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New Downtown housing priced for essential workers
Apr 14, 2024
A Houston developer is planning a nearly 500-unit district in downtown Houston offering housing priced for low- and moderate-income residents — a unique offering for an area with some of highest rents in the region.
“With 25% of our employment base working in the service industry and similar jobs, providing housing for them is an essential ingredient of a healthy downtown economy,” said Kris Larson, CEO of Downtown Houston+.
“With 25% of our employment base working in the service industry and similar jobs, providing housing for them is an essential ingredient of a healthy downtown economy,” said Kris Larson, CEO of Downtown Houston+.
Houston Chronicle
The Oldest Black Church in Houston Tells the Story of America
Feb 7, 2024
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church has held strong for 158 years through wars, civil rights movements, and two pandemics.
By Uvie Bikomo
By Uvie Bikomo
Houstonia
Houston's office buildings are sitting empty. Convert them.
Jan 10, 2024
The old days are never coming back, which is fine. Nostalgia isn’t how Houston rolls. The office vacancies today are a chance to make a better city, one where people of all income levels and backgrounds can benefit from the vast potential of creating new housing.
Houston Chronicle
Service Corporation International plans $150M headquarters project near Buffalo Bayou
Dec 14, 2023
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), one of Houston's largest publicly traded companies, is one step closer to building a new headquarters tower on the site of KHOU's former home.
The Downtown Redevelopment Authority board, which administers Houston's Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 3, voted on Dec. 12 to authorize a tax increment reimbursement of $13.79 million for public infrastructure improvements and storm resilience related to the $150 million SCI project. The move will provide significant public benefit — including job retention, enhanced public storm water management, pedestrian amenities and environmental resiliency — without incurring upfront cost or new debt for the city, the DRA said.
The Downtown Redevelopment Authority board, which administers Houston's Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 3, voted on Dec. 12 to authorize a tax increment reimbursement of $13.79 million for public infrastructure improvements and storm resilience related to the $150 million SCI project. The move will provide significant public benefit — including job retention, enhanced public storm water management, pedestrian amenities and environmental resiliency — without incurring upfront cost or new debt for the city, the DRA said.
Houston Business Journal
Barbara Jordan monument celebrates pioneering congresswoman and Houston native
Dec 2, 2023
Nearly 40 years ago, the U.S. Post Office named its regional post office at 401 Franklin St. after trailblazing congresswoman and Houston icon Barbara Jordan.
Jordan was remembered again Saturday at the same spot with the unveiling of a monument titled “I Am Barbara Jordan” at the site, now home to POST Houston, which bills itself as a dining, cultural and workplace hub.
The sculpture, designed by artist Angelbert Metoyer, features Jordan sitting, facing south toward the skyline with her right hand outstretched.
Jordan was remembered again Saturday at the same spot with the unveiling of a monument titled “I Am Barbara Jordan” at the site, now home to POST Houston, which bills itself as a dining, cultural and workplace hub.
The sculpture, designed by artist Angelbert Metoyer, features Jordan sitting, facing south toward the skyline with her right hand outstretched.
Houston Chronicle
Here's How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness - And Winning
Nov 22, 2023
Houston shows it’s not inevitable or hopeless. We may not eliminate homelessness altogether, but if we could reduce it by 60 percent, as the city has, we would be a better nation. And one sign of the success of Houston’s approach is that others are copying it.
The New York Times
Astros games may get even more exciting with planned entertainment district
Nov 3, 2023
Sometime in the future, going to an Astros game might also include a stop at a themed bar for some pregame Karbach Crawford Bocks, shopping for a sweet Tequila Sunrise-style jacket, and shoving down some tacos al pastor with friends mere steps from Minute Maid Park. All within an hour and on the same piece of land.
That’s the idea behind the planned multi-million-dollar "entertainment district" the Astros unveiled Thursday at the 2023 State of Downtown event hosted by economic development nonprofit Central Houston.
That’s the idea behind the planned multi-million-dollar "entertainment district" the Astros unveiled Thursday at the 2023 State of Downtown event hosted by economic development nonprofit Central Houston.
Houston Chronicle