A weekly list of restaurants and retailers that recently opened or signed new leases in the Houston area: CENTRAL Georgia’s Market, Main and Prairie downtown SOUTHWEST Physicians Weight Loss Center, West University Marketplace, 4028 Bellaire Blvd. NORTH Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa, 4526 Research Forest Drive adjacent to Hubble and Hudson Kitchen, The [...] read more

Here’s one way to keep an office tenant from leaving:  put its name on the building. Downtown’s 1 Houston Center is being renamed LyondellBasell Tower following the chemical and fuel maker‘s 358,138-square-foot lease renewal. The 46-story tower is located on the east end of downtown at 1221 McKinney. The Dutch-based firm has been in 1 [...] read more

Over the next three years, the Port of Houston will demolish properties on the ship channel and turning basin terminal that port officials have deemed obsolete. The Port believes razing the facilities — some of which are 70 years old — will increase the value of the land, “by an amount far in excess of [...] read more

It looks a lot like the River Oaks Shopping Center (minus the towers behind it), but this is actually the revamped strip center on San Felipe just west of the railroad tracks. It’s the one that used to house the Roll-N Saloon, one of Houston’s famous dive bars. The owner, Melcher Investments, says the black [...] read more