Tag: Headlines

• Inside Latitude Med Center, a New Hotel-Apartment Project in the Med Center [HBJ ($)]
• Harvey-Damaged The Clubs at Kingwood Undergoing $40M Overhaul of Both Clubhouses [HBJ ($)]
• Cedars Tapas Opens in Former Ship & Shield Space in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• Improvement Project Starts on Bolivar Peninsula Hurricane Evacuation Route State Highway 87 [Houston Public Media]
• Nearly 100 Bats Congregate Yearly on a Houston Office Building Near the Sam Houston Tollway [Houston Chronicle]
• Rents in Skyline Address Offices Are Reaching Record Highs [Bisnow]
• Midland Has the Fastest-Rising Housing Prices in the Nation, According to SmartAsset Study [Realty News Report]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ‘Architecturally Significant’ Part of River Oaks Shopping Center Starts Coming Down to Make Way for Residential Tower [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Montrose’s El Tiempo 1308 Cantina Officially Closing July 31 with Apartment Project Back on Track [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Accredo Packaging Starts Third Expansion at Sugar Land Campus [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Closed Since November Fire, Southern Goods in the Heights Closes for Good [Culturemap]
• The Union Kitchen and Jax Grill Coming to Katy Next Year [Eater Houston]
• Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey [The Kinder Institute for Urban Research]
• National Flood Insurance Program Set To Expire July 31 Without Intervention [Galveston County Daily News]

Photo of GreenStreet: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Triten Real Estate Partners Breaks Ground on Distribution Center Near Port of Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Renderings for Midway’s ‘Evolving’ East River Project Were Created as Part of Last Year’s Amazon Bid [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Getting Another $8M for Harvey Buy-Outs [Houston Public Media]
• How to Improve the Recovery Funding Process [The Urban Edge]
• 4-Mile Section of U.S. 290 Between Little York and Pinemont Reopens After Revamp [Houston Chronicle]
• New East End Mural by ARTKUNGFU Tackles Gentrification [Culturemap]
• Texas Predicted To Become World’s No. 3 Oil Producer Next Year [CNN]

Photo of the Glassell School of Art: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• California-Based Wilson Investment Properties Picks Up 19 Buildings Across 6 Industrial Parks in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mixed-Use Project Breaks Ground within CityPlace Development in Springwoods Village [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Construction To Start Next Month on Rice University’s New School of Social Sciences Building Designed by Rogers Partners [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Rethink, a Coworking Space Geared Toward Real Estate Professionals, Opening in Houston Next Year [HBJ ($)]
• 20-Year-Old Asiatown Dim Sum Spot Ocean Palace Getting Revamp [Eater Houston]
• Houston Habitat for Humanity Relaxes First-Time Homebuyer Rule Post-Harvey [Realty News Report]
• About 20% of Applicants Approved for Harvey Home Buyouts Have Dropped Out of the Program [Houston Public Media]
• Dimensions of James Reese Career and Technical Center To Be a Few Feet Shorter Than Planned To Avoid Sugar Land Grave Sites [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Mapping the Most Expensive Airbnb Rentals in Houston [HBJ]

Photo of Ferris wheel at Truck Yard: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ExxonMobil Picks Up Nearly 100 Acres Near One of Its Baytown Refinery [HBJ ($)]
• Ibiza Enterprises Files Permits for Greater East End Residential Project Called Harrisburg Oaks [HBJ ($)]
• Fein Planning Next Luxury Project Reverie at River Hollow in Uptown Area [HBJ]
• Take-Out Focused Location of The Halal Guys Franchise Coming to the Medical Center [Culturemap]
• Slideshow: These Were the 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in June [HBJ]

Photo of the Four Seasons: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Wolff Companies Picks Up 521 Acres in Waller for Business Park [HBJ ($)]
• Senior Living Developer Breaks Ground on 23-Story Highrise in Tanglewood [HBJ ($)]
• Eleven of RCLCO’s 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Are in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• How New Developments Push the Limits of Houston’s Suburban Sprawl [HBJ ($)]
• Co-Working Company Rethink To Open First Houston Location in Former Master Mattress Works North of Downtown [HBJ]
• Tomball Getting Second Craft Brewery with Opening of Fire Ant Brewing Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Business Park Redemption Square at Generation Park Adding 2 New Restaurant Concepts [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Will Have a Cafe Devoted to Matcha Starting Next Week [Eater Houston]
• Shun Japanese Kitchen Planned on Shepherd at Harold St. This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Inside Seattle’s Tiny House Village for Homeless Women [abc13]

