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Main Street Square is built between two Metro Rail stations between the 900 and 1100 block of Main Street in the epicenter of Downtown Houston that resembles

A longtime and venerable force in downtown and Houston urban planning is stepping down after an illustrious, 38-year career. Bob Eury, president and CEO

Share Houstonians’ views on the pandemic, the economy, racial justice and the city’s demographic transformation will be revealed in the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which will be released at an online event on May 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Picture of Houston and We Love Houston sign.For the second year in a row, the annual luncheon will be presented as a virtual “Lunch-Out,” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event spotlighting the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey results is fre...

Plus, O.K.R.A. Charity Saloon has closed ... but get ready for something new. By Timothy Malcolm 3/15/2021 at 1:13pm Little Dipper now has a street patio. On Thursday, the Organized Kollaboration on Restaurant Affairs (O.K.R.A.) announced that its O.K.R.A. Charity Saloon, which donated its profits to local charities ($1.3 million over eight years) will cease to be. But also in the announcement O.K.R.A. revealed that the bar space has been transferred into the care of longtime saloon general man...

Houston tourism takes another blow as COVID keeps conventions away By Katherine Feser, Staff writer Houston’s convention and tourism business may be the greatest long-haul coronavirus victim. CERAWeek by IHS Markit, the annual energy conference that brought thousands of international visitors to Houston and was the first to cancel when COVID-19 began to spread last year, said Thursday it would not hold its in-person gathering in 2021. With pandemic shutdowns approaching their ...

by Bloomberg |Wednesday, February 03, 2021 Houston ended last year with a 24% office-vacancy rate, the highest of any major US city, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (Bloomberg) -- For all the talk of workers fleeing pricey coastal cities such as New York and San Francisco, one of the most troubled spots in the U.S. commercial real estate market is deep in the heart of Texas. Houston ended last year with a 24% office-vacancy rate, the highest of any major U.S. city, according to Jones La...