Urbannizer Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Subdivision plat filed for the U-Haul Moving & Storage site at 1617 San Jacinto. The project will also take out half of the surface lot along Leeland. SubdivisionPlatPDF_1617-1741_U-Haul at San Jacinto No 745062_plat.pdf 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigFootsSocks Posted February 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2018 This must be the first time a storage building is being replaced 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I wonder what could be happening there ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 A residential high rise 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, htownbro said: A residential high rise Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 When they were building that apartment on San Jac and St Joseph I wondered how long the Storage and book store would last. Is the Bail bonds a block to the east still there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 What is happening to our downtown? First the elimination of many surface parking lots, then the refurbishing of abandoned buildings to apartments and hotels, and now this. Will this never end? "They" are making the downtown an attractive area. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I guess this is the market naturally finding the best use of things. I was initally dismayed in my hood that a key block was going to become a strip center in Montrose, but then I have to remember it won't last forever, just no foresight. Very interesting!~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 2 hours ago, htownbro said: A residential high rise Source? Would this be the first downtown residential high-rise project post-DLI? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Waiting on the Park announcement for this quarter of downtown... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 For context (as I do not know), does a replat like this automatically imply an impending development? Could it imply a parcel is being readied for sale? (The replat is even titled "U-Haul at San Jacinto.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Naviguessor said: Waiting on the Park announcement for this quarter of downtown... Root Square is in this quadrant but it's small. Maybe it can be expanded. The other options would be closer to the 59 or capping 59 itself or the 45 redo. Apart from those there are not many contiguous lots that would make for another super park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) not that every uhaul doesn't have a lot of people renting uhauls, but this place was always busy when I needed to stop there for something. hopefully, if they close this location, another one is opened in the east end. this spot would be a perfect location for a downtown HEB Edited February 22, 2018 by samagon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 ya i wouldn't get your hopes up on this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 17 hours ago, swtsig said: ya i wouldn't get your hopes up on this one Apologies for the bump . . . but truly curious: 22 hours ago, mattyt36 said: For context (as I do not know), does a replat like this automatically imply an impending development? Could it imply a parcel is being readied for sale? (The replat is even titled "U-Haul at San Jacinto.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 That's a corporate U-Haul, not a dealer. Odd that Amerco would give up on a prime downtown location. Unless they think not that many people are moving to or need storage in Downtown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 17 hours ago, 102IAHexpress said: That's a corporate U-Haul, not a dealer. Odd that Amerco would give up on a prime downtown location. Unless they think not that many people are moving to or need storage in Downtown? To add on to this, unfortunately I have heard this may be U-Haul just tearing down their existing building to build a new facility. As @swtsig mentioned, I would not get too excited on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UtterlyUrban Posted February 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2018 6 hours ago, CREguy13 said: To add on to this, unfortunately I have heard this may be U-Haul just tearing down their existing building to build a new facility. As @swtsig mentioned, I would not get too excited on this. Good! I don’t find this unfortunate at all. Frankly, in my opinion, for neighborhoods to be vibrant they need all sorts of “ infrastructure”. Places like U-haul, splashed in among the bars, residences, dining, and clothing retail, create the web of “stuff” needed for an exciting, dense, urban experience. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 1 hour ago, UtterlyUrban said: Good! I don’t find this unfortunate at all. Frankly, in my opinion, for neighborhoods to be vibrant they need all sorts of “ infrastructure”. Places like U-haul, splashed in among the bars, residences, dining, and clothing retail, create the web of “stuff” needed for an exciting, dense, urban experience. I agree 100 percent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy65 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Sorry, but I can think of a number of things that are far more conducive to a vibrant neighborhood than a uHaul store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 5:56 PM, UtterlyUrban said: Frankly, in my opinion, for neighborhoods to be vibrant they need all sorts of “ infrastructure”. 5 hours ago, Vy65 said: Sorry, but I can think of a number of things that are far more conducive to a vibrant neighborhood than a uHaul store. Houston's still got a ways to go before it's as vibrant as San Francisco. But we'll get there. