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  1. Daniepwils
    Crescent needs to lower their rent at this place as well. It is sad that many of the "store fronts" are empty.
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    Is there a HAIF'er Discount? This is so awesome for Midtown, I can't wait!
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    Do you think most of tenants in HP will be open on the weekends (with the exception of HOB) ?
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    Also, Spec's (a block away from Randall's). There is a Fiesta further down towards the museums. The Randall's went down hill awhile ago, but they have since redone it, and it is nice again. I usually shop Spec's and Whole Foods on Kirby (Randall's when I don't want to go far. You will still need a vehicle living downtown (if that is what you mean by day-to-day life). It is pretty noisy in downtown as well, especially right now with all the construction. You don't really notice it during the day, but at night when you are trying to sleep you will hear the traffic (buses are loud as hell, as are the firetrucks that you will hear nightly, the train you will barely hear). Don't worry though, you will get use to it fast (buy soft ear plugs though, just incase). My only real complaint about downtown would be the bums... you will find out soon enough if you move here.
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    Well that didn't get rid of them, they placed them back up. Right now they look fine.
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    I give the YMCA props for at least looking into restoring and renovating the building, but in the end it just wasn't cost efficient for them I suppose.
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    Holiday Inn Across from HP? There isn't a Holiday Inn across HP. There is one behind the Toyota Center, are you talking about that one? The only hotel right off of HP is The Marriott and The Hilton is a block away.
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    I can't or I will be in serious trouble.
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    There are preleases on this property as well as active permits.
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    This area is not really Houston's "hot spot", I should know I live a few blocks from here (and work right across the street from this building). Compared to almost every other major area in Houston there aren't that many restaurants that are opened after working hours or on the weekends for that matter in downtown. If you think you are going to live downtown and walk around in the evenings to all these "cool" places, you are fooling yourself -- Downtown is pretty much dead in the late evenings and not safe for a woman to walk around by herself. In the evenings I seem to be driving to Midtown, Montrose, Rice and Galleria area where there is more evening/night life/shopping/eating/etc. I wish downtown was the hot spot, but it just isn't (yet). I think the rental price seems pretty fair though. The amenities in this building seem to be much better than all the other rental buildings in downtown.
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    By "best" you mean sells the most? -- I will never touch a property that has his name on it -- All I am saying.
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    By the looks of how small that lot is it can't be more than 3-5 stories. Why would someone build a condo building right there? Your views from your window would be a parking garage, a building, a street and a dealership parking lot. I jogged by it the other morning and noticed someones name (Terry Stainfield or Stanfield, I think) as the owner/builder. Maybe it is TERRY STANFIELD http://www.har.com/AWS/AWS.CFM?AGENT_NUMBER=485856 But I can't remember for sure.
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    LOL that is so true. I will say she is only like that during lunch rush hour. I have talked to her on occasion when she isn't busy and she is extremely nice.
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    Because that is basically the only thing there. And to be honest it isn't all that great of a food court. -- The only reason I go there is because my building is connected to it via skywalks.
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    Homeless or vagrants usually are in downtown during the day. For one, that is when the population of downtown is at its height and two they are not allowed to sleep or sit anywhere due to a city ordinance in the evening. I live and work downtown and am rather fed up with the lot of them. It is always the same ones as well. One time I almost had my orange taken out of my hand at 8AM at Main and McKinney, I had to kick him in the leg to get him away from me. Kind of ballsy to try to attack a 6'3, 200 pound man. I have never given any money on the street, I have on occasion bought food for someone asking when I was going in the same restaurant (Subway on Dallas). I choose to give to United Way as my charity, giving money to these people is not helping them as the majority of them are using it for things other than food.
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    Something about this post just doesn't sit well with me. Did you really buy a place here? or are you working for the realtor?
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    So did the people in charge of this project not put in a parking lot?
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    This park stays pretty quiet. I jog by it almost every morning and not a soul in sight. I can see it from my office and usually in the afternoons there are some young guys playing basketball on the court on a daily basis. There is also a police officer stationed here in a little office everyday, 7 days a week I think. Yes they should fix the one broken backboard, and also the area near the stairs that tends to flood.
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    It was a rental property for some time and tenants were forced to use the valet parking since there wasn't a garage. It hasn't really changed much since then, other than being basically empty. A year a go I went and looked at these when they were for sale and they only had 4 tenants (those 4 people had rented and opted to buy the apartment they were in). -- The reason they are all in foreclosure is because one bank owns most of them other than the penthouses I think and those are owned by another bank. Real estate agents and banks always "recommend" that you use their mortgage companies, don't buy into that. ALWAYS SHOP AROUND for the best rate! If you get their quoted rate, go to your bank and see if they can't beat the other rate.. Do you plan on selling this property in the future? If you plan to live here the rest of your life then go ahead and buy it. But if you are ever going to resell it, you will have a very hard time in doing so. Everyone in Houston has a car (well everyone that can really afford to buy and maintain a house, this is even more so now due to gas prices rising along with everthing else) and one thing you will almost need is a garage.
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    I like the fact that is won't destroy my view of the park from 5 Houston!
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    All this week they seem to be spreading sand out everywhere over the grass. Someone told me that bermuda grass does better in sand than in clay. I am not sure why they didn't just lay sand down before they laid the grass. Does anyone know if spreading sand around on grass that has already been laid will help the grass? (The grass was kinda weird looking, it would have brown circles around a really green spot. You can't really notice it unless you are looking at it from far above)
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    This was a rental property at one time. Very nice for a rental property, however people were forced to use the valet service. So if you wanted your car you had to wait at least 15 minutes just to get it. (I had a friend live there and I have looked at apartment ratings sights, and they all say the same thing). The biggest problem I think was the lack of management when it was a rental property. TheNiche, what do you know about Tracy? I have delt with him and don't care for some of his tactic's, although he does have a hot assistant.
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    UhLaw do you plan on living there for 5+ years? You will have a hard time reselling any of these as they offer very little compared to other places in downtown. And as long as you don't care about riff-raff living in the same building as you. At these prices I assure you that will happen, especially with light rail right outside, it is only a matter of time if nothing is done that this place will become a mini-projects building, thus devaluing the property even more. Most parking garages in the area don't allow you to access the garage after a certain time (you can get out after a certain time, but can't get back in until 5 or 6 the next morning). I am sure this can be arranged to accommodate those people though.
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    To me this isn't about religion or politics, it is about accountability and taking responsibility, people need to grow up! With exception to rape/forced sex/or endangering the mother/child, abortion should be illegal. You CHOSE to have sex and with that choice comes a risk...now live with your choice. If you are married and no longer want children then have a vasectomy or hysterectomy (it is usually easier for the man to have it done).
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    Is this just Houston?, I can't see how it can be. I checked the website, and I think if you eat the entire thing you get to join some club. So far 33k+ are in it.
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