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  1. This week I went to TMC3 while it was raining. One Discovery Way: Dynamic Street: Collaborative Building: Helix Park: TECO connection located on the unknown street: Mixed-Use Garage:
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  2. Agreed. Who is responsible for cleaning it up? City or county? Feels like spots of downtown and midtown have trended downward lately. Sick of it and ready for things to improve.
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  3. That's a lot of tall high-rise residential in a just a few short years. I used to think 35 stories was pretty big...
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  4. Okay. I've been sitting on this until the statute of limitations expired (I hope!)... I was brought in as a temporary worker to keep the plant producing for another 6 weeks beyond the publicized shutdown date (the permanent employees had found permanent jobs elsewhere and were not inclined to leave them). I was not supposed to take pictures. But, on my last day at the plant, I was being paid just to be there for eight hours, and I had my cell phone. I got to thinking that it was quite possible that no kind of photo survey had ever been taken of this facility, and I knew it was historically important to Houston and the East End. So I went to town. This photography was not planned, I just went through as much of the facility as I could snapping everything which seemed interesting. And they are cell phone quality pictures at best, taken with a BlackBerry PRIV. But if you want to view them, for this the balance of Thanksgiving week 2022, you may. The link follows, the password is 'LastDrop'. Expires 2022-11-28: https://voyager.ehbowen.net:5001/mo/sharing/9TewHd5ln I made annotations to most of the photos with what I knew about the area or equipment. You are welcome to view, but downloading is disabled. I know some folks will save screen shots, but...well, remember the copyright laws. If you have some real use for some of the photos, message me and let's talk.
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  5. So, you guys are essentially arguing that Montrose and Kirby should be rebuilt to be one lane each way with a turn lane in the middle? If so, how do people get from the Medical Center to, say, the Heights? Every city has main streets that are 2 or 3 lanes each direction and move lots of traffic from one part of town to another.
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  6. Site plan of Ella Oaks (phase one), the retail center at 1727-1737 W 34th St. Tenants include: Aladdin ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 900 ) Re/forme / Lagree (1737 W 34th St, Suite 800) The Teahouse (1737 W 34th St, Suite 600) BB's Tex-Orleans ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 500 ) Surfhouse ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 400 ) Marble Slab Creamery / Great American Cookie Co. ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 300 ) Brush&Bobby ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 200 ) Skoah ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 150 ) Local Poke ( 1737 W 34th St, Suite 100 ) Oaks Point Pediatric Dentistry (1727 W 34th St, Suite 400) Sports Clips ( 1727 W 34th St, Suite 300 ) Sugar Cycles 1727 W 34th St, Suite 100 ) Saigon Hustle (3323 Ella Blvd) La Calle (3321 Ella Blvd) Sunday Press (3315 Ella Blvd) https://fifthcorner.com/portfolio-items/ella-oaks/ http://fifthcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3321-Ella-Blvd-5.22.pdf
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  7. Zoo Lights https://flic.kr/p/2o1XAaq
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  9. Yeah eventually we'll see those areas connected with proper drainage, etc. The city wants to put a bond proposal in front of voters to take care of issues like that and all city infrastructure so we don't have to wait for funding before another street is rebuilt. City Council talked about it at the last Sidewalk Summit. Good things are happening and continuing to happen.
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  10. the yahoo article has a rendering! looks like they keep the dental lab, develop apartments behind ella oaks and plan more retail in front of the dental building.
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  11. New pavement has been laid down for a couple days now, but there are still a decent amount of ADA ramps to install for the sidewalks and none of the safety features (pedestrian islands or bike lanes) have been added yet
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  12. There is a proposed plat for this, wasn't sure what to make of it because it's commercial dental company but I guess it could be for multifamily.
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  13. I don't know where to add this, maybe it should be a new thread? Fifth corner purchased the neighboring property (1805 w 34th street) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fifth-corner-acquires-ella-west-163600059.html Plat tracker shows it's going to be called Ella West.
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  14. 100% this. I was there in the meetings in the very beginning (because I live close to I-45) and no one was raising any idea about mass transit until too far into the project when they are trying to finalize the design. When TXDOT first proposed doing this project, the city should have been working with them hand in hand. Would be curious how that section south of the Westpark Tollway got there. Did the city and the toll road authority work together to keep that land available? It's clearly meant for mass transit with even the highway pillars being set so that light rail or BRT can travel between them. That sort of engagement should have been here on this project but it never was. I didn't see BRT diagrams until the final months of decision making for the I-45 project. The most my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods were trying to do were working on connections that TXDOT was removing, such as the North St Bridge (which is gone unfortunately in the design) and ramps on the northside of N Main which I still don't understand. There was also the talk of sound barriers. That was literally it.
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  15. While Houston has no zoning, the Chicken Districting is very specific. Shep/Durhan is a chicken sandwich district. Ella is a chicken finger district. This is why Layne's is going in across the street from Raising Cane's.
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  16. Whoa whoa whoa - all fried chicken is supposed to be on Shepherd/Durham. WHO ALLOWED THIS WITH CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT?!
