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  1. Beautiful photo. I'd love to see the east side of that curve look like the west some day.
    8 points
  2. I agree with a lot of what you said but I also want to give credit where credit is due. The city has done a tremendous job in the past 20 years of providing more connectivity to those pockets of walkability. And let's not forget that cities like Los Angeles also exist with poor transit and walkability. We're an alpha city because we have such a massive impact on the economy for our region and beyond. Houston just grew too fast for it to match the infrastructure dollars. At least now we're rebuilding and correcting the errors we made. I'm excited to see how Shepherd and Durham look after construction. The major thoroughfares in this city should be priority for creating walkability and connectivity to neighborhoods and it looks like we're heading that direction. Houston is a great city and it's only getting better.
    4 points
  3. Mixed-Use Garage. Collaborative Building and Industry Building 1. IB1. Collaborative Building.
    4 points
  4. https://www.theleadernews.com/community/dirt-piles-aim-to-deter-trail-users-during-construction/article_b326a616-73cb-11ec-91b8-3f245383fe96.html
    3 points
  5. Building Design + Construction’s recent article “A health crisis gives life to life sciences” highlights TMC3 and Levit Green alongside several nascent US life sciences developments. Obviously, there’s some misinformation (eg, “Gensler-designed Master Plan ”), but good to see Houston get the well-deserved spotlight. — Some sources report that investors and developers are scouring secondary and tertiary markets for opportunities. One of these markets appears to be Houston, which in recent years has notched one the stronger records in the U.S. for growth in life science establishments, according to JLL. “It is an unprecedented time for life sciences and innovation in the U.S., and Houston has all the factors that are required for explosive growth in this space,” Steve Purpura, President of Life Science at Beacon Capital Partners, says. Beacon is a development partner in Phase 1 of the 6-million-sf Gensler-designed Master Plan for Texas Medical Center’s new 37-acre life sciences campus. The campus’s hub, which started construction last January, is the 250,000-sf TMC3 Collaborative Building, whose building team includes Elkus Manfredi Architects, Vaughn Construction, and the landscape architect Mikyoung Kim Design. Texas Medical Center (TMC) and its three academic healthcare partners—the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M University Health Center, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston—are creating 43,000 sf of joint lab/coworking office space at TMC3. Another 85,000 sf of lab and office space will be developed for industry partners, and 14,200 sf will be earmarked for TMC’s investment platforms. TMC3 Collaborative is scheduled to open in the fall of 2023. According to TMC, a key objective of the master plan—which will include a 521-room hotel, a 65,000-sf conference center, a 350-unit residential tower, and a 700,000-sf industry research building—was to ensure an environment where innovators from healthcare, science, academia, government, and industry could collaborate on new medicines, medical devices, diagnostic, and digital health platforms, and treatment solutions. The result is intended to attract high-quality talent by offering multiple opportunities for mentorship and career growth. “TMC has done the work necessary to seed innovation, build relationships with the world’s leading life sciences companies, and create the infrastructure needed for long-term success,” says Purpura. Under development near TMC3 is Levit Green, a 52-acre, $1 billion mixed-use master plan (also designed by Gensler and Walter P Moore), whose first phase will include a five-story, 270,000-sf life sciences building, designed by HOK and built by Harvey Builders. According to Hines, the global real estate services firm that’s developing Levit Green with 2ML Real Estate Interests, the floor plates inside the life sciences building will average 55,000 sf for fitout flexibility. The building will include 25,000 sf for lab incubator space, and a 7,000-sf conference room. “We are seeing record-breaking R&D spending, creating the need for highly-sophisticated lab space and cutting-edge pharmaceutical facilities,” said Hines in a prepared statement. Roger Soto, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal for HOK, tells BD+C that the design team “reimagined” the life sciences building at Levit Green “from the point of view of the user.” For example, the building structure is entirely designed around the unique needs of lab planning and vibration criteria, which in turn drives the module and column spacing. Levit Green is scheduled to start accepting occupants in the fourth quarter of next year.
