Tag: Headlines

• Moody National’s 182-Room Residence Inn by Marriott Now Open Near NRG Stadium at 7807 Kirby Dr. [HBJ]
• After Recent Renovations, 1415 Louisiana Considers Adding Coworking Space [Bisnow]
• New Broadstone Apartment Projects on Chelsea Market Site, Near Memorial Park Start Construction August 1st [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Pasadena’s Bay Area Business Park Adding Additional 1.3M SF in Phase 3 of Development [Bisnow]
• New Houston Libraries Should Be Modeled on Palm Center’s Young Library [OffCite; previously on Swamplot]
• Feng Cha Teahouse Opening Second Houston Area Location in Sugar Land’s University Commons [Eater]
• Study Finds 59% of People Whose Homes Were Damaged as a Result of Hurricane Harvey Experience ‘Intrusive Thoughts’ About Storm [Houston Public Media]
• Berlin Considering Barring Landlords Who Own 3K+ Units from Operating in the City [CityLab]

Photo of Hobby Airport: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First of 6 Corky’s BBQ Houston-Area Locations Now Open in Katy [Culturemap]
• Lax Regulations on Cheaper — but Flammable — Wood Construction is Partly Why New Apartment Midrises Look the Same Everywhere [Bloomberg Businessweek]
• Renderings of Houston Trust’s New Greenway Plaza Digs at 3737 Buffalo Speedway [HBJ ($)]
• Flood Pool Homeowners’ Lawsuit Over Harvey Flooding Could Shape Legal Precedent [Houston Public Media]
• New Energy Corridor Sichuan Restaurant Wula Buhuan Now Open in Former Great W’kana Cafe Spot [Eater]
• City Gives EaDo’s Truck Yard a Green Light To Bring Food Trucks Back This Weekend [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
• William Fulton: Lack of Government Restrictions on Investments Could Cause Gentrification on Steroids in Opportunity Zones [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Fulton St. at Boundary St.: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• D’Agostino Cos. Planning 39K SF Medical Building with Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Services in Sugar Land’s Telfair [Bisnow]
• Avenue CDC Putting Proposed W. 34th St. Housing Project on Hold [Houston Chronicle]
• Slowpokes, Kenny & Ziggy’s Commissary Headed for Spring Branch Shopping Center at 8141 Long Point Rd. for Braun Enterprises Redevelopment Project [HBJ]
• New Owner of Washington Corridor’s Star Fish Rebranding as 1751 Sea and Bar After Renovations [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• New Bipartisan Bills Introduced To Allow Craft Breweries To Sell Beer To Go in Texas [HBJ ($)]
• Park Place Baptist Church’s Midcentury Digs at 4104 Broadway May Be Headed for Demo [Houston Chronicle; petition; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Dean’s at 316 Main St.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• State Rep Calanni Introduces Bill To Accelerate Tax Credit Applications for Housing Projects in Houston’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction [Houston Chronicle]
• Local Artists Design Houston-Centric Monuments for Buffalo Bayou Park’s New Art Installation along Allen Parkway [Culturemap]
• Owners of Turkey Leg Hut at 4830 Almeda Rd. Opening Daiquiri Hut Next Door in Former Scrappy Brown’s Spot [Eater]
• Photos: John Staub’s 1948 Reinterpretation of a Prairie-Style House in River Oaks Hits the Market after Expansion Added [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor Turner Announces 100% of Potholes Reported to 311 Last Year were Repaired by the Next Day [Houston Public Media]
• Rice Architecture Students Teamed Up with Nonprofit Agape Development To Build Tiny Homes in Third Ward [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Chevron building at 1400 Smith St.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pulte Planning 260-Home Development Called Pine Grove on 60 Acres off Cypresswood Dr. in Spring [HBJ ($)]
• Doyle’s Restaurant To Relocate and Downsize After 62 Years in Oak Forest, Leaving Land on W. 34th Open for Nearby Apartment Development [Houston Chronicle]
• ‘Boutique’ Office Buildings in the Suburbs Becoming Increasingly Common Among Houston Metro Office Development [Bisnow]
• Payless ShoeSource Closing All Retail Locations, Including About 50 in the Houston Area [HBJ]
• Pasadena’s Former Town Square Mall Ready To Go Colonial [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of former Texas Junk Warehouse at 215 Welch St.: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BB’s Cafe Opening 10th Location in Former Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet Building on Bay Area Blvd. in Clear Lake [Eater]
• Home Depot Leasing 770,640SF Warehouse in Hines’s 102-Acre Grand National Park Next to Sam Houston Race Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Hollywood Gym Chain Barry’s Bootcamp Opening Soon in River Oaks Shopping Center [Culturemap]
• Samsung Opening Experience Store in the Galleria Next Week [HBJ]
• Mayor Turner Takes the Stage at Travis Scott’s Toyota Center ‘Astroworld’ Concert To Boost Idea of New Year-Round Amusement Park for Houston [Click2Houston]
• 15-Story Office Building with Ground Floor Retail Going Up Between Highland Village Shopping Center and River Oaks District Should Be Complete by Next Spring [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
• Amazon Backs Out of Plans for NYC Headquarters [New York Times]
• Marquette Cos. Planning 8-Story, 293-Unit Apartment Building with Restaurants Below Near Intersection of Navigation and Canal [HBJ ($)]

