j_cuevas713 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I think both neighborhoods are suited for those types of development. The thing is that Midtown is more modern and the East End is more industrial. Just two different styles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 8 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: MidDo MidDoE prononced Mid-dough 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) On 12/5/2016 at 6:35 PM, Sanjorade said: On facebook, they are advertising the development as being in downtown as opposed to "EaDo" .... seems a bit deceptive to me. EaDo is part of the downtown super neighborhood. http://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/snmapsbyzip.pdf so there's no subterfuge to call that location, or any location in EaDo, Downtown. Edited December 9, 2016 by samagon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Interesting map. Going to study it. Thanks for the information. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dml423 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 6 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: From Houston Chronicle: Weitzman Group to lease retail space in East End's Ivy Lofts project The Weitzman Group will handle leasing of 14,228 square feet of retail space on the street level of The Ivy Lofts, a 26-story condo building planned in the East End. Novel Creative Development is developing the 448-unit project of micro condos at the southwest corner of Leeland Street and Live Oak Street. Prices are expected to start below $160,000. Randy Hopper and Edward Heap with The Weitzman Group are handling the assignment. The space is being marketed to unique, casual restaurants, small-shop retailers and services.http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/bizfeed/article/Weitzman-Group-to-lease-retail-space-in-East-10808246.php?t=fc9853b27c438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium What I find crazy is projects like this go for street level retail yet many in downtown are not including any. Can someone explain how that makes any sense? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 1 hour ago, dml423 said: What I find crazy is projects like this go for street level retail yet many in downtown are not including any. Can someone explain how that makes any sense? It's pretty simple. Most developers know what they're doing - these guys don't. With that being said, I really hope they do succeed, as this would be a game changer for the area. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Most developers are (understandably) conservative and tend to continue doing what has worked for them in the past, which, in Houston, generally was not mixed-use. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Their website has been updated with floorplans: http://theivylofts.com/the-ivy-loft-project/floor-plans Edited December 23, 2016 by HoustonMidtown 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Edited December 23, 2016 by Sanjorade 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-473-OE Structure Name: Ivy Lofts Structure Height: 234 Work Schedule: 06/30/2017 to 05/31/2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 So do we know how many stories this is now? No way it will be 28 stories if it's 234' tall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 hour ago, cloud713 said: So do we know how many stories this is now? No way it will be 28 stories if it's 234' tall. Seems more like 20 stories 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 13 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-473-OE Does this mean they've submitted plans for permitting? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I wonder if they have given up on this one - there were no cars in the parking/sales lot today - the shrubs by the entrance are dead, the signs on the building are gone..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, HoustonMidtown said: I wonder if they have given up on this one - there were no cars in the parking/sales lot today - the shrubs by the entrance are dead, the signs on the building are gone..... I don't know. It does seem to me that these developers either didn't understand the Houston Market and how it is different than NYC or they were simply a few years too early --- perhaps in a few years Houston will be ready for "micro" units (or perhaps not). It is hard being first --- it is hard to set the trend --- and these folks either knew that they were early and took a calculated risk to be first to market or were blind to the Houston market and went ahead anyway. either way, they are now sitting on a nice piece of property that they can likely flip for a profit or hold a few more years and give something another go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KinkaidAlum Posted April 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2017 Pretty simple, you cannot charge half a million for 1,000 square feet in Houston on the "wrong" side of 59. $500,000 could get you a stand alone townhouse in 77019 with 2,400 square feet. A unit in The Royalton with 1,800 square feet (more space and a "better" location) Hell, for $330,000 you could get twice the space in the St. Germain in the heart of downtown proper. These were priced the same as The Marlowe and the price per square foot is somewhat similar in both. However, the Marlowe is marketing itself as a high end high-rise with mega amenities in the heart of downtown. The Ivy's marketing is all about small spaces and tiny houses. Which one would you buy into? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I think more of the super small units at that $100k price point - and more importantly inside downtown, not 1/4 mile from the outskirts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I have a few questions and a few propositions on this one. But the simplest question would be why wasn't it planned right beside a rail stop. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Probably a case of driver's blindness - its on Leeland (which has a rail stop just .7 miles away) and looks pretty close on a map. When they bought the lot for this development, I bet you they drove there as opposed to taking the Purple line 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 when this was proposed, the rail line wasn't open yet. But, to your point, I bet they didn't get out of their vehicles at the location on Leeland and walk to down to Scott street. it is very bike friendly location though, less than half a mile to a dedicated bike path. Imagine though, a concept like the ivy near the soccer stadium, like where the circuit apartments are. that could maybe work. and that's maybe. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) That's part of it, I don't remember when the rail opened and this tower was proposed, or the rail was proposed or anyone knew where it was going to be proposed. (Which begs political and legal questions, I suddenly realize.) And I'm not saying I don't like the idea. On the whole, I do. But a part of me is playing imaginary sims. The "concept" (as you put it well) by the soccer stadium or even along the rail on the UH side of 45. Tangent: The Gensler by Design crew has a supercool concept very near the soccer stadium title Loop 720. Edited May 2, 2017 by EllenOlenska 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Crickets! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I assume this project is dead....even though they still have listings in HAR -- looks like a lot of demo being done on the site 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I hope I'm wrong, but that looks like interior demo for a re-purposing of the existing buildings. I don't think they would worry about removing interior debris if they were going to raze the structure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Yeah it's dead... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Not sure if this is a good indication of this still being a proposal, but the loopnet listing for this has been updated http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2604-Leeland-St-Houston-TX/5865647/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Could work if these are all rentals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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