Cinco Charities

Providing free housing for patients in need: Ballard House breaks ground in Katy's Cinco Ranch

By Whitney Radley

11.11.12 | 6:00 am

Since 2008, Cinco Charities has provided temporary housing for individuals who are receiving treatment for a serious medical condition, as well as the patients' families, connecting them with h ...

Foodie News

Look out, Trader Joe's: Sprouts Farmers Markets eyes Houston with three new stores

By Sarah Rufca

10.12.12 | 12:31 pm

Houston has seen an influx of new grocery stores lately: Two (soon to be three) Trader Joe's, the first of 30 Aldi stores headed to Katy, new Phoenicia Specialty Foods and Georgia's Farm to ...

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Something to cluck about: Chicken Express plans first Houston-area restaurant

By Erin Schwarz

06.23.12 | 9:56 am

Winner winner chicken dinner! One of the tastiest fried chicken restaurant chains in the nation, Chicken Express, is set to open its first Houston-area location next month. Based in Minera ...

Little Boxes

Kings of suburbia: Houston boasts two of the top five master-planned communities in America

By Karen Labuca

01.28.12 | 9:07 am

The Houston area is the home to several suburban communities — from Tomball to Pearland, and more. With a city as large and as spread out as Houston, the housing market was bound to flourish ...

Westside Chef’s Throwdown

09.24.11

A fleet of food trucks will join more than 30 restaurants to serve up the second annual Westside Chef’s Throwdown, a free event featuring live music, cooking demonstrations and kids’ ac

Real Estate Round-up

On the verge? Amid ups and downs, Houston real estate market has pockets of strength

By Ralph Bivins

06.01.11 | 7:26 am

The Houston real estate market has been experiencing a sloppy bottom. For every positive signal that gets reported in the business section of the local paper, there are a couple of other negati ...

Real Estate Round-up

The wrecking ball sets up Downtown's future & Houston's top hidden real estate investment

By Ralph Bivins

01.10.11 | 1:21 pm

The wrecking ball is chipping away in earnest now. Downtown’s old Sheraton Lincoln hotel is going away. By this time next year, the Sheraton Lincoln will be replaced by a surface parking ...

Real Estate Round-up

What recession? Houston-area master-planned communities dominate rankings of new home sales

By Ralph Bivins

03.22.10 | 12:00 am

Bigger must be better in Houston and its suburbs. In the latest rankings of the top-sellers of new houses in the nation, Cinco Ranch, The Woodlands, Telfair and Sienna Plantation all placed in ...

Real Estate Round-up

Hope for heaven in '11 (because 2010 may be hell)

By Ralph Bivins

01.11.10 | 12:00 am

The expectations for the Houston real estate market aren’t high for 2010. This year will be one of those times to survive and wait for a better future. “'Heaven in ’11 is ...

Real Estate Round-up

Hijacking the Heights

By Ralph Bivins

10.31.09 | 3:13 pm

The battle cry of Houston residential real estate marketing is: “Can’t get enough of a good thing.” So if a Craftsman-style front porch works in The Heights, it’s gotta ...