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 11:09 AM, CREguy13 said: To add on to this, unfortunately I have heard this may be U-Haul just tearing down their existing building to build a new facility. As @swtsig mentioned, I would not get too excited on this. Any renderings or permits pulled yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 This is being razed for a new 6 story storage facility 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 It'll have ground floor retail of unclaimed storage. Sorry for this joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 8 hours ago, EllenOlenska said: It'll have ground floor retail of unclaimed storage. Sorry for this joke. That would actually be awesome. You find cool stuff in abandoned lockers.i would be there every weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 5:56 PM, UtterlyUrban said: Good! for neighborhoods to be vibrant they need all sorts of “ infrastructure”. Places like U-haul, splashed in among the bars, residences, dining, and clothing retail, create the web of “stuff” needed for an exciting, dense, urban experience. This is so true. I've begun the down-sizing process. Two years ago we moved from a 4 bedroom suburban house to a 2 bedroom townhouse. Even though the square footage of the townhouse is generous for a 2 bedroom it still would not hold all our crap stuff. I rented storage space for 6 months until I could find appropriate homes for the things we no longer wanted. Writing that rent check every month kept me motivated to get rid of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Drove by this yesterday, and a new blue construction fence is up around the entire block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwf402 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Saw they were demolishing the building when I went to Zydeco’s for lunch. Any idea what is going to replace it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 6 story storage facility 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 There is an existing post regarding this project in the “Downtown” section. May need to merge topics. https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/39015-u-haul-moving-storage-expansion-at-1617-san-jacinto/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwf402 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, thedistrict84 said: There is an existing post regarding this project in the “Downtown” section. May need to merge topics. My bad. I searched 1622 Caroline and nothing came up. Mods can merge or remove this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 52 minutes ago, dwf402 said: My bad. I searched 1622 Caroline and nothing came up. Mods can merge or remove this thread. No worries, I was mostly mentioning it to draw attention so the admins could look at merging the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_nataliepw Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 https://m.imgur.com/SxPLgIV,oFpd9bq,Sozmq7z Pics from demolition today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Lot's of rubble to U-Haul away: https://imgur.com/a/YDLRYgl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I guess downtown needs a bigger storage facility with all the residents living down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) I’ve asked 2 different workers what they were building one had no clue and the second one said apartments. Whatever is being built they will be using a tower crane to do it. Zero below grade excavation and they are already putting in concrete columns. CD843F16-78C0-40B0-81B1-E535BFF11F5F by David, on Flickr Edited December 21, 2018 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Environmental signage said U-Haul San Jacinto.Burton is the construction company but couldn’t find anything on their website https://burtonconstruction.com/projects/ 8F139AC5-8AE3-43A3-A3E0-5AD3F3FB8E80 by David, on Flickr FFE3B876-4301-4F94-9C58-F24F9E780A47 by David, on Flickr Edited December 21, 2018 by hindesky Added more information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I talked with the guy collecting the cement samples and said it was going to be a 6 stories high U-Haul storage. 4 stories of storage and 2 of their retail store. He said that they saw a need for a storage with all the people moving downtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Wow this is great 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I wonder if the Liebherr tower crane from Memorial Hermann is coming here? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 12/22/2018 at 1:23 PM, hindesky said: I talked with the guy collecting the cement samples and said it was going to be a 6 stories high U-Haul storage. 4 stories of storage and 2 of their retail store. He said that they saw a need for a storage with all the people moving downtown. If true, This is good, IMO. not everything downtown can be and “entertainment” venue. For downtown to exit as a neighborhood, it will need “infrastructure” like this. I hope that this info is correct. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Tower crane is going up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I think this is a solid development for the neighborhood and we’re getting a larger structure in its place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Work on the second floor. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I saw they posted a rendering on the corner of San Jacinto and Pease, haven't had a chance to take a picture of it though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Nicely done for a self-storage building. Looks like they are trying to be architecturally sensitive to the growing residential neighborhood. Edited March 19, 2019 by DrLan34 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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