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Noticed this a while back while walking the dog, and finally got around to taking a picture. Looks like the property includes the single family house next door Looked at their website, and there's no mention of this project but they do claim the Parc @ Midtown I've always thought this would be a nice plot for a park because of the two huge trees - hopefully they can keep them in their final design, but I'm not holding my breath.

From the Houston town home developer City Choice Homes. http://citychoicehomes.com/ Southwestern Bell (AT&T) sold their industrial building in the medical center. Looks to be a residential forthcoming. AT&T sure has been unloading lots of property recently.

200 unit building (150 apartment units, 50 townhomes) Someone mind posting the full article? https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/04/22/houston-developer-to-buy-land-near-washington-ave.html

http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/04/12/05/devlopment.jpg PENDING PROJECTS At the end of the line Stubborn area to develop now looks primed with cheap land that's close to the Medical Center By NANCY SARNOFF Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle DRIVE around the southern end of Metro's nearly year-old light rail line just outside the South Loop, and what emerges are overgrown tracts of land surrounded by a hodgepodge of warehouses, apartments, AstroWorld and even pumps from an old oil field. But observers say the area is on the cusp of a development explosion because of its cheap land and proximity to the ever-growing Texas Medical Center. "The area's been slow to develop," said Bob Parsley of realty firm Colliers International. "But we're beginning to see an overall acceptance in the marketplace for being south of 610." Indeed, home builders, industrial developers and land speculators are jockeying for still-vacant parcels just beyond the Metro terminus, fueling a land rush in this long-neglected area. Houston developer Frank Liu, who's building new homes nearby, owns about 60 acres surrounding Metro's Fannin South station, the last stop on the city's 7.5-mile light rail line connecting downtown with this area just south of Reliant Stadium. While he's not yet ready to tip his hand, Liu controls enough land in the area to create a sizable community where folks could live, work and shop. "The great thing about that piece of property is that it's so close to the rail stop and so close to the Medical Center," Liu, president of InTown Homes, said. "You just can't go wrong." These open spaces and still-low land prices are attracting developers whose options for development closer in are limited. "Land costs are just a fraction of what they are in the Medical Center," said David R. David of Warehouse Associates, a real estate firm building warehouses in the area and attracting more medical users than ever before. The company has leased space to a DNA lab, surgical center and a dialysis facility. In 2001, when the company built its first project there, medical firms didn't want to move south of the Loop, which was then seen as too far from the Medical Center. "We're seeing more demand for our sites," David said. "Today, I think we're a politically acceptable location for medical support." Jumping on bandwagon Other local developers have quickly caught on to the growing acceptance of this area, which, if it was noticed at all, was associated with a stretch of crime-ridden apartment buildings in the western corner. A group of investors has put together around 200 acres south of West Bellfort and east of South Main where it plans to develop a master-planned residential community. The project, which could spawn 1,000 homes, has been dubbed Buffalo Lakes. "We were attracted to the area primarily because of its proximity to the Medical Center and Reliant Center," said Joel Scott, who manages the partnership and is a principal in Terramark Communities, a Houston-based real estate development firm. Road work is tackling a long-standing obstacle to development. Buffalo Speedway, a major north-south thoroughfare that ends at West Bellfort, will likely be extended south to Holmes Road, improving access to Scott's project. Not waiting around Other developers haven't needed much convincing. A smattering of residential and commercial projects have been sprouting up among all the vacant land. Dozens of $200,000 townhomes line the streets near Link Valley, a neighborhood off Stella Link that used to be known by the nickname Death Valley. And Chancellor Properties recently completed Villas at Coronado, a 344-unit apartment complex on the Lakes at 610 just south of West Bellfort. The new project is around 80 percent occupied, according to O'Connor & Associates, a research firm. Apart from his planned development near the rail stop, Liu has started building townhomes in a project called Lake Pointe across from the apartment complex. The patio-home development built around a clubhouse, jogging trail and swimming pool will include 219 units when complete. Since the end of February, 77 units have been sold. The majority of buyers are professionals from the Medical Center, said Emily Wang, a sales consultant for Liu's company InTown Homes. "They're first-time buyers, mostly," she said. But it will be a while before development hits the area surrounding the end of the line. Liu is still formulating a plan for his acreage near the Fannin Street station. He said it will ultimately contain a combination of uses that will play off the light rail system. "Houston has always been a society of cars," said Tony Patronella, a real estate broker with Southwest Realty Advisors who has brokered many of the land deals in the area. "This will be the first time a subdivision is planned directly because of the light rail." http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/front/2931497

