Marissa Luck

Houston

Real Estate and Business Journalist at Chron

Journalist covering real estate and business for @HoustonChron. Story Tips? [email protected] Formerly @CoStarNews, @TheCoStarGroup @MyABJ

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Work begins to turn historic Heights site into trailfront mixed-use hub

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Radom Capital and Triten Real Estate Partners are planning a nearly 4.5-acre adaptive reuse of the historic Swift meatpacking and cottonseed oil refinery in the Houston Heights. The design by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture embraces the historic character of the buildings while reimagining spaces for modern restaurants, retailers and offices. Landscape architects Edgeland's design enhances green spaces and pedestrian connections from the project to the adjacent hike-and-bike trail.
THC ban could create enough Houston store vacancies to fill Toyota Center

2 days ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck |Matt Zdun

The bright lights of Bahama Mama’s flagship store along Lower Westheimer turned on a year ago, welcoming passersby into a hemp shop unlike anything else in Houston. A red carpet rolled into a mirrored showroom stocked with nearly every type of legal hemp product and accessory imaginable. A Las Vegas-like mix of color, chrome and cannabis culture gave the 5,000-square-foot boutique an Instagram-ready vibe. The bold design reflected Bahama Mama’s even bolder real estate strategy.
Historic Houston home tied to true-crime saga returns to the market

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

A River Oaks mansion known as much for its dark history as it is for its opulent architecture is back on the market — and looking for a buyer who can appreciate both its beauty and its past. The Southern Colonial-style home at 1561 Kirby Drive was once owned by socialite Joan Robinson Hill and her husband, Dr. John Hill, whose scandalous deaths in the late 1960s and early 1970s transfixed the city.
Mansion that hosted George Clooney, Obama among Houston’s top April sales

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Located on a quiet street in Bunker Hill Village, this 8,609-square-foot home offers expansive living space and high-end amenities in one of Houston’s most desirable Memorial-area enclaves. The primary suite features a spa-style bath with a glass walk-in shower, soaking tub and a spacious walk-in closet. Designed with entertaining in mind, the main level includes formal living and dining rooms, a wet bar and a temperature-controlled wine room.
Who owns the most acreage in greater Houston? Meet the top 5 landowners.

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck |Alexandra Kanik

The Houston region is blanketed by master-planned communities that have pushed farther from the city as developers chase available land. Many farming and ranching families have sold their acreage to real estate companies eager to transform pastures into subdivisions lined with new homes and manicured lawns. But drive an hour or more east, and you’ll still find vast rural stretches where some families have, so far, resisted suburban sprawl.
Eli Lilly eyes Houston for $5.9B plant that could bring over 2,000 jobs

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Global pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. is considering a $5.9 billion plant in northeast Houston, a potential economic jolt that could accelerate the city’s ambitions to become a national hub for biomanufacturing. The Indiana-based developer of Prozac and Mounjaro (an Ozempic competitor) is eyeing Houston as a potential candidate for a massive biomanufacturing plant.
Exclusive: $1B plan for massive town center could reshape this Houston suburb

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

A Friendswood-based developer is unveiling plans for a $1 billion project that could transform 200 acres of rural land in Magnolia into one of the largest mixed-use developments the small city has ever seen. Tannos Development Group has spent the past two years laying the groundwork for a project called Magnolia Town Center, which could eventually encompass 1 million square feet of residential, multifamily, retail, office, medical and hospitality space.
Airbnb sell-off fuels Galveston’s biggest buyer’s market in years

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Linda and Greg Stickline’s Galveston home is a vision of Victorian charm, with powder blue trim and intricate woodwork framing a wide front porch. Tall windows allow sunshine to filter inside, catching the light of an ornate chandelier anchoring a high-ceiling entryway and grand wood staircase. Before the couple moved into the home in 2012, they spent two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars restoring the 100-year-old property, adding a modern kitchen and breezy backyard living space.
Exclusive: Inside food distribution giant Sysco's first retail store in Houston

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Sysco, one of the world’s largest restaurant food distributors, is piloting its first retail stores in Houston to attract small businesses seeking bulk food at wholesale prices, no delivery contract required. The first Sysco to Go store opened this week near Memorial City in a former Bed, Bath and Beyond space at 10515 Katy Freeway. A second location is slated to open later this summer in a former Sprouts grocery store near NRG Stadium at 1212 Old Spanish Trail.
Memorial City’s newest retail and dining hub breaks ground in Houston

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

A pair of prominent real estate developers have broken ground on a 35,000-square-foot retail complex in Memorial City, the start of a project converting a trio of warehouses into a modern mixed-use center flanked with outdoor spaces. MetroNational and Radom Capital launched the project, called Greenside, at 1085 Gessner across Interstate 10 from Memorial City Mall near Mia’s Table, Kirby Ice House and Torchy’s Tacos.