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11th Street Bike Lanes
This actually is an argument that shows the opposition is more deeply moored in the politics than in any real motivation on balancing bike/pedestrian access in the Heights with the need for people to drive their Land Rovers a half mile to go to a restaurant. When I moved to the Heights, we had two coffee shops (Cricket's and Antidote). There are now a dozen, not even counting Starbucks. Since then, the neighborhood has added about 10,000 multifamily units, townhome farms, and lots of retail. Many on here have complained about parking minimums and noted that they were mostly a product of complaints by near by residents about people using street parking on their streets and were not necessary because density in the Heights makes it possible to walk or bike to retail development. So, then why in the world would you put in a bike path on a street that has no retail development and keep 11th street as a death trap for anyone who dares to cross it from the north or south? The whole point of bike and pedestrian access is to allow people to have access to the retail areas in the Heights so we can keep expanding retail without having issues with parking. A bike lane on 14th does nothing to improve bike access to retail in the Heights.- 1
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Pearland Town Center At 11200 Broadway St.
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Pearland Town Center At 11200 Broadway St.
Starting this because I couldn't find it anywhere else. Pearland Town Center on Broadway, just west of 288, has a lot of potential, a catchy (and misleading) name, however it is nothing more than a pretty basic shopping center surrounded by surface parking lots. My understanding was that this development was supposed to be akin to Sugar Land Town Square or something similar, with a mixed used development, civic gathering places, shopping, apartments, etc. As is, it is nothing more than an outdoor mall that is rarely busy, some apartments, a patch of green Astroturf, a motel, and an absolute SEA of surface parking lots. Part of the plan was zoned for development of a true community amenity (a theater, a park, etc.) but currently stands as empty field and a retention pond. Back in 2021 the developers asked the Pearland Zoning Commission to allow them to develop some of their property into 142 townhomes; however, the plan was shot down. However, just this week, the developers won their battle to rezone ~37 acres due south of the development (see yellow area on map below) originally earmarked for the community amenity into a 400 unit apartment building. https://communityimpact.com/houston/pearland-friendswood/government/2024/03/26/a-portion-of-pearland-town-center-rezoned-for-apartments/ The apartments seem fine, and perhaps needed, but to add that much parking when Pearland Town Center is already lousy in parking seems like bad design all the way through and through. -
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Hounds Town USA - 1218 S. Durham St.
Hounds Town is an interactive doggy day care with expansive play areas, large luxury suites for overnight boarding, a dog spa, bathing and taxi services. The newest location off Durham Drive in the Heights will be owned and operated by Twinkle and Parth Bhakta. https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/business/2024/03/26/hounds-town-opens-new-heights-location-near-downtown-houston/ -
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Montrose Collective: Office Building With Retail At 888 Westheimer Rd.
“Construction is already underway for the new Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library, which will be in the Montrose Collective mixed-use shopping center,” the statement read. The updated timeline lists the third quarter of this year — between July and September — as the completion date. https://houstonlanding.org/houston-library-to-permanently-close-montrose-branch-due-to-safety-concerns/
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