mattyt36 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: It's a bankrupt development, the first real failure we've seen after ten years of success stories. What do y'all want to discuss? Crime, evidently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Listing confirms Caydon has abandoned Houston. https://res.cloudinary.com/jll-global-cmg/image/upload/v1621883691/IC/Img/Original/d8e8aya8h89skoblbyhe.pdf Fitzroy Residences no longer exists on their website so no Phase II. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Listing confirms Caydon has abandoned Houston. https://res.cloudinary.com/jll-global-cmg/image/upload/v1623764751/IC/Img/Original/mur9oi37aiathvkkbs0j.pdf Fitzroy Residences no longer exists on their website so no Phase II. Isn't that The Mix site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, hindesky said: Isn't that The Mix site? Fixed the link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Love when developers come in and buy out a business that adds to the community all to just demo the building and add nothing. Hopefully they sell the land and can bring in a developer with some power to get stuff done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 17 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Listing confirms Caydon has abandoned Houston. https://res.cloudinary.com/jll-global-cmg/image/upload/v1621883691/IC/Img/Original/d8e8aya8h89skoblbyhe.pdf Fitzroy Residences no longer exists on their website so no Phase II. I love how River Oaks and Upper Kirby have swallowed half of Montrose on slide 10. It's a huge shame but perhaps a different developer will add some diversity in design there. I've done yoga nearby and my dentist is across the street. It's a beautiful area. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 17 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Listing confirms Caydon has abandoned Houston. https://res.cloudinary.com/jll-global-cmg/image/upload/v1621883691/IC/Img/Original/d8e8aya8h89skoblbyhe.pdf Fitzroy Residences no longer exists on their website so no Phase II. It is the future I see... Camden will buy the land at a rock-bottom foreclosure sale price, then sit on it for ten years. Then they will build a gated, garden-style apartment complex with a high wall. As they do so, they will say that mixed-use development just doesn't work in Houston, although they continue to pursue it with their projects in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Dallas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 This one hurts the most. Can’t see something better than what was planned going here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Here is the deal - Midtown as a market is very large. It has advantages and disadvantages... While losing some projects is disappointing, We should consider the bigger picture... Area: Located between Southern Downtown / Montrose / Museum Park / 3rd Ward None of these 4 areas is particularly affluent (yet) Museum Park is gentrifying, a process that will take awhile Montrose is still quite rough around the edges and does not have the same quality or quantity of investment that Greater Heights is seeing, for example Southern Downtown is arguably the most challenged part of the CBD Advantages: Things Midtown has going for it... Investments in Museum District / Montrose / and Downtown will slowly bleed into Midtown and help establish sustainable momentum for Midtown There are now some very nice nodes within Midtown that - if maintained - can grow and slowly link together to make Midtown more consistently nice (Innovation District / Midtown Park / HCC Campus) Disadvantages / Challenges: Problems that do not go away overnight The transient population has been an issue for quite some time. They don't disappear overnight... I have no idea how to enact real change here. "Clubs" - no one wants to live next to these. Clubs come and go at a fast pace and generally do not add to quality of life and attract traffic and people who do not respect the area Maintenance - If you drive down Main, you will see the nice new steel street signs are largely damaged. Landscaping does not look maintained. If we want to see the area improve, we cannot allow for the money and effort fall to waste. = Midtown cannot transform into a beautiful urban butterfly without going through the natural course of development. The developments we have seen could be the start of some good things. Houston is just too large for all the development to focus in on Midtown (yet). Neartown / Washington / and even Montrose are in a better position to make the shift to quality urbanism before Midtown, due to their proximity to wealth. We will have to be patient and allow Midtown to patiently wait while the other areas reach their potential before it is Midtown's time to fully blossom. My prediction: Midtown will improve at a slower pace than the other areas for the next 10-20 years. Once major tracts in Montrose / Washington / Neartown are scarce and highly valued, you will see an explosion of development as the opportunity will finally be focused on Midtown! