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From last week:

Looks like they are already prepping this lot. Which will be used for this house. In the master plan they will lift and shift this house a block to make more room for the admin building. Lots of equipment was being moved in and out of Rothko while I was there.

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I mean, the performance of Whole Foods stores in the city would seem to disagree with you. I know when I worked there, the Kirby store was the #2 performing store in the country, though that was a while back. I think this will be an extremely convenient location for a lot of people. I have zero concerns about how successful it will be.

From a FB Group I'm in.

Would have to agree with this. An industry friend worked on/is working on a building that will/does contain a whole foods and he said including them in a build is a massive headache. They need all these advance metrics to judge whether the business will be successful. Just having a certain amount of people in the area is like the lowest hurdle. They look at traffic patterns, street traffic, rent growth, current rents, 5 year outs for a bunch of metrics on the type of resident currently in the area, debt in the area, etc. If they built there, it means they've vetted the area for a loooong time. I'm sure HEB does the same. If either builds, they will be successful, it just a question of how successful. His exact words about this project was that the WF is "transformative" for the area, because the clientele and inevitable foot traffic will attract other businesses. But also expressed surprise that Pearl convinced them of the build.

After a few weeks pause, they moved a construction trailer on site the other day and are beginning work again.

From FB Group.

Thats a great shot. Whats striking is you can see how much of mid town is now predominantly 5-8 story complexes or taller. It would be interesting see an aerial view of this same area from say 2000. The density stretches from just north of W. Dallas and the Post properties all the way to 59, the Ion and Fiesta. Now we need one facing the other way and we can make our own panoramas. Seems to me to be an impressive amount of infill in less than 20 years.

moo. I've never had any issues at the Midtown Fiesta, car-related or otherwise.

I saw on Instagram that the Whole Foods has a November 7th opening date.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/heres-a-map-of-the-forever-21-stores-set-to-close.html It looks like Houston is spared entirely on the initial list of stores that will be potentially closed.

From a FB Group I'm in. From "The Montrose".

this appears to be the winner. either that, or whatever they are building there is being delivered by amazon in about 50 different vans.

As a Midtown resident for five years, it seems to me that the main concerns of shoppers in this neighborhood are quality and convenience. Comparison shopping doesn't seem to be as important to a young crowd with a generous disposable income. The Whole Foods will certainly cost more than Disco Kroger or Fiesta, but may not be much more than the Midtown Randall's (and with better selection and quality). I'm certainly going to give WF a try. It will be a welcome option for some specialty items, and a good bakery can be worth making a special trip. Will it take the place of Disco Kroger and Fiesta? Not on my budget.

FAA link...115' https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=418502891&row=5

I must have just missed you, @hindesky

Not sure why it’s sideways 😕

Yes. Note the dates on the posted document. The Helix building was cut in design changes that were announced/publicized in May, perhaps as a result of the responses received to the posted RFQ.

They had taken off 9 vertical sections when I went by this morning, that's as far as they can go as there is a building tie-in to keep them from going down any further. I assume an AT crane is going to take down the rest soon.

Quite a drive Kirby by Marc longoria, on Flickr

Love this one.

Now Hiring.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/4245-Richmond-Ave-Houston-TX/12961374/ This property is being renovated with new branding as "The FR8T Yard" ... an iconic home for retail, food and entertainment. This inside the loop mixed use renovation will be unique and include retail, restaurant, show room and entertainment space as well as some "We Work" styled executive office space on the second floor. New interior parking is being added as well (see brochure and site plan). The renovation allows for pre-leasing now as well as some immediate occupancy on the west end and rear entertainment areas. The remainder of the renovated space will be available for tenant build-out in 1Q 2020. New exterior, parking lots, awnings and sidewalks.

Whoops haha. Guess I forgot we're still in 2019 being under the weather and tired at the time. :-)

Oh wow that space would be a great fit for them.

Start date 9/1/2021 for this building.

Info about the TAMU Research building at the TMC|3 campus. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/pdf/11347.pdf

Empty space sitting there forever has never really been an issue at the Galleria.

This makes a tremendous amount of sense since the owners have been talking about relocating since their current location will be torn down for the I-45/69 expansion in the next couple of years.

It has begun... Downtown just too big for one name now...

Looks like the St Joseph Medical building is getting a white makeover.

Thought I might find an AT crane set up to remove the remaining tower crane, they were just showing up. Rode by about an hour later but they weren't set up yet.

One more from Saturday morning.

A couple more shots from Saturday morning.

The real thing looks better than the rendering this time. This is a real winner in my book. 😃

Saturday morning. 08/24/19

Saw that today as well.