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Surfing thru Estudio Architecture website I found these renderings. https://www.estudiogroup.com/en/projects/project-three-a4c7n-86h9l-6lpzb-dxxjf-exf5f-78zpd-dycnm?itemId=w1pstozb8bq0wwg4505ftsh2fnhxhj

It's actually the best freeway we have. Lanes are wide enough, it's smooth like butter, and makes visiting friends & family out there a breeze. Compare it to the narrow pot holed mess that is 45 N & S, sharp curve and dump trucks on 59 N, random lane drop offs & merges on 59 S, it's amazing. That being said, I hope this new development brings some fresh restaurants to the area. Tired of going to the same old places in City Centre and the chains scattered along the freeway.

21 Units https://www.estudiogroup.com https://www.scarletcapital.com/developments/lola-on-capitol

Huh. That's an interesting spot. I like it!

https://www.estudiogroup.com/en/projects/project-three-a4c7n-86h9l-6lpzb-dxxjf-exf5f-pegh2-26ajf-ty6ms https://www.scarletcapital.com/developments/lola-on-navigation 18 units.

Oh god. I somehow always forget how awful I-10 is.

isn't Soundwaves the place that had the late night TV advertisements with two girls with huge..... tracts of land.... who were 'flat busted', so they had to sell their CDs to a record store?

I think Moxy is probably a much better fit, at least for north of 59. South of 59 a nice boutique to compete with the ZaZa and serve Rice would be good. In fact, it's surprising one hasn't been built. I realize there's a good deal of room capacity in the Medical Center, but who wants to celebrate, say, a wedding at the Marriott Medical Center? I'm sure the majority of people staying there are doing so not really out of choice. There is a Moxy in Minneapolis's Montrose-ish neighborhood: Hotel in Minneapolis | Moxy Minneapolis Uptown (marriott.com)

Blech, what a dismal suburban office park plan.

The most recent retail brochure for Montrose Collective includes an updated rendering of 906 Westheimer, showing a glimpse of how the facade renovation may look once completed. There is also a site plan for that portion and of Montrose Collective.

If Houston wants less parking, it needs to provide more public transportation…

For me it'd be more like "Hey kids, Dad's already seen the giraffes 10 billion times since he was a kid. I'll be over here waiting while you look around. Take your time..."

dbig, Thanks for the welcome! I lived over on Chaucer in the Village, exciting times to be in Houston back in the 80s. Much more sedate lifestyle now. Used to love Valhalla's grad student bar in Rice, do I remember 5 cent beers? Def not more than $0.25. Rudyards after payday, Rock Saloon was another place, Caribana to relax with some reggae.. Lots of lowlifes hanging around Westheimer, including me. I'll always remember the music scene! dave

Put the Blossom Hotel - Montrose in the Chinese Consulate

All steel frame house being built in Meyerland. It has 72 piers, 18 ft deep and is over 10ft in the air. Will have a stucco-like exterior, but is sprayed on hardy board, and is made of cork. It is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, fire and water resistant and steel.

To my knowledge there isn't any for the cap itself, and they don't need too. They simply have to engineer the retaining walls before hand to bear the load among other things. This happens all the time with phased projects big and small. If the city is exhibiting to the state what they are considering then the engineers just need to over engineer these sections for what will be placed later. It is high in costs on the front end, and if there was a plan and executed at once then it would be cheaper, but it will allow for greater flexibility later. I don't understand this idea that if it isn't there now, right now, it won't ever be there. These things take time. Thats all which is required at the moment. Difficult to fully invest in a project when the basis for it hasn't put a shovel in the ground yet. The actual infrastructure needs to be approved and finally get underway. Once its a real project that will likely push people to further invest once they see its a reality. Again its a factor of time, and this needs time.

Montrose could really use a big chain-affiliated hotel, maybe something like a Marriott Autograph Collection, for weekenders and more scene-savvy business travelers.

Replace the Soundwaves with a 9-story Tower Records like the one in Shibuya, Tokyo.

https://sonicmomentumporsche.cms.dealer.com/dealership/new-location.htm Says it's opening next month.

