houstonsemipro Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Jalapenos, the colorful restaurant near the corner of Kirby and Westheimer, will close its doors a the end of the year to make way for a huge new development on the land where the eatery has stood for 18 years. Recent Company News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 duh duh.....duh duh duh.....another one bites the dust. duh duh.....duh duh duh.....another one bites the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 In the meantime, Romero's The Courtyard on St. James, a private event facility and lunch-only restaurant located at 1885 St. James Place, will serve many of Jalapenos' most popular dishes. The catering arm of Jalapenos will relocate to The Courtyard and continue to operate.I really wish someone would open another club there at 1885 St James Place. It always bugged me that this is what it became after The Ocean Club closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Anymore information on the new Development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Anymore information on the new Development?Wasn't Jalepeno's part of this land deal?http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...p?showtopic=160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 This one's breaking ground in a few months and will certainly blow the socks off of any urbanist, fashonista or foodie. Trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Not giving out any info yet eh? Name of devloper, project, anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokieone Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Is this going in where Jalapeno's currently is? It looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Is this going in where Jalapeno's currently is? It looks awesome.Yes, and then some. Urban Partners (West Village in Dallas, 2nd Street in Austin) along with Gables is developing the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Hmm..looks awesome!And, do I spot..retail? It sort of resembles that thingy in San Diego (or is it San Jose?) except..better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Cool looking project.And yeah is that retail at the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Wow, looks to be a cool project. Can't wait to hear more on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Thats really good news! I did not see that one coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I'm glad developers are doing alot of projects like this in and around Montrose. To dense-ify this funky area of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Wow. And I've noticed the sign for the new residential tower across the street where the Page Parkes building is up too (I know, that doesn't mean much), so that strip could be quite different soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 You think traffic is bad now?Oy vey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 ^Thats why a subway is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I'm glad developers are doing alot of projects like this in and around Montrose. To dense-ify this funky area of town.Well they like to be called Upper Kirby. Go figure!This is awesome I hope it is successful and so other developers can follow this great example. I know there are plenty of other project out there inside the loop that have done this, but specifically speaking, I wish the developers building the Target retail center near Rice Military will redo there plans to be more like or similar to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 This is awesome I hope it is successful and so other developers can follow this great example. I know there are plenty of other project out there inside the loop that have done this, but specifically speaking, I wish the developers building the Target retail center near Rice Military will redo there plans to be more like or similar to this.I'm guessing that these projects only get built in places with super expensive real estate. That land over in Rice Military was probably relatively cheap compared to Upper Kirby.Is cheap land here why we don't see many of these cool projects that we envy in other cities? If so, that means that all we have to do is wait and they will spring up in bunches once land goes above a certain price.Any commercial developers out there that want to expand on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Retail Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 i think its more the fact that these projects just dont exist yet. Houston developers and lenders are accustomed to one type of development. Once a few of these are off the ground, (and the one posted should break ground soon), people will see that it can work.This one is going to have two floors of retail, totaling 150,000 sf of retail. It will be a district in itself. There will also be a level of parking below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Plastic Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 BTW what ever happened to UNO's on Kirby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownKid Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Where is Kipling an Comeron Ave?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) ^^Kirby@westheimer. SE corner, I think.Now, isnt this project, like, right next to, or close to the new tower to go up on Kirby? If so, this will be a big selling point, and hopefully, lead to more neat stuff like that later on. Edited November 14, 2005 by UrbaNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokieone Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Its close to the proposed 2727 Kirby project, which is the Paige parkes building, basically across the street. Kirby at Westheimer is going to be a really cool corner in a couple of years. I always have liked the plaza where taco Milagro is, you have the other side where River Oaks grill is, the rendering above will be on the other corner and the 2727 plaza won't be far off. Who knows, maybe it will eventually fill in all the way down to Highland Village. I guess not entirely possible since central Market takes up a huge amount of space, but still will be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Looks very large. I wonder how this area of town will look in five years, after these projects (assuming that they're completed) are done and the completion of the University-to-Uptown rail line is realized?Will these lead to an even greater transformation of the area? Will it spread west toward Greenway Plaza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) Looks very large. I wonder how this area of town will look in five years, after these projects (assuming that they're completed) are done and the completion of the University-to-Uptown rail line is realized?Will these lead to an even greater transformation of the area? Will it spread west toward Greenway Plaza?"Will it spread west torward Greenway Plaza".This is a great point. I've always wondered why this area seemed, well a little dead. It seems to me that it would be ripe for residential developement considering it's close proximity to pretty much everything. I believe I did read (on haif) that there was a large residential project in the area. I think it was in an existing commercial building. Edited November 14, 2005 by Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 believe I did read (on haif) that there was a large residential project in the area. I think it was in an existing commercial building.There are a couple, in fact. See threads in the Galleria/West Houston folder that speak to them specifically. There's a redo of an existing governmental building that could be interesting. Also, a residential development near the Edward's Cinema and the Mercedes-Benz dealership is supposed to go up on the empty lot next to Lakewood Church. The latter is pretty speculative at this point, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Also, a residential development near the Edward's Cinema and the Mercedes-Benz dealership is supposed to go up on the empty lot next to Lakewood Church. The latter is pretty speculative at this point, though.No, that is just a strip mall, with a gas station and several comic book stores for the crowd at the movie theater. And maybe a mommy and me day camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 So, is this complex going to be across the street from the Kirby Condos? I thought that they were also at Kirby and Westheimer. I am guessing one of these buildings is replacing the Jalapenos restaurant and the Shell at the corner. What other corner is getting leveled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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