guess 11 Posted March 28, 2013 Looks like something is happening here. Maybe a car wash to compliment the one across the street? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted March 28, 2013 I noticed that as well.Yesterday it looked as if they were clearing the trees off of the property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal 351 Posted April 3, 2013 So this is on the Whole Foods - Apartment Side of Montrose? Does anyone know what this is going to be? More from the APTS down Dallas? There's a little run down former convenience store or there was a couple weeks ago?  Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbigtex56 801 Posted April 3, 2013 Google view northwest corner of Montrose and West Dallas, April 2011:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=montrose+and+west+dallas&hl=en&ll=29.752977,-95.387077&spn=0.052087,0.104628&sll=29.757458,-95.392333&layer=c&cbp=13,312.49,,0,0.06&cbll=29.757458,-95.392333&hnear=Montrose+Blvd+%26+W+Dallas+St,+Houston,+Harris,+Texas+77019&t=m&z=14&panoid=28uOy5UArcQYfrHbYWaZ0w Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbigtex56 801 Posted April 3, 2013 Google view northwest corner of Montrose and West Dallas, April 2011:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=montrose+and+west+dallas&hl=en&ll=29.752977,-95.387077&spn=0.052087,0.104628&sll=29.757458,-95.392333&layer=c&cbp=13,312.49,,0,0.06&cbll=29.757458,-95.392333&hnear=Montrose+Blvd+%26+W+Dallas+St,+Houston,+Harris,+Texas+77019&t=m&z=14&panoid=28uOy5UArcQYfrHbYWaZ0w Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayshoota 8 Posted April 10, 2013 Any updates on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayshoota 8 Posted April 11, 2013 Looks like apartments. http://swamplot.com/the-apartments-behind-the-finger-apartments-behind-the-montrose-whole-foods/2013-04-11/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j_cuevas713 2032 Posted April 12, 2013 Its amazing how I lived off Waugh & Washington, and I would always tell my friend that they really should develop this open plot of land with some apartments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guess 11 Posted June 13, 2013 Axis | Apartments for Rent in Houston, TX‎2400 West Dallas Street Houston, TX 77019 axishouston.com 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swtsig 2653 Posted June 13, 2013 Its amazing how I lived off Waugh & Washington, and I would always tell my friend that they really should develop this open plot of land with some apartments.speaking of waugh & washington, expect an announcement on a new office project breaking ground later this year. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lockmat 2108 Posted June 13, 2013 speaking of waugh & washington, expect an announcement on a new office project breaking ground later this year.Washington and Waugh - blah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swtsig 2653 Posted June 13, 2013 it's 20+ stories - not entirely blah. there's a few more kicking around that immediate area as well supposedly. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted June 14, 2013 it's 20+ stories - not entirely blah. there's a few more kicking around that immediate area as well supposedly. Will it go on the old YWCA site ? I heard that a energy/oil & gas company purchased that property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swtsig 2653 Posted June 17, 2013 Will it go on the old YWCA site ? I heard that a energy/oil & gas company purchased that property. different site. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted June 18, 2013 different site.Oh ok is it a empty lot or is there already something on the site ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swtsig 2653 Posted June 18, 2013 Oh ok is it a empty lot or is there already something on the site ?honestly i'm not sure what's on the site right now. i've heard the same about an energy company buying up a piece of land there as well as another group - supposedly a couple office projects in the work but i have no clue as to their probability other than my aforementioned one. it's not a bad looking building... nothing extravegant but should be realtively well received. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted June 18, 2013 honestly i'm not sure what's on the site right now. i've heard the same about an energy company buying up a piece of land there as well as another group - supposedly a couple office projects in the work but i have no clue as to their probability other than my aforementioned one. it's not a bad looking building... nothing extravegant but should be realtively well received.Oh ok. Sounds interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristinDaugherty 10 Posted March 25, 2014 I'm on Beltway 8 and Briar Forest, looking east, and the smoke plume is HUGE. I am told this is a construction site. Whoa.Just found this on Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/search?q=montrose%20dallas%20fire&src=typd 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mab 1760 Posted March 25, 2014 https://twitter.com/BillBishopKHOU/status/448516267922960385/photo/1Â 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skwatra 432 Posted March 25, 2014 live coverage online:http://www.khou.com/home/238613191.html my condo is a few blocks from here... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lockmat 2108 Posted March 25, 2014 That is a hUge fire. Is that the one just east of the fingers development/whole foods? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted March 25, 2014 The Axis is engulfed in flames right now !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nole23 1436 Posted March 25, 2014 http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/2-alarm-fire-burns-near-downtown-Houston-5347617.php?cmpid=bna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