Have many of these tenants opened shop yet? A friend and I had dinner in Montrose when I was in town last week and I went by to see this, my first time since it's been built. We were both pretty impressed - my friend is not normally into architecture and had never been to Montrose before (lives in Sugarland) but sat down in one of the chairs on the patio and just took it in. The live oaks along Grant are fantastic. Only drawback was that the place was completely dead. When we walked back to Westheimer and were looking around at the shops along the street, he commented, "This place is like mini-Austin." Which I thought was funny but a little annoying, since I'm pretty sure Westheimer was what it is before Austin became what it is. Everything along Westheimer east of the Montrose Blvd intersection looked pretty great, but when you look west across the intersection, the momentum all dies. Can't wait to see what Skanska has planned for the empty lot. This needs to be one of Houston's handful of walkable neighborhoods. Hardly any human life visible outside, although it was Sunday night so not the best time. The gas station at the northwest corner is a real shame but if everything else starts going vertical, maybe it goes away before long. The McDonald's at the corner of Yoakum is also unfortunate, I didn't remember it there. Ate at Acme Oyster House and it was fairly good but overpriced. Honestly when we turned onto Shepherd from 59, that street hit me with "This is Houston and it is great," so much eclectic density. Westheimer east of Shepherd seemed less exciting, kind of listless. Just an impression though.

Unlike the previous site plans, the most recent retail brochure includes an updated site plan listing tenants and prospective tenants. Food & beverage tenants • Uchi • Idle Hands • Van Leeuwen (leased) • La La Land (leased) • Marmo (leased) • Graffiti (leased) • Chelsea Oyster Bar (leased) • Picnik (leased) • TBA bottle shop (in lease) Retail tenants • Reformation (leased) • State & Liberty (leased) • Eye Elegance (leased) • TBA sustainable food wear shop (in lease) • Amano (leased) • Buck Mason (leased) • TBA jewelry shop (leased) • TBA jewelry shop (in lease) • TBA jewelry shop (in lease) • TBA women's apparel store (letter of intent) • TBA women's apparel store (letter of intent) • TBA men's apparel store (letter of intent) • TBA athleisure store (letter of intent) Services • Hue Salon (leased, relocating) • Sunluxe Tanning (leased) • TBA nail salon (letter of intent) • TBA med spa (in lease) • Bayou City Smiles (leased) • Ivirma (leased) • Solidcore (leased) The med spa may be Sisu. It's listed as a tenant in the most recent brochure. Possible tenants and/or businesses interested in Montrose Collective according to the most recent retail leasing brochure: • Ganni (women's apparel) • Rowan (men's apparel) • Scotch & Soda (clothing store) • Rothy's (sustainable shoe & bag store) • Gorjana (jewelry store) • Mejuri (jewelry store) • Vuori (athleisure & activewear apparel) • Rhone (men's fitness & activewear apparel) And another possible retail tenant according to entity filings: • Glosslab (nail salon)

I saw this a few days ago too. Unlike most of the food and beverage tenants so far at Montrose Collective, Graffiti ( 1001 California St, Suite B-101) is local. This is a new restaurant concept from Clark Cooper Concepts, I believe.

I'm still in shock this is actually happening

When I lived downtown, Houston House had a deal where you could lease a second parking spot at the garage that would be across the street from this development. My guess would be that these 43 residents would have that option as well. Probably does mean that the parking spot will be an add on instead of included with the rent, which would be fine if the price is right. There's probably 30 free street parking spots around this place at night anyway, though you'll get a ticket if you don't wake up to feed the meter.

Interesting name. I tried to figure out what it means and the only thing I can come up with is the Cocody is the name of an upscale suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocody

wow that is amazing and had no idea...i wrote you once before about why that walgreens is a bad memory...

According to a resident at Parklane Condo Tower, this will be a Hines apartment complex.

Following Emmaline closure last year, a new hospitality group has plans for the space at 3210 W Dallas St Muse is a new restaurant from a former partner of So Clutch Hospitality (Clutch, The Sporting Room). I followed the restaurant's Instagram last spring, but it wasn't until recently more details about the concept were shared. Renderings and information about the cuisine were posted in that last few months. Also, a website for Muse was launched recently. https://muserestaurants.com https://www.instagram.com/musehouston/

ABC13 covered the marathon and has footage of runners in the new tunnels. The footage is at the 1:51:50 mark. 2022 Chevron Marathon @BigFootsSocks If you spot yourself in the video let us know! Congratulations on finishing!

rumor is they were going to use Woodlands Porsche, but I think that already have one up there, ironically, it's called Porsche North Houston?

