
Soon, restaurant visitors will be able to lounge on oversized patio chairs while watching blue herons swoop over a man-made lake as evening golfers meander under the course lit up by stadium-style lighting. Nearby, globe string lights illuminate an expansive outdoor patio where the hum of an Astros game mingles with ‘80s rock emanating from a restaurant. But on a recent evening at East River 9, a new golf course opening this week in the East End, golfers are just starting to get out their clubs to practice their swings at the course’s driving range as the downtown city lights twinkles in the distance. Twilight on a golf course is usually a time when players pack their bags for the day as darkness settles in over the field. Jon Shapley/Staff photographer Show More Show Less Jon Shapley/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 10 of10 Anna Deans, investment manager with Midway, guides a tour of the East River mixed-use development as construction continues Thursday, Sept. Jon Shapley/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 9 of10 Construction continues on the East River mixed-use development Thursday, Sept. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 8 of10 Construction continues on the East River mixed-use development Thursday, Sept. The new golf course and restaurant are opening within the new East River mixed-use project. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 7 of10 Clayton Freels, of real estate development firm Midway, gives a tour at East River 9 and Riverhouse Wednesday, Nov. The new golf course and restaurant Riverhouse are opening within the new East River mixed-use project. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of10 Alex Humphreys, left, and Drew Holtkamp spend time at East River 9 golf range Wednesday, Nov. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of10 People dining at Riverhouse restaurant at the new East River mixed-use project Wednesday, Nov. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of10 East River 9 is a new golf course opening within the new East River mixed-use project Wednesday, Nov.

Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of10 East River 9 and Riverhouse are a new golf course and restaurant opening within the new East River mixed-use project Wednesday, Nov. The new golf course East River 9 and restaurant are opening within the new East River mixed-use project. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of10 People dining and drinking at Riverhouse restaurant Wednesday, Nov.

1 of10 East River 9 and Riverhouse are a new golf course and restaurant opening within the new East River mixed-use project Wednesday, Nov.
