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  1. ChannelTwoNews
    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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    https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/local-arts/2023/10/19/467141/funded-by-a-1-million-grant-houston-will-launch-nine-art-installations-in-midtown-in-homeless-project/ "Houston was awarded $1 million after being selected as a finalist in a nationwide public arts challenge. The subject of the award money is a Houston project, “HueMan: Shelter,” a public art effort designed to disrupt perceptions of homelessness by bringing artists and unsheltered residents together to create visual stories from their experiences in Houston. The project includes the activation of nine sites for public art installations along a main street corridor in Midtown."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/20/alexandria-life-sciences-campus-woodlands-opening.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=7#cxrecs_s "Pasadena, California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE) on Oct. 19 celebrated the grand opening of the Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at 8800 Technology Forest Place, the former Lexicon Pharmaceuticals campus. Anchor tenant San Francisco-based Nurix Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: NRIX) has just moved into roughly 46,000 square feet of space it built out in a redeveloped 123,390-square-foot building that was delivered in June. Nurix creates new types of molecules used to treat cancer and other diseases. The company expects to hire between 75 and 100 science and executive jobs in The Woodlands."
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    May want to merge with this thread.
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    https://www.galvnews.com/news/shopping-center-developer-buys-10-acres-on-broadway-in-galveston/article_9c3f62ae-7c7a-53e6-8e58-e337866ad496.html "County commissioners on Monday approved the sale of about 10 public acres along Broadway to a shopping center developer for $4.5 million. The vote to approve a letter of intent with Shopping Center Interests LLC for the land at 5400 Broadway in front of the Criminal Justice Center was unanimous."
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    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/target-opens-new-caney-store-40th-in-houston-18431863.php "Target, the Minneapolis-based retailer, is opening a New Caney store with dedicated areas to facilitate online shopping and returns as well as electric-vehicle charging stations. The 135,000-square-foot store at U.S. 59 and the Grand Parkway in Valley Ranch Town Center, will hold its grand opening Sunday. It will be the chain's 40th store in the Houston market, where Target employs almost 6,500, including 150 at the new store."
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    https://communityimpact.com/houston/bellaire-meyerland-west-university/government/2023/10/19/bellaire-and-methodist-hospital-officials-explore-alternative-options-for-medical-office-development/ "On Sept. 28, Bellaire City Council and the city’s planing and zoning commission held a joint special session workshop. According to the agenda documents, the size of the planned development is still a 3.19-acre site. Changes to the revised conceptual design included: Integrating retail into the same building rather than separate buildings Increasing the amount of retail available to 15,000 square feet Adding more surface parking that is similar to other Bellaire developments Increasing the amount of underground parking to maintain a lower height of the building Decreasing the amount of clinic space Both parties focused on discussion topics that included traffic flow, street setbacks and the proportion of retail/restaurants to medical."
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    https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2023/10/18/467039/cruise-houston-federal-investigation-driverless-ride-hailing-safety/ "Days after their release onto the streets of Houston, Cruise’s driverless cars are being investigated for potential safety defects by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, for a second time. The investigation led by the administration asserts the Office of Defects Investigation received reports of incidents involving the autonomous vehicles that “may not have exercised appropriate caution around pedestrians in the roadway.” Nearly 600 of the driverless vehicles are subjects in the preliminary investigation that could result in a recall by the administration. The company this year tested its vehicles in several Houston neighborhoods and fully launched the driverless ride-hailing service last Thursday despite some backlash from Houston residents about a traffic jam caused by some of those vehicles on a busy Montrose roadway weeks ago."
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    RIP Bill Morgan https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/18/morgan-group-founder-bill-morgan-dies.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=5#cxrecs_s "Bill Morgan, who survived the European Holocaust before going on to found the Morgan Group, a Houston-based multifamily development company, and help to construct the Holocaust Museum Houston, died Oct. 15 in Houston. He was 98. Morgan was known for his courage and tenacity, traits that were tested during World War II and later served him in the real estate development business."
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    https://houston.innovationmap.com/pokatok-beasley-esports-world-freestyle-football-association-2664991859.html "Pokatok announced its teaming up with Beasley Esports and World Freestyle Football Association for the festival set to take place in downtown Houston on April 4 to 7, 2024. “We’re building the world’s fair for sports which means showcasing as wide a variety of different sports as we can,” Lawson Gow, Pokatok co-founder, says in the news release, “and these two partners could not be more illustrative of the mix we are trying to achieve."
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    https://www.indeedtower.com/ https://www.pagethink.com/client/trammell-crow-company/indeed-tower https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2023/10/17/indeed-sublease-indeed-tower.html "As it attempts to dump space elsewhere in town, Indeed Inc. has placed almost 100,000 square feet of downtown office space on the sublease market. The decision comes just months after employees moved into the upper floors of its namesake tower. The job search engine moved into the top 10 floors of Indeed Tower in August — which it is now calling its co-headquarters — five years after signing a lease. But now, the company is advertising three floors for sublease, according to a property brochure. The move comes at a time when Austin has more space on the sublease market than ever before, and office landlords are struggling to fill towers — both new and old. One contributing factor is that many employers are struggling to figure out how to best use office space in the wake of the pandemic as more roles become hybrid or entirely remote."
