LTAWACS Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 One question that crosses my mind: The caricature of the Evil Ashby Highrise... will it be male or female? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 female... I'll take a boob balcony, please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I thought you guys might like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 So is this one going up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 So is this one going up? It was supposed to begin construction 1Q 2013, no? Probably more of Southampton and their dirty tricks delaying the project.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Linbeck was the GC for this project but they have pulled out bc they don't have enough resources to build this and their downtown building at the same time... ...okay, so I'm kidding They are pulling out on good terms but not for those reasons. Tear down could start in May http://mobile.chron.com/chron/db_311130/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Qjob4gBG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/03/let-the-development-begin-ashby-high-rise-gets-permitted/ Let the development begin: Ashby high-rise gets permittedFriday, March 29, 2013 The city of Houston this week granted full permitting approval for the 21-story apartment building planned near Rice University at 1717 Bissonnet and Ashby. An existing apartment complex at the site is now vacant and will be demolished soon, the developers recently said. But one major piece of the puzzle is still missing: a general contractor. Last week, the head of Linbeck Group said the company had withdrawn from the project. Developers Matthew Morgan and Kevin Kirton of Buckhead Investment Partners said they have nothing yet to announce on Linbeck’s replacement, but information would be “forthcoming soon.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Why deal with the headace, just take advange of the DT tax BREAK !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I say...Go for the Kill, Ashby Highrise. West U, get over yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 yeah....thats not west u. west u is a distinct city west of kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 yeah. Houston is sprouting with buildings everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMIKA! Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 My friend overseas sent this to me. Proud to support the cause! STOP ASHBY HIGHRISE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Really I dont get why they dont take advange of the DT residential tax breaks being offered ..why are they so obessed with putiing it in a area they cleary not wanted .. strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Really I dont get why they dont take advange of the DT residential tax breaks being offered ..why are they so obessed with putiing it in a area they cleary not wanted .. strangeAren't the DT tax breaks there because developers aren't stumbling over themselves to build residential downtown? I would guess the obsession with putting it in on Bissonnet is that there's higher demand in the area and they can make more money. Nothing strange about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Aren't the DT tax breaks there because developers aren't stumbling over themselves to build residential downtown? I would guess the obsession with putting it in on Bissonnet is that there's higher demand in the area and they can make more money. Nothing strange about it... most of the resdients in DT houston are at or just below their max occupy rate.. in fact is considered under served.. there is a chart on DT houston page which shows the occupy rate of each residental units 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm sure they have their reasons, but you make it sound like its easy to just buy up land and build residential DT. The area near Bissonet is far my attractive for residential than DT. It's established as a residential area whereas DT has many years before it becomes established for residents 24 hrs and not just workers for 9 hrs/day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 My friend overseas sent this to me. Proud to support the cause! STOP ASHBY HIGHRISE!! That is pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 With bombs blasting right over his head and snipers hiding under every other rock in the desert, THAT is what he's worried about? Wow. People must REALLY hate this tower. Sounds like someone needs to get his priorities in order. Can't wait to see it rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 That is pretty funny. Some are easily amused, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 With bombs blasting right over his head and snipers hiding under every other rock in the desert, THAT is what he's worried about? Wow. People must REALLY hate this tower. Sounds like someone needs to get his priorities in order. Can't wait to see it rise. Why don't the people who are worried about Ashby actually use their energy to get Zoning on the ballots again. Zoning has been voted down multiple time. It's not the developers fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper88 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I supported Ashby high rise. Haters gonna hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 With bombs blasting right over his head and snipers hiding under every other rock in the desert, THAT is what he's worried about? Wow. People must REALLY hate this tower. Sounds like someone needs to get his priorities in order. Can't wait to see it rise. Where's the thumbs down option when you need it? Really? You're going to lecture an active soldier on priorities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Where's the thumbs down option when you need it?Really? You're going to lecture an active soldier on priorities?His MO... It's pathetic. Prepare for a deluge of capitalized words and snarky comments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) What's even more pathetic is stalking specific posters on a consistent basis. Get a life already, swtig. Anyway, I thought you were going to put me on your ignore list. It's amazing to me how CAPITAL LETTERS are so offensive to the anal compulsive. Relax, they are only letters and their destructive power is minimal when you THINK about it. It just seems strange to me that someone who is supposedly working on the other side of the world (soldier or whatever) is worried about a little tower going up in some freaky part of Houston. Thats all. No need for panty wadding. Just because he wears a uniform doesn't give his opinions and actions some special immunity from internet criticism or automatically make them better than anyone else's. And neither do posters (who shall remain nameless) that show up with half-baked, mostly ill-informed scuttlebutt from unreliable sources about various projects going up in Houston. I've received enough 'thumbs up' at HAIF that I think I can afford a 'thumbs down' every once in a while. You can't please everyone, so why try. True, there is no 'thumbs down' anymore, and while that is a huge travesty of injustice, the ignore list is a wonderful option. It's like sticking your head in the sand. It can only make life seem safer and easier and it would protect you from reading things that could hurt your feelings on the big bad internet. SNARKY 'NUF? Not to rub your nose in it, but check out the latest user ratings... Mr. X =146 swtig = 126 I win. Edited April 18, 2013 by Mister X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golyadkin Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'm sorry for being off-topic from the subject of the thread with this but I feel it needs to be said:Stop it. Seriously. Both of you. If you want to fight, do it elsewhere. This bickering between you two is getting old and getting annoying. It's getting in the way of everyone else's discussions on the actual topics, and seriously needs to stop. So please, I ask you as a friend: knock it the heck off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Sorry Golyadkin, didn't mean to offend you. It was meant to be entertaining. At any rate, I wouldn't take it too seriously. It's just the internet. You can't win 'em all. Besides, isn't 'bickering' what the Ashby high rise and this thread is all about? At least my comments are not EXCLUSIVELY personal like kinkaid's and swtig's, I mean, at least there was SOME Ashby stuff in it - if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontx Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 This is moving right along. Plans are at 100% Construction for the 21-story high rise apartment building (a total of 232 units). This project is a Joint Venture between Pepper-Lawson and The Hunt Companies in which Pepper-Lawson is the managing party. Also the budget is just shy of 70 million. Anticipated start date is early July. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Question: What happens if a home owner just absolutely refuses to be bought out or doesn't move? Is this going on a vacant plot of land? I haven't heard any mention of immanent domain being used. Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 You should probably go to post #1 to find the answer to your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Question: What happens if a home owner just absolutely refuses to be bought out or doesn't move? Is this going on a vacant plot of land? I haven't heard any mention of immanent domain being used. Just curious.Eminent domain? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Eminent domain? Who knows. Actually, pretty much everyone should know, since eminent domain is the taking of land by GOVERNMENT. This property is owned by private individuals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wow thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talltexan83 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 There is a 24 hour security guard now living on the site in a small trailer. Behind a locked gate. It is all very bizarre, but I'm looking forward to a chron/houstonpress profile on the guy sometime soon..... With the tenants gone (and their cashflow) and the loan secured, project timing would seem to be critical on this one going forward. The economic decision of letting the vacant buildings sit there for another four months without any activity is curious. The market is booming now and new competitors seems to be moving quicker (see Hanover) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 According to the Southampton Email Alert system, Maryland Manor Apartments start coming down on April 29th. Demolition expecting to stretch into early June... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Residents in the area have decided to sue the developer.http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/05/ashby-high-rise-developer-gets-sued/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Residents in the area have decided to sue the developer.http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/05/ashby-high-rise-developer-gets-sued/From the article above...They say the building would stand 260 feet above grade, “casting an enormous shadow over dozens of surrounding homes and blocking sun and rain from reaching the yards of neighboring properties.” The building would “make it impossible for certain of the plaintiffs to maintain their gardens,” as well as affect the privacy of the homeowners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 From the article above... Their accusations are laughable. Do they not realize what happens in a large city when demand is high for more living options? The comments section of the article pretty much sums up my thoughts on all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 They say the building would stand 260 feet above grade, “casting an enormous shadow over dozens of surrounding homes and blocking sun and rain from reaching the yards of neighboring properties.” The building would “make it impossible for certain of the plaintiffs to maintain their gardens,” as well as affect the privacy of the homeowners. Sounds like s3mh is their lawyer. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/24342-construction-at-11-12th-and-studemont/page-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Their accusations are laughable. Do they not realize what happens in a large city when demand is high for more living options? The comments section of the article pretty much sums up my thoughts on all of this. Agreed. I'm not a litigator, but this claim seems like it should be mighty close to a Rule 11 sanction on the attorney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 one of my clients lives directly in the noontime shadow of the Ashby high rise. I suggested he buy the land it's going to be built on if he wants to stop the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 one of my clients lives directly in the noontime shadow of the Ashby high rise. I suggested he buy the land it's going to be built on if he wants to stop the project.Probably a little late for that now. At least he'll it's noon when the house passes into the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 one of my clients lives directly in the noontime shadow of the Ashby high rise. I suggested he buy the land it's going to be built on if he wants to stop the project. Sounds like a home run! He'll save a ton on air conditioning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 And the demo is underway today http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9097369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Rise high, Ashby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) http://houston.culturemap.com/news/realestate/05-29-13-oops-controversial-ashby-high-rise-build-smashes-a-neighbors-fence-bricks-are-flying/ Edited May 30, 2013 by Urbannizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 hahaha! Oh sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Nothing at all "funny" about that... I'd be willing to bet that you wouldn't like it very much if bricks were flying over your head, through your fence or into your house...or if they put a 21 story residential tower 5 feet behind your back fence either, for that matter. Not cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsatyr Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Nothing at all "funny" about that... I'd be willing to bet that you wouldn't like it very much if bricks were flying over your head, through your fence or into your house...or if they put a 21 story residential tower 5 feet behind your back fence either, for that matter. Not cool. I thought it is was funny. Problem? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Nothing at all "funny" about that... I'd be willing to bet that you wouldn't like it very much if bricks were flying over your head, through your fence or into your house...or if they put a 21 story residential tower 5 feet behind your back fence either, for that matter. Not cool. Don't you watch fail videos? I can see this being on "Fail Vids May 2013." But anyway, no of course I wouldn't. I'm laughing at the expensive of other people's misery. Isn't that the whole premise of America's Funniest Home Videos? Pretty sure these people are going to sue and probably get a much nicer fence. These construction workers were careless though... what if this guy's kids or animals were down there. Yea, I'd be pissed and probably sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I feel like this sort of stuff happens all the time, but it's a big deal now because of the publicity of this tower. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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