Photo: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Buyers Closed on More Homes Than Any Other Month in History in June [Houston Chronicle]
• United Equities Buys Last 2 Tracks in Northwest Houston’s Satsuma Station Business Park for Industrial Project [HBJ ($)]
• Lincoln Property Co. Breaks Ground on Lincoln Heights Midrise Near the Heights [HBJ ($)]
• Ono Poke To Open Second Houston Location in Downtown’s Tunnels Sometime This Fall [Eater Houston]
• 15-Year-Old Harry’s Restaurant & Cafe Renovating to ‘Keep Up with the Changes’ in Midtown [Culturemap]
• Study: How Race Plays a Factor During the Home-Buying Process in Houston [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Greenway Plaza Office Building Formerly Known as River Oaks Tower To Be Renamed T-Mobile Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• Howard Hughes Developing First Medical Office Project in The Woodlands [Realty News Report]
• Houston Office Market Vacancy Rate Up to 28.2% in Second Quarter, Finds Savills Studley [HBJ ($)]
• Houston Ranks High on List of Cities Where Renters Pay a Premium for Prime Location [Culturemap]
• Houston’s First Whole Foods Market 365 Opening in Independence Heights on Aug. 22 [HBJ]
• Montrose Mediterranean Restaurant Aladdin Expanding to Garden Oaks This Week [Eater Houston]
• And Montrose Wine Bar Camerata at Paulie’s Expanding to Oak Forest Next Year [Culturemap]
• Mercedes Crashes into Underbelly in Montrose While Restaurant is Under Renovation [Houston Chronicle]
• Astros Extend Lease at Minute Maid Park Through 2050 [Houston Press]
• Houston Leg from San Antonio Not Part of Current Hyperloop Projects [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Approves Plan for How It Would Spent $1.1B in Federal Harvey Relief [Houston Public Media]
• County Engineer John Blount on the State of Flood Mitigation in Houston Post-Harvey [OffCite]
• Texans Name Downtown’s Bank of America Center as Their State’s Favorite ‘Architectural Masterpiece’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Kim Son: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• JLL: Houston Industrial Market Saw Negative Absorption in Second Quarter [HBJ ($)]
• Asian Retirement Community Developer STOA Architects Planning Second Houston Project at 6955 Turtlewood [HBJ ($)]
• Developer Buys Harvey-Damaged Spaghetti Warehouse Building [Houston Chronicle]
• Warehouse and Storage Company CustomSpace Opening First Texas Location on Polk Street [Realty News Report]
• Midtown Restaurant America Gardens Seeking Investors on Crowdfunding Platform NextSeed [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• What the U.S. Geological Survey’s New Harvey Study Tells Us About Flooding in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Underground Sewer Main Leaks Likely Cause of Houston Sinkholes [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Ranks Among 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities for Cyclists, According to Your Local Security [Culturemap]
• Sleuthing Where Andrew Zimmern Filmed in Houston for His Travel Channel Show [Culturemap]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Latest Houston Retail Occupancy Figures Among the Highest Levels on Record, Finds Weitzman Report [Houston Chronicle]
• So Far 50K Cubic Yards of Debris Removed from Lake Houston in Post-Harvey Cleanup [Houston Chronicle]
• La Villa Saint-Tropez Opens in Former Cafe Azur Space in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• The Queen Vic Owners Closing Upper Kirby Bar on July 15, Citing Landlord Dispute [Eater Houston]
• Steak 48 Owners Planning Seafood Restaurant Appropriately Called Ocean 48 Somewhere in Houston [Eater Houston]
• Harvey Registry Wants To Hear Your Health and Housing Experience After the Storm [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the Gulf Freeway: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Sublease Space Rose in June, Driven by Listings at Greenway Plaza [Bisnow]
• Lending Tree Ranks Houston on List of Cities with the Most Million-Dollar Homes [Culturemap]
• Mexican Peanut Company Galdisa USA Opens New Conroe Park North Facility Today [Houston Chronicle]
• New Foundation Poured for Hines’ Residences at La Colombe d’Or, Set To Deliver in 2020 [HBJ ($)]
• Continued Village Arcade Revamp To Include Public Art, Popup Shops, More Public Spaces [Houston Chronicle]
• $3M Renovation Begins on Restaurant at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa [HBJ]
• Board and Brew Gaming Opening in North Houston Warehouse [Eater Houston]
• Texas Getting Nearly $5B in Federal Funding for Flood Control Projects [The Texas Tribune]
• Seven of the Nation’s 10 Most Frequently Substantially Flood-Damaged Properties Are in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Houston Flood Museum Is Underway [Houstonia]

