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    Proposed Townhomes On Sampson St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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    9 minutes ago, JBTX said:

    That said, there is a lot of housing in the area with all the new townhome developments, Forth at Navigation, some of the older townhomes, so, may have a lot of foottraffic. The way I look at it is this: if Tout Suite and Moontower could survive before the townhome density popped off, I'm sure a food court can survive.

    There are also a lot of coworking spaces in the area, and with the pandemic subsiding it's likely more workers will be returning and needing nearby lunch (and happy hour?) options.

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    Another Cyclist Beaten on Buffalo Bayou Bike Trail

    in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes

    Posted · Edited by linearmovement

    15 hours ago, jermh said:

    Broad daylight again too.

    I rode here by myself two weeks ago and the last person getting jumped there was on my mind the entire time I was passing through. I really like the east end trail as a 5 mile add on to White Oak / Buffalo Bayou. It's pretty sketchy from McKee to the new pedestrian bridge to Jensen due to the encampments, but I've never been bothered by the homeless people directly. Hopefully they catch whoever is hiding off the trail and doing this.

    I always avoid that stretch of the trail and opt to take Runnels to Navigation instead. Crossing 59/I-10 feeder can be annoying and I'm not a fan of that narrow stretch of Runnels between 59 and Navigation because of the busted up road and train tracks, but otherwise Navigation is nice and smooth and open.

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    Wanderstay Boutique Hotel At 520 Sampson St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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    2 hours ago, thedistrict84 said:

    This is great news, places like How to Survive, Giant Leap, Equal Parts Brewing, etc. will have a steady stream of fresh customers staying just a block or two away.

    This location really is great for both travelers and the surrounding businesses alike.

    Within a 12-min walk: all the places listed above, VooDoo Queen, White Rhino, East End Backyard, D&W Lounge, La Esquina, Champ Burger, Moon Tower, with so much more a quick rail ride or B-cycle away.

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    Wanderstay Boutique Hotel At 520 Sampson St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted

    Tried again and with some quick ctrl-A and ctrl-C I got the full article text:

    By Shafaq Patel  –  ACBJ minority business reporter, Houston Business Journal

    2 hours ago

    Wanderstay will open a new boutique hotel in the East Downtown area after the success of the company’s first shared-room hostel.

    Technically located in the East End District, Wanderstay EaDo at 520 Sampson St. will have 17 private rooms in the 6,700-square-foot space — double the size of the hostel near the Museum District, said Deidre Mathis, owner of Wanderstay. The renovations are expected to be complete by November 2021, with the anticipated opening sometime between November 2021 to January 2022.  

    Mathis said she’s excited to open her second hospitality space and still make it affordable. The rooms will be under $100 a night. After traveling to over 40 countries on all seven continents and writing a book about it, she believes that travel should not be only for the rich. 

    “You should be able to stay in a nice, fun, quirky, safe, clean, cozy place at an affordable price,” said Mathis, who is also part of the Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.

    The hotel will be a more mature space for the young business and conference traveler, different from the company's first youthful hostel, but it will still be colorful and community-oriented, Mathis said. 

    Wanderstay chose the Sampson Street location because it’s close to the Metro and the potential for nearby activities once events start happening again, Mathis said. She also noted that while there are large hotels and some Airbnbs in the area, she will have the first boutique hotel. She hopes to partner with local breweries and wineries and have group events on the weekend. 

    Mathis started to look for her second location and talked to lenders in June 2020, as the pandemic was hitting its summer peak in Houston. Even though travel in general had plummeted at the time, she said she had to think about the future and how Houston normally accommodates millions of travelers a year.

    “Travel is one of the most resilient industries. If you look at any bad or horrible thing that's ever happened to the travel industry, it’s had a short-term effect,” Mathis said. “Of course, we haven’t seen anything like the coronavirus, but studies are showing that people have been cooped up for a year and will be ready to travel once a majority of people are vaccinated.”

