HNathoo

They were doing exploratory demolition at 908 Live Oak yesterday. 

8 hours ago, hindesky said:

Think it's the mid-block building behind this. It was sold to a venture tied to the Czech Museum back in 21/22. They also acquired the parking lot at Wichita and Fannin.

Shell has been trying to acquire sites inside the loop for EV Charging. Given this site doesn't lay out well for a typical gas station, seems like it might make sense to become an EV Charging station.

1 hour ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

Nickel City soft opens Friday, according to an article CultureMap published today. The bar is locaed at 2910 McKinney St, Suite 500.


https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/nickel-city-bar-east-end/

I imagine Lustre Pearl will also be opening soon. Will be nice to add a bit more vibrancy to the neighborhood.

On 2/16/2024 at 7:28 PM, freundb said:

I go to the gym next door and the restaurant has been moving along slowly. The gym is busy between 5-7/8pm and parking already goes into the back building. Once this restaurant is open it’s gonna be rough.

They've got parking behind the building (behind the garage) that they haven't opened up yet.

The interior was being cleared out this past week. The contractor said they’re going through the city permitting process and anticipate opening no earlier than the end of year. 

Looks like these guys are still working on funding…

On 12/9/2023 at 7:56 PM, clutchcity94 said:

What makes it the worst?

The lot doesn't have circulation. It has a 25 car parking aisle just dead end, meaning you have to reverse 150' if you drive down the aisle and don't find parking. You could imagine the mess and frustration this would cause during busy hours.

They could fix the problem pretty easily, but would have to give up 4 parking spaces. 

On 11/2/2023 at 9:38 PM, IntheKnowHouston said:

 

I don't know if Nickel City is close to opening or not. However, I noticed Nickel City's Houston location is listed as one of several participating locations for the Sippin' Santa pop-up. Sippin' Santa is a winter holiday-themed cocktail bar pop-up. I think it begins November 20.

So, maybe Nickel City will later this month or by early December. And if not, it appears people can get a sneak peek during the Sippin' Santa pop-up.


https://www.sippinsantapopup.com/locations

Spoke to GC - said early December 

8 hours ago, hindesky said:

Looks like some serious ant problems here

On 8/24/2023 at 12:04 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

That's what I thought, still, I wanted to be certain. Thanks for explaining and confirming.

As someone who owns and develops properties in the area, do you know what's in store for 1441 Seamist Dr, @HNathoo?

Wish I did. Made a run at a property nearby at 6803 wynnwood, but got beat out on it. Really like this area a lot. 

20 hours ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

 

  

 

Are there any recent updates for this proposed project? Does anyone the location? 

There is a recent sewer disconnect permit for 1441 Seamist Dr. I'm not that familiar with sewer disconnect permits, so I'm uncertain what it's for.

The city will require you to disconnect from its sewer system if you are planning to demolish a building. 

On 7/11/2023 at 8:08 AM, wilcal said:

@HNathoo Did you post about how you were involved with this property?

The abandonment would open up quite a bit of potential for this site (think backside of MKT). Hoping it gets approved.

7 hours ago, hindesky said:

Are they demolishing this by hand? 

On 6/24/2023 at 9:03 PM, Highrise Tower said:

Two updates.

A new Loopnet listing has been created. Looks like now hey are marketing this as industrial space for lease.  I'm sure if there was an offer to buy the land, they would accept as well. Both for sale and lease?

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1615-South-Loop-W-Houston-TX/21526507/

Also, the in-vehicle security detail has been removed. There has been someone in a vehicle guarding the property for the past 2 years.  Not anymore! Budget cuts I'd imagine?

Oh man, say goodbye to the copper.

6 hours ago, hindesky said:

Looks like we may be getting some dingbats

5 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

How can we know that (unless you have inside information from the developer or it was stated in some filings or public hearing)?  I think the impact of the lifting of parking minimums on residential development is often exaggerated.  For example, under the city's parking minimums, Brava downtown would have been required to provide 538 spaces.  Their garage has 517 spaces, a mere 3.9% reduction.

Back to X Houston, I'm curious about their parking.  The building is said to have 460 parking spaces and 475 units.  Under the standard multifamily residential parking requirements, even if all the units were efficiencies (which they are not; there will be  1 BR, and 2 BR in addition to studio/efficiencies), they would be required to provide 594 parking spaces. Did they get a waiver or something?

They're within the TOD area that would allow for up to a 50% reduction in code based parking.

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Good news!

This will be starting next week according a worker from EE Reed who is the construction company for the project. He said he is one of their layout guys. He showed me the above view orientation on his iPhone. Fencing is up and a construction trailer. He also said the building will be facing Leeland and toward the northeast corner of the property.

 

One entrance on La Branch and another on Leeland St. Red pickup is the workers that I talked with.

It'll be nice to see some activity on this side of downtown.

Site is owned by frank liu, so likely nicer townhomes 

3 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

I'm in the Common Desk here and we received an email last week about switching all tenant parking over to the garage in May.  There's been more movement and chatter lately on the District... I'd put money on plans for Phase II being released in the coming months with a near-term timeline for construction to start.

This area can't truly take off until the next phase gets underway.  Berkadia's Q4 2022 report shows the visitor lot across from the plaza  as proposed MF. My guess is that would be the first out of the ground, it alone would really help catalyze the area.

That would be great news for the area. Infill MF construction has been near impossible to pencil, but I imagine Rice can do whatever they want given their grand plan.

I heard rumors that a breakfast concept was going in here.

2 hours ago, IntheKnowHouston said:

Maybe the proposed Seamist mixed-use development will be located at 1331 Seamist Dr. I think this is in the Lazy Brook-Timbergrove area.

The property was acquired in 2016 by Pinto Realty Partners LLC. Pinto Realty Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cockrell Interests. According to county and city records, Pinto Realty Partners received approval for a replat in 2020. The replat was to create an unrestricted reserve. The plat is named Haven at Seamist.














 

Haven is what Guefen Partners generally names their developments. Potentially a multi-family deal.

OH stands for oden Hughes, so likely a MF deal.

The rapid densification of the domain is really fun to watch. 

On 11/29/2022 at 10:14 AM, Paco Jones said:

Project:

The Langley

 

Architect:

EDi

 

Information:

134 units with a total SF of approx. 388,000 (excluding garage). Construction to begin in February with a 32-month duration.

 

 

Wow those are some giant units!