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Avossos said: Montrose is still quite rough around the edges and does not have the same quality or quantity of investment that Greater Heights is seeing, for example. Why do you think that is? If I’m not mistaken, ppsf land values are higher in Montrose than the Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said: Why do you think that is? If I’m not mistaken, ppsf land values are higher in Montrose than the Heights. You're right on the value of land. My comment was more of an observation of the quality of existing development. I believe there is a lot of existing development that is past it's effective use in Montrose. There are multiple layers of redevelopment needed. Ex: 1880-1940 historic homes / 1950s light industrial / 1960's apartments / 1970's small offices / 1980's townhomes / 1990's-2000's strip centers - all needing repair or replacement. I would say there is still 60% of properties in Montrose still needing this kind of attention. All these things contribute to a somewhat disjointed and occasionally 'rough around the edges' community. Developers have every option possible when they choose to invest in Montrose. The Heights is a bit more consistent - historic neighborhood (homes) with light retail. As of recently, some urban apartments along main drags. Sure they have light industry and strip centers, but overall a more consistent and concise area for investors - not to mention a cheaper entry price. Edited June 24, 2021 by Avossos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Most of the historic homes are well maintained at this point. Many of the 1960s apartments as well. Montrose is not consistent, but the idea that it's "rough around the edges" at this point is pretty absurd. It hasn't gotten much in the way of recent large scale development, but that's because it was already much more stable than a lot of other neighborhoods. And of course you *are* getting large scale redevelopment on the edges. W Dallas being the obvious corridor. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 34 minutes ago, Avossos said: You're right on the value of land. My comment was more of an observation of the quality of existing development. I believe there is a lot of existing development that is past it's effective use in Montrose. There are multiple layers of redevelopment needed. Ex: 1880-1940 historic homes / 1950s light industrial / 1960's apartments / 1970's small offices / 1980's townhomes / 1990's-2000's strip centers - all needing repair or replacement. I would say there is still 60% of properties in Montrose still needing this kind of attention. All these things contribute to a somewhat disjointed and occasionally 'rough around the edges' community. Developers have every option possible when they choose to invest in Montrose. The Heights is a bit more consistent - historic neighborhood (homes) with light retail. As of recently, some urban apartments along main drags. Sure they have light industry and strip centers, but overall a more consistent and concise area for investors - not to mention a cheaper entry price. Probably the reason small things don't get renovated and kept up in Montrose is that people are just waiting to sell it to a midrise/highrise developer. This is also why in most of downtown, small things stopped getting renovated sometime around 1970 or so, although there has been a revival in certain areas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Avossos said: Midtown cannot transform into a beautiful urban butterfly without going through the natural course of development. The developments we have seen could be the start of some good things. Houston is just too large for all the development to focus in on Midtown (yet). Neartown / Washington / and even Montrose are in a better position to make the shift to quality urbanism before Midtown, due to their proximity to wealth. We will have to be patient and allow Midtown to patiently wait while the other areas reach their potential before it is Midtown's time to fully blossom. My prediction: Midtown will improve at a slower pace than the other areas for the next 10-20 years. Once major tracts in Montrose / Washington / Neartown are scarce and highly valued, you will see an explosion of development as the opportunity will finally be focused on Midtown! I'm skeptical of some of this. 20-25 years ago, Midtown already had a fast-growing population. I think I saw something a few years ago that said Midtown and Montrose had more housing units constructed in the past decade than any other neighborhood in the city. There's no reason it should have to wait for other neighborhoods to reach their potential, whatever that potential is. (They may have already reached it, they may never reach it...) In Dallas, Deep Ellum was about as dingy as Midtown before it exploded. And Midtown has exploded, it's just hitting a limit right now. One thing that might help along Main Street is if Camden's project would ever open up and start leasing, you'd have more people on the ground which would deter some of the vagrants and vandalism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, H-Town Man said: I'm skeptical of some of this. 20-25 years ago, Midtown already had a fast-growing population. I think I saw something a few years ago that said Midtown and Montrose had more housing units constructed in the past decade than any other neighborhood in the city. There's no reason it should have to wait for other neighborhoods to reach their potential, whatever that potential is. (They may have already reached it, they may never reach it...) In Dallas, Deep Ellum was about as dingy as Midtown before it exploded. And Midtown has exploded, it's just hitting a limit right now. One thing that might help along Main Street is if Camden's project would ever open up and start leasing, you'd have more people on the ground which would deter some of the vagrants and vandalism. These are all small drops in a very very big pond... one / 2 / 20 apartments aren't going