    Like most of the hospitality industry, Wanderstay's hostel, which has been open for almost three years now, was affected by the pandemic. The occupancy rate dropped to an average of 52% from the hostel’s normal occupancy of 60% to 70%. But there was still enough business for Mathis to want to grow her company. 

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    Wanderstay Boutique Hotel At 520 Sampson St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

    Posted · Edited by linearmovement

    15 minutes ago, hindesky said:

    Houston Business Journal has an article about a new affordable boutique hotel by Wanderstay to open in the East End. Does anyone have a subscription?

    I don't subscribe to HBJ, but I did google "houston business journal wanderstay" in a private browser window and scanned the text as quickly as I could before the paywall popped up and managed to see the address - 520 Sampson (corner of Sampson at Texas, one block south of Harrisburg); this is INCREDIBLE news for the neighborhood.

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    Ironworks Campus - 711 Milby St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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    2 hours ago, 2ndwardOG said:

    Spoke to Kaldis there will be a boardwalk in the middle of the container spaces which will be leased individually. RR's have graffiti tiles and he has already leased out a few spots to high end clients. Overall great looking building...

     

    Do you know if they're meant to be office/co-working spaces or small-scale retail popups (akin to Boxpark in London) or something else entirely?

    Union East: Retail, Office Development At McKinney & Sampson St.

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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    I'm really excited about this - it looks a lot like the Heights Mercantile development on 7th St. between Yale and Heights and I hope it brings in similar businesses (especially Local Foods). Either way, it will be very nice to have this easily accessible by bike or foot from Eastwood and parts of Second Ward to serve as an activity hub for the neighborhood and nudge some more development in the available empty warehouses further west along McKinney. With The Plant right up the street at Harrisburg and East End Backyard just down the street at Lamar, Sampson is also becoming quite the corridor.

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    Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End

    in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes

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    20 hours ago, thedistrict84 said:

    For cyclists, the bicycle lanes on Polk a few blocks south-southwest (which are currently being redone) and the Harrisburg Hike and Bike Trail just across Harrisburg are much better suited as east/west corridors for recreational and commuter cyclists.

     

    I ride a lot and completely disagree with this - maybe it'll be different when the bike lanes are redone, but currently on Polk there's always a ton of debris in the bike lanes (especially under the railroad bridge near Milby), plenty of vehicle traffic, and the miserably long light at Scott. The Hike and Bike trail requires slowing at every street crossing (same with Columbia Tap). As long as you don't get stuck at the train near Milby, McKinney is by far the best cycle connector between Dumble and downtown - it's a straight shot with relatively low traffic, few stop lights, a second lane in each direction, and an easy jog over to Polk to cross 59. I'll always opt for McKinney or Leeland over Polk or the Harrisburg trail.

    Traffic Calming Being Tested in East End

    in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes

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    20 hours ago, thedistrict84 said:

    To address the core issue here, the City needs to revisit the intersection at McKinney and Cullen. It should be a four way stop. I understand that a traffic study led to the removal of the light that was at Cullen, but I feel that that study was a bit premature given the predictable future increases in traffic volume.

     

    Not to mention the poor visibility of eastbound traffic around the corner on McKinney when stopped at the northbound stop sign on Cullen.

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    East End Restaurant And Bar Scene - More Coming

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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    La Esquina

    Taco Truck with patio seating and bathroom (!)

    Hunt @ Harrisburg

    Breakfast tacos, barbacoa, horchata

    Usually a cooler of free beer on weekends

     

    Cajun Stop

    Jefferson @ Hutchins

    Shrimp Po' boy with cocktail sauce

    Not BYOB

     

    La Reynera

    Bakery/Tacos

    McKinney, near Cullen

    Killer tortas, bolillos, conchas, etc

    Not sure about BYOB; more of a takeout spot

     

    Cafe TH

    Vietnamese

    Pease at St. Emanuel

    Hu Tieu Do Bien (seafood noodle soup), but really anything is good

    BYOB!

     

     

     

     

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