J008 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 14th St. Fiesta Will Be An Old Folks Home Ughh... I will really miss this fiesta, as nice as some of the new grocery stores are, Fiesta has 90% of what I want, is usually cheaper, and always faster. Edit: on another note. I posted the words "old folks" and now there is a romney add on the bottom. http://blog.chron.co...ts-fiesta-mart/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcook2002 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 They should make it some sort of art bar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I think we can all give two thumbs down to this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I think we can all give two thumbs down to this idea. The art bar or the old folks home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 OMG! 24/7 ambulance sirens up and down Studewood. And as soon as the dogs calm down, here comes the next code blue to continue the endless cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 They will be keeping all the original signage, and changing the "F" to "S" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The art bar or the old folks home?Old folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thats disappointing for the heights could have been a nice mixed use development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Thats disappointing for the heights could have been a nice mixed use development.Well, actually, it Will be mixed use. You can use your wheelchair OR your walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 This is sad, I walk and bike to this store regularly. I'll miss the store employees, who seem genuinely friendly and *gasp* say hello and smile when you check out. Kroger could learn a lesson in employee and customer satisfaction, which would be nice now that they have the Heights surrounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 There's still the fiesta on Shepherd and 23rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisthenes Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Hip Replacements: Houston Heights Not Just for Hipsters Anymore!Too bad. It’s a great local store, friendly people and decent selection of stuff. In addition to a meeting place for local oldsters, they gave part-time and summer jobs to local kids too.The demographics of aging Boomers will drive more of this type of development in and around the Heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Well, actually, it Will be mixed use. You can use your wheelchair OR your walker.....or their scooter. Wonder if there will be any trouble with the scooter gang at 20th and Heights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I really wish that someone could have taken over the Fiesta and made a go of it at that site as a grocery store. HEB could have done well with a smaller store concept. A lot of people are sick of Kroger and would make a b-line to a new HEB in the neighborhood, even if it wasn't the usual 60-75k sq ft HEB. Maybe HEB is waiting for Fiesta to go under and sell off the W. 23rd store.On the other hand, an assisted living home might be a pretty good thing for the neighborhood. The company that bought the property does upscale assisted living centers that look more like regular apartments/condos and do not have the institutional look of so many assisted living facilities. 14th and Studewood is a bit of an island for a commercial/retail center and is better suited for residential. As long as they stick with the plan to do 4 stories, it won't be out of scale for the neighborhood. I would think that W. 19th would be a much better location (haven't they been trying to sell the Baptist Temple for years?), but I am sure they will have a van to drive residents up to 19th and down to Kroger and Target to shop. If my parents ever lost their marbles and needed assisted living, it would be a great to have a nice place right in the neighborhood for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Well I guess I'm not against nor for this development, as long as it doesn't look like a spawling complex. Sorry Heights folks bout the news. And I hope the Fiesta in Midtown gets bought out as well, hate seeing a Fiesta sign flashing with our skyline in the background off 59. Tacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 ....If my parents ever lost their marbles and needed assisted living, it would be a great to have a nice place right in the neighborhood for them.Private equity-developed nursing homes are becoming a "big thing", but statiscally patient care suffers compared to non-profits. For-profit institutions are more accountable for patient liabilities when the property owner/developer also clearly owns the operating company (due to exposure of capital assets). So I would be most interested in the business structure before depositing my parents at the corner of 14th and Studewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I hope the Fiesta in Midtown gets bought out as well, hate seeing a Fiesta sign flashing with our skyline in the background off 59. Tacky.Them fightin' words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisthenes Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 As long as they stick with the plan to do 4 stories, it won't be out of scale for the neighborhood. The neighborhood scale now includes the Studewood/11th condos, so does that increase the number of stories that are considered in scale?Reads like it will be a box with Craftsman decor and accountrements:"The property, which will be built in the Craftsman style to blend in with the neighborhood, will be about 80 units, including 20 independent living, 40 assisted living, and 20 memory care units." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Doing some arithmetic, I figure this thing is going to cost $10-15MM all-in. That is roughly based on 80 units at 800 s.f. each over four floors, basically a 16,000 s.f. footprint with a $2MM land cost and $140/sf construction cost. How are 80 old folks/couples going to pay for that on top of the high operating cost of assisted living? I know on a lease basis these homes can cost a tenant upwards of $15,000/month. I do not think it works unless a prospective tenant owns his bungalow outright and has a real nice pension. So the plan could be to fleece the Heights old-timers on their homestead, flip it for a profit then squeeze Medicaid, Medicare and the pensions to run the place and payback the bank for turning the Fiesta into a future haunted mansion. I wonder if they are hiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I'm "eh." I hate to lose the Fiesta. I shop there for odds and ends, but not usually for my grocery list. However, I am really sad for people like my elderly neighbors who walk there for their groceries. There are a lot of elderly and low income that depend on having groceries within walking distance and they will be less independent now. Ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The property, which will be built in the Craftsman style to blend in with the neighborhood, will be about 80 units, including 20 independent living, 40 assisted living, and 20 memory care units.So...anyone care to opine what an 80 bedroom Craftsman would look like? If they design it to blend in with the neighborhood, does that mean it will be single story in front, with a 4 story camelback in the rear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I was picturing giant, 2 story, tapered columns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Maybe there will be a pudding and juice bar for all the "artificial hip- sters" moving in... I'm also curious what a 4 story bungalow would look like.... I'm seeing a 4story bungalow totem pole in my mind... obviously that will not be what is built. I hope that they don't need all the extra parking Fiesta had and can sell that parcel of land between the bungalows, or turn it into some green space (Bocce and shuffle board!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Drove by tonight to pick up some things and it's officially closed up and dark. I'm sure demolition will come pretty soon, as soon as the store is emptied (unless it already is?). Farewell little Fiesta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviel009 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I actually liked that Little Fiesta - I hate to see it go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 that fiesta has been my go to place for the impending zombie invasion for years. Barred glass doors with metal garage doors, that is pretty dang secure, not to mention the supplies. The security was exposed slightly though after that person crashed their car through the wall so easiliy to get in to the pharmacy. (as long as zombies didn't learn to drive it would have still been good).I wonder if they are going to move all the buggies to other locations, or perhaps just evenly distribute them throughout the neighborhood? (Fiesta is known for picking up their buggies I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Yep, definitely missing it already. They had a pretty awesome wine selection (in recent months/years) too. Great place to just run in on the way home. I'll miss that about it. And the music was the best freakin overhead mix I've ever heard in a store. I would have bought a CD of it, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggplant Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 This is the first rendering I've seen. It's hard to imagine how something this size would fit into the existing space, and it's hard to see how the design is "in the Craftsman style to blend in with the neighborhood." What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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