Photo of Elysian Viaduct: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Fourth of July Weather Causes Flash Flooding in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Mayor: Lessons from Harvey Prepared Houston for Yesterday’s Flood [KHOU]
• Giant Sinkhole Opens Up in Westchase District After Storms [abc13]
• Looking into the Height of Tilman Fertitta’s Post Oak Hotel [CoStar Group]
• High-Rise Residential Properties That Offer Great Views in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Environment Texas Research & Policy Center Study Shows Air Pollution Risk in Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Wrightwood St. in Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Tilman Fertitta’s New Uptown Tower The Post Oak Has Outstanding Liens Totaling More Than $30.5M [HBJ ($)]
• Law Firm Sidley Austin Expands Offices in Downtown’s Wells Fargo Plaza [Realty News Report]
• FEMA Facing Backlog in Removing Trailers for Hurricane Harvey Victims [abc13]
• Colorado-Based American Furniture Warehouse Entering Texas Market with Katy, Webster Stores [Houston Chronicle]
• Quick Quack Car Wash Coming to Katy Retail Center [Houston Chronicle]
• 8th Wonder Distillery Opens Its Doors to the Public This Week Across the Street from Brewery [Houston Chronicle]
• The Ivy & James Has Closed a Little More Than a Year After Opening in Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire [Culturemap]
• Looks Like Blackbird Izakaya Is Replacing Republic Diner and Noodle Bar in the Heights [Eater Houston]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Recommends Millions of Dollars in Improvements for State Highway 146 To Address New Baytown Activity [Houston Public Media]
• Protective Cap Preventing Toxic Waste from Spilling at San Jacinto River Superfund Site Still Needs Repairing [Houston Public Media]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mark-Dana Corp. Closes on Land for Affordable Housing Project EaDo Lofts [HBJ ($)]
• Stream Realty Takes Over Leasing for Galleria Office Tower 3040 Post Oak [HBJ ($)]
• Lazybrook/Timbergrove Homes Saw Biggest Profits for Sellers Last Year, According to Zillow [Culturemap]
• FEMA-Funded Hotel Rooms End for 700 Families Displaced by Harvey [Houston Chronicle]
• Forty Five Ten To Close River Oaks District Location When Lease Expires This Fall [HBJ]
• Permanent Connector at U.S. 290 and 610 Loop to Open Today [HBJ]
• A Quarter of Parking Spaces at Memorial Park Will Be Metered Starting Later This Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Drone Captures Footage of Saharan Dust Over Houston Area [abc13]

Photo of 1020 Holcombe: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sale of 1001 McKinney Office Tower Closes [HBJ]
• Third Office Building Breaks Ground in Chasewood Crossing Business Park [HBJ]
• CityPlace at Springwoods Village Breaks Ground on First Office Building [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Restaurateur Johnny Carrabba Lists Memorial Home for Nearly $19M [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Mattress Mack To Transform Some Gallery Furniture Stores into Both Retail and Community Center Space [HBJ]
• Anvil Owner Bobby Heugel To Take Over Neighboring Etro Space in Montrose [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Fusion Taco Expanding to Greenway Plaza Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Restaurant Chain Pepper Twins Opening Sixth Location at CityCentre This Fall [Eater Houston]
• Dish Society To Add Fifth Location in the Heights Later This Year [HBJ]
• Remembering Quality Hill, Houston’s First Affluent Neighborhood on the Northeastern Side of What’s Now Downtown [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Market Square Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool