swtsig Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 there's another apartment development slated right next door on the corner of TC Jester and Washington - potential mixed-use but don't quote me on that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 there's another apartment development slated right next door on the corner of TC Jester and Washington - potential mixed-use but don't quote me on that.NE or NW side to Washington? One side is a wrecker shop and the other a TYCO office/warehouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 NE. Â Pearl on Washington. ~310 units. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 NE or NW side to Washington? One side is a wrecker shop and the other a TYCO office/warehouse And you quote him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 The developer is Morgan Group. Pearl On Washington Subdivison Plat.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Maybe there should be different thread for this but the huge parcel of land between bordered by Schuler/Detering/TC Jester/Washington appears to be under development. The tow yard has closed/moved and the walls are being torn down. Snapped a couple pics just on my way home when I saw it. They could do some awesome stuff with that chunk of land, hope it's more than just apartments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheLoopFromNYC Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Are they finally getting rid of this eye-sore? I hope so. Drove by the other day and looks like they are in the process of dismantling. Would love to see this site repurposed into something great given the high profile location on Washington Ave at TC Jester. Â I have a personal grudge against this place, aside from the building. I have seen there tow-truck drivers routinely speeding recklessly around (not unique to them, I guess) and was nearly hit by one of them. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhaltx Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I can't say I ever noticed them... (The trucks, not the place.) I lived a couple of blocks from there, and still drive down Washington on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheLoopFromNYC Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 This site is huge and has tremendous potential. I didn't realize that the fenced in sliver along TC Jester (SW side) is parking for employees who work in the Fisk business across the street. Wonder if Fruge leased that to them. I wasn't very observant as I thought that portion of the property was Fruge's inbound lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Is this the NEC of jester and Washington? If so the Morgan group is going to do an 8 story mixed use apartment project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yep, NEC. New thread formed for this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheLoopFromNYC Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Well, potentially great news depending upon design and what's included in the "mixed-use" bit! Down side is that traffic will be a nightmare at this intersection! Pearl on Washington not to be confused with Pearl Bar on Washington or Pearl Washington who played at Syracuse in the 80's and was the first pick of the NJ Nets! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheLoopFromNYC Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 They started dismantling Fruge's roof today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Pearl is going so hard in the loop right now. Someone with better math skills than me can/could add them up. 4 in Midtown alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallawallawhale Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Looking at the Plat app (the pdf), does that mean Marshall Construction Company is buying the chihuahua dump yard? That place needs to go or get a better fence.Thanks for info, hopefully some useful things will go up in the neighborhood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheLoopFromNYC Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Fruge demolition update... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggity Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014   or Pearl Washington who played at Syracuse in the 80's and was the first pick of the NJ Nets! awesome reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared625 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Looking at the Plat app (the pdf), does that mean Marshall Construction Company is buying the chihuahua dump yard? That place needs to go or get a better fence.Thanks for info, hopefully some useful things will go up in the neighborhood. Yes anything to replace that eyesore would be an improvement to the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glisson1007 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Construction fencing. Apologies for poor quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMIKA! Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Too bad there's no ground floor retail!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I have yet to see a Pearl with ground floor retail :/ Its stupid because they make good mid-rises, but the lack of retail is so daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Too bad there's no ground floor retail!!! Says who? I havent seen a plan / rendering. Maybe I missed it? Well, potentially great news depending upon design and what's included in the "mixed-use" bit! Down side is that traffic will be a nightmare at this intersection! Mixed use would be great here. I have yet to see a Pearl with ground floor retail :/ Its stupid because they make good mid-rises, but the lack of retail is so daft. Hopefully it is their first pass at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 first pass? more like the 5th, 6th, or 7th pass at it -.- They never learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 2014-07-02 18.19.58 by marclongoria, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Great location for this product, and it looks good too. Â Â http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/08/more-luxury-apartments-headed-for-washington-ave/ Â Â 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Is this the old auto house site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 agreed! Â very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Great location for this product, and it looks good too. Â Â http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/08/more-luxury-apartments-headed-for-washington-ave/ Â Another view, from HBJ: Â 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The street layout as depicted is confusing me on how this is going to be oriented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 pretend you're looking at it from Coppa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 That's what I figured as the only way I could see it, but TC Jester ends there rather than continues so that was throwing me off making me wonder if this was different than it appeared to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Wow! That's super nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNAguy Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 That's what I figured as the only way I could see it, but TC Jester ends there rather than continues so that was throwing me off making me wonder if this was different than it appeared to be. Yeah, and there's no high rise farther north on TC Jester as it would appear in the photo. Confusing. But with the just completed complex on TC Jester & the railroad tracks AND the development just down the street at the Washington circle getting bulldozed, the western Washington Corridor / Rice Military is really picking up. What's the over/under for the building on the NW corner (next to El tiempo market) getting bulldozed and developed into an apartment complex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The rest of the auto house/structure on that site has been demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared625 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yeah, and there's no high rise farther north on TC Jester as it would appear in the photo. Confusing. But with the just completed complex on TC Jester & the railroad tracks AND the development just down the street at the Washington circle getting bulldozed, the western Washington Corridor / Rice Military is really picking up. What's the over/under for the building on the NW corner (next to El tiempo market) getting bulldozed and developed into an apartment complex? Yeah I think that the building next to El Tiempo market will not last more than a year before it gets torn down. Although I think that space being a little smaller is going to end up as some commercial use rather than a full apartment complex. Still anything has to be better than a two story building with all Chattahoochee walls. Yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/2604-multifamily-monday-what-should-really-worry-you/   Morgan and LCB Holdings broke ground on Pearl Washington, a 322-unit luxury property. Morgan prez Alan Patton tells us it's the fifth Pearl community that's launched in Houston this year (totaling 1,300 units), which includes Woodlake, CityCentre, Residences at CityCentre, and @ the MiX. The firm is continuing to target infill locations in Florida and Texas—it's breaking ground in Austin and Miami later this year, and in the past 60 days opened Pearl Midtown in Houston and The Edge at Flagler Village in Fort Lauderdale.   Here's Pearl Washington, which was financed by Wells Fargo and is delivering in spring 2016. Alan says one of the biggest challenges was site planning to take advantage of the Washington Avenue frontage, both from a functionality and design standpoint. The team (including architect Dwell Design Studio) decided to expose the large pool courtyard to Washington, which provides more sun into the pool deck and allows the area to play off the energy on Washington. The ground level will also engage with the street and pedestrian/bike traffic—the team put in oversized sidewalks and placed leasing and amenity rooms along the avenue   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 oversized sidewalks... nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I just found out Morgan (and also Camden) are based in Houston, so good for them. And this looks like a nice project, I'm liking the Pearl series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washave-2007-2015 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) From articles in the Chronicle to the report on Swamplot, there is noinformation of any type of retail at street level. What the WashingtonAvenue Corridor does not need is another reason to drive ratherthan walk. Houston has too many drivers already, and is not a WalkableCity. Polls by the Urban Houston Framework, the Chronicle & BetterHouston, have Houstonites ranking "traffic" as the #1 problem in thecity. Jeff Speck, in "Walkable City," writes of the general Theory of Walkability:useful, safe, comfortable & interesting; each essential and none aloneis sufficient. Get out of your cars, walk along this area of WashingtonAvenue and see if CVS, the bars and wall of town houses fulfill any. For those who believe Pearl Washington is super, cool, interesting, etc.,read Charles Montgomery's, "Happy City: Transforming Our Lives ThroughUban Design. Is Houston a Happy City? What does it highest DWI rate forTexas tell us? Most of the "douche bag" bars, clubs & lounges are gone orleaving Washington Avenue, but on a Friday or Staurday night at closingtime, you will still find a good number of individuals who wish to blackenyour eye. These establisments still racially profile, as they have less than50 employees. "A brilliant, entertaining, and vital book. Charles Montgomerydeftly leads us from our misplaced focus on money, cars and stuff to considerwhat makes us truly happy. Then everything changes--the way we live, work,and play in humanity's major habitat, the city." David Suzuke, host of CBC'sThe Nature of Things and cofounder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Have spent 1,500+ hous walking, photographing and doing oral interviews onWashington Avenue and the Corridor since 02.17.2007. Edited September 24, 2014 by washave-2007-2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Sheesh, I live in Rice Military now and think it's a great neighborhood and have no problem walking anywhere.  What the neighborhood is widening streets/sidewalks instead of the big ditches on either side.  Some sort of comprehensive/zoning plan is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014  http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/2604-multifamily-monday-what-should-really-worry-you/  Here's Pearl Washington  No, here's Pearl Washington:  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Sidewalk along TC Jester has been closed. Â Noticed some work going on at the site earlier but couldn't stop and get a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 ... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 12/11/14  Lots going on! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Coming along.. Pearl Washington signs posted along the exterior as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 When does it get a crane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 When does it get a crane?They have a crawler crane working on the parking garage. Will have to take a closer look to see if they have a tower crane base set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) They have a crawler crane working on the parking garage. Will have to take a closer look to see if they have a tower crane base set up. That is a different project.  You are referring to the project in the link below... I think there is a thread somewhere on here that needs to be dug up and updated.   EDIT: Here is the link to the Elan Memorial Park by Greystar http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28546-elan-memorial-park-by-greystar/?p=491611 Edited February 10, 2015 by WestUdweller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Crane base... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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