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  1. kdog08
    And Whole Foods will be undergoing a major change with Amazon. I used to work for HEB corporate in Houston, albeit the pharmacy side, but they aren't afraid to try new concepts. Pure speculation on my part... but I think this concept will be a HEB twist on what Whole Foods/Amazon plans to do. The store footprint in my mind will be mostly devoted to a cafe that serves beer and win and the "warehouse" section where grocery orders are put together and stored. Fresh fruit, veggies, meats, and fish along with basic staples will take up a smaller foot print as the focus will be more automated ordering.
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    HEB does their homework. This must be a radically different concept.
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    Those pictures make it look like a sizable urban park. Great updates.
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    Fair enough. Highland Village on Westheimer is a place that actually gets some foot traffic that is lined with just palm trees. Just never understood that type of streetscape.
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    Well yes obviously as I was referring to just palm trees
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    They just don't provide much shade in a city that needs shade along sidewalks.
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    Any clue what % of the building is leased up?
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    Austin doesn't really have any other of these types of developments, aside from Mueller, which is also very large and has more potential in my opinion. The Domain works so well since Austin has grown massively northwards and this fills a giant need for this large swath of middle class suburbia. It would be very hard for Houston to match the size and scale of the Domain. City Centre in Memorial could possibly do it in a piecemeal fashion connecting City Centre with Memorial City Mall area.
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    Crazy considering how much space is being underutilized in West Houston after the boom.
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    Why keep replacing the grass.... Maybe Discovery GREEN wouldn't live up to it's name as much, but maybe switch to gravel in most places.
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    It seems West Gray and Bagby is where the retail is for the NW portion of midtown.
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    I don't think it's ugly. It will look better when some of that white space will be broken up with signs for store fronts. I take this development as a win for Midtown as it brings residents, retail, and public parking. Yes, parking which is still needed to support retail but will also be used to park and go to multiple establishments. Regardless, this along with the other developments announced or under construction alongside the rail is finally filling in the major gaps in a positive way.
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    Not a naysayer, but Midtown's development has been strange. Western Midtown, along Bagby and W Gray to the North got developed before we started significantly filling in the pieces along the rail in the last 2 years. A boutique hotel would go great along this stretch of the rail.
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    Really like the use of the brick on this project, wish more projects looked like this.
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    No need to rush right now unfortunately.
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    Agreed about the landscaping. They simply need to make the entrance more "green".
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    Any clue on the occupancy?
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    Definitely more room for apartments and office if that's the case.
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    Good to see them adding the infrastructure and landscaping during the downturn.
  20. kdog08
    Getting ready for the next cycle, hopefully mid 2017.
  21. kdog08
    What's the rush with low oil prices?
  22. kdog08
    Yet you are fighting hard for the status quo. It simply isn't realistic to adopt the California system at this point, maybe several decades ago but that ship has sailed. So what else ya got? Increase taxes?
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    Your generalizations and putting words in mouth aside, how would you propose to fund additional flagship universities? It just seems you are focused on the wrong things. I am mistaken, I don't know why I thought Kingsville was much closer to the border. Glad to hear they are bolstering the border region.
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    That's a false dichotomy. No one is suggesting UT and TAMU give up their spots as flagships, I suggested to add more flagships and building upon what we already have built. Personally, I think we need a flagship in each major region; UH, UT-D, UT, and TAMU. The border region is woefully under served by higher education so TAMU-Kingsville needs to become more like present day UT-D before becoming a flagship. To the bolded, the point is what's best for people of the state of Texas.
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    It seems the issue is that Texas doesn't have enough "UT"-esque schools. We need more flagships.
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