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    https://www.galvnews.com/news/galveston-braces-for-high-school-construction-delays/article_92c032b2-902c-5e8f-9b66-168224ca71ec.html “Within GISD, we are planning for probably a January or spring 2026 opening, just being realistic about construction delays and things that happen on the island,” Neighbors said. “I’m telling most of our campus leaders that it’s likely going to be spring 2026, just trying to manage expectations.” Construction delays aren’t really a surprise for an island project, especially for such a large-scale building, Neighbors said. A few storm seasons between now and 2025 could easily push back the timeline, as is often the case with island construction, Neighbors said."
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    https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/premium/contract-at-center-of-luther-hotel-fight-no-longer-valid/article_a97cdf98-4c0c-11ee-8456-c7089cab5f72.html "The sales contract between the estate of hotel owner Jack Harold Findley and the Corpus Christi-based Ed Rachal Foundation, which included a demolition clause, expired Aug. 31, a lawyer confirmed Tuesday. “All offers should now be considered,” said attorney John Griffin, who represents a group of hotel employees who believe Findley’s estate failed to properly maintain the hotel following his death." ... https://www.crossroadstoday.com/news/luther-hotel-independent-administrator-resigns/article_c060e412-5755-11ee-9232-cb400073c417.html "Ann Findley Jones resigned from her position as the independent administrator of the Luther Hotel. The court will now name a new dependent administrator, who will be responsible for preserving the hotel during its sale. The administrator will also play a key role in evaluating the two preservation offers being finalized. Ms. Ann Findley Jones is the sister of the owner of the Luther Hotel. In this change of leadership, the judge appointed a new dependent administrator, meaning these decisions will be made jointly as a team, with the Palacios Preservation Association being pleased with this decision." ... https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/luther-hotel-survives-demolition-threat-18382755.php "Margaret Doughty, co-chair of the preservation association, said the foundation terminated its contract and Findley’s heirs have said they favor preserving the hotel. Lawyers from the conservation group and the family have been in discussion with two potential buyers, including Houston businessman Nick Herman, who wants to repair and restore the structure. “The assumption at the moment is that the offers that are being formulated are for preservation,” Doughty said. “We’re working with anybody who is interested in helping with funding for the actual restoration."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/17/rockefeller-group-houston-philip-crocker.html "New York-based Rockefeller Group — the developer behind Rockefeller Center in Manhattan — has hired a local leader for the company’s expansion into Texas. Rockefeller Group hired Philip Croker as senior managing director and head of the company’s new Southwest region, which includes Texas and Arizona, the company said. The new region marks the company’s first entrance into the Texas market. Croker will be based in Houston and is responsible for real estate acquisitions, new developments and operations in Texas and Arizona." Fun Fact: He's been a HAIFer, at least in the past! He was super helpful with some info I and others had asked about 811 Main and a few other projects before and during the time of their construction. Wish him nothing but the best for this position.
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    https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/nonprofit/2023/10/16/blackwood-skyfarm-connects-nature-plants-hope-for-incarcerated-youth/ "During one of the rare days when Houston saw rain in its forecast after brutal record-breaking summer temperatures, Cath Conlon carted trays of vegetables through the elevators at a multiuse development in the heart of Downtown Houston. The president and CEO of the nonprofit Blackwood Educational Land Institute wasn’t at the wrong building, even though it housed everything from restaurant pop-ups and coworking spaces. Instead, she was headed to bring fresh crops from her Hempstead farm to one of [the] biggest urban rooftop farms in Texas, Blackwood’s Skyfarm. Located at POST Houston, the farm laboratory, as they call it, experiments with different regenerative agricultural techniques such as permaculture in a distinctive urban rooftop soil setting. The nonprofit also hosts various educational experiences for guests, volunteers and anyone who is interested in becoming what it calls eco-literate."
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    Will see how long this takes to get to other places, but this was a new find. The PDF brochure must've been updated in the last day or few. There is this new rendering along Commercial Drive back toward the Cinemark theater which envisions the redeveloped space with additional parcels activated with retail. There's also an appearance of the complex that Sueba had previously teased adjacent. Other than getting the spelling of the placeline wrong, this is good news. This location was purpose-built as a freestanding 24 hour ER / Medical location (First Choice ER), but had been closed even prior to the pandemic from what I remember. At least it will be in use again. https://realtynewsreport.com/rnr-real-estate-briefs-texas-more-21/ "ROSENBURG, Texas – RapidCare Emergency Room has leased from NewQuest Properties a 7,032 SF medical office building in Brazos Town Center at US Highway 59 and FM 762. Bob Conwell and Austen Baldridge of NewQuest Properties represented the landlord. Gloria Ilochonwu of Keller Williams Real Estate represented the tenant."
