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  1. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/11/officials-eliminate-routes-to-proposed-high-speed.html
  2. does anyone have any information on the Warby Parker store that was supposed to open here? I haven't seen any updates since it was announced.
  3. Bill Baldwin's house. Although I am sure more people have seen the inside of this house than any other in the neighborhood. http://www.har.com/205-bayland-ave/sale_81984909 That wine cellar though! I really need that.
  4. If the description of the property says 15,000 sq ft and only 8,500 sq ft of office space is for rent. I would assume that means there is retail signed up already for the ground floor.
  5. The Delicious Concepts people that run Witchcraft seem to never ever give up no matter what! Based on the press the put out for their last change a month ago we had no ambition to ever go and it seems like they are not getting the uptick in customers they were hoping for. Will they "revamp" the place again andfads try 4 different concepts in 3 years? Can't help thinking that being in such a small space next to a pay day lender and mattress store is helping.
  6. The historical swimming holes around there and other places nearby were spring fed. They all dried up soon after development occurred in surrounding areas. If there ever was any clear water in the bayou it was likely due to these flows. Technically the goal is to get Buffalo Bayou safe enough for swimming but this isn't very realistic and is probably only the goal because of federal regulations.
  7. This is a big deal for beer nerd types. Not sure where all the money is coming from but to be able to pull in a brewer that is currently working with production similar to Saint Arnold is impressive. I would hope that means they are going all out and from the sounds of the press release they are. Along with the multi-million renovation of Fitzgeralds nextdoor it seems this intersection is getting its revitalization revitalized. haha.
  8. http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Buehrer-Prabanto-to-bring-new-coffee-shop-to-the-6434963.php
  9. http://www.har.com/2714-white-oak-dr/sale_45855644 I always wondered how someone could live there and why they wouldn't just cash out.
  10. What would the funding mechanism for this be? That is a lot of money to spend in just 10 years!
  11. ...given the neighborhood's "little Austin" nickname. Is this a real nickname people are using? I really hope not.
  12. Looks like its gonna be an expensive parking lot for Glass Wall... Crushed rock has been spread and leveled over the majority of the property and vehicle access has been made through the neighboring fence. (I would post a picture but I can not for the life of me figure out how.)
  13. Pho Binh? They are always on a bunch of top restaurant lists for Houston. Already have a few places to get pho nearby but I think this place would do well. http://houston.eater.com/2015/3/17/8231019/vietnamese-mini-chain-rumored-to-replace-shuttered-heights-bistro Samurai Noodle on Durham and I10 is a good ramen shop that is now open.
  14. http://houston.eater.com/2015/2/25/8109951/activity-outside-former-stella-sola-space Following the breadcrumbs, the manager of "Kitchen Snapper" is the same name of the owner of a few international Mediterranean restaurants. Could be a coincidence.
  15. and how does a demo get red tagged? Did they some how tear it down improperly? And how would you 'correct' a red tagged demo?
  16. I was hoping for an ice house type place at the recently demoed 927 Studewood property. They appear to have purposely left the core building in tact and it now looks Cottoonwood-esque. However this looks to be in a location that could use this type development more. I wonder how much longer the trailer homes next door will last?
  17. Were you then one of the people who paid the mattress store developer to speak against the variance? And if they decide to just move on and go with the easy Smoochies plan will you be more satisfied? How about a Ashby Highrise type development? or something more like what is being built across the street? You don't get to pick and choose the developments that get built near you but you can support those that provide you with the highest quality of life and by rejecting this variance it opens up the possibility of getting something far worse. **And still nobody has answered my qeustion about the head in parking. Because the variance was denied, why would this not be developed in to parallel parking and be big net loss of public parking to the area? The developer would have to get a variance to maintain that style parking right?
  18. One of the things that can be done to help is the Memorial Park Demonstration project just upstream. If you look at that area right now it is almost completely silt and sand at and near the banks because of erosion. Every time it floods all that gets washed down here and deposits. But who knows if that will get approved due to the backlash against it from some corners.
  19. Was it residential neighbors who hired him or as he stated commercial neighbors? I find it unfair that the commercial developments here who provide almost no parking (and likely have some kind of grandfathered status) went out and hired someone who would say what ever they needed him to protect the public parking for their own use. What blew my mind was the number of people who spoke that bought in the just the last few years along Heights and were just outraged and so surprised that there is actually traffic on their street! OMG who could have predicted that!?!? And what is sad is they think that by denying this variance nobody will be parking in front of their house and it will "save the neighborhood" from this development. The development is still going to happen in one form or another, and people will still park in front of their house if the places are popular. My question is, won't the developer need a variance to maintain the public head in parking if they develop the area? Typically when you develop a property like that you redo the sidewalk, curb, driveways, etc and this parking might fall in those boundaries. So the net result of denying this variance could be a large reduction in public parking in the area. I can see why they denied the variance because as presented because the hardship was created by themselves. Since they are tearing down that warehouse they have the option to build it back much smaller and thus provide the parking on site for the whole development. So an option that I can see is to come back and present all the parcels separate and have the warehouse provide all the required on site parking. That way the bungalow and the other buildings will have a legitimate undue hardship because the only alternative would be to tear them down completely. That is the reason staff ultimately supported the variance.
  20. I think a pending announcement from Midway is more likely going to concern the recently purchased Washington ave. property.
  21. It appears to be nothing more than a glorified pintrest board at this point but I like the direction they are headed. Based on the boundaries in the link below, they are not subject to HAHC review. http://www.finialgroup.com/properties/flyers/pappas-yaleflyer.pdf
  22. You keep on bringing up Coltivare but I believe you are incorrect. If I remember correctly, they received a variance to be allowed to use parking that was not allowed by PWE because the spaces were not wide enough and resulted in cars blocking the sidewalk. It was granted because the parking already exists and not granting the variance will not stop anybody from parking there and continuing to block the sidewalk. Also, it is written into the parking ordinance that business owners can use bike racks to reduce their overall parking requirement by a few spots. Coltivare did not need or get a variance for the bike racks and did not get a variance to lower the total number of required parking spaces. Please correct me and attach the variance if I am wrong.
  23. Just remember seeing the listing in the past. But now looking it up... Zillow shows just the 1201 Omar property listed for $1M and sold 2 months later. Add in the 927 Studewood property and it could have actually gone for ~$1.4M+.
  24. 1201 Omar appears to be included and is 12,500 s.f. That comes to about 3 lots.
  25. If I remember correctly the property sold for $1,000,000 which would make it a pretty expensive parking lot! But either way a parking lot is better that than what it was.
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