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The Travis: Multifamily High-Rise At 3300 Main St.


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On 8/31/2018 at 11:44 AM, ArtNsf said:

I've looked at elevation maps of Houston endlessly for years.  Indeed, there is great variation in elevation, from right at sea level off to the southeast and at the bottom of the east end of Buffalo Bayou, upwards to over 100 feet out near West Oaks and northward near IAH.  Downtown proper including Midtown, has elevations that range between 40 feet to near 60 feet.  Not a huge difference, but in an area considered so "flat" any elevation changes over an area are interesting to those that are looking around and paying attention to the lay of the land.  For instance, driving north on Kirby, then east out of River Oaks and onto Allen speedway - oops Parkway... one can really see the difference between the bottom of the Bayou near 10 or 20 feet elevation to near 55 to 60 feet in that part of River Oaks, with the beautiful undulating, albeit small, front yards and banks of the Bayou, even on the roads to some degree.  I'm no expert, but if you want to look around and look closer at our flat terrain, you can always spot a natural elevation variation in many areas just by looking closer.  Out in Brookshire, where I grew up, the elevation even rises to a whopping 165 feet - wow :) and as some one else pointed out, near 200 feet towards Conroe and The Woodlands.  A lot of rambling about elevation, I know, but I still find Houston's topography fascinating and ever so important to determining flood prone areas versus those that are reasonably safer from inundation.  And yes, ALL of the areas I mentioned here are still in the Houston area, though may not be considered in the "city limits". I'm not sure what city limits really means for us in Houston anyway.  WE have no limits !

 

 

Subsidence has historically been a big deal in Houston, with some areas losing 12 feet over the past 100 years.

 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/For-years-the-Houston-area-has-been-losing-ground-7951625.php

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14 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

Larger rendering and highlights of info from the link:

 

High-rise with approximately 328 residential units and approximately 1,380 m² of retail space on the ground floor.

The project will take approximately two years to build.

It is planned that the project will be sold after it is completed and stabilized.

Leasing of the units is expected to start in Q4 2019.

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1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Having 2 tower cranes probably helped.

 

Probably helps that they are also looking at knocking out 2 more in record time....oh and the fact that its one foreign investor instead of probably a committee of investors like this one has. 1 entity moving things forward is always quicker than a committee moving things forward.

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6 hours ago, Timoric said:

Saw this picture and thought, what is the nicest CVS in Houston?

 I used to work LP for Houston area CVS’s so I’ve been to 90% of them.  The nicer/cleaner/newer ones are in the suburbs but if we’re talking strictly in the loop I guess you could say Kirby @ 59 and Market Square? TBH none of them really separate themselves and they’re pretty much built all the same with the 2 DT locations being exceptions. 

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