bobruss Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Texas Avenue goes between Annunciation Catholic Church on the south and the old train station in front of the south end of minute maid park. It continues under 59 and past BBVA Compass stadium on the east side and turns into harrisburg which runs all the way out to 225. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great location across the street from the building that the restaurant Irma's is. I think it is the Great Southwest Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The ballpark hotel, Vic and Anthony's and Fingers project are right around there also, so there will be a great deal of pedestrian traffic, not to mention game days when the area is full of people. This will significantly change the east side.Service oriented businesses will start to pop up, followed by maybe a convenience store and grocery store, which is probably the most glaring necessity missing on that side. I know the Phoenicia is in the Fingers condo tower that faces Discovery Green but they are mostly import products. This side of town desperately needs a good grocery store and with all of these new projects along with the growth on the east side of 59 perhaps the numbers will justify one of the chains building on the East side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 What is the closest grocery store to downtown in general? Randall's in midtown, Kroger on grey, or maybe the Kroger on studemont? I think a store near SkyHouse on main st. would be my wet dream. Underground parking lot too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Would you include Pheonicia's in One Park Place....? It's just a few blocks away from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Would you include Pheonicia's in One Park Place....? It's just a few blocks away from this. Yea that counts for sure, but it isn't an everyday store. Phoenicia isn't very pricey for the regular items, people just see it as a specialty only store. Pro Tip: buy all of your spices there! They are very cheap and very good! Edited January 25, 2014 by ChrisPHous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks like they're gonna construct this quickly. Begin Q2 2014 and be ready by summer 2015? Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 What is the closest grocery store to downtown in general? Randall's in midtown, Kroger on grey, or maybe the Kroger on studemont?On the east side there is also a Kroger on Cullen/Polk, which is close to downtown as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblelino Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself.You should try to build your own tower on a random parking lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (bss) hilarious! So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Construction starts Q2 2014? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We should be seeing construction start very soon. That area is going to be unrecognizable here in the next few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well I guess they are doing soil samples right now? I didn't capture it in this photo but if you look to the lower left side, there is actually a large mound of dirt there which I honestly can't tell where it came from... Would be cool if they started early on this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 IConstruction starts Q2 2014? Wait, a 28 story tower is going up here? I thought this was the Fingers Apartments location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Fingers Apartments are going up across the way. If you look closely you can see the green fence wrapped around the block as well a track hoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Fingers Apartments are going up across the way. If you look closely you can see the green fence wrapped around the block as well a track hoe. What he said. You can actually see the excavator for the Fingers apartments near the center. This one is supposed to go up in Q2, but they may be starting early...? My theory though is that they are simply taking soil samples for the engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! I would credit Discovery green more so than the ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I would credit Discovery green more so than the ballpark. I would credit downtown residential incentives more so than Discovery Green. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 What he said. You can actually see the excavator for the Fingers apartments near the center. This one is supposed to go up in Q2, but they may be starting early...? My theory though is that they are simply taking soil samples for the engineers. Yes just soil samples, usually done a few months before construction. They pulled up the pavement last month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I would credit downtown residential incentives more so than Discovery Green.You're absolutely right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! Do NOT assume that this is going up just because there's a ballpark. Ballparks do NOT attract new development, they simply (at best) cause development that would have happened somewhere else to be relocated. More than likely this would have just happened someplace else if the ballpark wasn't there. Look at all the other residential towers proposed for downtown, were THEY because of the ballpark??? Stop trying to connect this to the ballpark. Ballparks have never inspired development and never will. This has happened over and over in U.S. cities, and every ballpark has lost money. Next you'll be telling me that it's because of the toy train over left field. The $250 million spent on this should have gone toward creating a bunch of little ballparks all over the suburbs, which would have served a lot more baseball players than the few who use the downtown ballpark. Did you know that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Do NOT assume that this is going up just because there's a ballpark. Ballparks do NOT attract new development, they simply (at best) cause development that would have happened somewhere else to be relocated. More than likely this would have just happened someplace else if the ballpark wasn't there. Look at all the other residential towers proposed for downtown, were THEY because of the ballpark??? Stop trying to connect this to the ballpark. Ballparks have never inspired development and never will. This has happened over and over in U.S. cities, and every ballpark has lost money. Next you'll be telling me that it's because of the toy train over left field. The $250 million spent on this should have gone toward creating a bunch of little ballparks all over the suburbs, which would have served a lot more baseball players than the few who use the downtown ballpark. Did you know that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown? Someone forgot to turn on their sarcasm meter...That said, MMP is still a destination and having three major league stadiums all within walking distance of each other is still a good thing if you ask me. It makes sense for development to happen between these venues. The parks downtown only reinforce that point. It has taken longer than many ever thought, but with the downtown initiative people are going to be moving into these areas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Someone forgot to turn on their sarcasm meter...That said, MMP is still a destination and having three major league stadiums all within walking distance of each other is still a good thing if you ask me. It makes sense for development to happen between these venues. The parks downtown only reinforce that point. It has taken longer than many ever thought, but with the downtown initiative people are going to be moving into these areas. I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. Fair enough, Monday strikes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. i couldn't tell if you were being facetious or not either. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) i couldn't tell if you were being facetious or not either.I think the complaint that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown should have tipped the scales on this. Oh well, I guess sarcasm isn't always apparent. Edited February 11, 2014 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Soil test: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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