Gary

The antique mall is still there (Upland and 10), But it's pretty much a used car dealer at this point. The Cannon site is about a mile North between Brittmoore and the beltway.

See below. Edit: Per Urbannizer's post above.

Just now, Urbannizer said:

Phase 2 of BLVD Place's construction is underway. The asset's new owner, Whitestone REIT, will be adding a six-story, 137K SF building with 46K SF of retail below 91K SF of office space.

The Esports arena is a pretty cool addition. I still think this is a strange site for this project.

The south side of the building looks like brick. Looks like it from the rendering anyway.

There was a Wolf nursery right next to the San Francisco Steak House. I believe it's now a Target. I know because I managed a furniture store there in the early nineties and found many check stubs etc relating to Wolf. It was a 24 acre site and still had the greenhouses in back. There were trees growing out of the greenhouses that had to be 30 years old at least.

Nice find, Urb.

Edit: Got the Homewood and Hyatt Place mixed up. Tried to delete.

Just now, H-Town Man said:

Was Orion that ultra-primo twin building development in the early 2000's?

 

It was.

I thought the exact same thing.

Hines tower really shines in your last photo. Really grabs the angles of the building.

As I've said before. I look forward to your updates on Sundays. Keep up the great work.

"pop wood?" Not sure what your talking about, and that's quite the assumption on your part. Was trying to get some clarification on the quote. I despise the building and wouldn't want another foot of height.

"Above the Hotel Zaza?" 

 "MetroNational is developing a 133-unit luxury apartment concept, dubbed The McCarthy, above the Hotel ZaZa"

That was pretty funny!

Just talking tonight to my buddy who owns 2 acres on Church Ln and Brittmoore. He told me that this project is a go... Kind of a strange place for the development seeing that it's being built in a warehouse district.

3 minutes ago, HOUTEX said:

Leave the bathroom politics in the past and quit beating dead horses. 

Agreed.

To borrow a term from my youth... That garden is "bad to the bone!"

58 minutes ago, skooljunkie said:

I'd like to see a rendering of this with the bayou flooded. 

I was thinking the same thing. For this to be a serious proposal, there would HAVE to be some type of contingency plan in the design phase that considers flooding. 

8 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said:

Guessing or in the know?? Sorry not sure..

The Chronicle site is owned by Hines.

Edit: sorry, double post.

I'm curious. How are the containers fixed to each other, and how are they anchored to the ground?

Edit: I see now that some are slab on grade and some pier and beam, but again, how are they anchored?

Or, we could take this to the political forum. That's why it's there.

It did not.

Very nice pics, Urb.