texas911 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Looks like its going to be a nice place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) On 11/11/2018 at 8:39 AM, CaptainJilliams said: Interesting... So if plans come to fruition, Houston is getting yet another Top Golf. Looks like it is a competitor called Drive Shack https://www.driveshack.com/ Edited November 12, 2018 by thatguysly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 This reminds me so much of the Domain in Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Triton said: This reminds me so much of the Domain in Austin. Actually, this reminds me more of City Centre than The Domain. More mixed use and entertainment vs The Domain, which is more of an open air shopping mall concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 The name “The Grid” makes me think of Tron: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXYuw96d0c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 10 hours ago, Triton said: This reminds me so much of the Domain in Austin. Hence the naming haha. Not a bad thing to aspire too. The Domain in Austin and City Centre here in town have been at least unique approaches to bringing urbanism to Suburbia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, Luminare said: Hence the naming haha. Not a bad thing to aspire too. The Domain in Austin and City Centre here in town have been at least unique approaches to bringing urbanism to Suburbia. Yea. I love the Domain. It actually has quite a huge nightlife too, which is very surprising. 9 hours ago, august948 said: Actually, this reminds me more of City Centre than The Domain. More mixed use and entertainment vs The Domain, which is more of an open air shopping mall concept. The Domain is quite a mix. It has several streets lined with multi-family, restaurants, cafes, and bars now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Triton said: Yea. I love the Domain. It actually has quite a huge nightlife too, which is very surprising. The Domain is quite a mix. It has several streets lined with multi-family, restaurants, cafes, and bars now. I was looking at it via google images. Its interesting how the Domain is evolving. To a previous comment, it initially did start out as an open mall concept, but again the free market keeps evolving it. From what I've seen just looking at it, its developing into a real functioning neighborhood. Even the aesthetics are changing. Started out with mostly faux attempts at European looks, but now what is being developed is more contemporary and has more confidence. Its interesting. Its why I'm interested in seeing City Centre expand or even River Oaks district. We are gradually seeing the free market constantly retool and figure out through trial and error how a Euro-Americano Urban blend would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Drove by The Grid and it looks like the first restaurant that is about to open is Chipotle! Waiting for that In n Out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 there is supposedly an In N Out Burger going in here. I can't figure out where, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) . Edited November 27, 2018 by BigFootsSocks Stupid site copied the original comment in my second comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Simons gotta be kicking themselves for pulling out of the Outlet Mall deal. Granted that was in 2015 and another outlet was supposed to pop up in Rosenberg. Well that and the contaminated soil probably hurt those chances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Probably it'll be in the phase 1 area, in the corner of 59 and Airport. Its the most visible corner and almost ready to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Geeez the design is so techy and modern! Very cool! I wish Midtown could get something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Any updates on this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dml423 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 6 hours ago, texas911 said: Any updates on this project? I actually live in Stafford so I'll try and give more updates on this development. (eye test, I don't have an inside source unfortunately). So far only Verizon and Chipotle have opened up on airport/59 feeder. No signs for who might take up the available store fronts by Verizon and Chipotle. The streets for the development have been coming along and the very large oak trees have fences around them to preserve them for the development which I am very happy about. So most of the progress so far is roads, sewage etc, I'll try and get some pics next time I am driving by. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I love how this half a billion dollar mega development’s biggest advertising point is that a In-N-Out is going to be in it. Very excited for this whole project though! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 What they really need is some spillover from Chinatown. Otherwise In-N-Out will remain the biggest thing going for this place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, toxtethogrady said: What they really need is some spillover from Chinatown. Otherwise In-N-Out will remain the biggest thing going for this place... It's way too far for spillover from Chinatown. Besides, there are are still plenty of opportunities for development and redevelopment in the Bellaire Blvd corridor that are more likely to draw development of Asian-oriented businesses. If anything, the Bellaire Chinatown seems to have reached a critical mass in the past 20 years and has become the premier area for Asian development. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Drove by and it looks like they are making slow but steady progress on the streets. Maybe the wet winter we had slowed them down. Anyway I hope it pushes through as it looks like a neat project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) On 4/2/2019 at 11:06 AM, august948 said: It's way too far for spillover from Chinatown. Besides, there are are still plenty of opportunities for development and redevelopment in the Bellaire Blvd corridor that are more likely to draw development of Asian-oriented businesses. If anything, the Bellaire Chinatown seems to have reached a critical mass in the past 20 years and has become the premier area for Asian development. I think Chinatown is moving further SW with the KP plaza development @Beechnut and Beltway. That area is considered the international district if I'm not mistaken but is too far to spill over to Stafford as previously stated. Edited April 5, 2019 by htownbro addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, htownbro said: I think Chinatown is moving further SW with the KP plaza development @Beechnut and Beltway. That area is considered the international district if I'm not mistaken but is too far to spill over to Stafford as previously stated. The KP plaza development is more of an incremental growth of Chinatown than part of a discernible push southwest. There's been a lot of development and renovations going on up and down Bellaire over the past few years. I think you will see more in-fill happening in Chinatown and pushes down side streets where there is still land available rather than it pushing significantly in a new direction. There may well be some asian-oriented things that go in to The Grid, but I think those will be incidental to a new development. What might happen if the Katy Asia Town development takes off (which it seems to be doing right now) is that something similar might pop up in the Sugarland/Missouri City area. Edited April 5, 2019 by august948 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I hope not. I like Chinatown as it is and hope it continues to grow. We need "districts" so that Houston gets some character at least. Once we start spreading out it just becomes any town USA. Our Chinatown is really getting pretty nice, much better than it was when it was downtown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Now the city just needs to work on some mass transit plan to connect Chinatown (westside) to downtown. And transit, I'm talking about LRT or BRT. (Preferably LRT) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 4/5/2019 at 9:25 PM, texas911 said: I hope not. I like Chinatown as it is and hope it continues to grow. We need "districts" so that Houston gets some character at least. Once we start spreading out it just becomes any town USA. Our Chinatown is really getting pretty nice, much better than it was when it was downtown. I wouldn't worry about it spreading out. Over the last 20 years or so it's actually gotten more concentrated with many asian businesses opening there. It's only going to grow bigger. That said, the asian community is spreading out as the children of first gen immigrants move to bigger, newer houses particularly on the west side. There's already asian grocery stores and restaurants on highway 6 south of 59. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a Sugar Land asia town develops there. But, it will be mostly for convenience of the local residents. The Bellaire Chinatown has hit critical mass already and is the premier area to open new stores and restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post texas911 Posted April 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2019 It has hit critical mass. What Chinatown needs is a signature piece of architecture. Like a public square or statue or something. In fact, Houston in general is lacking of strong public works of art or signature buildings to make it easy recognizable. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dml423 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Few Pictures of the completed section of The Grid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dml423 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Few more pictures from The Grid. Sorry they are not the best quality. I had to make them really small and reduce their quality to be able to post them here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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