Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday. Coming back for the rest of the Memorial Springs Apartments, and other heavy-duty Houston demos: * * * Commercial Structures Sperr... »
UTMB Breaks Ground on New $438M Hospital [Galveston Daily News] H&M and the Other Retailers Opening in Houston Malls This Summer [Houston Business Journal] Montrose Management District Hires Lawyer in Lawsuit Calling for Its Dissolution [River Oaks Exa... »
Average Price of a Texas Acre Rose 3 Percent Last Year [Houston Chronicle] The View from the Galleria’s Still-Under-Construction BBVA Compass Plaza [Culturemap] ‘Stop Ashby Highrise’ Task Force Not Stopping Yet, Will Discuss Next Steps at Tuesday Meeti... »
Being hauled away in a truck full of dust instead: * * * Residences 1612 Gentry St. 77009 13425 Joliet St. 77015 5627 Nightingale Dr. 77017 1826 Cheshire Ln. 77018 3507 Rawley St. 77020 1907 Brackenridge St. 77026 3930 Pickfair St. 77026 (Kashmere Gard... »
Potential 70-Percent Property Tax Increase Dampens Enthusiasm for Woodlands Incorporation [Houston Chronicle] Baylor College of Medicine’s Empty Hospital To Become an Outpatient Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot] Former Gallant Knight Location... »
Tailgating OK at Designated Dynamo Lots; Astros on the Fence [Houston Chronicle] Post Oak Bank Expands at 2000 W. Loop [CoStar Group] Dropped Bank Lawsuit Made $40M Diamond Beach Resort Loan Dispute Public, Randall Davis Complains [Galveston County Dai... »
You’ve seen that movie too. * * * Commercial Structures Nishomoto Trading Co., 6356 Clara Rd. No. 300 77041 (partial demolition of warehouse foundation) Alabama Theater, 2922 S. Shepherd Dr. 77098 (conversion to shell; previously on Swamplot) Residence... »
Well, it was all going to fall down anyway. Eventually. * * * Commercial Structures River Oaks Bank Building, 2001 Kirby Dr. 77019 (surface coat paving of parking garage) Apartment, 2415 Richton St. 77098 (partial demo; porch roof) Residences 3702 Gano... »
Memorial Woods Townhomes ‘One More Rain’ Away from Falling in Banks-Eroded Bayou [KHOU] 2 Bronze Deer Statues Stolen from Woodlands Entrances [Courier of Montgomery County] Houston No Longer In Drought, Just ‘Abnormally Dry’ [Hair Balls] Highway Graffi... »
Live from the corner of Westheimer and Drexel, photographer Karen Dressel sends Swamplot this first view of the Highland Village Apple Store, which opens Friday at 8 am. The black paper covering the panels on the company’s first-ever glass-roofed, doub... »
The first-of-its-kind Apple Store scheduled to open to long lines of new iPad buyers 2 days from now in the Highland Village Shopping Center is much bigger than it appears from the outside. That’s because more than a third of the space in the 9,000-sq.... »
The Greater Houston Preservation Alliance’s days as a scrappy preservation organization housed in offices in the historic 1929 Gulf building downtown are over. From now on, it’ll be a scrappy preservation organization housed in offices in a Westheimer ... »
To guarantee there’ll be Apple addicts camping outside the new Highland Village store on its opening day next Friday, Apple announced today that March 16 will also be the day the new iPad — yes, that’s what it’s being called — goes on sale for the firs... »
“Here’s what I am seeing in Montrose this year and last year: Every nice garage apartment, side-by-side duplex, fourplex, etc brings on multiple applicants. (Sometimes renting for more than the stated price.) With several to choose from, the Landlord’s... »
Some local stats from research firm Axiometrics: 32 new apartment properties, holding a total of 8,700 units, are currently under construction in Houston. Of that total, 15 of them — accounting for 4,300 apartments — are in the “Montrose-River Oaks” ar... »