to change all of Midtown. you need hundreds of blocks to get some love in order for that to happen. What Camden project has not started leasing? the one by the park? I thought it was done and leased up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 10:40 PM, jmitch94 said: Love when developers come in and buy out a business that adds to the community all to just demo the building and add nothing. Hopefully they sell the land and can bring in a developer with some power to get stuff done. In fairness, that developer did deliver a 27-story high rise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Avossos said: These are all small drops in a very very big pond... one / 2 / 20 apartments aren't going to change all of Midtown. you need hundreds of blocks to get some love in order for that to happen. What Camden project has not started leasing? the one by the park? I thought it was done and leased up? But if it's the fastest growing neighborhood in the city, it sounds like it doesn't need a major change, it already is changing. Just needs to continue changing. It might be helpful to talk about different sections of Midtown. Southwest Midtown seems very healthy and thriving, at least from Elgin down to around Richmond, and west of Main. Northwest Midtown was the first area to develop, although it kind of petered out going eastward. North central and northeast Midtown are the areas where large-scale development hasn't worked yet. Yes, you are right about the Camden project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Yeah, I'm a little perplexed about the basis of this whole conversation. Two high-rises were just completed in Midtown, restaurants, bars and other businesses have been popping up like crazy over the past few years. Why all this talk about slow/no development? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/24/2021 at 9:32 AM, H-Town Man said: It is the future I see... Camden will buy the land at a rock-bottom foreclosure sale price, then sit on it for ten years. Then they will build a gated, garden-style apartment complex with a high wall. As they do so, they will say that mixed-use development just doesn't work in Houston, although they continue to pursue it with their projects in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Dallas. Just curious, what mixed-use projects has Camden done in Dallas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Maintenance - If you drive down Main, you will see the nice new steel street signs are largely damaged. Landscaping does not look maintained. If we want to see the area improve, we cannot allow for the money and effort fall to waste. Do you think maybe they're spending all of the money that would normally go for maintenance, to buy up properties in Third ward. Actually the maintenance along the rail lines are probably under the jurisdiction of Metro. Since they've had no paying riders for the last year I'm sure their budget is far from adequate to do maintenance and a lot of the plantings they had died in the freeze. So I'll give them a break on that. It does look very sad along the lines with all of the dead plants and the disrepair in some parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Avossos said: My comment was more of an observation of the quality of existing development. I believe there is a lot of existing development that is past it's effective use in Montrose. There are multiple layers of redevelopment needed. Ex: 1880-1940 historic homes Forgive me if this seems nit-picky but I'm unaware of any 19th century houses in Montrose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, bobruss said: Since they've had no paying riders for the last year I'm sure their budget is far from adequate to do maintenance and a lot of the plantings they had died in the freeze. METRO resumed charging fares on July 12th 2020. Fares were waived on March 23, 2020. Three and a half months of collecting no fares doubtlessly had an effect on their budget, but it's my understanding that fares cover only a small portion of METRO's operating costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 58 minutes ago, dbigtex56 said: Forgive me if this seems nit-picky but I'm unaware of any 19th century houses in Montrose. Mine is 1910, so close! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said: Mine is 1910, so close! Cool. From what I've read, development in the Montrose area started with the establishment of Westmoreland subdivision.(1902). I might have to retract my earlier statement about there being no 19th century houses. Someone told me that the former Robin's Nest B&B at 4104 Greeley St. was a farmhouse that predates the later developments in the area. Whether or not that's true I cannot say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, dbigtex56 said: METRO resumed charging fares on July 12th 2020. Fares were waived on March 23, 2020. Three and a half months of collecting no fares doubtlessly had an effect on their budget, but it's my understanding that fares cover only a small portion of METRO's operating costs. Yes, but it's still a LOT of money. I believe Metro was collecting around $75 Million per year in passenger fares prior to the pandemic. Edited June 25, 2021 by Houston19514 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Just curious, what mixed-use projects has Camden done in Dallas? I just threw out a few cities. It was a joke. I guess you searched the internet for all three and found that they hadn't done any in Dallas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Yeah, I'm a little perplexed about the basis of this whole conversation. Two high-rises were just completed in Midtown, restaurants, bars and other businesses have been popping up like crazy over the past few years. Why all this talk about slow/no development? Because the two largest private developments that were brewing in Midtown both just failed. A two-block parcel of land that somebody paid $20 million for a few years ago is now in a foreclosure sale. It is fine if you don't think this is significant. But what in your opinion would be significant? Would giant cracks have to appear in the streets and buildings start collapsing? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Because the two largest private developments that were brewing in Midtown both just failed. A two-block parcel of land that somebody paid $20 million for a few years ago is now in a foreclosure sale. It is fine if you don't think this is significant. But what in your opinion would be significant? Would giant cracks have to appear in the streets and buildings start collapsing? At least there’s The Ion! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: I just threw out a few cities. It was a joke. I guess you searched the internet for all three and found that they hadn't done any in Dallas? Ahhh, so you're just making stuff up. Got it. Glad we cleared that up. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Houston19514 said: Ahhh, so you're just making stuff up. Got it. Glad we cleared that up. 😉 Was it not already clear that that post was entirely humorous? I suppose you think that when I started off "It is the future I see" that I was really claiming to be able to see the future. And if I were to now admit that I cannot actually see the future, you would post triumphally that you caught me in a lie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Because the two largest private developments that were brewing in Midtown both just failed. A two-block parcel of land that somebody paid $20 million for a few years ago is now in a foreclosure sale. It is fine if you don't think this is significant. But what in your opinion would be significant? Would giant cracks have to appear in the streets and buildings start collapsing? Sure, that would be significant, but so is the context. Pandemic and all... Not to mention the fact that proposed projects "fail" all the time, all over town, even in Dallas. Remind me.. what is the second of the two largest private developments that were brewing? Edited June 25, 2021 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Sure, that would be significant, but so is the context. Pandemic and all... Not to mention the fact that proposed projects "fail" all the time, all over town, even in Dallas. Remind me.. what is the second of the two largest private developments that were brewing? The Mix 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Sure, that would be significant, but so is the context. Pandemic and all... Not to mention the fact that proposed projects "fail" all the time, all over town, even in Dallas. Remind me.. what is the second of the two largest private developments that were brewing. Of course it's largely because of the pandemic. I'm pretty sure I mentioned as much before. But it's still a setback for the area. It's sort of like, if I were to say in 1986, "Things are really rough downtown now, a couple of new office buildings have just foreclosed." And you said, "Well, it's just because of the oil bust." Yeah. It's because of the oil bust. And the oil bust has exposed a couple of long term issues with downtown that were hidden when things were good (shift of development westward and to the suburbs). But regardless of the causes, it's still a rough time for downtown. What does Dallas have to do with anything? The two largest private developments that were brewing were Laneways and The Mix. Edited June 25, 2021 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Of course it's largely because of the pandemic. I'm pretty sure I mentioned as much before. But it's still a setback for the area. It's sort of like, if I were to say in 1986, "Things are really rough downtown now, a couple of new office buildings have just foreclosed." And you said, "Well, it's just because of the oil bust." Yeah. It's because of the oil bust. And the oil bust has exposed a couple of long term issues with downtown that were hidden when things were good (shift of development westward and to the suburbs). But regardless of the causes, it's still a rough time for downtown. What does Dallas have to do with anything? The two largest private developments that were brewing were Laneways and The Mix. Except that's not all I'm saying. I'm disagreeing with the premise. I don't thinks look rough or hopeless for Midtown. The cancellation of a proposed development (especially a development like Laneways) is of course disappointing, but as I mentioned above, that happens all the time, in all markets. It doesn't mean the end of Midtown. Given the huge amount of development in Midtown in recent years, it might just be time for the market to catch it's breath, so to speak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Except that's not all I'm saying. I'm disagreeing with the premise. I don't thinks look rough or hopeless for Midtown. The cancellation of a proposed development (especially a development like Laneways) is of course disappointing, but as I mentioned above, that happens all the time, in all markets. It doesn't mean the end of Midtown. Given the huge amount of development in Midtown in recent years, it might