    3 points
  6. This may be the most sort-sided response I've ever seen. Yes we have many people moving into the city of Houston but our infrastructure is lagging ...by a lot. We literally have unpaved ditches a quarter mile outside of downtown Houston, we have streets and side walks that are in very poor condition, for a metro of 7 million + we basically have very few miles of mass transit. And if you state wide, our energy grid wasn't equipped to handle a major weather even like the one we had last February. And I don't think you understand how Suburban Sprawl works...a city/region can squash suburban sprawl with regional and city plans leading developers to develop a region per an actual plan. The City of Houston n=has a rejected a city plan multiple times. The truth is...there was a while when the only "federal funds" we aggressively went after was funding to build new freeways...thus encouraging sprawl for developers looking to develop master plan communities and supporting developments. Very little in Houston is thought our from a Civic standpoint...they are almost all negotiations with developers/ This is NOT the way to create a forward thinking city that matches the charm of the other Alpha cities it desperately wants to be a member of that group. You get a city of nice "pockets" but you also get a lot of third world type infrastructure.
    3 points
  7. New tenants have been announced for the 2 story building next to 27Seventy Lower Heights apartments. They include, World of Sourdough: https://www.worldofsourdough.com Golftec: https://www.golftec.com EyeHub Optometry: https://www.eyehubhtx.com https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/development/2022/01/14/new-tenants-building-construction-announced-for-lower-heights-mixed-use-district/
    3 points
  8. Thanks for the photos and labels. I was finally able to figure out which buildings are going up.
    3 points
  9. I agree with the sentiment that this is what the ruling classes want for us and it sucks. But I do think buildings like this are really needed. The low end of the market needs to be served. I think that's one of the reasons why everything seems so messed up right now. Can't build cheap houses, can't build cheap apartments, can't build cheap cars, etc. So as a consequence there's this weird income threshold where if you make above you get to participate fully in life and get married and have kids and do things, and the half of the population that earns less than $35k is going to live with their parents and be broke in their 40s and beyond.
    3 points
  10. Stopped by Sat afternoon and it was busy inside. Line for coffee was 5 or 6 people deep and a bunch of people checking out the shops. Still some construction on some of the spaces on the north side of the building. Looks like a Keller Williams office took most of the southern side that I thought was going to be shared office space. Does it make sense to change the name of this thread to represent the building itself?
    3 points
  11. everything looks finished for the most part, just a bit of the landscaping left
    3 points
  12. I know seniors who like to have drinks, but I don't think seniors are gonna want to go to Clutch, Standard, or Lincoln.
    2 points
  13. https://www.theleadernews.com/real_estate/real-estate-roundup-lower-heights-beginning-second-phase-of-development/article_56dea5a6-779b-11ec-baa2-ab87a932d166.html Gulf Coast Commercial Group announced last week that Lower Heights, a 24-acre, mixed-use project fronting Interstate 10 between Studemont and Sawyer streets, is embarking on the second phase of the project.
    2 points
  14. I walked by Building 1 today and saw one of the corner spaces on the northwest corner of the building under work. It has what looks like a little to-go window. When searching for the La La Land Cafe on Google Maps, it seems to drop the pin right on this expected corner unit. Hoping to see this open soon as there is still no proper coffee shop in this development
    2 points
  15. Not crazy about the design but I love the fact it doesn’t have much parking. Big win for south downtown. I can’t wait to see what the next 10 years holds for this side.
    2 points
  16. Notice of Public Hearing sign and Wild West Club building before demolition
    2 points
  17. Wonderful project! Skyhouse has been offering parking spots for $100/month to the general public just a block away. Parking definitely overbuilt in this area.
    2 points
  18. Rough approximation of how the building is going to be divided based on the grainy site-plan. I did notice on the plan that they mention a canopy, which looks to be 8-10' off of the side of the building. This patio area has the potential to be rather glorious. East End is going to have some pretty good patios when you think about Fitzcarraldo, Acadian Coast, and even the Navigation Esplanade which is kind of a patio with all of those vendors.
    2 points
  19. I like the example of trying to build a restaurant. Imagine if you bought a piece of land that is zoned for restaurant use only, and the city won't give you a permit to build a restaurant because you aren't actually selling burgers anywhere yet.
    2 points
  20. The listing isn’t up yet but a “for sale” sign also is up by the parking lot across the street: This improves the chances the site could still be used as a sort of hospital. However, a physician friend told me the operating rooms at this building might be too small for any specialty other than pain management, so the medical buyer pool could be very limited.
