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Project: Memorial Park Running Complex - Cafe Architect: Schaum/Shieh Information: 3,100 S.F. cafe/concessions building. Approx. 2,000 S.F. interior and 1,000 S.F. exterior covered patio area.

Project Name: Us Living W. Alabama Architect: Preston Partnership Information: 13-story residential building. 9 Levels of residential over 4 Levels of parking. 385 units totaling 372,211 S.F. A total building area (garage not included) of 387,801 S.F. Garage has a total of 518 parking spaces. There is a 2,838 S.F. makerspace/art room with a 894 S.F. outdoor terrace at Level 3. Outdoor amenity terrace including pool, yoga lawn, zen garden, fire pit and grilling area totaling 16,634 S.F. at Level 5. Fitness, solarium, kitchen and dinning, bar/pub, and meeting spaces also at Level 5.

Really is a beautiful building.

Main Street Tap & Grill closed at 4002 N Main St (I think sometime this year). The property was for sale in October with an asking price of $2,200,000. Listing: https://www.crexi.com/properties/696807/texas-restaurant-building-for-sale-in-the-heights Flyer: Link The Meteor, a cafe from Austin, will operate its business on the property. The Meteor is an all-day cafe with a focus on Roman-style pizzas. It's also a coffee shop, wine bar, and bicycle shop. I think this will be well received, especially by residents living in close proximity. Previous tenant Main Street Tap & Grill was considered a nuisance for noise, trash, and violence, according to many in the neighborhood. More about the Meteor here: https://espressochampagnechainlube.com https://austin.eater.com/2019/10/4/20898840/the-meteor-cafe-natural-wine-bar-bike-shop-open-south-congress-austin-photos

Houston Sash and Door was my mom's family business. I have a photo of this warehouse hanging on my wall. This picture was taken around 1918 or so, from the corner of Sterrett and McKee. The man standing in the doorway is my great-grandfather Moses Davidson, who owned the company, and the boy holding the horse over on the side is my grandfather, 10 years old. My grandfather worked for Houston Sash and Door (later Davidson Texas, Inc.) from when he was 8 until he passed at the age of 83. It saddens me that at the very least the facade wasn't preserved, after all i've been staring at a picture of it my whole life.

Helix Gardens: Collaborative Building: Mixed-Use Garage: One Discovery Way:

A few more floors to go.

I love it. It's modern without being overly trendy. I love the pillars separating the residences from the garage- it breaks up the visual massing. And, generally I hate stucco in mid/high-rise construction. But in the instances when it's been used in this kind of building, I think it works. Regardless, it's a million times better than building massive city block-sized buildings with cheap post-modern bastardized takes on Italian or Spanish architecture.

The Menil should just start a construction/development company at this point and start designing all over Montrose cuz they clearly understand the aesthetic. Those renderings perfectly vibe with the area, my goodness.

Excavation continues.

The garage is so tall! Makes a huge statement at Main & Holcombe.

If you look closely you can see all the vintage train cars next to the left warehouse.

I wouldn't bother replying if they refuse to even google search boutique Hotels in Houston. Sure a few have been bought by corporate, but there are really nice Hotels in Downtown and a very few in the Galleria area.

La Colombe d’Or?

An updated rendering of the Salty, the upscale Miami-based donut, coffee shop, and cafe opening next year at 1658 Westheimer Rd.

Project: Araj Taghi Custom Homes Office Building Address: 1514 Antoine Dr. Houston, TX 77055 Architect: Interfield Information: 3-story office building. Level 3 will be Araj Taghi offices and Level 2 will be lease space. Ground level entrances and parking. 8,940 S.F.

Blue screen is up!

I’m not sure if this has been shared, but it appears TXDOT is hoping to start construction on Segment 3a (the trenching of I-69 between Museum Park and Midtown) in 2024: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c8eyTDoJIs7NerzNWVtzxC-3QSeiag6P/view

I forgot to include this blurb here last week about EaDo Navigation at 2311 Canal St: Broham, the boutique grocer and market from chef Jonny Rhodes coming next year to the East River development at 100 Jensen, will temporarily operate at 2311 Canal in the coming months. More below: "Broham Fine Soul Food & Groceries...plans to open a temporary 1,270 square-foot location early fall in a nearby building owned by Midway at 2311 Canal Street. Once Phase One construction is complete, the self-sustainable boutique bodega will relocate to their permanent 4,000 square-foot space in The Depot (the ground level of the garage)." https://realtynewsreport.com/east-river-signs-retailers-to-redevelopment

There are a ton of nice hotels to recommend to out of towners

Construction Fencing going up today:

My nephew got to stay here when he interviewed with Transocean, had to pick him up. Architect - https://pflugerarchitects.com

Oh hell yes. Put it into my veins. Nextdoor comments are going to be as spicy as Tierra Caliente's hot sauce. I have to think that the "open" portion of the building is going to face west and not into the neighborhood. I'm surprised the render doesn't include a banner that says "Trader Joe's one block away!".

@urbanize713 That is the 8th floor where the condos start and some corner units have patios. Below that are the 7 floors of the Thompson hotel.