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    https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/office/even-half-off-discount-fails-to-generate-buyer-for-energy-corridot-high-rise-121087 "Pacific Life Insurance took back Four Westlake Park, a 588K SF, 20-story building in the Energy Corridor, for its starting bid of $30M after no one topped it at the Harris County foreclosure auction on Oct. 3, according to online records. That is less than half of the $70M Pacific Life Insurance loaned to Treeview Real Estate Advisors to purchase the building in February 2020, and it is barely a third of the $86M at which the Harris Central Appraisal District valued the building in January."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/17/hillwood-communities-legacy-community-league-city.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=7#cxrecs_s "The number of homes planned is now 1,630, down from previously 1,770. The hope is to start construction on a new road connecting the western end of League City Parkway and the eastern end of Friendswood Lakes Boulevard later this year or early 2024 and finish next summer. Later, the developer plans to extend West Boulevard southward to eventually connect with the future Grand Parkway section there. Homesite construction will begin after the completion of the League City Parkway section and detention. The community will have a total of around 100 acres of lakes, some of which will be connected for boating. The first phase includes 510 homesites to be released to 10 yet-to-be-announced builders during the first quarter of 2025, with model homes expected to open in the second quarter."
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/16/houston-shell-energy-stadium-el-clasic-regio.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_27&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_s "El Clásico Regio — the matchup between crosstown rivals Club de Futbol Monterrey and Club Tigres in Nuevo Leon, Mexico — was hosted at Shell Energy Stadium on Oct. 14. It was the rivalry’s fourth game played in the U.S. and attracted 20,230 fans. This was record attendance for Clásico Regio matches in the U.S. and the most fans at Shell Energy Stadium since the venue unveiled renovations earlier this year. The Oct. 14 match was the first time Clásico Regio was played as a standalone event in the U.S. The game was hosted by Los Angeles-based sports marketing agency Primetime Sports & Entertainment, which plans to bring the game to the U.S. annually."
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    https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/10/09/austin-builders-closing-puts-west-dallas-development-site-back-on-market/ "One of West Dallas’ biggest development sites is up for sale following the failure of an Austin-based builder. StoryBuilt Homes — formerly known as PSW Real Estate — this summer shut down operations, laid off employees and sought voluntary receivership. The more than 30-year-old builder has completed housing projects in Oak Cliff, Dallas and Plano. The receivership means StoryBuilt’s building sites, completed projects and partially-built developments with an estimated value of $2 billion are being marketed for sale by A&G Real Estate Partners and Onyx Asset Advisors. One of the more than two dozen properties up for grabs is a 12-acre site at Fort Worth Avenue and Commerce Street, west of downtown Dallas."
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    https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2023/10/12/466502/new-affordable-housing-complex-opens-gulfton-sharpstown-neighborhood/ "A new affordable housing development opened Thursday in southwest Houston. The development was created to house some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. New Hope Housing Savoy is a $33.8 million apartment complex in Houston’s Gulfton and Sharpstown area. The four- story, 120-unit complex will house disabled individuals, families at risk of homelessness, and children and families fleeing domestic violence through a partnership with the Houston Area Women's Center. Families or individuals who earn between 30%-60% of the area's median income would qualify to live in the community,"
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    https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/inno/stories/news/2023/10/13/gm-backed-cruise-robotaxi-houston-launch.html "Cruise said in social media posts on Oct. 12 that the service is ready to accept riders in a service area between the downtown, River Oaks, East Downtown and Montrose neighborhoods. The company announced a $5 flat fare promotion for Houstonians for a limited time. The so-called ‘robotaxis’ will operate from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m."
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    https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2023/10/14/heres-when-state-officials-say-the-new-harbor-bridge-will-open/70780016007/ "The new Harbor Bridge is estimated to open in spring 2025 with a price tag of about $1.2 billion, transportation officials said Friday – exceeding its previous $803 million estimate and missing its original completion date by about five years. It will take roughly one year after the new bridge opens for the project to be fully completed, with work to include demolishing the existing bridge, wrote Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Rickey Dailey in an email to the Caller-Times."
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    The largest single item on the current bond package that will be voted on in a few weeks is for an indoor sports complex in "Central Fort Bend" County. Most of the other projects on the list are denoted by the community or Precinct they are in. Does anyone have any additional insight on where this might be proposed for or what could be acquired to develop something like this in that part of the County? https://agendalink.co.fort-bend.tx.us:8085/docs/2023/CCTS/20230802_3820/57637_Overall_Total_2023_Parks_Bond_Project_07.24.23.pdf Sports Complex Acquire or construct indoor Sports Complex in Central Fort Bend County. Construct parking lot, lighting, water/sewer, grading, detention pond, monument sign, signage, landscaping/irrigation and sidewalks. Central Fort Bend $18,937,000.00
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