HoustonMidtown Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I couldn't find a thread for this (if there is, please merge).... Oaks on Caroline HAR listing: http://search.har.com/engine/4820-Caroline-107-Houston-TX-77004_HAR28321604.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hmmm a nice little project. Not bad. Would be nice seeing a few of these popup more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 http://www.oaksoncaroline.com/ These contemporary Texas-hill country designed flats What is hill country about this? the stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 What is hill country about this? the stone? apparently xD You know developers will do anything to sell the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Strangely enough, I actually do get a hill country vibe out of it. It looks like something you would see along Lake Travis or near Ladybird Lake, which is definitely the Texas hill country. It's the stone and the metal accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I like it. Mid-rise condos are very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I think it adds a unique vernacular to the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I have two very different reactions to this: We lost the Caroline Collective for THIS??!?!?!! and Now this is what I would like to see more of- actual infill. Not scraping entire blocks and putting up a single structure, but slotting in new, smaller structures to complement (or contrast with) what's already there,Oh and also the ground floor is a blank wall and some garage doors. That's really terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 $300,000 to $360,000 for the 1 bedrooms currently listed on HAR + HOA fees, and these are 2.5 blocks from the "elevated" 59 section running through the museum district/midtown... are people actually buying at these prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Isn't this where the Caroline Collective was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Quite hostile to the street/pedestrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Quite hostile to the street/pedestrian.Well, that's the Houston vernacular... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Well, that's the Houston vernacular... That's exactly it fernz! Houston has pretty much destroyed much of it's "vernacular" and so we are left with a city that has a huge void in its architecture history meaning that we will have to create a new vernacular for Houston. Especially since the current one is suburban in nature and not urban. In this area specifically there really isn't any. Sure there are some nice homes from the 1920's and 1930's, even they are all different from each other (a really awesome thing btw), but it doesn't really give anyone a good read on what's "Houston" architecture. I actually like the look of this one, and even though it does read as something that is more hill country it still reads overall as something that fits in Texas. This look certainly beats the "Bungalow" style rip off's I'm seeing apartments in the suburbs trying to do or some people trying to revive "Art Deco" instead of doing something more interesting by creating a more contemporary or "Neo Deco". It's almost like we are getting back to the style wars of the turn of the 20th century. All in all we need to simply build more and more so we can organically grow an urban vernacular in places which don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 People are willing to pay! 25% pre-sold after 1 month. It just goes to show that Houstonians appreciate quality construction (cast in place concrete, post tension system flooring). Here is their website-oaksoncaroline.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 At 45% now according to the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Visited this sales office recently. EH. Not that impressed. And the prices on HAR are waaaay low for what they are quoting now. Also, the sales person told me that a second building is in the works one block north of this location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I like the floor plans .....An 8 story midrise would be nicer, IMO, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 The irony of this is the first townhouse development I lived in when I was in DC was called Caroline Oaks. Can the Hunt at Orange be too far off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 At 45% now according to the website. Now at 60% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Sounds like I missed the fun places in DC. Are you sure it wasn't an After party for a Fringe show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 pretty sure I saw site prep happening on this site the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 pretty sure I saw site prep happening on this site the other day.I saw the same thing, equipment on site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I am actually not sure if I have the right building here. This is a five story development as well but I didn't see it in dev.io Houston's Development Map. Oaks on Caroline by marclongoria, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The website is Oaksoncaroline.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 IMG_1660 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr I thought this site up the block on the corner of Wentworth was just a laydown site, but they were pushing dirt around. IMG_1658 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 2nd floor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Steady progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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