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Saks Fifth Avenue gets Lucky: Grille 5115 slated for a fashionable makeover
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 9th, 2010 at 7:00 PM
The restaurant at Saks Fifth Avenue is undergoing a fashionable makeover — with a new name to come soon. Tuesday night's Symphony Ball underwriters' dinner was the last ...
HALLELUJAH!
Historic Heights church saved in last-minute change of heart
By Caroline Gallay
Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Well, it won't be turned into a quirky Texas art museum, but Immanuel Lutheran church won't be demolished, either. Phew! Swamplot is reporting that the congregation ...
A REALLY BIG DEAL
Largest lease in nation since 2008 signed for downtown space
By Ralph Bivins
Feb 17th, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Downtown Houston has some more bragging rights. The nation’s biggest office lease to be signed since the fall of 2008 has been signed by KBR, the engineering ...
THE SAGA IN SOUTHAMPTON CONTINUES
Ashby high-rise developers sue Houston for $40 million
By Sarah Rufca
Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
After two and a half years of denials, plan alterations, yellow yard signs and city council hearings, Buckhead Investment Partners, the developers behind the beleaguered Ashby high-rise, have ...
FOODIE NEWS
Philippe Schmit heading to BLVD Place
By Sarah Rufca
Feb 11th, 2010 at 3:45 PM
After months of rumors and negotiations, Philippe Schmit has officially signed a lease at BLVD Place for a new signature eatery called Philippe Restaurant and Lounge. Set to ...
REAL ESTATE REPORT
The big boxes (slowly) get filled
By Ralph Bivins
Feb 4th, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Circuit City and Linens ‘n Things left some big holes in the Houston shopping center market over the last year after they pulled out of the market and ...
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
Galveston's Tremont ends up under water, again
By Sarah Rufca
Feb 3rd, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Sometimes it seems like Galveston's Tremont House can't catch a break. As Swamplot notes, "Disaster is no stranger to Galveston’s historic Tremont House hotel. Opened ...
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Good news — and bad — for Houston's economy
By Sarah Rufca
Feb 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Looks like we haven't heard the last of the depressing jobs statistics yet: The Houston Business Journal is reporting that the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the ...
WE HAD IT FIRST
Exxon Mobil contemplates a move to The Woodlands
By Clifford Pugh
Jan 30th, 2010 at 6:00 AM
The Chronicle reports that Exxon is considering a move out of downtown Houston. "Exxon Mobil Corp. is conducting a study of its U.S. real estate that could ...
THE GILDED AGE
For sale: Lots of Allen Stanford's real estate
By Sarah Rufca
Jan 29th, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Ralph Janvey might be receiving some flowers and thank-you cards this week. Janvey is the Dallas receiver with the Securities & Exchange Commission charged with recovering assets from the ...
LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND INFAMOUS
This is what running Enron (into the ground) buys you: a virtual tour of the Lay condo
By Sarah Rufca
Jan 27th, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Remember that penthouse, full-floor condo in The Huntingdon that Linda Lay, widow of former Enron CEO Ken Lay, quietly put on the market last fall? Well, a private ...
PILLOW TALK
More hotels are headed to Houston
By Sarah Rufca
Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Recession or no, it looks like there were be several more places to rest your head around town in the near future. According to Smith Travel Research, Houston ...
REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP
Saved by the church: Condo prince discovers recession salvation in religious market
By Ralph Bivins - March 8th, 2010
Construction is slow. Developers can’t get loans to start new projects. It’s the recession of 2010, and there’s just not much on the drawing board right now ...
REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP
Play Ball: Hitting home runs in Houston real estate
By Ralph Bivins - March 1st, 2010
Remember the advertising jingle: "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and real estate"? Of course you don’t remember...because the ad was about Chevrolet instead of real estate. It is ...
REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP
Houston’s latest condo tower earns bragging rights in tough times
By Ralph Bivins - February 22nd, 2010
Everybody wants the latest fashions, the newest car and the most innovative i-gadget from Apple. In marketing, being new is golden. Madison Avenue has proven that “new and improved” is ...
REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP
Talkin' about my generation: Business booming for boomer projects
By Ralph Bivins - February 15th, 2010
The Who rocked the Super Bowl halftime show. Some reviewers questioned the current state of their singing voices, but I admired Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. They generated a lot ...
REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP
Sites for sore eyes: The value of a Waterwall and prison to paradise
By Ralph Bivins - February 8th, 2010
Millions of Houstonians as well as international tourists affirm the Waterwall is a cool place to visit. It’s also a magnet, of sorts, for developers who want to develop ...
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