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toxteth o'grady · #**181** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 6:13 PM**

Houston Advanced Research Center set to build new Woodlands campus

toxteth o'grady · #**182** Posted **Jan 17, 2015, 3:46 AM**

Looks like the Menil and the MFAH aren't the only arts projects in the pipeline:

Developers create new spaces in artistic neighborhood west of downtown

toxteth o'grady · #**183** Posted **Jan 17, 2015, 3:50 AM**

Just in time for the Marathon is a cool pictorial of all the new projects along the route:

Marathon runners will see a city that's not standing still

toxteth o'grady · #**184** Posted **Jan 23, 2015, 7:24 PM**

They don't know what to do with the Dome yet, but Rice has plans for Rice Stadium...

End Zone Seats at Rice Stadium To Be Replaced with New Student Weightlifting Observation Attraction

toxteth o'grady · #**185** Posted **Feb 3, 2015, 2:54 PM**

The Tarkett Tile site west of Downtown, a subject of much speculation, has gone to a developer of retail sites.

Buyer selected for large parcel west of downtown

Northpointe expands.

Friendswood Development expands master-planned community in Tomball area

toxteth o'grady · #**186** Posted **Feb 4, 2015, 5:49 AM**

CBRE assesses a portion of the industrial market.

toxteth o'grady · #**187** Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 6:03 PM**

The new MFAH master plan gets a feature in Civil Engineering magazine:

HOUSTON FINE ARTS MUSEUM TO RESCULPT 14-ACRE CAMPUS

toxteth o'grady · #**188** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 5:14 PM**

Hang onto your noses. An ammonia plant is being built in Freeport.

Major ammonia plant confirmed for Freeport

Cedar Port is getting upgrades.

Exclusive: Details on major upgrades planned for massive industrial park

toxteth o'grady · #**189** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 6:32 PM**

"Just Kidding!", Weingarten Realty says about a plan to develop new retail along North Shepherd by tearing down a '50s-vintage Sears. However, the original plan is intriguing, especially if they can incorporate Sears into the site plan...

OAKS ON SHEPHERD
Weingarten: Tearing Down North Shepherd Sears Was Just Our Suggestion to Sears

"A SCHEME to demolish the 1949 Sears building at 4000 N. Shepherd Dr. and the Pine Forest Business Park behind it and replace it with an “Americana”-themed shopping center headlined by a new Sears store and a supermarket is only part of an unsolicited proposal sent to the national retailer, a representative of Weingarten Realty tells Swamplot. A brochure describing aspects of the proposal, which would replace the Streamline Moderne department store between Garden Oaks and Independence Heights with a higher density shopping center that the body copy implied would be styled in a manner akin to the residential designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, was posted online by the publicly traded REIT earlier this week..."

toxteth o'grady · #**190** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 3:56 PM**

Construction activity ramps up in the Brazosport:

As Houston prepares to cool, Lake Jackson's building boom heats up

One would think there should be opportunities for those who build facilities to store plastics and to attract users of those plastics to produce products (e.g., Sterilite), so new warehouse and industrial properties should be starting to appear. We'll see.

Recession? What recession?

Homebuyers line up — some overnight — for new east Houston community

Prefab housing comes to the Heights:

Green builder aims to transform Houston housing with kit homes

That west to east shift brings more residences to Baytown:

CastleRock Communities buys land for Baytown development

And in Shenandoah:

Avanti Senior Living to open community in Shenandoah

toxteth o'grady · #**191** Posted **Feb 24, 2015, 12:15 AM**

Another industrial park in NW Houston:

Alegacy Development builds heavy industrial park in Waller County

toxteth o'grady · #**192** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 3:19 PM**

There seems to be no let-up in demand for Houston industrial properties:

Stream Realty logs 1 million square feet in industrial deals in 2015

And more medical office buildings:

Transwestern Leasing New Medical Office Under Construction

AviationGuy · #**193** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 1:14 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

Construction activity ramps up in the Brazosport:

As Houston prepares to cool, Lake Jackson's building boom heats up

One would think there should be opportunities for those who build facilities to store plastics and to attract users of those plastics to produce products (e.g., Sterilite), so new warehouse and industrial properties should be starting to appear. We'll see.

Recession? What recession?

Homebuyers line up — some overnight — for new east Houston community

Prefab housing comes to the Heights:

Green builder aims to transform Houston housing with kit homes

That west to east shift brings more residences to Baytown:

CastleRock Communities buys land for Baytown development

And in Shenandoah:

Avanti Senior Living to open community in Shenandoah

I just now saw the info on housing developments on the industrial east side. What many Houstonians don't know is that there have been very nice residential areas in that area for decades. I think most Houstonians assume that there can't possibly be nice housing in an industrial region. But there are.

toxteth o'grady · #**194** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 3:24 PM**

Plans for a controversial road project in the Woodlands are scheduled for a bond package:

Woodlands Parkway extension to stay in $350M Montgomery Co. roads bond

toxteth o'grady · #**195** Posted **Mar 14, 2015, 4:14 AM**

I'll be interested to see how this develops...

Could the Energy Corridor be getting its own Central Park?

toxteth o'grady · #**196** Posted **Mar 23, 2015, 3:34 AM**

More civic effort to brighten the corner where you are. This time Broadway, between I-45 and Hobby Airport.

Broadway to be spruced up

toxteth o'grady · #**197** Posted **Mar 23, 2015, 7:41 PM**

More dreaming. I was all excited, until I saw there was no financing behind this. Another grand ULI scheme for the Dome.

New Urban Land Institute plan for Astrodome calls for multi-usage, parking below

toxteth o'grady · #**198** Posted **Mar 24, 2015, 5:42 PM**

Spaceport status for Ellington by July?

Officials hope to land space port license for Ellington by summer

toxteth o'grady · #**199** Posted **Mar 31, 2015, 5:38 PM**

Manvel is about to get a whole lot bigger...

Thousands of new homes planned south of Houston

And a somewhat smaller development up by Conroe.

New housing development underway in Conroe

toxteth o'grady · #**200** Posted **Apr 1, 2015, 4:15 PM**

An article on the Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District says the "new" Midtown Park is supposed to begin development with an April 14 groundbreaking. The "old" Midtown Park becomes Bagby Park on April 23.

Midtown maps out 'vibrant' vision to promote arts, culture