    2 points
  21. This has a similar lighting system as the Omni Dallas, it was only on the west and south sides last night FullSizeRender.mov
    2 points
  22. https://www.facebook.com/projectrowhouses/photos/a.121336971307685/4678552435586093/
    2 points
  23. You do realize, Texas (including Houston) has some of the highest property Tax rates in the country....right? Our tax money should be re-invested to assist and protect our property...they are not! Every significant rain event leads to flooding. We have some of the worst roads in the country. We have limited connectivity with sidewalks, etc. Yes, we have made MAJOR strides in the last 20 years but we essentially let to inner city rot for the 100 years before that.
    1 point
  24. I know a lot of people that don't drink coffee but they do drink Cokes, MT Dew or energy drinks which have as much or more caffeine. I worked with guys who drank Bang all day long and couldn't make the day without them.
    1 point
  25. Haha a coffee shop is way more than just coffee.
    1 point
  26. There is literally nothing wrong with everything you stated lol. If people here do not want to pay for it and are willing to forgo it, what's the problem? Houston is not Boston, New York, or Paris - nor should we attempt to be. Any city you view as a roll model is probably very expensive and unaffordable to most Houston residents. As long as the city is divided into many counties etc, these problems are going to be very hard to address so what is going on is a rational reaction to that. If Harris county funds things that people do not want to pay for, they will go to a county where they can pay less and enjoy the "free" nice things by just driving in.
    1 point
  27. My wife and I ate there on Saturday and it was very good. But be warned, the dining room is small with only about six tables. It was crowded so we ended up eating outside at a table that was basically protected from the wind, but it was still kinda cold.
    1 point
  28. Mala Sichuan opening up soon! This one will be facing the trail as well. You can already see the big wooden rounds in the entrance of the restaurant. Today the wood was covered with plastic and you could already see the interior shaping up nicely
    1 point
  29. Levit Green and the Downtown skyline. Garage forming.
    1 point
  30. Houstonia Magazine featured this tower under construction.
    1 point
  31. The architects have spent considerable time researching the original Leonard Gabert design in order to restore it correctly. And the new addition on the south side will be very sympathetic to the original design. All good.
    1 point
  32. Shhhhh....Don't tell him. I actually fail to see how that's a bad thing? Part of the reason suburban sprawl is what is, is because the states and federal governments have long been subsidizing its growth. Actually forcing developers to pay for their developments seems like it might actually go a long way to slowing that trend. The answer is obvious. We'll take the money because it is our tax dollars too, just like Texas has always taken earmarked dollars, just like every other state. People may heehaw about the billions of dollars in spending that will almost certainly be waisted but they'll take the money all the same and heehaw about it later. And yet the city still functions as it should and millions still move here, tens of thousands more coming every year. One wonders why if infrastructure was really that bad.
    1 point
  33. OK, so the architect just posted this image today — design on some parcels may be in flux (as we should expect), so we’ll see how it ultimately shakes out. Regardless, what a stunning campus, and the colors really pop in this rendering! I agree with @tangledwoods in that the biotech hub is built for proximity, views and experience from within the DNA necklace parks. It’ll be like a little city abuzz with activity. Perhaps Levit Green, close to 288, can optimize design for highway views. @monarch, I hear you regarding the positioning. Remember that the hotel was previously shown with curvature, and the curved residential tower sat on top with views looking down the park strand. Regardless of placement, residents couldn’t get any closer to the action.
    1 point
  34. More detours starting this weekend. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Houston-288-610-highway-closure-ramp-16629438.php
    1 point
  35. The site of the ground collapse just south of 610 reopened on Sunday morning.
    1 point
  36. 9/21/21 (very recent) update on Google Earth
    1 point
  37. Oh yes. Thank you. Sad that the transportation writers for the local paper don't have a clue. But hardly surprising when that same writer also thinks there are "southbound" drivers on the South Loop. ("Southbound drivers wanting to exit at Fannin Street"). Sheesh. At least get someone who can differentiate South from West.
    1 point
  38. I would be interested to see some old photos of the Riverside Terrace/Riverside area from its beginnings up through the 60's or 70's if anyone has them. I have done a search and my results have been quite minimal at best. Also, I heard that the land these houses sit on was once owned by the Kuhlman family. It was farmland for their dairy farm that was along the banks of Brays Bayou, not sure if it was on the north banks (Riverside Terrace) or south banks (Riverside) of the bayou. There is a Kuhlman St. and Kuhlman Gully in the area so I imagine there is some truth to that.
    1 point
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