Tilman Fertitta's hotel, the Westin Houston Downtown, will undergo a $3 million renovation. The hotel near Minute Maid Park will undergo renovations to the lobby, office spaces, and the fitness center on the first floor per a Landry's representative. Read more, from Janet Miranda. https://lnkd.in/gAP8pGAw
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After SpaceX proposed launching Starship out of Boca Chica 25 times annually, the South Texas Environmental Justice Network says they're worried about the damage that could come from that. "We are witnessing the habitat we grew up with being scorched to the ground because of SpaceX," Bekah Hinojosa said. Read more on Chron.com.
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The latest round of power outages in the wake of Hurricane Beryl—which in some cases are still ongoing—have crippled Houston's food-and-beverage industry. Some operators have resorted to parking lot pop-ups and other quick fixes to be able to pay their rent and staff members. Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee is taking matters into his own hands. On Monday, and on Instagram, Buzbee announced that his law firm is in the process of filing a class action lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy on behalf of a number of Houston restaurants. Buzbee claimed that the utility provider has failed repeatedly "to do what any reasonable and competent electricity provider would do and should do." Read the full story, by Timothy Malcolm, below. https://lnkd.in/g5rVfpkB
Tony Buzbee to sue CenterPoint on behalf of Houston-area restaurants
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Williams Tower in the Galleria lands another prominent company, this time Camden Properties Trust. The apartment-owning company will move into the new office in the third quarter of 2025. They will be leaving their longtime office in Greenway Plaza, which has been recently plagued by financial trouble over an outstanding multimillion-dollar loan. Read more at Chron.com https://lnkd.in/gXnVzngE
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After Hurricane Beryl hit Houston, the city's beloved restaurants have suffered where it hurts the most: the walk-in fridge. According to chefs Henry Lu and Travis McShane, thousands of dollars of product have been lost in the 5+ days without power. Here's how restaurateurs have dealt with the loss. more at Chron.com https://lnkd.in/gHU9xudZ
Houston restaurants lose coolers to Beryl (and lots of money)
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#Question: Engineers, techies, or anyone who enjoys organizing information, CenterPoint in Houston just released a new outage map that is angering residents. How would you fix it? One new bobble to emerge from CenterPoint in the days since Beryl's landfall is a restoration map featuring color-coded repair statuses for addresses across the Houston metro. First launching Tuesday night, the map included three color-coded statuses for customers: "energized" (lime), "assigned for repair" (lavender) and "assessments in progress" (tangerine). The widget also featured a five-point restoration process beginning with impact evaluation and progressing to neighborhood and street infrastructure repair. As of Thursday, however, the map has been retooled to feature four color-coded circuit statuses: "energized" (forest green), "partially energized" (lime green), "assessment complete" (turquoise) and "assessment in progress" (tangerine). The updated restoration map page also features a new disclaimer about "nested outages" in areas marked "energized." More on the outage tracker here: https://lnkd.in/gPhitM2x #Engineer #Technology #WebDesigner #Innovation #Tech #Developer #Software
'Useless and unhelpful': CenterPoint's new outage map got more confusing
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One year ago, Texas received $60.6 million from the federal government to strengthen the power grid against extreme weather. Flash forward one year later, over 1 million CenterPoint customers remain without power days after Hurricane Beryl—down from 2.26 million at its zenith on Monday. Grid resilience has been a top concern for Texans since the 2021 winter storm forced power grid operators to call for electricity cuts for millions in the state. Texas legislators required power generators to prepare their equipment better for extreme weather, but recent storms have shown the transmission system's ongoing vulnerability. Unlike past power failures, Houstonians did not lose power because demand outpaced the Texas grid's capacity, but because of blown transformers and the good old-fashioned rivalry between falling trees and aboveground power lines. Some, including Houston city councilmember Abbie Kamin, have called on the city to bury more power lines as a result, as cities such as Colorado Springs and Anaheim, California have done in response to their own extreme weather events. Buried power lines have an aesthetic benefit as well, although that has never been much of a motivating factor for Houston. Can Houston bury its power lines? That's complicated: https://lnkd.in/gR5xDe-z A new timeline issued by CenterPoint Energy on Wednesday night will do little to abate concerns from increasingly restive Houston-area residents waiting for power to be restored in Hurricane Beryl's wake. The energy provider blamed extreme weather in Southeast Texas over the last 3 years for frustrating power restoration efforts. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gDHzNJvY
CenterPoint issues new repair timeline warning of 'prolonged' outages
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Move over, Waffle House index. Houstonians have the Whataburger app.
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⚡ Why can't Houston just bury its power lines? After Hurricane Beryl ravaged Houston and left over 2 million residents without power Monday, the city began to play a familiar song and dance with the energy provider, CenterPoint, slowly and incrementally interfacing with the company to restore downed power lines while residents endured a citywide heat advisory. The hurricane, only a Category 1, left many wondering how Houston, with all its power, could not keep on its own lights. Unlike past power failures, Houstonians did not lose power because demand outpaced the Texas grid's capacity, but because of blown transformers and the good old-fashioned rivalry between falling trees and aboveground power lines. Some, including Houston city councilmember Abbie Kamin, have called on the city to bury more power lines as a result, as cities such as Colorado Springs and Anaheim, California have done in response to their own extreme weather events. Buried power lines have an aesthetic benefit as well, although that has never been much of a motivating factor for Houston. But is that doable in Houston? Read here: https://lnkd.in/gR5xDe-z
What happened to Houston's power?
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