Real estate roundup

Top 5 predictions for Houston real estate in 2013: Home prices, rents and mortages will rise; more supermarkets, too

By Ralph Bivins

01.08.13 | 9:30 am

Houston’s real estate markets – both commercial and residential – have just finished an exceptionally strong year and conditions remain positive as we sail into 2013. The inv ...

Where's the antler chandelier?

The new Sundance Cinemas looks like Robert Redford's living room

By Clifford Pugh

11.23.11 | 3:06 pm

The Sundance Cinemas opens to the public today. Here's what it looks like (think Robert Redford's living room). ...

Shelby's Social Diary

The Houston Symphony Ball's Scheherazade theme opened the evening to magical wonders

By Shelby Hodge

03.27.11 | 6:55 pm

It has been a momentous year for the Houston Symphony, as symphony society president Bobby Tudor noted at Friday night's symphony ball. With a stupendous United Kingdom tour of The Planets ...

Real Estate Round-up

The Galleria finally lands a new office tower, Houston FBI turns to bomb-proof digs & Teas Nursery goes green

By Ralph Bivins

12.06.10 | 10:14 am

It’s been almost 30 years since the 64-story Transco Tower was completed on a site between the Water Wall and The Galleria shopping center. Since then, developers have been pretty quiet i ...

Real Estate Round-up

The Heights Walmart tops the list of things to be thankful for in 2010 Houston real estate

By Ralph Bivins

11.22.10 | 5:23 pm

Foreclosures have been horrible. Home sales have been down. Real estate loans are hard to get. Do we have anything to be thankful for as we consider Houston’s real estate market in 2010? ...

Buffalo Bayou Ball

11.04.10

Happy trails to you! The Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s annual fundraising ball, this year themed "Happy Trails," honors community leaders Bob Eury, president of Central Houston, Inc.

Shelby's Social Diary

Glamour time: Houston Symphony Opening Night brings out black-tie wows

By Shelby Hodge

09.13.10 | 12:49 pm

It's official. The fall social season has begun in earnest with the first post-Labor Day black-tie soirée — the Houston Symphony Opening Night Gala. Albeit familiar to veterans ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Politicos galore populate the City of Houston birthday bash

By Shelby Hodge

08.28.10 | 4:15 pm

So many local politicians and those seeking the favor of local politicians gathered under one roof! The City of Houston's 174th birthday celebration was a networking dream. The ballroom of ...

"Dialogues" at the Jewish Community Center

07.14.10

Enjoy dinner with Houston celebrities including Mayor Annise Parker, Jim Burwell, Betty Moody, Ed Wulfe, Monica Pope and Stephen Klineberg. Each will host a table and a discussion highlighting thei

Shelby About Town

From jewelry photo shoot to summer socializing, the good life goes on

By Shelby Hodge

06.25.10 | 7:12 am

The orchestrated frenzy that engulfed Lucinda and Javier Loya's spanking new home in Stablewood was generated by a photo shoot for Shamaine Klein's latest jewelry c ...