Historic Building Saved

Defying the demolition craze: New $80 million downtown hotel to save a 102-year-old skyscraper

By Whitney Radley

05.17.13 | 2:25 pm

As downtown Houston booms with ground-up development, Fort Worth-based hotel company Pearl Hospitality is taking a more preservationist look at one historic building.  The Samuel ...

Real Estate Rumblings

Big foreign money: Korean buyers behind near-record $480 million Houston office tower sale

By Ralph Bivins

04.26.13 | 4:17 pm

Korean investors are believed to be behind the $480 million purchase of the 46-story BG Group Place office tower in downtown Houston, in a deal organized by Invesco Real Estate, a Dallas-based firm ...

Houston's Shocking Honor

Houston dubbed the No. 1 most walkable city: No, really

By Whitney Radley

04.10.13 | 7:26 am

Despite our unwavering love for this city, it's hard to argue that walkability is Houston's strong suit. That's why a ranking by the folks behind WalkScore.com proved a surpri ...

Shopping Shakeup

The secret's out! Houston Pavilions breaks out a new name as it tries to shed its troubled past

By Whitney Radley

04.04.13 | 5:01 pm

As the northern end of downtown Houston near Market Square Park experiences a sort of homegrown renaissance, there's a more buttoned-up type of redevelopment underway a few METRORail stops down ...

Retail core development

Will you shop downtown? As stores close, survey says more retail needed in heart of the city

By Whitney Radley

03.11.13 | 2:55 pm

The recent closure of the downtown Macy's might have seemed the death knell for shopping in Houston's urban core, but even on the eve of the store's last sale, survey results were relea ...

Foodie News

Food trucks as terrorist weapons? Debate over rule changes attracts Bun B, restaurant defenders & strange logic

By Sarah Rufca

09.18.12 | 10:25 pm

Does the presence of food trucks hurt or help brick and mortar restaurants? Do they contribute to a thriving neighborhood or are they an eyesore and potential danger? Those questions were the m ...

A courthouse screening

After a $65 million makeover, the historic Harris County Courthouse becomes a movie star

By Joel Luks

09.12.12 | 7:29 am

When more than 30,000 people first treaded up the pink granite steps of the Harris County Courthouse on Texas Independence Day, March 2, 1910, they were welcomed by an awe-inspiring five-story atri ...

2011 Capital One Bank Theater District Open House

08.28.11

The Capital One Bank Theater District Open House is a fun-filled afternoon where participants can learn more about Houston’s nine major performing arts organizations, including Alley Theatre,

Real Estate Round-up

Signs of real estate life: Texaco Building set for royal re-do, new Post Oak tower planned

By Ralph Bivins

04.27.11 | 5:09 pm

The Texaco Building has been a crypt of emptiness for decades, suffering as downtown’s grand dame that was abandoned in the 1980s. Constructed in 1915, the building has been labeled &quo ...

Real Estate Round-up

Skyscrapers buck the recession: Hines plans another new office tower for downtown Houston

By Ralph Bivins

03.15.11 | 6:24 pm

The Hines real estate organization, which has built 23 skyscrapers in downtown Houston, is planning another one. The project, if it comes together as planned, would result in a major office bui ...