On to the Next One 26 Posted March 25, 2014 It's going to be a total loss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fringe 335 Posted March 25, 2014 Quite a burner. Spread really fast. They must not have had any sheetrock up yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avossos 1524 Posted March 25, 2014 wow, the flames were / are incredible... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arche_757 773 Posted March 25, 2014 And that's why these things are sprinklered! Thankfully that wasn't occupied (though presumably if it were occupied it wouldn't have burned like that). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortune 572 Posted March 25, 2014 Not the best pics from my iPhone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
little frau 52 Posted March 25, 2014 Is that the Finger complex? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristinDaugherty 10 Posted March 25, 2014 KHOU did a story on this complex last night. It seems some neighbors are a bit perturbed about the new construction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trymahjong 391 Posted March 25, 2014 you could see this forever- this was taken around 1pm 47th floor 1001 Fannin 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Montrose1100 2893 Posted March 25, 2014 Not the best pics from my iPhone.Did you use Tinypic.com? Thats how my photos turn out (sideways). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avossos 1524 Posted March 25, 2014 the flames are incredible... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristinDaugherty 10 Posted March 25, 2014 I'm seeing on Facebook that it's visible from Pearland. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skooljunkie 437 Posted March 25, 2014 Is this the building under construction at the corner of Montrose or the Finger property? Â It looks like the corner building from the pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j_cuevas713 2032 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Nooooooooo!!!! Smh Im glad no one was hurt but what a total loss for the area... What other structures were hurt around it? Edited March 25, 2014 by j_cuevas713 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fringe 335 Posted March 25, 2014 I was in the Village for lunch and saw ashes coming down from this fire. HFD did a good job of keeping the fire from spreading to other structures. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoustonMidtown 3639 Posted March 25, 2014 Wow - I have never seen a fire that big and spread so fast....5 alarm and over 200 firefighters.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skwatra 432 Posted March 25, 2014 Ch 11 is reporting that is contained to that site. These are not the Fingers apartments. They were being built by JLB apartments. They were unoccupied. No one reported hurt so far. The news story last night was about the historic cemetery adjacent to the new apartments, and complaints about respect for that cemetery. Obviously there will be a full arson investigation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j_cuevas713 2032 Posted March 25, 2014 Thank God it wasnt Fingers development! Yeah it sounds like the developer set themselves up to get torched Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crunchtastic 338 Posted March 25, 2014 uh oh. maybe some bad juju because of that little cemetery the construction abutted  .  A buddy of mine at home for lunch on Peden just to the south said the smoke and the smell is horrible. I'd hate to be trapped in a conference room at AIG this afternoon, with everyone coming back from lunch reeking of burning drywall and laminate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoustonMidtown 3639 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) They just talked to a guy from the 18th floor of the office building behind the scene that said he saw air conditioning units sparking on the roof and a guy trying to put out the fire and then it spread like crazy...they just showed a picture of the poor guy on a 5th floor balcony with fire raging above him on the roof - scary!  The rescue Edited March 25, 2014 by HoustonMidtown Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fernz 349 Posted March 25, 2014 maybe we need to move this topic to the Crater Houston forum... 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avossos 1524 Posted March 25, 2014 This is WAYYYYYY to early to even ask, but I will make a general question: When a disaster like this happens to a property under construction, do developers usually rebuild? I am sure insurance will play a role. I just don't know if we should expect this to be an empty lot again.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoustonMidtown 3639 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Is this the building under construction at the corner of Montrose or the Finger property? Â It looks like the corner building from the pics.The building on the corner - The Axis Edited March 25, 2014 by HoustonMidtown Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
innerlooper 31 Posted March 25, 2014 Anyone know for sure whether they were rocked already or not?   Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gene 1874 Posted March 25, 2014 yeah bye bye Axis Apartment complex...wow, that thing burned fast!!! Hate that all that work will have to be redone... glad no one was hurt!http://www.click2houston.com/news/massive-blaze-burning-at-residential-building-under-construction/25156408 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronTiger 854 Posted March 25, 2014 Last summer, there was a big fire at the Comfort Inn under construction at Hempstead Hwy. and FM 1960 (it's on YouTube). It was hot that the structure completely collapsed and they had to start from scratch. But wow, what a coincidence that people are unhappy that the thing is literally being built behind a cemetery (freeze frame at KHOU nails it), on the news reported yesterday, and today, the whole thing goes up in flames! That is incredible...or it's arson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
