HOUSTON | General Developments

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Good for the county. I like free lanes better than pay lanes (and free articles better than stuff behind a paywall)

County, TxDOT may part ways on 290 plan

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Houston, we've run out of homes.

Three-year housing streak ends

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Perhaps this was a foregone conclusion...

It's official: World's largest ethane export terminal coming to Houston

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In no particular order:

Historic Galveston building goes condo

Construction starts on Parkside Bella Terra apartments in far west Houston



After months on the sidelines, Bridgeland moves forward with hundreds of homes

Chevron Phillips breaks ground on second part of $6B investment

Exxon Mobil starts construction on huge Baytown plant, chooses contractors

Two multi-billion dollar chemical plants in one morning. That's a good day already.

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This is an important project. With Emirates bringing a second A380 to Houston, the international terminal upgrade (a project that has been in the works for a couple of years) is timely. City Council just signed off.

Houston City Council Approves Plan for New International Terminal at Bush Airport

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Well, this is certainly unique...

Charlie Chaplin Coming To Houston

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I'm not sure where Lovett & Taft is, but the century-old building that got knocked down there is being replaced by this, according to Swamplot:



14 townhomes all together. Each has four floors. I could live in DC for that.

[TexasBoi]

Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

I'm not sure where Lovett & Taft is, but the century-old building that got knocked down there is being replaced by this, according to Swamplot:



14 townhomes all together. Each has four floors. I could live in DC for that.

Here?
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7432...ffLw!2e0?hl=en

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This FBO is in Conroe. For sales purposes, it's advertised as being near The Woodlands.

Airport officials want $600,000 from Woodlands for new customs facility

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Another multi-billion dollar chemical facility breaks ground locally on June 30, as Dow Chemical breaks ground in Freeport.

Dow Chemical set to begin construction on new Texas ethane cracker

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More stuff, in no particular order:

Developer eying Dickinson/Santa Fe tract

New high-end furniture and home design store roars into Houston, spurning New York and LA for Bayou life


Amazon Has Begun Seeking Humble Fulfillment Near IA



New Houston grocery store to bring high-end goods into a food desert: No 40 ounces of trouble allowed



An oasis to bloom in a Houston food desert

Katy plans convention center, hotel

Dutch energy tech company to open large Houston lab

Debate over where to build Houston's energy high school flares up

$10 million pipeline research center to open in Houston

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A Metro proposal for an overpass in the East End has all the characteristics of a Texas DOT highway overpass.

Metro Unveils Preliminary Designs For East End Overpass

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A joint mobility study that includes the Houston-Galveston Area Council, Montgomery County and TxDOT seeks to untie the traffic congestion problems in the Woodlands. They need something; I-45 has been looking like I-35 around Austin when I come into town.

Mobility study seeks fix for traffic jam woes

Meanwhile, the Montrose has slightly different problems.

Montrose residents petition for better sidewalks

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A tract that had been the old Grocer's Supply warehouse is scheduled to become a strip center with pad sites, according to SwampLot.

Studemont Grocers Supply Redevelopment To Feature Fast Food and Bank Drive-Thrus, Store Pods in Parking Lot Now, Apartments Later



And this is the site of the old Teas' Nursery in Bellaire.

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...l-have-a-cafe/



The Chicken Ranch returns! (sorta)

NEW ‘CHICKEN RANCH’ OPENING ON NORTH MAIN NEAR SUNSET HEIGHTS WILL SERVE ACTUAL FRIED CHICKEN

Cypress Crossing

Cypress to get new mixed-use development, full-service hotel

This is pay-walled; it suggests Galveston may come under controls intended to keep high-rises off the seawall.

Galveston Neighborhood Associations Pushing Plan To Keep Highrise Development Off Seawall Beaches

And then there is this in Angleton.

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$214,000 for the median house in Houston seems like an unreal price. It's up almost $20,000 from last year. And home sales continue to rise...

Housing market up again, as properties move faster than ever

Interesting tidbits from CBRE's session on the Houston market. Of note - 16 million sf of office space under construction, of which two-thirds is already spoken for. And rents downtown are $45 a square foot.

Office, multifamily and industrial markets keep gaining

But there's always one party pooper...

