j_cuevas713 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I walk by this lot daily from my job on 18th to Dunkin Donuts. This is awesome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 22 hours ago, s3mh said: This looks a bit too SimCity to be real. It looks large enough to go all the way from Yale to Rutland. It also looks very purposefully vague as to whether it is office or multifamily on top of retail. I suspect this is just an attempt to see what kind of leasing interest there would be in the property and not an actual rendering of a project that is ready to build. The property has 200' of frontage (200 x 132 = the 26,400 sf shown in the brochure). Scaling from the people in the rendering, it looks like about 20-ft between columns, which would make this about 280 feet across the front, which is about half the block, and would require them to acquire the Baptist Temple's parking lot next door. I also agree that this rendering (and the brochure) is too vague to give any kind of indication what Levcor plans to develop here. The ground floor is laid out kind of like retail (front-facing entry doors every 30 feet or so, but then there's what looks like an office building lobby entrance in the middle. The 2nd floor has only two small entry doors from the colonnade/deck, and looks more like a hotel conference facility. The third floor (or is it 3rd and 4th?) looks like a parking garage with a 40-ft atrium in the middle of it. And the top floor looks like a pair of very large bar/restaurant spaces. And yet the site only says 18k sf of leaseable area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HNathoo Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Here are some more images from the brochure: Edited January 22, 2020 by HNathoo 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 are the other parking lots owned by separate entities? or is it all Sand Dollar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, HNathoo said: Here are some more images from the brochure: Is there a link to this brochure? Hard to read the text in the images. ...but this makes a lot more sense now. Two floors of retail, topped by two floors of parking, then two floors of office. That top image may be off, though. The plan view shows the 5th floor decks facing the back, whereas the renderings show them facing the front (which would make more sense). Also, it looks like the curb cut in the rendering is in the wrong place. On the 1st floor plan view, it shows vehicle ingress from 19th, along the western edge of the building. There also appears to be access from the alley, so maybe the 19th St vehicle entrance can be eliminated. Edited January 23, 2020 by Angostura 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 18 hours ago, Luminare said: are the other parking lots owned by separate entities? or is it all Sand Dollar? The overhead views show the building footprint covering everything from the corner up to and including the new-ish Memorial Herman building. That's 424 feet of frontage, 200 of which was the Sand Dollar property. The other lots are (were?) owned by the Baptist Temple (that fronts 20th). Presumably the agreement between LevCor and the Temple will include use of the new parking garage for Sunday services. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Rode by this today, is anything going to happen? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Levcor has been active in the area. They just purchased 7620 Washington Ave a few weeks ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I'm a big fan of this development, I hope it happens. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 New design? https://www.levyarchitects.com/houston-mixed-use 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I work right next to this building. Love the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 1:42 AM, Urbannizer said: New design? https://www.levyarchitects.com/houston-mixed-use I bet the person who rode the motorcycle there is regretting their choice. Seriously though, why put together a render that shows the property in a steady downpour? Are they trying to obfuscate some of the design details? I don't get it. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Huge step back. Previous plan would have eliminated a sea of surface parking and have continuous storefronts down 19th. The garage could have helped handle increased traffic as 19th continued to redevelop and become a vibrant destination. This new version is just another glorified strip center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Levcor still has the same rendering. Not sure where the Levy project is supposed to go or why the above poster thinks that it is a replacement for the Levcor project. https://levcor.com/projects/1903-yale-street 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, s3mh said: Levcor still has the same rendering. Not sure where the Levy project is supposed to go or why the above poster thinks that it is a replacement for the Levcor project. https://levcor.com/projects/1903-yale-street Hence the “?” - the Loopnet listing is gone, the design is similar just on a smaller scale and there has been no recent information indicating the project is moving forward in that form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Jones Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 IMO, I don't see this moving forward anytime soon. Levcor acquired the property in 2018 and the only thing I've seen was the brochure to sell or build to suit. https://levcor.com/media/Projects/1903-Yale-Street/Yale-Street-Brochure.pdf Then this from 1/29/2020: https://levcor.com/media/19-and-Yale_1.29.20.pdf Maybe they asked the architect to cut the anticipated preliminary budget to lower overall construction cost and possibly SF lease costs. The rendering on Levy's site is definitely a downgrade in building cost compared to the rendering on Levcor's site. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Plat for this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Becks Prime is leaving across the street. This really feels like a prime area to put something big in. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Quote This really feels like a prime area to put something big in. i see what you did there. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 This is on next week's planning agenda. New design, but similar scale to the original and *not* the scaled back second rendering. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post texan Posted October 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2021 I like it! 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 This is exciting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChannelTwoNews Posted October 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2021 Just a bit bigger... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 That's the old design, no? Different architect even. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I found it on the Levcor website so if they haven't updated, it could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 New design is definitely better. Previous design they threw all the parking in back and only left a little part of it for actual rental space. This new seems to be first floor all retail with 3 levels of parking across the whole lot with two floors of office / retail on top. Considering the site constraints, and the amount of parking required, they did a pretty decent job. Seems like they are taking cues from 888 Westheimer. In general it seems architects are figuring out how to better incorporate parking levels w/ retail w/ general rental space. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springcityparts Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Does anyone have any fun updates about this property? Run by it all the time and don’t see anything new 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted March 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2022 Address: 1903 Yale Street Houston, TX 77008 Architect: Kirksey Information: 6-story mixed-use building. Two levels of lease space (approx. 90,000 SF) over three levels of parking. Ground floor consists of two retail areas, one being 8,200 SF and the other 12,100 SF. Construction start is anticipated for August 2022. 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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