Neither one of those apartment buildings were in very good shape. Trust me this is all good! Considering Lake Flato is the architect I have no doubt that if they felt that the homes would have been a better fit they would have come up with a plan to include them. They have always worked to save recyclable buildings. This will be a huge success.

There were some recent comments/questions about the location of upcoming buildings, so I'm reposting the last site plan that I remember seeing. Last month the Texas A&M Board of Regents was considering "Authorization to Negotiate and Execute a Ground Lease of 2.6252 Acres of Land and Other Agreements Related to the Construction of Up to Two Research and Educational Buildings on the TMC3 Campus". Then there was a TABS filing a couple weeks ago for "Industry Building Parcel D Bld B". https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2022020772

Project: Hotel Saint Augustine Address: 4100 Loretto Drive Houston, TX 77006 Architect: Lake Flato Information: Building 1: 2-story, 15 rooms, total of 13,697 SF Building 2: 2-story, 8 units, total of 6,413 SF Building 3: 2-story, 24 units, total of 14,737 SF Building 4: 2-story, 16 units, total of 9,738 SF Building 5: 2-story, 8 units, event space, restaurant, and pool bar, total of 18,432 SF BUILDING 1 BUILDING 2 BUILDING 3 BUILDING 4 BUILDING 5 SITE

Houston Zoo Galapagos Exhibit, Houston Zoo - American Sealants. Inc (amsealinc.com)

"The City of Houston will temporarily delay granting demolition permits to the Texas Department of Transportation while federal authorities review their acquisition of the Lofts at the Ballpark near Minute Maid Park, city officials said on Wednesday." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-to-delay-demolition-of-apartments-near-17258539.php

How much was rent at the lofts? It never struck me as something that would be considered affordable housing since it was located close to things considered a premium. On a side note, I was watching some of the uncut interviews in the UH archive from "This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale" and many of the residents living in Riverside Terrace said 288 was a plus to living in the area. 35 years later, some newer residents probably wouldn't agree and would be anti-freeway. Then again, all those suburbs in Pearland didn't exist 35 years ago, and 288 didn't start getting traffic jams until the early 2000s. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Local restaurateur Benjy Levit seems to have another dining concept in the works at the Village Common. A recently submitted alcohol permit indicates Levit is opening a restaurant possibly at 5117 Kelvin Dr, Ste 200. The business may be named Eautour. I think this will be located in the unit last occupied by Thai Spice. The Thai restaurant closed in January.

When the interstate highway system was built, that was the intent. Traffic to a city uses different roads than traffic through a city. It's why loop roads start with even numbers, and spurs start with odd numbers. Back when the world was black-and-white, I used to drive across country a lot, and navigating from city to city was pretty easy, even without reaching for a map. Highways with odd root numbers: North and south Highways with even root numbers: East and west Highways divisible by 5: Long distance routes Three-digit highways starting with an even number: city bypass Three-digit highways starting with an odd number: spur into downtown Exceptions to those rules have become numerous over the years (*cough* I-99*cough*), but it was a pretty effective means of navigation at the time.

Nice skybridge!

Via Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/vh1ktz/has_construction_begun_on_the_98_river_tower_yet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9655359&postcount=1625 Second large piling gets its rebar cage today. Drilling continues in the SE corner. Haul-out of 1st phase of excavation spoil mostly complete.

https://twitter.com/walkableaustin/status/1539338753902317571?s=21&t=kzsWpo7wJiZScbfdaNYkNw

This is turning into a damn circus. I feel like everyone's backed themselves into a corner. My bet is this project moves forward after the midterms.

I've seen three different people on twitter argue not only against this project, but to demolish all the highways in downtown. I don't understand their logic. The net benefit of this project is greater than keeping it the same or tearing down highways. That seems absurd to me.

Many, many more buildings. https://iondistrict.com/files/Ion-District_Presentation-Deck_Compressed.pdf

Many more buildings. https://iondistrict.com/#section-11

Phase I of the project includes: • Core & Shell renovation of a 150,000 SF metal building (previously Sam’s Club). • Full build-out of two-story mechanical mezzanine (with associated equipment). • Substantial reinforcement and replacement of exterior skin. Future project phases includes: • Two (2) new four-story 350,000 SF buildings for future lease. • 1,500 space, eight-story precast parking garage structure. • Permanent sitework and landscaping. • Amenity space (restaurant, coffee shop, fitness). Architect: Perkins & Will Owner/Developer: Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc

Architect - https://schaumshieh.com

Seems like a good match between use and location. It's not an A plus location that merits a five star hotel or luxury condo building. I'd rather have the tax revenue flowing from a vacant site than having it sit there empty for decades, as many other parcels in this city do.

474’ https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=537027725&row=12

It appears Alexandria is investing in Houston... this is excellent news.

The park is permanently closed at the South Loop West location. However, it's relocating. The relocation isn't because of enough business, it was busy during It's hours of operations on the weekends, especially Saturdays and Sundays. The owner of the food park didn't divulge details about the relocation in their Facebook group. Reading between the lines of what was disclosed, it seems the owner wasn't able to implement a lot of things he wanted to make the food truck park better for both the vendors and visitors. So he and the property owner ended whatever agreement was in place. The new location (wherever that may be) will provide room for the changes and improvements the owner of the park wants.