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a...parking garage?

https://www.bbzdevelopment.com/2411-canal

It seems like the majority of their work is townhomes. They even have a page set up for this property. However all it says is

"2411 Canal St is a 10,000 SF structure consisting of 7,500 SF of a basketball gym. The building sits on just about an acre which allows a parking lot which can fit up to 80 vehicles."

Could that indicate that they plan on a reuse/redevelopment instead of a bunch of townhomes? Could be a great indoor/outdoor space for a couple restaurants/bars

On 3/8/2024 at 5:29 PM, JBTX said:

New realtor back in the picture for the other GFR option. It dawned on me it must be pretty hard to move due to it's proximity to Our Lady Guadalupe and the restrictions re: sale of alcohol associated with the church/school.

Can you explain what this means (and what GFR stands for) for us lay people?

1 hour ago, samagon said:

I like that they have a rooftop patio, but facing west, that's going to be completely unusable at least 4 months out of the year. and whoever buys them has to hope that the rest of the land doesn't end up with a building taller than the patios.

Given the option though, I'd rather have the view of downtown vs the other direction.

1 hour ago, sapo2367 said:

I'm noticing that some of the plats are bigger than the houses they have initially built (for ex plats 15-19 in the photo above). I wonder if their original idea was to work up to larger, more expensive houses but with interest rates higher they want to instead sell more smaller ones instead.

Side note, I toured one of the existing houses a while ago. They are SKINNY. Its basically enough width to fit one car and a stairwell.

That makes sense what they're trying to do (make money), but to me the area doesn't justify that kind of density. Also a bunch of those houses were finished in the 2020/2021 timeframe and they left the other lots empty. I thought that was odd. They missed the window on building out the rest of the townhomes while rates were down and prices were up.

I'm a nearby property owner and I got the Public Hearing Notice. Here's what I can summarize:

"the applicant proposes to replat lots 3,4, 14, 21, 24, 27, and 30 of Williams on Commerce, single family residential plat recorded in 2017, in order to build 7 more units than the original plat allows.

Then it references local government code 212.015 and Houston Code or Ordnance Chapter 42.

Basically the new lots don't meet the minimum lot size and width per the city codes, and they're seeking a variance so they can build them.  7 more units than the original plat allows though? Seems like a bit much.

11 hours ago, pm91 said:

Tried Gatsby’s once before a show at Hobby Center so we made a reservation. Got there and it was completely empty except for 2-3 tables and they told us it was going to be a wait and couldn’t give us a time for how long. Apparently short staffed. This was maybe 2 months ago.

Soooo basically it was no different than Acadian Coast. I wonder if they just carried over the same management/staff. To me, that was the real problem there (other than the overpriced menu items).

49 minutes ago, ljchou said:

lets hope this plan involves trees. its currently so desolate

They absolutely need to add greenery and shade trees. It would be a huge disappointment if they aren't able to do this. That whole stretch is full of prime property that can transform the area, but it needs infrastructure and pedestrian friendly amenities. 

Nice. I wish they would do this on Commerce St from St. Charles to Velasco!

I have noticed that too. Can't quite figure out what it's for. I didn't realize it was overnight though. My guess was it was being used as day-time parking for construction at the Mill and they're bussed back and forth. But that wouldn't make sense if it was overnight. 

Yeah it sucks that nothing has happened. Maybe just a new owner content to sit on the property for years and sell it later. 

its because of a high school world championship competition at the GRB, called FIRST.

1 hour ago, samagon said:

I drove by there early Saturday afternoon, there were people with flags waving cars into the lot to park there for the club across the street. did they make an agreement with the owners of the land for parking exclusivity, or were they taking advantage of the situation?

club across the street? I haven't seen/heard of a club in that area. 

This has to be the slowest project i've seen in this area. They started the process over two years ago! 

Drift racing tracks. 100% they're going to start filming NFS Tokyo Houston Drift, confirmed.

yeah not sure what they're looking at. there are updated pictures in this thread. 😄

So I was curious about this property and googled the address. There *used to be* an old two story building that matches the exterior/shape of the drawing above. Here's an old apartments dot come post for it:

https://www.apartments.com/2711-harrisburg-blvd-houston-tx/g2tmkjw/

Also on google maps street view you can see it there as recently as May 2011.

It was demolished some time after that. That's too bad. It would have been a nice spot to have a restaurant/retail location. Instead it's been a parking lot for 10+ years. Hopefully that will change soon.

I wish they started this project already. Once the Mill is finished and the East River development phase 1 is completed, the traffic is going to increase quite a bit. 

On 2/22/2023 at 2:54 PM, samagon said:

indeed, 10 years ago the area was a small number of townhomes, but a lot of what looked to be empty warehouses, empty fields, and just a whole lot of nothing.

I mean, living in the area for over 15 years now (and visiting my grandmother's house since I was a child) I know exactly why it was overlooked for so long.

May I ask what you mean by 'knowing exactly why it was overlooked'? Honestly just curious. Thanks. 

that building was a really slow build. I remember it starting in 2018 I think. and it still doesn't look complete. 

I wonder what's going there with the parking lot behind old Night Shift.

On 4/30/2022 at 6:45 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:

 

 

 

Houston craft brewery and brewpub True Anomaly is not relocating from their current home at East Village.

I reached out to the brewery about this last month. Shortly after the listing for the building at 4001 Navigation Blvd was removed, True Anomaly applied for a permit with TABC. The brewery said the business isn't moving out of East Village  rather it has other plans for the space.

The 4001 Navigation Blvd property will be used for production only. So, they're expanding their production facility. I didn't know if that was considered newsworthy or not to create a thread about it, so I didn't.

I suppose it's possible the entire operation could relocate there in the future, who's to say. For now though, the building at 4001 Navigation Blvd is for beer production only.

I'm wondering if this is still the case, considering the I-45 project. Why wouldn't they use the space as something more than just a production facility?

I'm confused. Is this site not under imminent domain for the I-45 project? They just demolished the apartments 3 blocks down on Chartres.

18 hours ago, EastEndHeritage said:

When I am right, I am right.

I was talking about when the place supposed to be Corkys, but the principal stands. Also, the owner was a big MAGA fanboy so not sad at all. Karma.

You called it! (kind of) Also, good riddance if that last statement is true.

It's not surprising at all to me. The quality of food and service especially has gone down since they opened. I hoped they'd turn it around but it seems like there was no attempt to improve things.  Seems like a management issue. It's a great location and building and i'm optimistic that some other entity will move in soon.