Major broker says "enough" to new office construction

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Only Houston can come up with mega-projects like this that don't involve skyscrapers.

'World's largest' carbon capture project to be built in Fort Bend



And it's underway...

NRG, JX Nippon, Hilcorp break ground on 'world's largest' carbon capture project in Fort Bend

And yet another mega-project in Fort Bend County gets a start date.

Freeport LNG plans to start construction in October

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A very interesting read in OffCite (first mentioned in Swamplot) discusses Houston's stock of older multi-families and the differing patterns of decay and renewal. The Thai Xuan Village complex is an encouraging story about the way the tenant community came together to revive a complex that had fallen into disrepair; it shows what tenants can do when a landlord gives up on a property.

The Beautiful Projects: Contradiction and Complexity in Houston’s Multifamily Housing



OffCite also asks the musical question, "Is Houston a city?" The answer: Bombay is a grid; Delhi swings...

Is Houston a City? An Interview with Susan Rogers and Albert Pope

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Grand Texas is getting bigger, before it's even open. They're adding a motor speedway...

Grand Texas adds attraction, outlines construction timeline (Video)

"Last November, developer Monty Galland and the Grand Texas team unveiled the Grand Texas Sports and Entertainment District master plan. At the time, plans called for:

- The theme park, which will be up to 150 acres
- A water park, called Big Rivers Water Park, that will sit on 40 acres of land
- Ballpark of Montgomery County, which will host professional- and independent-league baseball games
- DownTown Texas, a 450,000-square-foot shopping and restaurant district
- Montgomery County Event Center, which will have close to 200,000-square-feet of space and will host a professional hockey team
- Grand Texas Sportsplex, which will have 90 acres of baseball and softball fields
- At least two hotels and an RV resort in an area called Hospitality Village"



It's Mini-Branson!

Also, Katy ISD is readying a bond proposal.

Katy ISD to consider massive construction bond for new schools, renovations

Union Crossing Development buys land to expand industrial park in northwest Houston



New data center under construction in Energy Corridor

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Texas City is competing with a Louisiana town for a $4.5 billion Chinese methanol plant.

Texas City contends for $4.5 billion methanol plant

Galveston's cruise industry is about to ramp up.

You can now cruise to Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama from Galveston

The Weingarten home - once the pride of the Jewish River Oaks - is being sold and is likely to be torn down for more rowhouses.

Historic Weingarten home on the market after almost five decades

Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

Gilley's could return to Pasadena party landscape

Retail vacancy falls to new low



And so does industrial/warehouse:

Industrial rental rates see huge increase

[Wayward Memphian]

Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

Grand Texas is getting bigger, before it's even open. They're adding a motor speedway...

Grand Texas adds attraction, outlines construction timeline (Video)

"Last November, developer Monty Galland and the Grand Texas team unveiled the Grand Texas Sports and Entertainment District master plan. At the time, plans called for:

- The theme park, which will be up to 150 acres
- A water park, called Big Rivers Water Park, that will sit on 40 acres of land
- Ballpark of Montgomery County, which will host professional- and independent-league baseball games
- DownTown Texas, a 450,000-square-foot shopping and restaurant district
- Montgomery County Event Center, which will have close to 200,000-square-feet of space and will host a professional hockey team
- Grand Texas Sportsplex, which will have 90 acres of baseball and softball fields
- At least two hotels and an RV resort in an area called Hospitality Village"



It's Mini-Branson!

Also, Katy ISD is readying a bond proposal.

Katy ISD to consider massive construction bond for new schools, renovations

Union Crossing Development buys land to expand industrial park in northwest Houston



New data center under construction in Energy Corridor

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I just got back from the Galveston area. The kids loved Kemah, the Pleasure Pier and Shlitterbahn. Sadly, we did not want to rush Moody Gardens and the trip to the space center was a washout yesterday morning. We plan on hitting those the next go around along with Grand Texas and hopefully Adventure Pointe that's planned for the Texas City area. Talk about an ideal location, dad and kids have fun while momma spends hours at the outlet center.
While in Galveston, I read where the city is trying to double the size of the cruise terminal so the larger ships can dock there. That makes so much sense with the population and economic boom of the the state. And.. watch it about Branson that's NWARK's back yard. It's got to reinvent itself soon though. SDC is fine though.