Montrose1100 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 It looks like the office/warehouses off of the Beltway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I don't understand what I am looking at. Quite confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 To answer the question, this is between the Sawyer Target and Sawyer Heights wrap - o - rama colony (the plain blocks at the left rear of the image) and the billboard company and Kroger's parking lot (foreground and right). It's more than a bit Katyville, but look at the bright side - all that ground floor retail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Horrible in pretty much every way. What a wasted opportunity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 On May 7, 2016 at 0:47 PM, nate4l1f3 said: I hope stacked retail becomes a reality here and embarrasses the studemont junction development. Guess not 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 The more I look at the screen shot, it looks like this is very preliminary. Here's to hoping something changes, and vastly. This is prime real estate and this development looks like the uptown Target on steroids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Disappointed, yes. Surprised, no. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 stacked retail, movie theatre, box stores, costco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 *Quick rant* I guess I'm a little confused what people are expecting here. The next River Oaks District? More hipster stores nobodies heard of? What's wrong with Rice Military and the Heights area (and people like me that live closer to the desert that is Northside Village) getting some big box stores here that more people can afford... What's wrong with a movie theatre too? Don't quite understand the hate towards all this Katyville development... I don't see people jumping on the development that occurred near West University around 59. It's all a bunch of big box stores in an even more urban area and I don't see people jumping on them. This area just converted from vacant lots and falling apart warehouses to an actual vibrant area full of retail development. I understand the want to make it a huge City Centre part 2 but development takes steps to grow. Let this round of development come in and once we grow even more urban, we can take in a more urban development. This is actually a lot more urban than I expected and is more in line with the Costco development over at Richmond and Westlayan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Likely because none of the development along 59 inside the loop happened all at once? It's been strip malled/pad sited for decades already? That most of that development happened before anyone considered anything but suburban development for Houston? Maybe because even big box stores could come in different packaging? Maybe because the area around there already has issues with flooding and paving over acres for surface parking does absolutely nothing for our flood issues, our bayou pollution issues, and our increasing heat island effect? Just because it was industrial doesn't mean we should be excited because a Ross Dress Barn and an Olive Garden are better than a brownfield... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, KinkaidAlum said: Maybe because even big box stores could come in different packaging? Is this not that different packaging? This looks so much similar to Blvd Place but it's not as high end (thank God). Quote Maybe because the area around there already has issues with flooding and paving over acres for surface parking does absolutely nothing for our flood issues, our bayou pollution issues, and our increasing heat island effect? You're really thinking this is going to cause new flood issues as opposed to the industrial concrete and steel warehouses that existed here before then? Quote Just because it was industrial doesn't mean we should be excited because a Ross Dress Barn and an Olive Garden are better than a brownfield.. Yet again, what's wrong with a Ross Dress Barn and an Olive Garden going in? Do we really need Tom Ford or Hermes here? Sorry, not everyone makes that much money. Our area has been a desert for retail while 59 has all types of stores in the Montrose and West University area. I welcome the Krogers... the Walmart... the Target here. As someone who needs good groceries in the area and the most basic common retail that didn't even exist here 5 years ago, let me challenge you and tell you people that live here are actually excited by these developments... sorry if this development forum only likes the high-end luxury development... not everything can live up to that level. Edited September 14, 2016 by Triton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Im not sure what tom ford's or hermes is, but a sporting goods or hardware store would be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 19 hours ago, Triton said: You're really thinking this is going to cause new flood issues as opposed to the industrial concrete and steel warehouses that existed here before then? I'd opine that the new development would probably be better for flood issues than the 20-70 year old industrial developments that predated it. I might be siding with Triton on this. The rendering looks like it has parking garages, Not that many surface parking lots, Its right on the heights bike trail. THe development is still fundamentally in the middle of a former industrial area and does appear to have some verticality. Give it a few years, if this is a hot successful retail area... your mid-rise apartments and condos will quickly follow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Is it ok if don't like this OR ROD? ...regardless, we're lacking some serious detail here. I don't particularly like the massing (it could always be worse, but I refuse to celebrate mediocrity), but it's not like we actually know what this is going to look like yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitor Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Interesting list, great (proposed) find. I don't really love the lineup and wonder what putting a marshals/homegoods here would do to the gray st location. Disappointed it may be a Sam's Club and not Costco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 And there's that proposed HEB again that I got trashed on Reddit about. But no... Even though Midway has hinted a grocer is going into their development... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 On 9/15/2016 at 9:00 AM, terra002 said: Im not sure what tom ford's or hermes is, but a sporting goods or hardware store would be nice. shhhhhh... don't let Monarch hear you say that They're both quite upscale - for example, Hermes ties start at close to $200 and go up from there. Way up. Or you can get an Hermes t-shirt for $380.00. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) 52 minutes ago, mollusk said: shhhhhh... don't let Monarch hear you say that They're both quite upscale - for example, Hermes ties start at close to $200 and go up from there. Way up. Or you can get an Hermes t-shirt for $380.00. Yep. But just look how stunning that T-shirt really is: http://usa.hermes.com/man/ready-to-wear/active-wear/short-sleeve-t-shirts/h-tshirt-collection-98003.html /sarcasm You can also get a polo shirt in snot green for $455. http://usa.hermes.com/man/ready-to-wear/polos/classic/polo-boutonne-3343.html Edited September 16, 2016 by UtterlyUrban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitor Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I guess my biggest concern, looking at the proposed store lineup and the building rendering, is that we end up with something like Katie Mills. That place is just awful in multiple ways. There are suburban retail developments that are done really well and become destination area which then spur additional development around them. I guess that's my ultimate hope for this spot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Visitor said: I guess my biggest concern, looking at the proposed store lineup and the building rendering, is that we end up with something like Katie Mills. That place is just awful in multiple ways. There are suburban retail developments that are done really well and become destination area which then spur additional development around them. I guess that's my ultimate hope for this spot. That's a reasonable concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Yea the store line up is awful, aside from Academy. I used to travel the country for work and it would kill me that every town looked the exact same with all of these same stores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 17 minutes ago, terra002 said: Yea the store line up is awful, aside from Academy. I used to travel the country for work and it would kill me that every town looked the exact same with all of these same stores. Isn't the term of art "uniform suburban big box chain hellscape?" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 The plat for this development, along with the Outside Media site to the immediate NW of the site, is on the next Houston Planning Commission agenda. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Costco joined the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce, prompting rumors that they are going to build at this development. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 That would be convenient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Dirt being moved around... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitor Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 0:11 PM, s3mh said: Costco joined the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce, prompting rumors that they are going to build at this development. Still hearing that Sam's is locked in here, would definitely prefer Costco though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Mentioned as a 3-story retail development here, pg 14-15 https://issuu.com/rednews/docs/may_2017_rednews_final_issue_cr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitor Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 3 stories on each side with a parking garage in the middle? Sounds like they have changed the layout since the early renderings. Still don't have high hopes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 http://www.streetwiseretail.com/public/Studemont-Junction-Marketing-Brochure.pdf at page 13 LOWER HEIGHTS Kroger Sam’s Club Capital One Cinemark McDonald’s Academy Nordstrom Rack Ross Ulta Michael’s 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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