Photo of Mason Park Bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Dallas-Based HistoryMaker Homes Now Building in Fulshear, Conroe, Iowa Colony, Klein [Houston Chronicle]
• Landscape Architecture Firm Nelson Byrd Woltz Opened Houston Office in Upper Kirby To Be Close to Memorial Park, Rothko Chapel, Ismaili Center Projects [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Plastic Logistics Co. Plantgistix Opening 337K SF Facility in AmeriPort Industrial Park in Baytown [HBJ]
• Stuff’d Wings Will Be Serving Mac & Cheese Stuffed Chicken Wings in the Building Behind its Food Truck at 6402 Tierwester St. [Eater]
• Slowpokes Coffee’s Second Location in Levy Park Now Open at 2925 Richmond Ave. [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
• Transwestern Developing 884K SF Distribution Center on 60 Acres off Fairbanks N. Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Developer Planning Affordable Housing Complex in the Heights Says It’ll Probably Be 5 Stories, Not 10 [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Joan Miró Personage and Birds sculpture at JPMorgan Chase Tower: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Six Flags Rebranding Splashtown to ‘Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown’ [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Grab-and-Go Meal Spot Borgo Food Station at 3641 W. Alabama Rebranding as Dine-In Italian Eatery Mina Ristorante [Eater]
• D.R. Horton Requesting Variance for 160-Acre Community Called City Park Near 288 and Orem Dr. [HBJ ($)]
• Midcentury Braes Heights Shopping Center Getting New Facade, Parking Changes [Houston Chronicle]
• Silicon Valley Firm Bill.com, Inc. Picks 25K SF in Westchase CityWest Development for Second Location [HBJ ($)]
• UT Students Found Startup for Folks Traveling Texas on Business To Be Shuttled Around by Private Drivers in Teslas [Culturemap]
• Ex-Pro Wrestler Brooke Adams Suing Former Landlord for Evicting Her from Heights-Area Home Over Emotional Support Dog [Houston Chronicle]
• Planned 357-Unit Apartment Complex at 10333 Clay Rd. Mostly Outside 500-Year Flood Plain Appears To Be a Project of Slate Real Estate Partners [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• New Winery Opening Next to Great Heights Brewing Co. Serving Houston-Fermented Wines in Forthcoming 2k SF Tasting Room and Pup-Friendly Patio [Eater]
• Former Leaders of Harmony and YES Prep Schools Seeking Campuses for New HISD Charter Schools [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Houston City Hall: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Justin Yu and Bobby Heugel’s New Heights Eatery Squable Aiming for Spring Opening in Former Southern Goods Space on W. 19th [Eater]
• Firefighters Awaiting Emergency Demo Permit After Roof Collapses on Vacant Strip Club at Crosstimbers and Fulton [Click2Houston]
• La Macro Taco Truck Moving into Former Mam’s House of Ice Location at 1040 W. Cavalcade St. [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Killen’s New Woodlands Location in Former Bob’s Steak & Chop House Building Could Open Within 60 Days [HBJ]
• After Closing Last Year for Extensive Interior Renovations, Uptown Sushi Set To Reopen Pending Inspection [Eater]
• Lone Star College Teams Up with Fallbrook Church To Build 50K SF Facility on Church’s North Houston Campus [Houston Chronicle]
• Well-Fed Tiger Found in Garage of Vacant Home on Ave. J Spends the Night at BARC Shelter Before Going to New Sanctuary Home [Click2Houston]

