phillip_white Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 16 hours ago, MarathonMan said: I think the facade testing has been up for months, if my memory serves me correctly. This one is taking a loooong time to get going. This Google streetview shows that it's been there since at least December 2018: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2704+Helena+St,+Houston,+TX+77006/@29.7486156,-95.3816991,3a,75y,313.3h,92.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0e75-MkQnNphV50ysomjJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640bf6823968773:0x28b21434453a8ad7!8m2!3d29.7487271!4d-95.381911 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I think if you look at what Pearl has done in Midtown, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't get started on this bad boy until the Whole Foods is totally open and done. Not sure if they or whole foods are doing the work for the grocery store but it's full go in there right now INSIDE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I think this mock up is for the Pearl since they didn't enough extra room there to build it there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilcal Posted September 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2019 Workers on site this morning Looks like they are keeping some metal fencing inside, so maybe this corner is just a staging area for a different site? I think the trailer was empty. The fencing is not in the Google Street View image from above. I should have stopped and chatted with them. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted November 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2019 Calling on @swtsig, @CREguy13 Morgan Group to Break Ground on 13-Story Tower in Houston https://www.costar.com/article/2133413717/morgan-group-to-break-ground-on-13-story-tower-in-houston 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Calling on @swtsig, @CREguy13 Morgan Group to Break Ground on 13-Story Tower in Houston https://www.costar.com/article/2133413717/morgan-group-to-break-ground-on-13-story-tower-in-houston Vacant lot at the corner of Dennis and Helena is going to get a 13-story tower called Pearl Rosemont (instead of Mont-rose, get it?), which will begin in December 2019 or 1Q 2020. Originally proposed in 2015. Will include 298 units on top of a parking podium and total 260,000 SF. Referred to as Pearl on Helena in planning documents with the city. Will have nicer finishes than Pearl Marketplace; they think the neighborhood is better here. Name could change again. That's all the interesting stuff. Edited November 13, 2019 by H-Town Man 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 9/19/2018 at 10:16 PM, Urbannizer said: https://www.virtualbx.com/construction-preview/houston-morgan-group-plans-another-pearl-brand-luxury-tower/ With this now underway, and with no plans posted on here yet for some strange reason, I'm going to pull images from this post made by urbannizer last year. If there are any updates in plan or renders please update. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CREguy13 Posted November 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2019 Ask and you shall receive: Morgan Group to Break Ground on 13-Story Tower in Houston Exclusive: Developer to Start Construction on Project That has Been on Hold The developer behind a Pearl-branded apartment project where a new Whole Foods is opening in Houston's midtown area this week is already planning to move forward with another project about a half-mile away that has been on hold. Morgan Group, a Houston-based developer that has built $3.1 billion worth of multifamily projects nationally, is reviving plans to build a 13-story luxury apartment tower at 102 Dennis St. in Houston. The project is tucked on a quiet residential street in one of Houston’s hottest neighborhoods for apartment and retail development. Construction on the new project is expected to start in December or the first quarter of 2020, Philip Morgan, vice president of the Morgan Group, said in an interview with CoStar News. The project for now is called the Pearl Rosemont, although the developer is not solidified on a name, he said. In building documents with the city, the project has also been referred to as Pearl on Helena. Morgan Group has used the Pearl brand for at least 10 other apartment projects in Houston as well as projects in Austin, Texas; Phoenix; California; and Miami. The developer's proposed Houston project will include 298 apartment units on top of a parking podium. The total project will be 260,000 square feet, Morgan said. Originally, the Pearl Rosemont project was pitched in 2015, but like several other real estate projects in Houston, plans were put on hold after oil prices started to decline around that time. But Morgan said the market conditions are improving, spurring more multifamily development in midtown, Montrose and the River Oaks neighborhoods. "Midtown has changed a lot in the last decade and there’s other high-rise buildings in the market getting done," Morgan said. "The market is improving and the neighborhood is improving. We’ve already opened our other projects nearby." Earlier this year, Morgan Group opened Pearl Marketplace, an eight-story, 264-unit apartment project located at 3120 Smith St. A 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market opened this week on the ground floor of Pearl Marketplace at 515 Elign St. In 2014, the development group built a five-story, 154-unit apartment complex nearby called Pearl Midtown at 3101 Smith St. The newest proposed project, Pearl Rosemont, will be "a step up from Pearl Marketplace in terms of finishes and views. Being 13 stories high, it will have nicer views and I think that neighborhood is a little quieter," Morgan said. Morgan Group will serve as general contractor for Pearl Rosemont and the architect is Ziegler Cooper. Renderings of the project were not available. The project was originally slated to cost $20 million, according to state documents, but in more recent filings that estimate was listed at $92 million. However, Morgan said those estimates are incorrect. He declined to disclose the project's estimated cost. The midtown market has seen more multifamily growth in recent years as more workers look to be close to downtown and the nearby Montrose neighborhood continues to attract national attention. The Lower Weisthemier-Montrose area was recently named one of the nation’s top 20 coolest streets in a report by Cushman & Wakefield. The report rated it as one the hippest areas because of its walkability, diversity, nightlife, food scene and vintage stores. Nearly 97,000 people live within a 2-mile radius of the area with a median income of $83,233, according to the report, and about 37% of residents nearby are millennials. The city of Houston granted 28 building permits for sites on Westheimer Road in 2018, double the number issued in 2017, Cushman & Wakefield said. Overall, there are 5,064 apartment units under construction in downtown Houston and another 5,634 units under construction in the submarket that contains Midtown, River Oaks, Montrose and Rice Military, according to CoStar data. 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Daaaaaaamn. Alright, I guess this is happening again. Excited to see this one go up. Kind of wish there was some a ground floor coffee shop or tiny takeaway restaurant planned. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 That sliver of Midtown (or Montrose or the Fourth Ward or whatever it’s called) is certainly a great place to live, very walkable and convenient to a lot but closed off enough that it doesn’t get much vehicular traffic. Was this part of the Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority land? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilcal Posted December 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 Some movement on site this morning. Looks like they were tearing down the old facade wall from the other site? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 2:46 PM, wilcal said: Some movement on site this morning. Looks like they were tearing down the old facade wall from the other site? Appears the facade mock up is different but still up, but looks different. I wish I had taken a pic. Appears the first resident has already moved in. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Updated test facade: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I was here early today also. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 https://prismrenderings.com/projects/pearl-rosemont/ 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Forgot to post, they finished the facade test a little bit last week and might be looking at a brick color change: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Foundation permit issued: 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Really going to try to leverage the construction of this to keep my rent the same next year 😂 Excited to see it go up, though. Was showing this dev to a former NYC planner and they were blown away that such a thing is possible "in the middle of a neighborhood". I still think that a small coffee shop open to the public would do really well here, but I know that it would likely cause tremendous issues with parking and having a public lot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Well, it wouldn't need parking. It might be interesting if the developer could implement time limits on street parking around the block - that would provide plenty of parking that would really only be useful for someone stopping to get coffee. But generally speaking - this neighborhood is dense enough that a coffee shop (of all places) could do just fine without dedicated parking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 44 minutes ago, wilcal said: Really going to try to leverage the construction of this to keep my rent the same next year 😂 Excited to see it go up, though. Was showing this dev to a former NYC planner and they were blown away that such a thing is possible "in the middle of a neighborhood". I still think that a small coffee shop open to the public would do really well here, but I know that it would likely cause tremendous issues with parking and having a public lot. Mention this to a few people. I fully expected my rent in Montrose to go up this year, but it didn't. More building equals more competition. If you want to keep rents "affordable" then one should be in favor of more development as it only provides more options which makes it a sellers market which drops the price. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 15 hours ago, Texasota said: Well, it wouldn't need parking. It might be interesting if the developer could implement time limits on street parking around the block - that would provide plenty of parking that would really only be useful for someone stopping to get coffee. But generally speaking - this neighborhood is dense enough that a coffee shop (of all places) could do just fine without dedicated parking. This block is outside the market based parking area, so they would have to provide off-street parking. 14 hours ago, Luminare said: Mention this to a few people. I fully expected my rent in Montrose to go up this year, but it didn't. More building equals more competition. If you want to keep rents "affordable" then one should be in favor of more development as it only provides more options which makes it a sellers market which drops the price. The place I live is not competing with these new high rises😂 I get what you mean, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, wilcal said: This block is outside the market based parking area, so they would have to provide off-street parking. I wonder if there is a case to increase market based parking at the boundary of the designated area? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 minute ago, BeerNut said: I wonder if there is a case to increase market based parking at the boundary of the designated area? Absolutely. The Houston Resilient plan and the draft of the Climate Action Plan both call for widespread extension of market-based parking within the next decade (like within 610). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 A small (emphasis on small) coffee shop wouldn't need much parking, even subject to the City's absurd requirements. Something like dedicated timed on-street parking *might* just pass muster with the Planning Commission. That said, I of course agree with expanding the market based parking area. I'm still annoyed that SE midtown/inner/lower/west? 3rd ward got carved out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Texasota said: A small (emphasis on small) coffee shop wouldn't need much parking, even subject to the City's absurd requirements. Something like dedicated timed on-street parking *might* just pass muster with the Planning Commission. That said, I of course agree with expanding the market based parking area. I'm still annoyed that SE midtown/inner/lower/west? 3rd ward got carved out. I'm torn on the neighborhood supporting a measure like that, but something a la the 10 minute parking in front of Izakaya would have sufficed. Fluff bake bar just moved out from that block, and she said that the constant break-ins, and the lack of easily accessible parking kept her from fully succeeding. I go down Bagby every day, and there were repetitive offenders taking advantage of the 10 minute parking area (one was a bright yellow Datsun pickup truck. I mean, you don't exactly blend in). Hou Parking is rather lax in enforcing parking anywhere, much less there 😕 For people not too familiar with the area, I marked the block we are talking about with the star. The striped marked area is the original market-based parking area. The non-striped additions were added 3Q19 and don't require parking in any form for residential or commercial. Edited February 21, 2020 by wilcal 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 https://zieglercooper.com/morgan-pearl-rosemont/ Morgan Pearl Rosemont, designed for Houston’s Midtown district, is a luxury apartment building comprising 258,000 net rentable square feet with 298 units, all with balconies, and 9,135 square feet of common and amenity areas. The Level-Five pool deck boasts a resort-style pool, with outdoor kitchen, aqua lounge, and indoor fitness and yoga room. The Super-Midrise offers superior views over the traditional midrise because it puts all units above the tree line. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 This will dwarf all the surrounding townhouses 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 It's only 1 block from city place, and everywhere around it is either 3 or 4 stories, so it won't look too crazy, but 13 floors is definitely a big step up from 5 floor Texas donuts and 3 story townhouses 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheSirDingle Posted July 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2020 Looks like this one is going up 🥳 Full List: 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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