Triton Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow... now people are claiming Midway (or as Nextdoor user put it... the people behind City "Center") owns land on Washington Ave. This thread just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow... now people are claiming Midway (or as Nextdoor user put it... the people behind City "Center") owns land on Washington Ave. This thread just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.Midway did buy the land the apartments are on... I swore that really happened. Am I completely confused, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Midway did buy the land the apartments are on... I swore that really happened. Am I completely confused, http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/12/23/washington-avenue-apartments-sold-to-local.html There was a brief mention of the apartments recently in the HBJ Weekly Edition. Midway is in the very early conceptual stages of redevelopment for the land, but the apartments will stay for a few more years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/12/23/washington-avenue-apartments-sold-to-local.htmlThere was a brief mention of the apartments recently in the HBJ Weekly Edition. Midway is in the very early conceptual stages of redevelopment for the land, but the apartments will stay for a few more years.Thanks. At least I'm not crazy.I am very excited for what midway comes up with at that location! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 midway did purchase land on washington on top of being the developer for the lionstone tract on waugh and memorial. no idea on the rest of the information other than gulf coast commercial stating on several occasions that they are heavily considering the states first big box vertical development, so that much checks out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Ah that is right, but in the Nextdoor section, people were mentioning the Core on Washington. That isn't owned by Midway. Thanks for the reminder. Some of this seems far fetched but Archstone could potentially turn into an HEB. The Kroger is highly unlikely to be bulldozed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 HEB on Waugh and Washington has become a bit of a running inside joke on nextdoor. Every time there is a discussion about a new development, everyone ends up posting about how they wish that there would be a new HEB. Someone speculated about the Archstone property and it just sort of caught on as a nextdoor meme. HEB is pretty rigid in its requirements for a new store. They will not build on less than 6 acres and have no desire to try a smaller store concept. In fact, they seem to be happy building bigger and bigger. I am sure they will eventually find a spot near the Heights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thats pretty big news, it would really revamp the washington area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 There is truth to it. It may not go down like that but the Tarkett redevelopment will be exciting, only so much can be said at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 You know something we don't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 HEB on Waugh and Washington has become a bit of a running inside joke on nextdoor. Every time there is a discussion about a new development, everyone ends up posting about how they wish that there would be a new HEB. Someone speculated about the Archstone property and it just sort of caught on as a nextdoor meme. HEB is pretty rigid in its requirements for a new store. They will not build on less than 6 acres and have no desire to try a smaller store concept. In fact, they seem to be happy building bigger and bigger. I am sure they will eventually find a spot near the Heights. They did rebuild a smaller store in San Antonio as two levels, and there's rumors that the new Bellaire store will be two level too (unless I missed something). I hate to tell you, but despite what analysts say, grocery stores tend to build bigger. H-E-B's smallest new stores nearly approach 70k square feet, and an 80k square foot Wegmans (very popular in the Northeast) is considered "small" by their standards. Frankly, I can understand why they don't have a smaller store concept, as everyone just whines and complains about how small the former Pantry stores are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Warehouse being dismantled. c/o Nancy Sarnoff via Twitter 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Funny you posted that.. was fueling up at Krogers when I noticed this. So many excavators on site. It's quite impressive actually. Some of that steel is already gone and the fencing around the site is down too. They've cleared a large portion in the back already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 ^ Stumbled upon this demo video that shows just that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Awesome, I love stacked retail, you see it everywhere in Manhattan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I still wish I knew what was happening here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I keep hearing rumors of a movie theatre at least.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I keep hearing rumors of a movie theatre at least....MOVIE THEATER! (In "Lego Movie" voice). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Man, it's so crazy. It's like you know I'm going to post about this. Yea, they're moving incredibly fast on this demo. As I said earlier, it's quite impressive. Feels like they'll be finished before the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texan41 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 No, no, no. That sort of thing only happens in Houston. Not trying to argue but that project has been stalled due to the community surrounding it fighting it aggressively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Probably sound like a broken record but this demolition is incredible. They are almost half way done with the massive steel structure. Never seen a demo go this fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Probably sound like a broken record but this demolition is incredible. They are almost half way done with the massive steel structure. Never seen a demo go this fast. We should use the Langoliers for demolition more often. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 We should use the Langoliers for demolition more often. .... I have a feeling that can have unforeseen consequences. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Probably sound like a broken record but this demolition is incredible. They are almost half way done with the massive steel structure. Never seen a demo go this fast. It seems like they are taking it apart piece by piece rather than using an excavator to just pull it all down. It's hard to tell from the freeway as I go by, but it looked like there were guys on top unbolting the steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 11/10 c/o htxironman via Instagram 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 This crew must've played Fallout 4...scrap everything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 This is outdated already! The steel structure isn't even there anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Drove by it again this morning. Only the small steel structures are standing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 A couple pics of the demo work from this morning 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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