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I think even something on the scale and glitz of the flagship store in Austin would fail in this location - this was a real head-scratcher to me from the very beginning.  There is no market for this type of store here, at least not right now, and the nearby WF's serve to only cannibalize what little market this thing has... that said, I have no doubt that dropping this store in the Waugh location and it'd be a huge success.  I fear this WF will be gone in 12 months unless the foot traffic in the overall BLVD place development picks up exponentially, like on the scale of City Centre.

Is something replacing the current Willie G's on Post Oak?  This little stretch of Uptown is getting crammed with towers.

It's possible, but they were near the store's driveway off San Felipe.  

I'm pretty sure I saw survey guys on the property this morning, right by the Verizon store.

Seems like an odd location, that area is not very accessible

For what it's worth - I had a conversation with a Chevron employee who just moved into my apartment complex this weekend, he was just transferred in from CA office.  He seemed to be aware of the new tower...

Given its proximity to their HQ, my guess is that it's for Apache employees.  Southwestern Energy did something similar recently by raffling off several CNG cars to employees, I wonder if Apache is doing the same?

Edit:  Bingo http://www.apachecorp.com/News/Articles/View_Article.aspx?Article.ItemID=2905

what street parking is there for buffalo bayou where there is a pedestrian bridge?  The only bridge I know of on allen parkway is at allen parkway village, which is not an ideal spot. 

There is quite a bit of on street parking on Memorial Heights drive, which is a short walk to the pedestrian bridge running by Studemont.

I doubt they are remodeling as the complex is less than 2 years old... I'm just trying to think where this could probably go? Maybe on that Interfin lot that's on the NW corner of Weslalyan & W. Alabama?

Wasn't that the old name of their 33 Thirty-Three development on Weslayan behind the Costco?

Article in the Chron today about Phoenicia

Most interesting is the quote at the end from Finger... total speculation, but nice to hear nonetheless

Not that I think this will ever get built, but I'm left wondering why? What is the purpose of this thing? Is it supposed to be an Olympic village?

I snipped a few renderings from Urbanica's site - there are several more not included below.

Oh cool, trash will be left in the hallways for pickup, that sounds ritzy!

There's a small "trash box" outside each apartment... I'm pretty sure every Camden has this

They definitely scaled it back then since the earlier renderings had a few highrises.

The highrises are part of a different development, River Oaks District, which has been delayed.

Anyone else see the "clothing optional" sundeck?

Looks like a shot of Deloitte's new space, probably under construction at the time