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1 hour ago, Highrise Tower said:

Site package now includes La Quinta Inn Galleria Area for a total of 5 acres for sale. Prime real estate fronting the West Loop! Hope someone builds tall here.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1615-West-Loop-S-Houston-TX/25411101/

That's a lot of land to build something nice on!

56 minutes ago, Amlaham said:

Building up for demo, honestly really glad about this one. This area needs some serious love, especially since its right off a major highway and close to the galleria area.

I always think about how cluttered it looks right there. 

Those Space City uniforms 🔥🔥🔥🔥

5 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6914986436022681601--40v?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app

34 minutes ago, Highrise Tower said:

New master plan rendering.

How quickly do you guys think this will fill out?

15 minutes ago, mattyt36 said:

Boo

There's nothing wrong with the building it just needs a renovation like At&t Center in San Antonio and State Farm Arena in Atlanta lol

On 3/30/2022 at 5:32 PM, arche_757 said:

Wondering if we did end up with a new (relocated) NHL franchise if the Toyota Center’s days would be numbered?  It’s 20 years old next year, and while I am not advocating its replacement I do understand that with 2 major league teams using it that in the next ~5-10 years I couldn’t imagine the team owners not pushing for a brand new facility.

*assuming we land an NHL franchise*

6 minutes ago, mattyt36 said:

I sure would endorse such a plan, as long as it stayed downtown.  The Toyota Center is certainly underwhelming.

Toyota Center isn't going anywhere if anything it will get renovated like they have plans to do already and like other arenas that are about the same age has done.

Those play hills are gonna be cool as hell!

No more out of scale than the Williams Tower lol. 

Is this the same address as Baccos 😐

41 minutes ago, Avossos said:

same.

Maybe one day they'll be able to get the remainder of the block.

1 hour ago, j_cuevas713 said:

Yeah I think Greenstreet was just a bit ahead of the curve, doesn't mean it still can't work. The shell is still good. I like that Dallas St was picked because it forces the cities vision further south. And as more stuff opens up on that end, we'll see the need for more retail. There are still about 4 lots I would like to see turned in to residential on that side of downtown. Trebly Park is basically going to become "Discovery Green south" in time so maybe we'll see more than just the standard midrise. It won't have the same affect but I can still see developers building around it. 

For sure it's not going to have the same impact. I'm just saying that it will draw attention and events. And the return on that is more foot traffic for that side. And we've seen it before, things could expand and change just because of this little park. It's a small investment that has a ripple effect. 

THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TREBLY PARK? “We want it to be the heart of the neighborhood,” says Angie Bertinot, the Downtown District Director of Marketing and Communications. “We do see it as a catalyst project that will hopefully encourage even more development.”

It bothers the hell out me that the new park is not on the full city block I don't why 🤦🏽‍♂️

1 minute ago, gene said:

Haha exactly and they DID realize how dumb their original post was!!! They posted this just now on their story after they posted the new post: 

Man that is funny as hell!!!!! 😂

25 minutes ago, gene said:

Haha I almost feel like they saw my post or someone alerted them to it! There is now a new post that says they are moving their PAGE!!! They took down the post from earlier saying they are MOVING and put up a new post at 820pm tonight saying they are moving their page… ?! very strange 

If I'm being honest I called and they seemed confused but they said they weren't moving. That wouldn't make any sense lol

1 hour ago, gene said:

I wonder if Casa Dani is taking over the space for Joey Uptown!? I just saw a JoeyUptown instagram post saying they are MOVING! It doesn't give any details...but wowsa they didn't last long at that location! 

Wow!

52 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

I wish stuff like this would skip these developments and just go downtown. We all want a vibrant downtown, and stuff like this ends up here. I feel the same about the Improv. 😐

Still happy we are one of the few cities with these now. NY, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, LA, and us

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/retail/article/Nike-opens-marketplace-of-the-future-in-17008922.php

They could have even went to the Galleria area 🤦🏽‍♂️

44 minutes ago, hindesky said:

New 5 story office and parking garage.

Architect - https://bravearchitecture.com

 

I was just looking at the master plans for the park last weekend and wondering when they were gonna get started on the the garages. There's supposed to be a single story garage built on the parking lot for the zoo and Miller Outdoor Theater with park space above the garage as well.

9 minutes ago, Specwriter said:

My father bought a new Volvo from Star in 1973. The service after the sale was abysmal. He thought it was because the Mercedes-Benz customers were getting better service and Volvo customers were the "step-children." A family friend who owned a 1972 Mercedes-Benz told my father that he wasn't satisfied with Star's service either. See what happens when you don't treat your customers right - almost 50 years later they pull your franchise.

All I have to say is their name is not too good in these Houston streets there's no way I would buy a Mercedes-Benz from them there's too many other options in Houston.

Just now, Paco Jones said:

Project:

Montrose Medical Office Building

 

Address:

1732 Richmond Avenue
Houston, Texas

 

Architect:

Kirksey

 

Owner:

Med-REIS, LLC
 

Information:

13-story medical office building to be located on Richmond Avenue, across the street from The Fairmont Museum District.  The project will be a podium type building with 5 levels of office space over 8 levels of above-grade parking. The 5th level of the building will be a conference/terrace level. The office levels will provide approximately 94,800 gross square
feet. The parking garage contains approximately 299 parking spaces. Level 1 will be designed to accommodate an Urgent Care and an Medical Imaging tenant.
 

 

 

 

 

 

That parking garage!

32 minutes ago, MidCenturyMoldy said:

Cliché downtown skyline shot with Texas Tower and Brava's bad side. 

Plus panoramic shot of same. 

I hate this side of downtown period 🤦🏽‍♂️

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

They have one sky line, we have at least six. Downtown, Texas Medical Center, West loop/Galleria area, Greenway/Upper Kirby, Energy Corridor and Allen Pkwy/Memorial Drive. They do have some cool looking buildings I wish we could have but we clearly have way more high rises than Austin's Skyline.

Yeah true and it's not like we're done building for years to come LOL. 

Do you guys think their skyline is starting to look better than ours? 🤔

13 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:

Please tell me this is fronting the street

🤦🏽‍♂️ We can only hope.

I hope that Ford dealership goes away one day 😭

3 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:

In terms of size and big city vibe, Houston is really on it's own in TX. For all of it's mishaps and mistakes, this city boasts some of the most urban, densest, eclectic neighborhoods in the entire state. The presence of architecture firms this large and well known is something I feel a lot of us are forgetting or taking for granted. It's firms like these that basically put a city on the map at a much greater level in terms of being a "cool, socially accepted city." Whatever get's developed here is going to have a massive impact. 

Isn't gonna fall within the TOD ordinance?

7 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:

A giant bulldozer would be funny. Anyone remember the Spirt of Houston statue that was supposed to be built? There was a topic on this forum at one point I believe.

Wasn't that thread mid 2000s? 😂 Lol