toxtethogrady

They are such teases. What's it been - a decade or so?

On 2/20/2023 at 4:57 PM, cityliving said:

Yay for dirt! 💩💩💩

Where there's a mound, there must be a hole nearby..."

And three weeks later, from Bisnow:
"The Lexington, a boutique condominium project developed by Pelican Builders, with design by Kirksey Architecture, has opened its sales gallery at 2419 Mimosa Drive. Consisting of 114K SF of residential space across eight levels, The Lexington will offer two levels of above-ground parking with six residential floors, totaling 40 homes, above that. Homes at The Lexington start at $1.7M..."

Per Bisnow:
"High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., and joint venture partner Daiwa House Industry Co., broke ground on River Oaks at Westheimer at 2311 Westheimer Road. 

The 12-story community will replace a strip mall that stood near the intersection of Westheimer Road and Kirby Drive, where River Oaks and Upper Kirby intersect. The development will include 3K SF of ground-floor retail space, and the first units are slated to deliver in Q1 2025..."

Any activity onsite?

Hey, this one turned out all right...

New lab space south of 610 and Kirby:
Biotech co. PackGene breaks ground on Houston expansion, plans to triple local workforce

21 minutes ago, rechlin said:

It would be a surprising place for residential. 

 

So was the East End. Once...

Looks like residences with retail at ground floor. But the greenwall means no windows on two sides. Not sure how that will work. 

West of 249...
New retail center underway to serve fast-growing population around Magnolia

Brookings has a nice write-up on the Buffalo Bayou Partnership:
How Houston is connecting two disinvested neighborhoods to green space and amenities

"A concentrated effort is now underway to connect the Greater East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods to the city’s critical natural asset, and provide residents with the many amenities that have long been available west of downtown. This blog tells the story of this journey, through the lens of my place governance organization, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP)..."

Identified as a 51-room hotel in the Heights, this project had been on hold but is apparently back on, per HBJ...
Plans for Heights boutique hotel back on after delay, filing says

"The TDLR filing said the 51-key hotel will have 16 on-site parking spaces, a single-story retail component, an indoor lounge area and an outdoor cabana and pool terrace.

The $24 million project is expected to break ground later this year and to wrap up construction in 2024, the filing said.

Massachusetts-based BlanchardA+D is listed as the project architect, and Austin-based Bunkhouse Hotels has been tapped with managing the property, according to TDLR..."

On 2/8/2023 at 5:00 PM, ChannelTwoNews said:

Appreciate the placement of that sign next to the door for the restroom.

Believe it or not, there's a Jimmy John's in Alexandria, VA, with a sign in the window - in front of the restrooms - that says "Free Smells"...

So there will be three highrises of about the same height and character on that stretch of Waugh - Fairfield Waugh, Modera Waugh and Pearl Rosemont. Should make the Montrose look dense...

No renders yet.

RREAF and Innisfree Hotels plan $110M Galveston resort

A 14-story hotel is coming to Galveston.

Dallas-based RREAF Holdings and Florida-based Innisfree Hotels are jointly developing the $110 million, 334-key project at 317 East Beach Drive under the name RREAF Grand Beach Development, according to a recent filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation...

Houston City Council OKs loan for new Houston Area Women’s Center shelter

PR Newswire:
Wood Partners Continues to Expand In the Thriving Houston Market with Alta Sunset Heights

That building has a real Tel Aviv vibe to it. Top floor is a couple of community spaces?

That's a pretty nifty food court concept. Is the rest of the Louvre under the pyramid?

Now they tell us!
Former Houston Area Women's Center HQ sold to California apartment developer

Harris County deed records show a subsidiary of San Diego-based Fairfield Residential purchased the property at 1010 Waugh Drive from the HAWC on Dec. 22. A Fairfield employee confirmed the purchase to the Houston Business Journal, though the company did not immediately respond to requests for comment about its plans for the property.

That said, a filing submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation states Fairfield is planning a 630,000-square-foot high-rise apartment building with a garage at 1010 Waugh. The TDLR filing said the new development is expected to cost $85 million by the time it is completed in 2025...

$167 million - a combination of build-out and a new professional building.

Memorial Hermann Katy adds to existing building with $167 million expansion

On 2/3/2023 at 11:11 AM, Luminare said:

I don't know guys. I got this funny feeling Bed, Bath and Beyond is going to make a comeback...

And they found another sucker investor willing to throw another billion at keeping them afloat. And a good thing, that. I've got a hundred discount postcards from them in my door pocket...

$239M and 355KSF sounds like more than just a two-story strip. Looking for renders.

On 1/13/2023 at 1:30 PM, toxtethogrady said:

Here's a novelty - a 3D printed house (first in the US) goes up in Houston...
New House, new construction methods

And so the successor is 3D printed apartments...
Next Stop, Apartments: 2-Story 3D-Printed House Lays Foundation For Bigger Projects Ahead

Quadrangle is getting a redesign:
Rice University picks Nelson Byrd Woltz to redesign Academic Quadrangle

On 1/29/2023 at 10:20 PM, 004n063 said:

In an alternate universe, I could see a regional heavy rail line running from the Woodlands to Sugarland, roughly along the (current) I-45 and I-69 alignments working okay, and I could see an I-10-aligned line out to Katy working. (But while I can see those lines working, I really can't see them happening.)

But regional lines would have to be grade-separated heavy rail. I wouldn't extend the light rail network further out into the "suburbs" than the red line currently goes.

I heard the reason heavy rail would never happen is the freight carriers won't share the tracks.