I actually walked by it last night also. I feel like they need more dart boards? The place looked empty but 80% of the boards were being used.

that's probably nearing the upper limit though

Another retail tenant for Heights Forum is Gyroville. This a fast casual restaurant specializing in gyros and serves Middle Eastern Halal fare. Heights Forum is located at 1324 North Shepherd Dr.

More details about Auden, a vegetable-forward restaurant opening at Autry Park, were reported towards the end of 2021. So, it's not the freshest of news, but I didn't see anyone make a post about it. I think Nitecap Hospitality, the group behind Auden, is also involved with the bakery EaDough under construction in EaDo. https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/dining/vegetable-centric-restaurant-with-buffalo-bayou-16684902

The inimitable Jerry Duncan, aka Jerry Anomie. He just passed away within the past couple of years. Legionaires Disease was the first Houston punk band, and has been said to be the first Texas punk band as well.

he still wears something similar to a marching band jacket. I don't remember what it was between Faces and City Streets, I helped build the sound system and lighting for whatever it was then. I had just come off a 3 month run from Colorado through Floriduh, so I stopped by there one day in '88. Turns out my old Cardi's stage crew was the stage crew here, too. I watched Iggy Pop do sound check... Club Xcess... a quick google search got that, and the date, Oct 11, 1988. ... and rehearse a new song. I went out back and hung out with the band guys and their opening act for a few minutes before heading home for the first time in 3 months. The opening act was Jane's Addiction.

...Speaking of which, how is Roy Thomas Baker not in the R&R HoF? Quincy Jones is in and he ain't? Look up his discography and Jones' and tell me whose is bigger and wider... I'm out, I promise.

...and The Cars at the Coliseum's collocated Music Hall to support their eponymous debut album, produced by the underappreciated Roy Thomas Baker (who also did Queen's "A Night at the Opera", amongst others)... The Cars were mesmerizing in the cozy confines of The Music Hall. Not so much a couple years later at the cold and distant Summit. Benjamin Orr was a god on vocals and bass.

...other great shows at the Agora others have not mentioned: Pat Benatar and Texas-boy Eric Johnson (strictly instrumental when I saw him, wearing a high school marching band jacket)...

I and a bandmate of mine (who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty) worked security at The Agora Ballroom for The Ramones show in 1980(?), opened by Legionnaire's Disease... The main thing I can tell you about Legionnare's was that their lead singer was dressed only in silver duct tape over raggedy-assed and ill-fit silver spandex pants, and spit into the open mouths of fans at stage front. Gross, but 'punk', I suppose... Backstage with The Ramones, Joey looked like he was about to keel over dead at any second. The funny-weirdest part was when their manager(?) appeared with a stack of ziploc bags containing their 'stage clothes'. So the guys all stripped down to their tighty-whities (literally), taking off their holey-kneed blue jeans and removing from each bag an identical pair of ripped-kneed blue jeans that they donned for the show. Weirdest shit I ever saw in 10 years of torture, er, my musical career. Still not sure it wasn't an elaborate prank on myself and my friend, two former Texas high school football safeties who got the job based solely on physique, not our willingness to do violence. As to the gig, The Ramones played at a break-neck pace, punctuated only by Marky's barked, "One, two, three, four!" between each number (Zippy showed up to Gabbba-Hey). I lost count at 33 "1-2-3-4"s in an hour-and-a-half set... The delirious mob (a.k.a, 'ticket holders') jumped up and down on the 5-foot tall tables in the club and wrecked the vast majority of them. The ensuing bleeding and various lacerations in the facial area were considered de rigueur at a punk show and roundly ignored. That show -- and Judas Priest at The Sam Houston Coliseum (in downtown Houston) in support of their "British Steel" album -- were the greatest live music shows I ever saw, for raw emotion and spiritual animalism; they were Herbertian Fremen orgies. I tell ya, music these days is the basest refuse compared to the greats I saw...

Kinda off topic / on topic. Saw this youtube video of where this guy ranked Freweay Lids/Caps/Decks in the USA.

Also Polyrock, The Fabulous Poodles, Jerry Jeff Walker, Psychedelic Furs, John Cale and Black Flag played at The Palace/ Faces/ Agora Ballroom.

gene, some of us consider the absence of cell phone video from that era a feature rather than a bug...