New townhouse community being built at the intersection of San Felipe and Revere. Will be 10 four story townhouses ranging in size from 5,000 square feet to 7,800 square feet and start at $2.2 million. Going up right across from the Winfield Gate townhouse development which started construction some time last year. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Project-aims-at-ultra-rich-wanting-to-live-smaller-4676395.php

21 townhomes starting at $1.3 million+. "Embassy-like" security. Being built off of San Felipe just East of Kirby by Rohe and Wright. Looks very similar to their wildly successful Cheyne Walk (London-themed) development on Sunset Blvd. near the Sunset Clinic. http://images-23.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/23/hr2817423-1.jpg http://images-23.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/23/hr2817423-2.jpg http://images-23.har.com/e1/mediadisplay/23/hr2817423-3.jpg

Can 17 high-end homes really fit on 1.6 acres? Yikes I guess like this... http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/10/26/story2.html?b=1256529600%5E2314111

Does anyone know what is going up at the northwest corner of Woodwind and W. Bellfort, directly across the street from St. George's Church? It used to be a small private school, bu the lot was cleared a year or two ago. They recently began laying underground sewage and plumbing. Anyone? Google maps

http://www.har.com/7475233 I tried to email this realtor to ask if they'd like to be a mod of the month earlier in the month, but never heard back. Well, it's open this Sunday, so go if you can... Jason

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Greetings fellow Texans, I just moved to Houston a few months ago for a new job, and I've already decided that this will be my home for a long time. For that reason, plus housing being more affordable than many places in this country, I want to buy a townhome/condo here. Since I work in downtown, I want to live within the inner loop. My budget is going to be about $130K or less, with a 10% down payment. People have been telling me that I will not find anything in the inner loop for that price, but I found plenty of townhomes and condos selling for less than that on HAR.com.... particularly in the Medical Center area. I found that the Heights, Rice Military, River Oaks, and West University areas to be a wee bit too expensive for my budget, but not the Medical Center. I really would like to buy now, but my apartment lease won't be up until end of January 2009. And if I terminate my lease early, the penalty is extremely heavy (4 months worth of rent). No subletting is allowed. So I'll need to wait another 6 months before buying. I'm wondering how the market in the Medical Center is? Is it a buyers market or a sellers market? Why are the townhomes much cheaper in that area compared with other parts of the inner loop? Will the availability/inventory of townhomes under $130K increase or decrease 6 months from now? Is 6 months enough time to wait, or is it better to buy sooner than that (despite the penalty that I'll have to pay for terminating my current lease early)? Thanks in advance!

Hi, Im new to this forum and thought that if anyone knew it would be here. A friend of mine saw an article in the chronicle this saturday about a nice project in the museum district called "Tuscan 1 Townhomes". He said it sounded like my taste and I was eager to get more information or contact information for them. Does anyone know of this development that can help? I'm looking for something modern and unique in the museum district area or montrose. Thanks! Scott

I don't know if this is the correct board to put this, but it looks to be the closest one. I recently found these new townhomes being built off of Buffalo Speedway near 610. I was just wondering if anyone had any opinions on the area, these townhomes, etc... It looks like they are a bit overpriced to me, but I am probably not the most informed on this area of town. South Point Townhomes

A new development at Jackson and Stuart (map) in S Midtown next to Elizabeth Baldwin Park called Jackson Villas at Stuart broke ground recently. The sign says from the mid-300's. http://static.flickr.com/19/106394946_cd8a973669.jpg

Hi all, We are new to Houston and this country as well. We are first time home buyers planning to buy a townhome soon. We love the Hermann Park area and like these set of townhomes called "Mews by Park" . They are on EWING street, one street south of Binz and about a couple of blocks from Hermann Park. They are also a couple of Blocks from Almeda. They were built in 2000 and have already appreciated around 25%-30% in value. Anyone has any any experience there? They are right next to a Houston Public Housing Apartment Complex. Our realtor has advised that this might affect the resale value of the townhome (we plan to sell in about 5 years). Do you think this is true? Otherwise the location is great (in my view). Also what other areas you suggest for buying a townhome (inside the loop). We like quiet residential type areas that are child friendly (we are expecting one soon!). Budget is $250k-$275k. Thanks for your help.

If you look at the new shopping center being built next to Montebello, it sure does seem like these older condo units have limited time left, more so the one called the Inverness Townhomes at 800 Post Oak Blvd. I am relatively new here and I have no solid proof of anything. As far as I know, these units may be here for another 20 years. hard to imagine that though since they are sandwiched between homes that cost upwards of 500K. the older condos in question go for about 90K for a 1BR.