Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Old Thread Bump. Who owns the former Stewart & Stevenson land? What was it for S&S HQ? Light Rail may bring some this thread back to life! How is the neighborhood currently? Still transforming, honestly have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Not sure, Frank Liu may still own that? A few years back there were rumors of a suburban-style strip mall. Latest is that the not for profit architecutral salvage Historic Houston has moved into some donated space in the remaining warehouse structures (with the murals). The Lockwood station landing is built and there's even benches. Kombat Krog on Cullen is still hanging in there. They've improved some and I now buy produce and they carry more white-people brands like Fage yogurt. I see many more college/20s kids moving into rentals in the area. Some early yuppies from 10 and plus years ago moving out and on. A few new builds (crudely done faux craftsman, but not as bad as the usual brother-in-law addition to grandma's house you see here) going in on empty lots. Prices still in line with when I bought high in 2007, for the most part. The eastwood area is great. No regrets on settling here. And mercifully, the D&W has remained assclown-free. Lately when I'm in the Heights, and I feel like I'm in some forced lifestyle- zone of urban caricature, I really appreciate the east end. Keeping it real, as the shirts say, at least for now. Of course 2 more years and people will be saying that about the heart of the 3rd ward. Onward, urban lifestyle consumers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Crunchtastic - thank you for the update. Very interesting stuff. Re-reading this thread from the beginning seems inevitable that some lucky or progressive grocery store could be pivotal in the success of the changing neighborhood. I work with HEB all the time and could picture a very successful store of any kind in this hood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 There is the Walmart that's supposed to be going in at Wayside. Granted all they've done so far is tear down the old buildings and it's been sitting there for months with no activity. I'm not a huge fan of grocery shopping at Walmart, but I'll give it the old college try. At the very least it will siphon some people away from the HEB at Gulfgate which might make it easier to shop there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I’m happy to revive a +5 year old thread as Combat Kroger is being renovated tonight. I went in today as a new east ender and I as happy they had half the stuff I needed, but didn’t live up to it’s name. There was a Mercedes and Range Rover in the parking lot. I am very interested in the spiritual apothecary across the street & Super Happy Funland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 yeah, I pop in that Kroger about once a week for various sundries. Sometimes I take the Range Rover, sometimes I take the Mercedes. jk about the cars, but I do go there once a week for random stuff. I am happy with the complete random demographic that I always see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 6/23/2018 at 10:30 PM, Montrose1100 said: I’m happy to revive a +5 year old thread as Combat Kroger is being renovated tonight. I went in today as a new east ender and I as happy they had half the stuff I needed, but didn’t live up to it’s name. There was a Mercedes and Range Rover in the parking lot. I am very interested in the spiritual apothecary across the street & Super Happy Funland. On 6/26/2018 at 1:24 PM, samagon said: yeah, I pop in that Kroger about once a week for various sundries. Sometimes I take the Range Rover, sometimes I take the Mercedes. jk about the cars, but I do go there once a week for random stuff. I am happy with the complete random demographic that I always see. Heard some rumors that the Krogers might be expanding and taking over the dollar store area next door. Has anyone heard anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Someone mentioned on Next Door that they spoke to the Kroger manager and they said after the Dollar General lease ends next door in two years that the Kroger will expand into that space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadmoorGuy Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 10:28 PM, intencity77 said: Someone mentioned on Next Door that they spoke to the Kroger manager and they said after the Dollar General lease ends next door in two years that the Kroger will expand into that space. That's the rumor...Million dollar renovations have already started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Has anyone been to the HEB in Gulf Gate? I was at the Home Depot there and decided to check it out. Had about 75% of the stuff I needed. I guess I’ll have to go to the one on W Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 41 minutes ago, Montrose1100 said: Has anyone been to the HEB in Gulf Gate? I was at the Home Depot there and decided to check it out. Had about 75% of the stuff I needed. I guess I’ll have to go to the one on W Alabama. Yeah my wife hates going to the Gulf Gate HEB for that reason, as well as how crowded it gets. I don't mind it since I used to go there before the Montrose one opened up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 19 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Has anyone been to the HEB in Gulf Gate? I was at the Home Depot there and decided to check it out. Had about 75% of the stuff I needed. I guess I’ll have to go to the one on W Alabama. Probably because GulfGate is just an HEB. West Alabama is a "Market," their cross between a regular HEB and a Central Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I went to HEB at gulfgate about a month ago. There were quite a few fruit flies that had taken up residence in the produce section. Didn't tell a manager just walked out and haven't been back since. This particular HEB never seems to be well maintained. Lots of clutter, and that makes it feel not so clean. I'm perfectly happy with Fiesta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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