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Here’s a view from Trebly park. The design fits in nicely with the other residential in the area. While 800 Bell was built in the 60’s it reminds me of some of the high-rise residential buildings in Vancouver. 

5 hours ago, JBTX said:

I've been on the conference circuit a lot in the past few months, both in Houston and out of state, and it seems "go to an Astros game" is a thing a lot of out of towners are doing while here for a conference. They seem to all end up at the Rustic or something similar. Post seems "too far."

Totally see that for conference attendees; but I was speaking to transplants who have no natural affinity to frequent Astros games. 
 

Not sure if the  number of games that coincide with out of town conference attendees from urban walkable areas who want to attend Astros games is worth the investment. 

I think the feeling of safety and familiarity has a lot to do with the level of pre/post game activity around MMP. 

From my observation, people who frequent Astros games are native Houstonians, corporate types and suburbanites—folks who generally aren’t comfortable bar hopping downtown.
 

I live inside the loop and go out fairly regularly, but I can honestly say, bar hopping at City Center or any of the other suburban “town centers” feels a lot safer and the vibe of these places feels more “familiar” to me as someone who grew up here, if that makes sense. 
 

Honestly, I’m also not sure how many transplants from NYC, Chicago, Boston, etc. are frequenting Astros games. 
 

Development around the park just may not be seen by the Astros as a good investment given the makeup of fans who frequent the games. 

18 hours ago, ATH said:

This will be a difficult property to sell or develop.  The Episcopalians allow the downtown homeless to sleep on the sidewalks of the Episcopal Health Foundation building next door with no regard to the affects on adjacent businesses or residences.

I don't disagree that the site may be hard to develop. However, here is some additional context on why homeless people sleep in the area--the Episcopal Diocese's Beacon Center is located there. This is where downtown's homeless population can go for daily hot meals, showers, laundry and social and mental health services. And to your point, there are currently business and residences in the area, so development in the area does occur.  I haven't been in a while, but the underground food hall seemed to be doing ok. 

On 10/6/2023 at 3:30 PM, hindesky said:

Love this view of downtown, which is one of the best imo. 

2 hours ago, hindesky said:

https://abc13.com/haven-at-elgin-student-housing-university-of-houston-off-campus-living/13704886/

Is this common? Our niece and several of her friends were affected. They were offered $500/week or two months free rent and are being housed if needed in the UH Hilton. 

On 6/27/2023 at 10:45 PM, cityliving said:

I think this building is just the right height. 

 

I agree. The height complements the other buildings (Hilton, Marriott Marquis, Hess, One Park Place) framing the park. It also “feels” quite tall and substantial when approaching Discovery Green by both car and on foot. 

17 hours ago, editor said:

Or Houston could do what other cities do: Make it easy for charities to help the homeless with their hygiene.

In some places I've lived, if a church provides bathing facilities for the homeless, it stops getting a water bill.  Easy peasy. 

The Beacon at the Episcopal Diocese downtown provides hot showers daily. If a person is mentally they may not know or have the capacity to locate the center; but many homeless residents shower there each day. 

On 5/12/2023 at 9:41 PM, Caribomoa said:

The Moxy Hotel brand is also known for having a heavy focus on nightlife. It’s well located by the Main St Bars to have a good impact.

Hopefully it helps attract a younger crowd to Main St. The Main St kinda have the reputation for where the older crowd goes. Where as the younger crowds go to Washington Ave or Midtown

I guess older is relative, .. My husband and I are in our early 50’s and were by far some of the older ones in Frank’s around 8:30 pm last Saturday. The crowd was a mix of ages though. I do notice a lot of younger people riding the scooters around DT now. 

Mods can you please remove my post? I see it's being covered extensively elsewhere.

According to Walking Houston, new 33 storey co-living space called X Houston is scheduled to deliver in the Museum District in 2024. 

Here are renderings from the developer on Walking Houston’s Instagram. 

On 1/10/2023 at 1:30 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

None of what Walking Houston posted about Canopy on Washington is new information. Apart from the few video clips and photos from his walking tour events, everything else he posts to Instagram has been shared on HAIF months or weeks prior. 


The renderings Walking Houston posted are the same ones that were shared to this forum back in May:

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The other information Walking Houston provided in his caption is the same shared in above posts from last year.

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On 1/10/2023 at 1:30 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

None of what Walking Houston posted about Canopy on Washington is new information. Apart from the few video clips and photos from his walking tour events, everything else he posts to Instagram has been shared on HAIF months or weeks prior. 


The renderings Walking Houston posted are the same ones that were shared to this forum back in May:

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The other information Walking Houston provided in his caption is the same shared in above posts from last year.

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And? It was recent news to me and others who don’t frequent the site as much as you. Love your posts but leave the moderation to the mods. 

From Walking Houston's Instagram:

"Oxberry Group is planning another mixed-use development in the heart of Houston.

Their latest project known as the Canopy on Washington will include 27,000 SF of retail and office space. According to a site plan, PrimeWay Federal Credit Union has already signed on as a tenant.

The project is spread across two buildings, each two levels tall and connected by a skybridge. A welcomed design for Houston, the project fronts Washington Avenue and includes parking in the rear.

Located at 3800 Washington Avenue, the development is expected to deliver in Q3 2023 according to a marketing brochure."

On 11/12/2022 at 6:22 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

An aerial shot of the Mill mixed-use development, 2315 Navigation Blvd.

The photo was posted yesterday on BuiltNearby's Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck0-S_epTUQ/

This is one of my favorite views of downtown.

On 7/5/2022 at 10:32 AM, toxtethogrady said:

Except for Central Park, NYC.

On a grand scale, yes. But Central Park is so large that once inside, the structures are not as "seen/felt". DG is a lot smaller and the buildings have a closer-in feel and are visible regardless of what area of the park you're in.

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13 hours ago, hindesky said:

"Houston-based real estate developer Hines lit up the downtown Houston skyline with a drone light show."

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/10/watch-live-dazzling-drone-light-show-descends-on-downtown-houston/

 

Edit: Watch it in full screen mode.

That was amazing.

15 hours ago, zaphod said:

It's just that he's going to create a concentration of like 50,000-60,000 extremely poor people a large proportion of which are undocumented, don't speak english, have no education, etc in a location that's extremely far away from practically everything. It's going to be weird. Also not a lot of long term provisions to pay for services and infrastructure.

Understandable why so many, especially in today's economy, would take the offer to buy a cheap lot and put up a trailer and DIY yourself some kind of homestead, but man, I think going forward 20-30 years that place is going to be rough.

 

Source? I looked up Colony Ridge. and maybe I missed something, but I see no mention of it being controversial. Just a website.