After Harvey [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Meyer Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Avera Cos. Planning New Distribution Building in Pasadena [Realty News Report]
• First Phase of Houston Botanic Garden Master Plan To Open in Late 2020 at Former Glenbrook Park Golf Course [HBJ]
• VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa Opening Third Houston Location in Katy’s Stableside at Falcon Landing [Houston Chronicle]
• Stars of ‘The Little Couple’ Lower Price on Their Houston Home Again to $999,000 [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• It’s Harder To Find a Job in Houston Than in Austin or San Antonio, Reports Indeed [HBJ]
• Captain Brad’s Coastal Kitchen Coming to Northpointe Center in Tomball [Houston Chronicle]
• City Planning To Build 50 Miles of New Bike Paths in the Next 12 Months [KHOU]
• EPA Removes San Jacinto Waste Pits from Pruitt’s Short List Now That Cleanup Plan Has Progressed [NPR]

Photo of Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pearland’s Lonza Viral Therapy Biotech Building Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Clay Development To Buy Vacant Kennametal Industrial Building for New Development Dubbed Offices @ North Post Oak [Houston Chronicle]
• The Economic Growth Challenges Facing Houston’s Suburbs [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Eight Elements of a Successful Innovation District [The Urban Edge]
• FEMA Praises Houston’s New Floodplain Regulations [Houston Chronicle]
• Raw Fish Restaurant Diced Poke Debuts at Mid Main Lofts [Eater Houston]
• Taiwanese Sweet Shop 85C Bakery Café Planning New Houston Location in Friendswood [Eater Houston]
• Hearsay Bar Opening in the James Fadden Building in Downtown Galveston [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• David Adickes Piece ‘Art is Everywhere in Houston’ Installed Along I-10 Near Yale [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: Scenes from the 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Art Car Parade: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Second Phase of Fallbrook Pines Business Park Under Construction in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner Reveals Plans Thursday To Transform Former Midtown Sears into an Innovation Hub [Bisnow]
• Signorelli Co. Building New Subdivision Called Granger Pines Near Conroe [HBJ]
• Kelvin St. Senior Living Tower Dubbed The Village of Southampton Now on the Rise [HBJ]
• Kings Cove Apartments in Kingwood Wraps Up $6M Renovation After Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Sears Looking To Unload 3 Houston-Area Retail Stores Through Online Auction [HBJ]
• South Korean Soft Serve Chain Milkcow To Debut on S. Mason Rd. off Highland Knolls [Eater Houston]
• Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café Opens New Location in Katy [Eater Houston]
• National Weather Service Officially Retires ‘Harvey’ as a Hurricane Name [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Bellaire H-E-B: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Down for First Time Since Hurricane Harvey, Finds Latest HAR Report [Houston Chronicle]
• $20M River Oaks Mansion Built for Saudi Prince Still on the Market [HBJ]
• Walmart Opening New Store in Fulshear, Remodeling 12 Houston-Area Locations [HBJ]
• Grand Texas To Open Newly-Built New Caney Water and Adventure Parks in June [HBJ]
• Market Square Tower on Preston St. To Welcome New Restaurant Coterie This Summer [HBJ]
• Taqueria Barba Food Truck’s Brick-and-Mortar Cantina Barba Location on N. Main and Pecore Nears Opening [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Inner Loop Sandwich Shop Maine-ly Sandwiches Expands to Cy-Fair [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Houston Makes Latest U.S. News & World Report List of Best Places To Live in the U.S. [Culturemap]
• Texas House To Study How Energy Exploration and Production Impose Wear and Tear on State and County Roads [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of the Galleria: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Office Vacancy Rate at Highest Point Since 1995 [Realty News Report]
• Harvey-Damaged United Orthodox Synagogue Demolished [abc13]
• More Than 2,000 Harris County Households Still in Transitional Housing 7 Months After Harvey [Houston Public Media]
• How Houston Homebuilders Are Handling the Post-Harvey Market [Houston Agent Magazine]
• Greater Houston Builders Association Focusing on New Floodplain Rules [HBJ ($)]
• Katy ISD To Break Ground on Bond-Funded Agriculture Sciences Center [HBJ]
• Sushi Spot Nobu Set To Debut First Houston Location in the Galleria in June [Eater Houston]
• Second True Food Kitchen in Houston Opening Next Month in The Woodlands [HBJ]
• The Home Features, Amenities, and Design Styles That Have the Greatest Effect with Buyers, According to Zillow [Culturemap]
• EPA Moves Forward on San Jacinto Waste Pits Site Cleanup with $115M Agreement [Houston Public Media]
• Inside the Astrodome’s Pre-Renovation ‘Domecoming’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Skanska Tops Out on 35-Story Capitol Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• United General Hospital Taking Over Nearly a Quarter of 7501 Fannin Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Community College To Break Ground Tomorrow on Downtown Culinary Arts Building [HBJ]
• CBRE: Houston Industrial Activity Is Pushing New Construction Outward [HBJ ($)]
• Plans for Gulf Coast Public Market in Dickinson Move Forward [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• 40-Year-Old Downtown Restaurant Treebeards Considering Expansion [HBJ $)]
• Underbelly Selling Off Furniture That Won’t Fit in Smaller UB Preserv Space [Eater Houston]
• 610 Exit Ramp at Post Oak Blvd. Closed for 8 Months for Bus Lane Project [HBJ]
• CenterPoint Energy Completes 60-Mile Transmission Line Project That Will Bring More Power to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Pollution Rules Suspended Since Harvey Now Back in Effect [Houston Public Media]
• Slideshow: Houston Buildings and Landmarks Under Construction [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the George R. Brown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HFF Acquiring Renovated Montrose Apartment Complex 1218 Jackson [Houston Chronicle]
• Intrepid Business Park in Northwest Houston Trades Hands [HBJ]
• HomeGoods and Marshalls Join Grand Central Park’s 336 Marketplace in Conroe [HBJ]
• Aladdin Mediterranean Cuisine Eyeing June 1 Oak Forest Soft Opening [The Leader]
• Hurricane Harvey Still Buoying Houston’s Multifamily Market [Bisnow]
• Houston One of 22 Cities To Join Smart Cities Collaborative Focused on Addressing Transportation Problems [HBJ]
• Improvements Planned for Third Ward Streets [abc13]
• Houston Lags Behind San Antonio, Austin in Solar Power Gains [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Environment Texas: State’s Companies Faced Minimal Enforcement for Recent Releases into Waterways [Houston Chronicle]
• Forecasters Predict 2018 Hurricane Season Won’t Be As Bad as 2017 [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of City Hall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• $150M Live and Work Campus Dubbed The Cannon Breaks Ground North of I-10 and West of the Beltway [HBJ ($)]
• Stag Industrial Buys Brookhollow West Business Park in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Braun Enterprises Acquires Former Aztec Rentals Center in Garden Oaks [HBJ ($)]
• Main Building of Houston Tech Innovation District Slated for Former Sears Location in Midtown [HBJ ($)]
• Senior Living Community Planned for Atascocita [HBJ]
• Fiesta Mart Signs 2 Leases for New Houston HQ Near the Galleria [HBJ]
• Postino Wine Cafe To Debut at the Heights Mercantile on April 11 [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• City Council Approves Post-Harvey Floodplain Rule in 9-7 Vote [The Texas Tribune]
• 5 Key Points When It Comes to Flood Mitigation [The Urban Edge]
• More Than 1,300 Homes in Harris County Have 50-50 Chance of Flooding Every Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Hurricane Harvey Blamed for Overcrowding at the Harris County Jail [Houston Chronicle]
• First Redesigned Flood Warning Sign Planned on Studemont Near Washington [KHOU]

