cloud713 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The 3 sided building already exists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I think the parking structure is the only thing that looks retro, but it actually has some flair to it, as opposed to the typical rectangular parking garage. I'm not a big fan of it being pushed out front, but otherwise pretty nice for an auto-oriented development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 This concept seems so out of touch with contemporary ideas of organizing space and creating campuses. I'm not sure the space is sufficient to support a campus layout; campuses suggest lower density and more greenspaces (e.g. Exxon Mobil), and this tract is comparatively small. But the concept does appear a bit dated, though that's a complaint that can be lodged against other recent proposals (you hearing me, Cambridge?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'm not sure the space is sufficient to support a campus layout; campuses suggest lower density and more greenspaces (e.g. Exxon Mobil), and this tract is comparatively small. But the concept does appear a bit dated, though that's a complaint that can be lodged against other recent proposals (you hearing me, Cambridge?) Maybe. I just hope whoever did that image was playing an April Fool's joke because that image style is ugly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Who is developing this project? Looks very midway to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Who is developing this project? Looks very midway to me Midway has 100 Waugh labeled on a map in part of a updated leasing package for Kirby Grove. Munoz Albin as the architect.. Looks similar to most of their stuff; they've designed most of Midways' developments. pg. 4 http://midwaycompanies.com/img/leasing/leasing-packages/150518_Kirby_Grove_Marketing_Package.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Midway has been developing this project for almost a year now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Midway has been developing this project for almost a year now.Do they also own that large block of apartments between studemont and Waugh off Washington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Yep. That one is more of a land hold for a few years though as far as I've heard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 hole-drillin' on Saturday. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Do we have a good render for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 SubdivisionPlatPDF_BG3069.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) HEB confirmed! Not sure how Mab missed it when he posted it in a Heights thread http://www.braunenterprises.com/files/flyer_343a96b2-872c-0b6b-dd4d-566f479fc753_1815Washington%20(2).pdf Edited March 14, 2016 by Triton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Sounds like this is related as well: We finalized master planning the first phase of an integrated live, work and play environment in one of the region’s most desirable in-fill locations. Close to Downtown, Memorial Park and Neartown, this unique property affords the rare opportunity to reinvent a community by delivering a healthy lifestyle built around local fresh food, outdoor activity and signature green space. http://midwaycompanies.com/media/site-media/Publications/160208-Midway-AR-LO.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 So are we thinking HEB will be a part of a mixed use area? Because that would be unusual for them. They seem to just level things and put a big old parking lot there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 23 minutes ago, Urbannizer said: Sounds like this is related as well: http://midwaycompanies.com/media/site-media/Publications/160208-Midway-AR-LO.pdf This property is actually the first thing I thought of when Midway announced it's upcoming projects but didn't think of HEB with local fresh foods... I was thinking of something smaller.... still awesome news! Really excited for this project now... especially having an HEB so close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 23 minutes ago, Urbannizer said: Sounds like this is related as well: http://midwaycompanies.com/media/site-media/Publications/160208-Midway-AR-LO.pdf This property is actually the first thing I thought of when Midway announced it's upcoming projects but didn't think of HEB with local fresh foods... I was thinking of something smaller.... still awesome news! Really excited for this project now... especially having an HEB so close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hmm...I wouldn't get TOO excited, given the questionable economy first and foremost but even if it does get built, I doubt it will be quite as exciting (or urban) as CityCentre. I've never known as H-E-B (or any of its subsidiaries) not to operate a store with a large parking lot, after all, there was talk in the Fiesta Heights thread about H-E-B likely not wanting the site because it was only 4 acres instead of the preferred 6 acres. I wouldn't hold out hope for this to be some New Urbanism dream development at all, and neither should you, because no one likes browsing through pages of crying and complaining if (when?) it turns out to be several buildings floating in a sea of parking lots, or something like when they did when they rebuilt Westlake Square (strip mall + large apartment building). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Never said it was the next city Centre. It's Midway. It's an HEB by my house. I'm absolutely excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 "Stop being happy >:(" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawee Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) when do they start development ? flyer_343a96b2-872c-0b6b-dd4d-566f479fc753_1815Washington (2).pdf Edited March 15, 2016 by hawee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Man Reddit has a bunch of a-holes on it. Can't even post info there without getting killed. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word "confirmed" but cmon it's so obvious. At least it's a lot more civil here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 25 minutes ago, Triton said: Man Reddit has a bunch of a-holes on it. Can't even post info there without getting killed. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word "confirmed" but cmon it's so obvious. At least it's a lot more civil here. Got a link? I looked around on Reddit and could only find a single page with no comments on it (https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/comments/4ailmb/heb_coming_to_washington_ave_see_second_page/) I don't think it's "obvious" until some concrete information is made available. After all, there was actual news in 2003 that H-E-B was going to build a store on the Southwest Beltway, and 12 years later, H-E-B delivered...with a Joe V's Smart Shop. There's also the possibility that the map was just misplaced, since it didn't say that H-E-B was "coming soon" specifically. I mean, Midway's brochure for Century Square shows a small map of the Northgate vicinity and places the location of the Rise on the properties that hold Taco Bell and McDonald's (the Rise is next door). In all honesty, I don't know what kind of reception you got on Reddit, and while I don't approve of Internet assholery, I think they have every right to be suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, IronTiger said: In all honesty, I don't know what kind of reception you got on Reddit, and while I don't approve of Internet assholery, I think they have every right to be suspicious. They absolutely have every right to be suspicious but it just got completely out of hand over there... making me out to be some bad guy. I've never seen that amount of assholes in my life. Anyway, who cares what happens over there. Much prefer this community. IronTiger, no I deleted it. I'll let someone else post it over there. Love the Houston subreddit and I've contributed a bunch of stuff over there...kinda shocked how it went over there Edited March 15, 2016 by Triton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Hold your horses, this isn't true. From Houston Chronicle's Craig Hlavaty on Twitter less than 10 minutes ago: Interesting. We'll see what actually comes out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Although HEB may or may not happen here, just thought I'd point out the HEB South Flores Market in downtown SA in case anyone wasn't aware. 12,000 sq foot store, with 47 parking spaces, a 12 slot bike rack, an outdoor patio, and an 8 bay gas station. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 6 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Hold your horses, this isn't true...for the time being. From Houston Chronicle's Craig Hlavaty on Twitter less than 10 minutes ago: Well, you guys made the big time enough to get noticed by local media if that counts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Quote San Antonio-based H-E-B Grocery Co. has confirmed to Houston Business Journal that it is in talks to open a grocery store on a prime plot of land in the Heights area. "We are still in the talking stages. We do not have anything solidified," saidCyndy Garza-Roberts, director of public affairs for H-E-B. "(We've) been in discussion for that site for months." Big news this morning.... http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2016/03/h-e-b-rep-were-in-discussions-for-a-plot-in-the.html Edited March 16, 2016 by Triton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Idk what happened but that quote is incredibly unfriendly for mobile...it's one letter a line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 57 minutes ago, BigFootsSocks said: Idk what happened but that quote is incredibly unfriendly for mobile...it's one letter a line Yea it came out weird. Either way, HEB confirmed they are working with Midway on that property. http://swamplot.com/yes-h-e-b-is-really-talking-about-a-new-store-at-studemont-and-washington-ave/2016-03-16/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 5 hours ago, Triton said: Yea it came out weird. Either way, HEB confirmed they are working with Midway on that property. http://swamplot.com/yes-h-e-b-is-really-talking-about-a-new-store-at-studemont-and-washington-ave/2016-03-16/ So are we looking at a giant parking lot on Washington? I'm glad people are happy an HEB is going to be close to their homes. Not too excited about Katyville reaching full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Montrose1100 said: So are we looking at a giant parking lot on Washington? I'm glad people are happy an HEB is going to be close to their homes. Not too excited about Katyville reaching full potential. If they can make a multifloor concept work here, we can avoid a huge lot and have a garage instead. I hope they aren't stubborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 They could do something similar to the proposed Belliare HEB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Copy the one in Montrose and get it built. Can have parking on the backside and store along Washington.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Hasn't HEB done a more urban style store in San Antonio, or at least something with a garage? I might be thinking of something that was only proposed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Would be interesting to see how many park here just to go to the bayou park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I have limited intelligence on this one, but I figured I would share. I've heard second hand that residents in the NW corner were given ample notice a few months back to find new apartments because their leases will not be renewed. After I heard this, I got to thinking...survey stakes went up around the Heights/Washington corner a few weeks ago. Maybe it's nothing...or maybe it's something? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ksab Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Spoke with a lady who works in the office, she said its been sold but won't see any developments until 2017. Said it'll be "office/retail/residential". It'll be interesting whatever it is! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Here's a pic of the first visible sign of progress here since the Dickson St. abandonment sign was put up last year. It looks like utilities and trees are being marked. Not in the pic: all the utility boxes in the way of the proposed extension of Leverkuhn St. are marked up and staked off. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skooljunkie Posted July 28, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) The old slabs are being removed as well as trees. Edited July 28, 2016 by skooljunkie 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, but the lease memorandum signed by HEB for this site has some site plans in it. The store will be sited on the NW corner of the property, at Heights & Washington. A little over 90,000 s.f. ground level, with parking on the 2nd floor, and what looks like four floors of apartments above that. Looks like additional retail is slated for "Zone B" adjacent to HEB. HEB Heights&Washington.pdf 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 36 minutes ago, Angostura said: Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, but the lease memorandum signed by HEB for this site has some site plans in it. The store will be sited on the NW corner of the property, at Heights & Washington. A little over 90,000 s.f. ground level, with parking on the 2nd floor, and what looks like four floors of apartments above that. Looks like additional retail is slated for "Zone B" adjacent to HEB. HEB Heights&Washington.pdf Quite impressive. I am in favor of the phased approach. I believe that the HEB and apartments will be a huge success. I will surely be a customer there. I would even bet that the success of this would promote the other phases, with less risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) HA! Laughing at all the people on Nextdoor and Reddit who told me they had strong connections with HEB heads and that HEB had no plans to build here. BOO-YAH! The Braun document was a big revelation but it was probably released too soon. Edited November 4, 2016 by Triton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 14 hours ago, Angostura said: Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, but the lease memorandum signed by HEB for this site has some site plans in it. The store will be sited on the NW corner of the property, at Heights & Washington. A little over 90,000 s.f. ground level, with parking on the 2nd floor, and what looks like four floors of apartments above that. Looks like additional retail is slated for "Zone B" adjacent to HEB. HEB Heights&Washington.pdf Wow! Slightly disappointed they went with the small setback and parking strip like Whole Foods on Post Oak rather than zero setback like Whole Foods Midtown. Maybe makes sense for this neighborhood. But still... wow! I wonder what the timetable is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 17 hours ago, Angostura said: Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, but the lease memorandum signed by HEB for this site has some site plans in it. The store will be sited on the NW corner of the property, at Heights & Washington. A little over 90,000 s.f. ground level, with parking on the 2nd floor, and what looks like four floors of apartments above that. Looks like additional retail is slated for "Zone B" adjacent to HEB. HEB Heights&Washington.pdf Layout from the PDF: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 2 hours ago, H-Town Man said: Wow! Slightly disappointed they went with the small setback and parking strip like Whole Foods on Post Oak rather than zero setback like Whole Foods Midtown. Maybe makes sense for this neighborhood. But still... wow! I wonder what the timetable is. Thought the same thing, if for no other reason than to match the setback of the new apartments immediately to the south. Midtown is in a transit corridor, so setback requirements are different, but there's a lot of legacy zero-setback property on Washington, so a variance wouldn't be out of the question. I haven't seen a timetable announced, but I'd guess mid-2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Also worth remembering that Whole Foods in downtown Austin has a huge parking lot setback, and nobody complains about that store and what it has done for the area. I hate to see compromise at such a key intersection, but if I were investing my money in such a low foot-traffic area, I would want the parking strip. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Anyone else get the feeling we're going to need another traffic-light intersection at either Raymond St or Willia St? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 If the beer/wine prop fails next week expect long waits to turn left from southbound Heights onto Washington once this store opens in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Sorry guys, can't find the right thread, but the latest Planning Commission Agenda has the Heights HEB on the agenda for the meeting on the 10th. I know it's not the right thread, but since there has been some discussion of this I figured I'd post it here. Looks to be two levels of parking with the store itself on the 2nd floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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