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  17. (1) I'd have to think a lot hinged on this past election and people were in "wait-and-see" mode. I think @Triton is right that we may see some movement either one way or the other soon (although I have nothing to base that on). (2) As a longtime State pol, I think Mayor Turner sees his role as an intermediary between the County and the State and the business community, so he has been pretty deliberate and not being the loudest voice in the room (although I have nothing to base that on, either). Regardless the mantra of these anti-NHHIP groups appears to be, "Well we complained, so they're supposed to cancel everything," again, based on what happened in like 1950s Baltimore when whole neighborhoods nowhere near any existing freeway were being demolished for the first time. At no point have they offered any alternative other than to not build, it is absolutely performative and juvenile and not in the best interest of the city or the region as it's not like the problem goes away. I mean, sheesh, at least put something up that says, "Spend the $7 billion on commuter rail, and here's an alignment that would work." If they tried, I'd definitely have more empathy.
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  18. A plan review permit for a new cell tower was pulled the other day:
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  19. City of Houston has applied for federal funding to reduce driving lanes to one on each direction as well as protected bike lanes on West Gray. From Shepherd to Waugh
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  20. Northwest corner. The ever present broken windows, I wonder if the estimators account for several replacements when estimating the cost of the project? W. Dallas side. Now Leasing.
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  21. The tower crane operator who works for TAS just messaged me on IG saying his bosses just told him they are moving him to a Hanover high rise project to build a 42 story high rise here in Houston. He is currently operating the tower crane at the Marquette Companies White Oak apartments. He was told he would transfer over to his new job around Jan-March. He was also the operator at the Allen project on the taller crane and the tower crane operator at the Hanover River Oaks. Only building that qualifies in that height range is the one at Hanover Autry Park.
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  22. This is so incredible. We live in the area and know the interior of these buildings are renovated and beautiful, but the exterior makes it feel untouched and forgotten. Can't wait for this area of the neighborhood to get polished up a bit.
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  23. Update in the Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/the-plant-second-ward-east-end-houston-17589799.php They've acquired more land, which is great. But these two excerpts were the biggest takeaways for me: 1) "Concept Neighborhood also plans to convert a section of a former Union Pacific railway into a hike-and-bike trail running one-third of a mile through the development from Commerce Street to Navigation Boulevard." This rail line runs perpendicular to most existing trails in the area -- Harrisburg, Buff Bayou -- and will be a strong neighborhood link. 2) "The Plant/Second Ward path also abuts Navigation Boulevard, just east of the linear park known as Navigation Esplanade, which is getting extended eastward by 3.5 blocks starting next year, noted Veronica Chapa Gorczynski, president of the East End District." So the long-planned Navigation Esplanade extension appears to have the green light. A very welcome announcement.
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  24. Shepherd here in Upper Kirby will be finished in the next couple of months. I walk the area often and the upgrade is beautiful. Once this is complete, you'll be able to walk from 59 to Buffalo Bayou Park with no problem.
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  25. Does anyone have info / news on the old convention center redevelopment? it has become a make-shift homeless shelter. The amount of trash has also significantly increased.
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  26. I was getting a Banh Mi at Cali Sandwiches and one of the Central Cadillac employees was in there too. I asked him when they were moving out to their new south loop location, he said about this time next year. He told me the Midtown property was already sold and they are just leasing it now. He didn't know who bought it though.
    1 point
  27. I think Hines could build another Texas Tower before these guys finish.
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  28. A chicken for every pot. A high-rise for every neighborhood. It's the Houstonian dream.
    1 point
  29. At least in this case, I think the garage being particularly obnoxious is intentional.
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  30. https://www.shepherddurham.com/ they are posing weekly updates on the project status to this website -- nice to see the communication! Also, here is the TIRZ page on the project https://memorialheightstirz5.com/projects/shepherd-and-durham-major-investment-project/
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  31. Some more thoughts: Another aspect of this is that TMC is moving ahead with this while quite a few developers and such are slowing down because of global market fears, among other things. To me, this indicates a type of market resiliency that, in Houston, has only really happened for oil and gas and that was many years ago. Its the kind of event that may show a real shift in what will make the gears turn in Houston, both economically and politically in the next decade or so. Plus, while oil and gas is still wrestling with hybrid work schedules and increased parental leave and just general HR stuff that brings them in line with the types of benefits their engineers would see from more tech oriented employers, TMC just has its foot on the gas. TMC isn't perfect, and they've had some real issues over the years, but this is a massive flexing of their muscles that shows Houston isn't just an O&G town anymore.
    1 point
  32. Holy wow this is absolutely massive. TMC3 was already going to create a ton of jobs wasn’t it? This is just going to be nuts
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  33. Concept rendering was tweeted by the TMC account. This definitely looks like the road configuration of Willowbend Blvd near Buffalo Speedway. wow!!
    1 point
  34. TMC CEO unveils Plans for Growth of Texas Medical Center as a Leading Life Science Corridor https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220920006149/en/TMC-CEO-unveils-Plans-for-Growth-of-Texas-Medical-Center-as-a-Leading-Life-Science-Corridor With a vision to become the world’s most comprehensive life science ecosystem, TMC is anchored by four districts – the TMC Medical Campus, TMC Innovation Factory, TMC Helix Park, and the newly announced TMC BioPort. BioPort is TMC’s newest initiative and will serve as the Texas Medical Center’s biomanufacturing and medical supplies distribution engine. The district will span several hundred acres driving the much-needed repatriation of critical medical supplies and new cell and gene therapies. In addition, TMC BioPort will provide on-site upskill training center, creating over 100,000 new job opportunities for residents in the Greater Houston region. This vital initiative is aligned with the expectation that the US will significantly increase its biomanufacturing capacity to assure ready access to pharmaceuticals, therapies and medical supplies.
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