Three new tenants are set to join the Shops at Arrive River Oaks, a luxury mixed-use development located at the intersection of Kirby Drive and Westheimer Road, according to an Oct. 15 news release from Transwestern Real Estate Services.

In a nutshell: The three tenants include Australia-based Cullen Jewelry, which specializes in lab-grown diamond engagement rings, and wellness clinic Kale Functional Medicine, which is relocating from Westcott Street. Additionally, the owners behind Italian restaurant Pane e Vino are set to open a new restaurant concept called Bussia. 

Combined, the new leases account for 9,568 square feet of the River Oaks development, per the release.

Quote of note: "The Shops at Arrive River Oaks continues to attract a diverse mix of tenants, from international luxury brands to innovative medical and culinary concepts," Transwestern Senior Vice President Crystal Allen said in a statement.

• 2800 Kirby Drive, Houston

Maison Chinoise officially made its Houston debut Oct. 31 after operating as a lone location in Dallas since 2023. The Upscale Chinese restaurant is situated inside The Driscoll at River Oaks, a luxury high-rise apartment complex in the River Oaks Shopping Center.

The restaurant offers brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert menus, as well as a tea service and cocktails.

What's on the menu: The dinner menu boasts appetizers such as tofu hummus, crispy crab wontons and salt and pepper seafood, while the main courses include options like Peking duck, Kung Pao organic chicken, grilled Chilean sea bass, Sichuan dan dan noodles and tofu eggplant clay-pot.

Maison Chinoise is also known for its housemade premium dim sum and dumplings that come in flavors such as hot and sour soup, spicy Sichuan pork, lobster and crispy wagyu.

• 1958 W. Gray St., Ste. 102, Houston

The rental-home market in the Houston region is showing signs of balance, with  more homes available to lease while overall pricing remains steady, according to the Houston Association of Realtors’ October 2025 Rental Market Update.

What this means: According to the market update, single-family homes for rent in the Greater Houston area surged in availability. In October, 11,749 single-family homes were available for rent—the highest on record.

Leasing activity remained strong in the same month, 3,725 single-family homes were leased— up 9% from the same month a year earlier, the report states. 

Real estate agents added 7,122 new listings to the Multiple Listing Service in October versus 5,935 last year—a 20% year-over-year increase, per the report.

Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods in history, according to projections from AAA. A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Zooming in: About 5.3 million Texans are expected to drive to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to a Nov. 17 news release, while about 328,000 people will fly and 140,000 will use other forms of transportation.

The impact: Texans should give themselves extra time to reach their destinations during Thanksgiving week, with the most congestion expected Nov. 25-26. Traffic is also expected to be heavy as Texans return home Nov. 30, according to INRIX, a transportation data company.

Minimal traffic is expected on Thanksgiving Day.

More details: Texas drivers will pay about the same for gas as they did last Thanksgiving, according to AAA Texas. One gallon of regular unleaded gas cost about $2.65 in Texas as of Nov. 13, down from $2.69 last year.