just be time for the market to catch it's breath, so to speak. I mentioned a few posts back that I think it's worth thinking about different sections of Midtown, some of which are pretty successful, some of which are much more challenged. Laneways outkicked its coverage a little and ran into a challenging area. So we are having a discussion now about the challenges of certain areas of Midtown. I disagree that this happens all the time in all markets. I don't think a failure like this has happened in Houston since Houston Pavilions, and when that happened, it provoked a good discussion about some of the limits that exist to development downtown. Those limits have receded a bit but they still exist, and we will have to wait and see what happens with Greenstreet to mark our progress. Lastly, I think there is some resistance to the idea that two events make a trend, but real estate trends and perceptions are often based on one or two successes or failures. Two major retail/residential projects go up on Allen Parkway and suddenly the development community is saying that this is Houston's "oceanfront property" and there is a rise in land values everywhere on Allen Parkway. Two big multi-family developments happen on Navigation and suddenly Navigation is "on the map" for new multi-family development. Ed Wulfe's BLVD Place is forced to scale back after the 2008 market crash and that is seen as a bellwether of how the market crash has impacted retail. The Central Square office renovation in north Midtown fails spectacularly and shows that office doesn't work there. And so on. Edited June 25, 2021 by H-Town Man 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 No matter what's happening in Midtown, it could be Tel Aviv, where they've been known to dig a hole and just leave it there.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) We had something like that at Fannin and Capitol for about 10 years until the parking garage for the Star (former Texaco) was built. Not quite as deep, though. Edited July 10, 2021 by rechlin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 14 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: Getting some serious Parks and Rec vibes off this pit. 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A. Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 After reading all the discussion about why 2 big mixed use projects failed in Midtown, I wonder if the answer might be pretty simple: Downtown stole Midtown's thunder... and from what I'm seeing, is continuing to run away with it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMU1213 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, J.A. said: After reading all the discussion about why 2 big mixed use projects failed in Midtown, I wonder if the answer might be pretty simple: Downtown stole Midtown's thunder... and from what I'm seeing, is continuing to run away with it. Or because no one over the age of 30 wants to live in Midtown and people under the age of the 30 don't pay the rents necessary for a succesful highrise development. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonMan Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, SMU1213 said: Or because no one over the age of 30 wants to live in Midtown and people under the age of the 30 don't pay the rents necessary for a succesful highrise development. I think you’re spot on here. Midtown needs to pivot from the bar scene that caters to the young party crowd to a more all-encompassing live/work/shop model that takes advantage of the street grid to create a very pedestrian lifestyle. Everything you need within walking distance. A much more stable, affluent population would migrate to the neighborhood. Hopefully the Ion will be a catalyst for such a transformation! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, MarathonMan said: I think you’re spot on here. Midtown needs to pivot from the bar scene that caters to the young party crowd to a more all-encompassing live/work/shop model that takes advantage of the street grid to create a very pedestrian lifestyle. Everything you need within walking distance. A much more stable, affluent population would migrate to the neighborhood. Hopefully the Ion will be a catalyst for such a transformation! If that happens with the Ion, I’m sure Montrose will claim that pocket. 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Why is this still under Going Up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 3:22 PM, Fortune said: Why is this still under Going Up? You tell me. I try to find the methodology behind keeping finished buildings in a section of the forum titled "Going Up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Because we don't have a "on-hold" section. These lots will get developed eventually, and the title will change, and will eventually "go up". Makes it easier to find when the time comes. We're here to make sure everyone plays nicely and move/merge threads by requests. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Here is an update. Common Bond is starting construction tomorrow! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbs315 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 21 minutes ago, urbanize713 said: Here is an update. Common Bond is starting construction tomorrow! tha's coo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 14 hours ago, urbanize713 said: Here is an update. Common Bond is starting construction tomorrow! Common Bond in The Ion? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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