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"River Oaks garden district", that's a new one 

1 hour ago, 004n063 said:

It will be interesting to see what becomes of this area after NHHIP. It may end up being the first neighborhood to be improved by a downtown highway widening project.

That plus UHD expansion. I think this area is bound to be one of the most energetic neighborhoods in the city

Looks like it’s another Randall Davis joint. Comparable lot size and unit count as the London House, I would expect a similar scale development here. Definitely won’t be the Michael Hsu render from before. 

So I'm a little confused. It looks like most of the events referenced in the suit occurred from 2016-2019, and case is going to trial soon. But this property was actually sold earlier this year, and has had some recent work done replacing some CMU walls and cleaning up the property. So is it still locked up in litigation, or are the current owners free to proceed with work? 

34 minutes ago, CREguy13 said:

I'd say there's a 0% chance they keep all 3 and a close to 0% chance they keep any of them.

I sincerely hope this isn't the case. There are so many available infill locations in Uptown, including the lot immediately south that has had 3 or 4 failed proposals and the open lots in BLVD place. We don't need to start tearing down perfectly usable towers when there's so much open land. 

nvm

Does this mean that there's no immediate plan to redevelop that parking lot? I assumed they'd keep that lot separate if they planned to put an apartment complex or garage there. 

This thing sucks

We always keep an eye out for RVBBs in the Heights! They have a very distinctive almost "quack" call & like to perch at the very tops of trees. 

Love me some P Terrys. IMO, best fast food burger, hands down. Super excited for them to enter the Houston market, can't wait for them to get some locations closer in to town.

If you haven't tried them yet, 100% recommend you all take a trip there when this location opens. 

None of this seems particularly new. Agree with CREguy. I will only believe it if they break ground on the section facing Allen Pkwy in the near term. They’ve indicated that’s their next step, and once again have been delaying execution. 
 

Also, what’s a “Master community”?

It's like a post-modern fever dream

Sore losers

Great find InTheKnow, you may have just sniffed out the next mixed-use development in Montrose! Looks like at least 2 new structures on the east corners, and potentially adaptive reuse of the structure facing Montrose. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

That would be huge. The whole Hempstead corridor inside the loop is bound for massive redevelopment. You can already see it with Sommerset Green and the Intown Homes developments adjacent to this plot. Connectivity is a bit wonky, with all the train tracks and street name changes making it a bit difficult to navigate if you're unfamiliar. But I feel like this area has so much potential to be another quality neighborhood with lots of great amenities.  Fingers crossed the new owners push for the hypothetical MKT to Memorial Park extension. 

A bit wary of the McNair name though. From what I've seen they've promised a lot on prior proposals but have never fully delivered. 

I wasn't a fan of them tearing down that house when there's 3 large parking lots adjacent. You'd think they could negotiate some sort of parking agreement with the owners of those lots. 

I bet they're trying to utilize as much of the existing building to keep it as a reno and grandfather in the setback. It's pretty close to the street.

Found a render of the team store. Looks like most of the structural changes for the final product are complete. 

https://invictatech.com/bim-projects

It looks like the Virgata posting might be for 2808 N Shepherd, the little retail center just off the 610 feeder.

Agreed, I think it would be much better to orient that 3rd tower E-W along Allen Parkway, and maybe limit it to 12-16 floors. Something like a taller Alexan Memorial that faces and engages the bayou. 

13 hours ago, toxtethogrady said:

That works out to 2800sf per unit, but I'm assuming some of that is common space, so 1500-2000sf per unit.

Press release on it actually verifies the 2850 sqft per unit, they're gonna be pretty spacious apartments

Almost certainly a single family home. The CMU front part of the house was an existing structure. The lot sat on the market for quite some time, I suppose it took awhile to find a buyer that had a vision for it. 

Probably scrapping together funds for Jimbo's imminent exit fee

75k square foot tenant… first guesses are a City Target or a Trader Joe’s?