The 234 Apartment

Commentary by Ralph Bivins, Editor of Realty News Report . HOUSTON – (Commentary by Ralph Bivins) Houston is about to make a huge mistake with the development of its high-speed train to north Texas. The proposed Texas Central 200 mph rail line that will run from Houston to Dallas has a lot of good things about it. The train will be good for transit, good for the economy and it prepares Houston for the years ahead when the metro area’s population hits 10 million . It’s the train’s terminal location that’s a mistake. The memorandum of understanding, signed Thursday by Mayor Sylvester Turner and Tim Keith, president of Texas Central Partners , reveals that the train’s terminus station will probably be located at the old Northwest Mall property . The close-in mall site would probably be an excellent location for certain kinds of redevelopment, but it’s a questionable place for a transportation hub. If you haven’t shopped at Northwest Mall lately – and not many people have – it’s locate...

HOUSTON - Houston Police discovered a kush lab inside of an apartment in west Houston early Friday morning . Residents of the Summervale apartments in the 9200 block of Pagewood Lane called the fire department because of an odd chemical smell coming from one of the apartments. Both Houston Fire and Houston Police responded to the scene and, upon entering the apartment, found chemicals and equipment commonly used to make kush. Special Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety were called in to assist with the investigation. No one was at the apartment at the time, and no arrests have been made. However, Texas DPS has opened an investigation. Kush has been a growing problem in Houston. Last summer, 16 people were taken to the hospital after overdosing on the drug in Hermann Park. Since then, Mayor Sylvester Turner has made getting the drug of the streets a city-wide priority and the Houston Police Department is helping make that happen. In April, officers busted a kush rin...