Photo of Mason Park Bridge: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Groundbreaking Held This Weekend for New 90K SF Third Ward H-E-B at 288 and N. MacGregor [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Faulty Heater Sparks Fire in Apartments on S. Post Oak and Willowbend After Hearing-Impaired Man Died in Fire There Just Last Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Owners of Now-Closed Great W’Kana Cafe Debut New Indian Eatery inside Kirby Collection Today [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
• Montrose Center Files Building Permit for LGBTQ Senior Living Apartments at 2222 Cleburne [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Three Alarm Fire Rips Through The Plaza on Westheimer Apartments on Corner of Westheimer and Briargrove Dr. [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown’s Total Plaza Planning Upgrades as Anchor Tenant Total Renews Lease, Increasing Office Space by Almost 20% [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Preston and Main: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Endowment Buys 1.5 Acres Overlooking Spotts Park To Build New HQ on Former YWCA Site [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Discovery Green Renovations Include More Playgrounds, Energy Efficient Lighting, and a Repurposed Hill [Houston Chronicle]
• After All That Flooding, Houston’s Midcentury Homes Are Disappearing [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Chinese Company Hailiang Group Applying for Tax Incentives for New Manufacturing Facility on 57 Acres in Sealy [HBJ ($)]
• After Losing Last Studio to Harvey, KHOU Moving into New Digs at 5718 Westheimer This Week [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Besting Rem Koolhaas, Studio Gang, and David Chipperfield, Architect Farshid Moussavi Selected to Design Long-Promised Ismaili Center at Corner of Allen Pkwy. and Montrose [Houston Chronicle]
• If Killen’s BBQ Pizza Experiment with Papa John’s Goes Well, Houston Could Score a Killen’s-Brand Pizzeria [Culturemap]
• Braun Enterprises Buys Yorktown Plaza Near Galleria with Renovation, Retail Redevelopment Plans [HBJ]
• Two Former Uchi Chefs Team Up for Kokoro, a Sushi Spot Opening Soon at Bravery Chef Hall Downtown [Eater]
• Dollar Tree has Tentative Plans for 1.2M SF Distribution Center in Rosenberg [HBJ]
• Junior’s Produce To Take Over Canino’s Spot Selling Farm-Fresh Goods at Heights Farmers Market [Houston Chronicle]
• Coworking Company Spaces Doubles Houston Locations, Leasing Space in GreenStreet, CityCentre [HBJ]
• Newly Elected Fort Bend DA Asks School Board To Halt Construction and Keep Convict Remains in Their Resting Place [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Hardy Yards: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Had the Fifth-Highest Gross Square Footage Per Capita of New LEED-Certified Space in the Country Last Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Seeking Tax Incentives for New Facility on 1,700 Acres in Orange, Texas [HBJ ($)]
• Congresswoman Fletcher Vows To Help METRO Seek Funding, Support for Public Transit Expansion [Houston Public Media]
• Wood Partners Building 7-Story, 204-Unit Alta Washington Avenue Apartments on Former Industrial Site [PR Newswire; previously on Swamplot]
• Pearland Delays Planned Med Center and Downtown Park and Ride Routes from Shadow Creek Ranch [Community Impact]
• Houston Trust Ditches Downtown Office Space, Leaving 1001 Fannin for 3737 Buffalo Speedway [HBJ ($)]
• Galveston Officials Deviating from Street-Focused Approach of 2003 Drainage Plan, Instituting More Stringent Drainage Requirements for New Developments [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Stude Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• New Common Bond Locations Opening in Med Center, Heights, Midtown, Plus 2 More Yet To Be Confirmed [Culturemap]
• 1415 Louisiana’s New Top-Floor Restaurant Strato 550 Will Be Houston’s Highest Vantage Point Open To the Public [HBJ]
• Richmond’s Farm-Centric Harvest Green Community Adding 290 New Homesites to Existing 1,300 Acres [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Eco Firm Hired To Meet Regulatory Requirements for Environmental Mitigation in Construction of Houston-Dallas Bullet Train [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Wolfgang Puck’s Catering Company Signing Lease for Inner-Loop Location To Open in the Next Month [HBJ]
• Hines Releases Renderings and Details of 46-Story Downtown Apartment Tower Now Dubbed The Preston [Bisnow]

Photo of 317 W. 19th St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pokeworks Nearly Triples Houston Presence with 9 New Locations Planned [HBJ]
• Dunno Much About South Acres, but Redfin Sez It’s Desirable [Houston Chronicle]
• Former Ciao Bello Spot on San Felipe To Be New Flagship Location of Los Tios Tex-Mex [Eater]
• Owner Planning Substantial Renovations to One City Centre Building Downtown After Waste Management Leaves [Bisnow]
• 380 Agreement To Fund New Road Connected to Sam Houston Pkwy. for Missouri City’s Future CityPark Logistics Center [Community Impact]
• Residential, Industrial Development Further Endangering Wetlands in Galveston and Harris Counties [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Memorial Hermann Tower: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool