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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/11/01/original-ninfas-adds-robert-del-grande-new-chefs.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s "Robert Del Grande — Houston's first-ever James Beard Award winner — has joined as a culinary mentor to the Original Ninfa’s management team. He also is serving as an adviser to Niel Morgan, managing partner of Houston-based Legacy Restaurants, the current owner of the Original Ninfa's. Additionally, Morgan named Justin Solomon as the new director of operations for the Original Ninfa’s. Solomon previously was Houston operations manager for New Orleans-based BRG Hospitality. He most recently led the team behind Eunice, BRG's first Houston restaurant. The Original Ninfa's also hired chef David Luna from Goode Company Restaurants as director of culinary operations and Patricia “Patti” Delgado from Vibrant to take the executive chef role at the Original Ninfa’s at Uptown in the Blvd Place mixed-use development in the Galleria area. Angel Belman, formerly of Hugo’s, has been named beverage director."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/11/01/iah-viva-aerobus-new-flights-destination-mexico.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=5#cxrecs_s "The new nonstop flight to Queretaro, which begins on Dec. 2, will be offered four days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Queretaro be the airline's fifth nonstop connection from IAH to Mexico. Also starting in December, Viva Aerobus will increase the number of flights it offers from Houston to four of its popular destinations: IAH-Leon/Bajio will increase from four flights per week to five flights per week. IAH-Guadalajara will increase from four flights per week to daily service. IAH-Mexico City will increase from six flights per week to daily service. IAH is the only U.S. airport that has a direct flight to Mexico City's new Felipe Angeles International Airport, according to Houston Airports. IAH-Monterrey will increase from 13 flights per week to 19 flights per week."
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    https://www.kten.com/story/49858060/sherman-attracts-two-more-semiconductor-plants "A 10-acre plot at the corner of Howe Drive and Dorset Drive will be divided between the two firms: Israel-based Perseys and Tokyo Electron from Japan. "It's very important; it represents the world cutting-edge technology that's being located, being built, right here in Sherman," said Sherman Economic Development Corporation president Kent Sharp. "The new additions will bring approximately 120 jobs. "
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    Nando's opening some time in January 2024 https://communityimpact.com/houston/katy-south-fulshear/dining/2023/11/01/projected-opening-update-on-nandos-at-katys-lacenterra/
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    "Plans for the hub include both green and blue hydrogen production, salt cavern hydrogen storage, a large open-access hydrogen pipeline, and multiple hydrogen refueling stations. Todd Shrader, a project management director with the DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Division, said during the webinar that salt storage would be used to enhance total storage capacity at the hub. Trucks powered with hydrogen fuel cells would also make up part of the hub economy. At least 10 hydrogen fueling stations are set to be installed on routes between Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, according to a preliminary construction map shared during the Oct. 30 webinar."
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    https://realtynewsreport.com/hines-developing-new-community-with-1400-homes/ Stokes & Castle Roads, SE Corner - north of Hwy 290 & FM 2920 "Hines, the global real estate firm founded in Houston by Mr. Gerald D. Hines, is working with partners to develop a new master planned community with 1,400 homes on the northwest side of Houston. Hines, along with partners Trez Capital, Caravel Ventures, and Sumitomo Forestry, have closed on 528 acres in the Waller community for the development, which will be located in Harris County, just beyond Cypress and Hockley."
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    The Galveston Denny's is no more. https://www.galvnews.com/news/fire-destroys-dennys-restaurant-in-galveston/article_addd33e7-0593-53ea-b3b3-09043f307cc8.html
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    https://www.sanjac.edu/about/news/2023/san-jac-nibrt-announce-partnership-center-for-biotechnology "San Jacinto College will open The Center for Biotechnology, made possible with support from McCord Development, Inc., on the San Jacinto College Generation Park Campus in the first quarter of 2025. This state-of-the-art facility will provide comprehensive, hands-on training with realistic good manufacturing practices (GMP) simulated environments. The Center will offer an associate of applied science degree in biomanufacturing technology, and shorter credentials for post-graduates, to meet workforce needs."
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    https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2023/10/26/467775/houston-621-area-code-starts-by-2025/ “Once telecommunications carriers have exhausted all telephone numbers with the current 281/346/713/832 area codes, new numbers will be assigned the new area code 621,” according to the commission. “This new code is expected to meet numbering needs for an additional nine years.”
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    Given that the proposed expansion of I-14 would pass through the edge of the metro, and that neither Huntsville or B/CS are as far from the area as they used to be, I figured it was time to start a thread on this roadway. https://www.kbtx.com/2023/10/25/study-released-txdot-asks-resident-feedback-i-14-project/ " The new interstate is expected to go through Bryan and College Station and potentially alleviate some traffic in areas like Highway 21 and Highway 6. The entire Bryan District of the plan would stretch from Bell to Walker Counties, with goals of providing safe and reliable east-west connectivity, improving traffic mobility including freight, relieving congestion caused by increasing traffic demand, and supporting deployment from our military bases to strategic ports. Plans being presented Wednesday night also include a potential loop system for the BCS area. This would be I-214 intended to pass over I-14."
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    Good piece on the development and overall history of Fountain Place from DMN. One in a series of a few local landmark buildings. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2023/10/25/how-the-dallas-skyline-got-its-magical-shape-shifting-masterpiece/ "Coming up on four decades after its completion, Fountain Place stands as the undisputed queen of the Dallas skyline, a critical and popular favorite. In 2011, it was given the 25-Year Award by the Texas Society of Architects, the highest honor that organization can bestow on a building. Earlier this month, the Dallas Architecture Forum awarded it one of three Landmark Awards (the others went to the Kimbell Art Museum and the Meyerson Symphony Center), affirming its status as the city’s most significant tower. Those honors are fully warranted. To stand in the building’s plaza, with Dan Kiley’s waters splashing and Harry Cobb’s infinite glass grid rising above, is to be transported from the city’s bustle into a magical place where the natural and the manmade stand in ethereal balance. I’ll meet you by the fountains."
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    https://thefacts.com/news/historic-funds-will-allow-for-port-improvements/article_05801d1a-e1da-595a-a84b-3a8ec3abe9b1.html “The Legislature allocated $40 million to state highway projects which connect the port roadways to the highways,” Saathoff recently told The Facts. “There had been $100 million allocated leading up to this session, and we have applied before and one of the projects that received funding previously was a section of state Highway 36 widening. So we worked with our local TxDOT department and brought those funds to our community.” The Texas Transportation Commission approved $240 million in funding for ports to “help increase trade, improve safety, and provide a more robust supply chain for our state and the nation,” according to a Sept. 29 news release from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. From those $240 million, Port Freeport has received more than $16 million."
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    New wind farm going up in Wharton County, off 59 along FM 1162. Just east of El Campo. Meta has agreed to purchase 100% of the energy generated by it. From January. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/01/19/fengate-asset-management-el-campo-wind-prairie.html "Fengate Asset Management is moving forward on a new wind energy project west of Houston. The alternative investment management group, which has offices in Houston and Ontario, said Jan. 19 it closed on construction and term financing with Japanese bank MUFG to fund the construction and operation of the 160-megawatt Prairie Switch Wind project. Fengate also closed on tax equity financing with GE Energy Financial Services and Tyr Energy to monetize the production tax credits for the wind farm. Also on Jan. 19, Fengate announced notice to proceed with construction on the project." Last I checked Wharton County was southwest, not west... but whatever. From July https://www.leader-news.com/news/article_1c7433be-178a-11ee-917c-bbaa83eb9532.html "County residents living on FM 1162 east of El Campo will see wind turbines moving in likely before the end of the year that will be powering social media “likes” as opposed to county homes. With turbine shafts already going up, the 48-turbine Prairie Switch Wind Farm project developed by Triple Oak Power out of Portland Ore. is slated to generate 155 megawatt, enough to power 50,000 homes as reported by their project website."
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    https://www.heb.com/static-page/manvel-grand-opening https://thefacts.com/news/new-manvel-h-e-b-adds-convenience-options-for-fast-growing-area/article_c60739bd-deaf-5b24-b3cd-4db731f935ba.html "MANVEL — The fast-growing area around Highway 288 and Highway 6 doesn’t meet the official definition of a food desert, but that section of Brazoria County has considered itself parched when it came to grocery options. Starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday, those residents will be quenched."
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    Ribbon cutting for improvements at Love Park yesterday https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/arts-entertainment/2023/10/24/houston-cuts-ribbon-on-new-playground-improvements-at-love-park/ "Improvements at Love Park included: new playground equipment for ages 5-12 a new exercise station consolidating the picnic area to increase open green space regrading and smoothing the surface of the large multiuse field resurfacing and replacing the walking trail added five new LED lights throughout the park improving drainage with a new detention area and improved drainage swales installing new benches, picnic tables and trash cans pruning trees repairing building floodlights refreshing park signage and painting of buildings and pool area"
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    https://realtynewsreport.com/rnr-real-estate-briefs-texas-more-22/ "HOUSTON – Slowpokes, the Houston-born gathering place known for its family- and dog-friendly ambience and local leaning food offerings, plus in-house roasted coffee and Bayou City brews, is on the fast track to set up shop in the city’s Westchase District. The acclaimed hospitality concept, co-founded by homegrown operator Mazen Baltagi of Chapman & Kirby, Mi Luna and Christian’s Tailgate, is planning a spring 2024 debut in a location developed by the real estate arm of Houston-based McNair Interests. Featuring 2,000 SF of interior space – designed by MaRS – as well as a covered patio and a second terrace overlooking a three-acre lake, Slowpokes will serve as an amenity for McNair’s “On the Trails” community, a wooded, 24-acre enclave on Deerwood Road at 400 West Sam Houston Parkway South. “On the Trails” currently encompasses the development’s first phase, the recently debuted Remy multifamily midrise, and construction is underway on a second, yet unnamed, apartment phase, which Slowpokes will call home."
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    https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/10/10/goldman-sachs-new-dallas-campus-is-underway-with-4000-workers-destined-to-move-there/ "Goldman Sachs will move workers from downtown Dallas, Irving and Richardson to its new campus near Victory Park when it opens in 2027. The New York-based financial giant on Tuesday broke ground on the more than $500 million, 800,000 square-foot building on North Field Street next to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science."
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    https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/10/13/uptown-dallas-almost-century-old-maple-terrace-is-reimagined-and-ready-for-office-tenants/ "Developer Hines has spent the last two years turning the long-time apartment tower into a boutique office building. It’s part of a mixed-use development that includes two restaurants out front and a new high-rise residential building behind Maple Terrace. Hines is pulling the wraps off the landmark redo this week and showing off the revamped historic building."
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    https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/10/24/bank-funds-new-construction-at-dallas-pegasus-park/ "An Oklahoma bank has provided financing to develop a new laboratory complex at Dallas’ Pegasus Park life sciences campus. InterBank funded construction of the new Bridge Labs building at Pegasus Park on Stemmons Freeway northwest of downtown. The 135,000-square-foot project includes redevelopment of existing space and construction of a new building."
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    The old Sher-Den Mall site in Sherman is being redeveloped. https://www.kxii.com/2023/08/02/construction-begins-old-sher-den-mall-site/ "The project will be split into two phases. The first will add plots for retail shops along Texoma Parkway. “The more businesses we can get along there, the better,” Strauch said. In addition, Strauch said nearly 320 apartment units will be built during phase one. The second phase will add more apartments totaling 725. “We know through the studies that we’ve done that we are chronically at a shortage for multifamily housing, for apartments,” Strauch said."
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    Baker Hughes moves in. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/baker-hughes-office-move-energy-corridor-houston-18406653.php "The company this week opened its new 130,000-square-foot headquarters at 575 N. Dairy Ashford, about 17 miles west of downtown. Baker Hughes is consolidating from four offices in north Houston and Spring Branch — cutting its previous Houston-area office requirement in half. Company officials said the smaller footprint would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, improve collaboration and put the company in a better location closer to amenities and other energy companies."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/inno/stories/news/2023/09/19/ammonia-to-power-amogy-houston.html "Founded in 2020 by four graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amogy produces a “powerpack,” which cracks ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen for use in a fuel cell. The powerpack produces 200 kilowatts of power with an efficiency of 2.1 kilowatt hours per kilogram of ammonia, according to a datasheet available on the company’s website. The technology can be used in shipping container vessels or at a stationary location for power generation."
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    The wrestling match(es) made news due to the announcement of Sting's retirement next year. https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/aew-dynamite-results-for-october-18-2023 Positive review of the venue from the Fort Bend Herald https://www.fbherald.com/sports/fort-bend-epicenter-is-a-must-visit/article_b292fcc1-826f-5438-86ff-db6fc996f1d6.html
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    There appear to be two of them in the area now. One is on Hwy 6 just north of the Westpark Tollway and the other is in New Caney along 59, just southwest of the intersection with FM 1484. Another is planned for the Grand Parkway and Peek Road, between the Morton Ranch and Clay Road exits on the southbound side. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2024002720 https://communityimpact.com/houston/katy-south-fulshear/dining/2023/10/20/popular-hot-dog-chain-coming-soon-to-katy/
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    https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/beaumont-downtown-plan-draft-includes-crockett-18382502.php "Those potential improvements include a new city hall, Civic Center parking deck with 200 spaces, a bandstand/river theatre, Neches pedestrian bridge and a riverwalk parking deck, also with 200 spaces. Other projects include a riverwalk/waterway, hotel and convention center upgrades and two projects associated with private developers." The canal idea appears to be back - this time on Crockett Street. It would follow the street from the expanded Riverfront Park (or, Beaumont Green, as the document appears to call it) to the Event Centre. More from a proposal from SWA that was presented last month.
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