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Real Estate Rumblings

New luxury hotel tries to revitalize Magic Johnson's GreenStreet as Downtown Houston grows up

By Ralph Bivins

03.26.14 | 4:59 pm

Valencia Group, the company that created Hotel Sorella, is coming to downtown Houston with an luxe hotel that will energize a rebirth of the GreenStreet mixed use development. GreenStreet, ...


Downtown Transition

A-Million Problems? Houston Pavilions owners say massive book store closing is no biggie

By Dillon Sorensen

12.27.12 | 4:20 pm

Alabama based book retailer Books-a-Million has finally shuttered its Houston Pavilions location, with the sweet rent deal it negotiated after threatening to leave in January of last year ...


Foodie News

Yao Ming locked out by Magic Johnson group for failing to pay rent: His restaurant rep is injured

By Sarah Rufca

09.28.12 | 4:07 pm

Another day, another downtown restaurant is locked out for failing to pay rent. This time the injured party is Yao Restaurant, which was drafted in February 2010 by a group that included former ...


second career champion

To the rescue: Magic Johnson sets out to revitalize the ailing Houston Pavilions

By Tyler Rudick

08.20.12 | 2:37 pm

So, the future of the embattled Houston Pavilions may not be so murky after all, thanks to financial support from the one and only Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The NBA legend's Canyon- ...


Rare Birds

Superwoman to the rescue! Jade Simmons defies classical music convention, plays with fire

By Chris Becker

07.05.12 | 10:38 am

Jade Simmons is one busy woman. The Houston-based classical pianist's newest EP, Playing With Fire drops in September. On Tuesday, the track "Boss's Nova" from the E ...


The Revolt

The secrets of Diddy's new TV network: How Sean Combs plans to make Comcast cool

By Karen Labuca

02.28.12 | 4:28 pm

A renaissance man never stops working and in Sean "Diddy" Combs' case, we already know him as a Grammy-winning hip-hop pioneer, clothing designer, occasional actor, product endorser, ...


You Know What I Mean?

Dear Fayza: Should I break up with my HIV-positive boyfriend before it's too late?

By Fayza A. Elmostehi

11.11.11 | 5:50 pm

You've probably heard it more times than you care to admit: Relationships aren't easy. Between compromise and growing together and making both yourself and each other happy, relationships c ...


Foodie News

Going Texan: Magic Johnson's Hotel Icon debuts Line & Lariat restaurant

By Sarah Rufca

10.23.11 | 5:30 pm

The news that downtown Houston's Hotel Icon would be the first Texas property to join Marriott's luxury Autograph Collection brand hit the wires earlier this month, but the hotel threw a pa ...


Icon At The Icon

Why Magic Johnson loves (and hates) Houston: Legend touches on $450 million investment & Sampson shot in whirlwind tour

By Tyler Rudick

10.18.11 | 11:37 pm

News reporters swarmed around NBA star turned developer Earvin “Magic” Johnson Tuesday as he joined Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and City Council member Brenda Stardig for a ce ...


Better Days Ahead?

Autograph fever? Hotel Icon to become a Marriott under Magic Johnson ownership group

By Sarah Rufca

10.05.11 | 4:37 pm

Houston is about to get its first Autograph — hotel, that is. The Houston Business Journal is reporting that the 135-room Hotel Icon is set for a relaunch in Marriott's Autograph Collecti ...


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