lockmat Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Anyone know about this?Being developed by http://www.oxberrygroup.com/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Rode my bike the other day past the sign for the variance request for Midtown Grove. It's right next to the condos this group recently built. I was curious and found the planning commission meeting on COH website and the developer mentioned that these would be new condos right next to their current development. It's located here. I did a little more digging on HAR, and on the Chenevert Condo page there is the following image. Looks like a lot of stuff is going to be going in at this southern part of Midtown! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 This sounds like good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Phase II is out for bidding end of this month. Anyone know if Phase I was already done? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Four floors seems to be about the average height for the New Midtown. Will this area become a large residential plateau over the next 20 years of similar height rooftops, like suburbia on stilts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I hope at least several 30+ resi and/or office towers spring up. Perhaps 60/40 resi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) Went by Midtown Grove today and added progress pictures to InnerLooped. Here's the rendering of Midtown Grove... Edited January 8, 2011 by brian0123 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I hope at least several 30+ resi and/or office towers spring up. Perhaps 60/40 resi.I hope that your posts evolve beyond single sentences. So there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 It is good to see some more denser development in Midtown like this instead of townhomes. And folks with upper east and south views will have convenient traffic updates for 59 and 288. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Funny how this is so far southeast in midtown. It seems like dense development in Houston more or less is sporadic in location. We don't see it now because it's not concentrated in one area, but in time, Houston will be dense and we won't enough know what hit us. It'll all grow together, not from the "center"-out like most people want or expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photolitherland Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I just hope that midtown doesnt become like the areas east of downtown and west of downtown with all the suburban styled apartment buildings and then those ugly tin box buildings that seem to be popping up everywhere. I hope it is mostly all developments like this in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I just hope that midtown doesnt become like the areas east of downtown and west of downtown with all the suburban styled apartment buildings and then those ugly tin box buildings that seem to be popping up everywhere. I hope it is mostly all developments like this in the future.Agreed, I really like the renderings for this apartment complex. CityPlace is looking very good too. Nice wide gathering area in front of the lobby with some small steps and railing. They also have balconies/patios on the first floor. I know some people would be concerned about people breaking in but it is the same idea as having a front door to your townhome... Should make the place a little more lively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I'm liking all of the apartments so far, but I'm not worried about there not being any "mixed use" buildings yet, this is due to the fact that once one or two more buildings are built, there will be enough concentration for a mixed use apartment building to be built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Went by Midtown Grove today and added progress pictures to InnerLooped. Here's the rendering of Midtown Grove... Why is it that when I see the phrase "Innter-city Lifestyle" I think of the TV show Good Times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I just hope that midtown doesnt become like the areas east of downtown and west of downtown with all the suburban styled apartment buildings and then those ugly tin box buildings that seem to be popping up everywhere. I hope it is mostly all developments like this in the future.I actually love those metal town-homes! I don't worry too much about Midtown btw. Our neighborhood already has a diverse selection of apartments (and it seems each one has to out-do the next in looks and features). Even the older apartment buildings in Midtown are nice and in good shape. My main hope for Midtown is that the middle area (east side of Main by Nouveaux) gets some condos and more retail in the next 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) I think the metal homes are neat in concept and the interiors seem nice, but the design and application from Urban Homes is sub-par. They don't age well on the exterior, contrary to what I would expect from an industrial design metal house. Many of them are draped with rust stains, rough edges, and mis-matching panels. It doesn't look like the company has any in their current development portfolio for Houston.Here are some notable examples (more noticeable in person).Part of me likes these ones despite the prison-outfit facade, but notice the rust stains. Makes me question the build quality.http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Houston,+Harris,+Texas&ll=29.739205,-95.370114&spn=0.001014,0.001035&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=29.739276,-95.370055&panoid=ywy8ikrGmq3SOBdeMqubug&cbp=12,301.45,,0,0.22These have very noticeable mis-matching colors and splotchy awnings:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Houston,+Harris,+Texas&ll=29.740241,-95.368672&spn=0.001014,0.001035&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=29.74028,-95.368735&panoid=gVIi6h7DMi8JTJvrj9-28g&cbp=12,249.89,,0,3.83 Edited January 18, 2011 by barracuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I think the metal homes are neat in concept and the interiors seem nice, but the design and application from Urban Homes is sub-par. They don't age well on the exterior, contrary to what I would expect from an industrial design metal house. Many of them are draped with rust stains, rough edges, and mis-matching panels. It doesn't look like the company has any in their current development portfolio for Houston.Yes, you just described exactly how metallic warehouses are built and how they age.People seem to think that products branded as being of commercial- or industrial-quality should hold up longer. I cannot comprehend why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yes, you just described exactly how metallic warehouses are built and how they age.People seem to think that products branded as being of commercial- or industrial-quality should hold up longer. I cannot comprehend why.http://innerlooped.com/394/update-on-midtown-grove/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I was coming back from Project Row Houses yesterday by driving West along Alabama St back towards Montrose and noticed a rather large construction site on the North side of Alabama just to the West of the Spur/288/59 cluster. There are two large concrete cylinder forms (about 3 or 4 stories high) on-site and wood framing is starting to go up around them. I assume it's an apartment but hadn't heard anything about it... Anyone in the know? I didn't catch the side street it is fronting but it is the first North/South street just to the West of the highway cluster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 So, this would be west of Spur 527? Is it the vacant lot just east of the highrise (former Executive House)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It is literally just to the North of West Alabama St. right after you go under all of the spaghetti highway ramps. It is very close to the highrise but not directly adjacent. I am volunteering again tmrw. so will stop by to see if I can spot a construction sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Passed there on the way home... Didn't see anything. And I would think 2 multi- story concrete structures would be hard to miss. You sure you were on Alabama? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Wait. Just west of the spur and just west of the 59/288 jumble are 2 completely different areas. You don't mean over by the high-rise by Flora.... You mean over by Chenevert. I didn't pass there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I was coming back from Project Row Houses yesterday by driving West along Alabama St back towards Montrose and noticed a rather large construction site on the North side of Alabama just to the West of the Spur/288/59 cluster. There are two large concrete cylinder forms (about 3 or 4 stories high) on-site and wood framing is starting to go up around them. I assume it's an apartment but hadn't heard anything about it... Anyone in the know? I didn't catch the side street it is fronting but it is the first North/South street just to the West of the highway cluster.If it's what I'm thinking of, it's not even close to the Montrose, not even to Midtown. Pretty squarely 3rd Ward.If it's what I'm thinking of, I pass it every morning on the flyover from 288 northbound to 59 southbound. Site is immediately north of Amabala and immediately west of 59?I thought I read somewhere on here that would be a midrise. The concrete structures would be for elevators (or stairwells?), and the rest of the structure is wood frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) You are talking about Midtown Grove (in Midtown). InnerLooped continues to cover it... http://innerlooped.c...ove-is-planted/http://innerlooped.c...-midtown-grove/http://innerlooped.c...n-grove-update/ Edited March 3, 2011 by brian0123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Merged similar threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Phase II still on the table:Â http://constructiondatacompany.com/construction-projects/403085/bid-on-midtown-grove-apartments-phase-ii-houston-tx/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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