Photo of mural on Bayou City Cycles, 1303 Cullen Blvd.: Leonid Notax via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Brookfield Property Partners Buying Owner of 5 Houston Malls [Houston Chronicle]
• JLL Houston: Office Leasing Up in the Galleria [HBJ ($)]
• Chain Restaurant Dedicated to Chicken Salad Opening Somewhere in Houston [Eater Houston]
• Pappy’s Cafe Reopening at New Location on Katy Fwy. at Dairy Ashford This Thursday [Houston Chronicle]
• Hungry Howie’s Pizza Inks Deal for Fifth Houston Location in the Crescent Park Shopping Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Tiki Bar Kanaloa Taking Over Former Market Square Bar & Grill Space Downtown [Houston Food Finder]
• 1,936 of Bellaire’s 6,688 Homes Flooded During Hurricane Harvey [Realty News Report]
• San Jacinto River Authority To Start Working on Flood Control Efforts [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Homeowners Spend on Average $15,904 To Sell Their Home, Finds Zillow-Thumbtack Study [Culturemap]
• Rice Design Alliance 2018 Architecture Tour To Feature Homes by Female Designers, Architects [HBJ]

Photo of River Oaks Country Club: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Available Houston Sublease Space Increased to 9.4M SF in March, Finds NAI Partners Report [Realty News Report]
• 28-Story Downtown Tower Catalyst About 30% Leased as It Nears Opening [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Chicago-Based Waterton Acquires 330-Unit Apartment Complex Carrington at Barker Cypress [Houston Chronicle]
• Developers on Affordable Housing Roadblocks in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Is 2 Ft. the Right Height for Homes in Houston’s Floodplains? [Houston Chronicle]
• Braeswood Place Home Designed by Lucian Hood and Phillip G. Willard on the Market for $1.275M [Houston Chronicle]
• Harvey-Damaged La Fisheria Reopens Downtown Near Market Square Park [Eater Houston]
• Shaved Ice Shop Snowy Village Planned for Bellaire Blvd. Near Corporate Dr. [Eater Houston]
• Houston Businesses Continue To See Economic Impact of Astros’ World Series Win [Cilck2Houston]
• Parking Near Minute Maid Park as High as $60 at Astros Home Opener [abc13]
• Houston Officials Brainstorming ‘Reverse 911’ Flood Warning System [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Discovery Green: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Hotels Return to Normal Occupancy Rates After Harvey [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• What Houston Can Learn from New York’s Flood Projects [Houston Public Media]
• Master-Planned Community Harmony Opens News Section in Spring [HBJ]
• $15M Sports Medicine Facility Breaks Ground at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital [HBJ]
• Griffin Partners Acquires 3-Building Office Complex The Loop Central [HBJ]
• H-E-B Picks Up Land in Sealy for Store with a Pharmacy, Fuel Station and Car Wash [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Getting Fast-Casual Indian Chains Kumar’s and Godavari [Eater Houston]
• ‘MasterChef’ Winner Christine Ha Joining Downtown Food Hall Bravery Chef Hall [Houston Chronicle]
• Austin-Based Hat Creek Burger Co. Opening 4 Houston Locations [HBJ]
• Lake Conroe Reopens After High Water Levels Recede [abc13]
• A Garden Oaks Remodel Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Homes [The Leader]

Photo of Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Column”: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool