Urbannizer Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 The new owner of 3 adjacent 2-story apartment complexes at the western edge of Winlow Place in Montrose have politely asked all tenants to leave by the end of August. The fifties-and-sixties-era courtyard complexes, at 1920 W. Alabama St. (above), 2810 McDuffie, and 1924 Marshall, were sold by Prestige Holdings at the end of April to a company called City Centre at Midtown, which appears to be connected to apartment developer Dolce Living. The adjacent complexes together include 73 apartments; the 1.58 acres of land they sit on has frontage on West Alabama St. (between Hazard and Huldy, pictured above) and McDuffie St., which dead-ends into a parking lot shared by the McDuffie and Marshall St. properties. According to a tipster, a notice for the abandonment of that dead-end portion of McDuffie St. was posted in February. Admiral Linen’s 3-building complex (behind the Randalls grocery store) at 2030 Kipling St. is immediately adjacent to the properties. According to a notice sent to residents by the property manager, City Centre at Midtown plans to demolish the buildings in September and build new apartments on the site. The same notice informs residents that they must vacate their apartments no later than August 31st, and offers to prorate August rent accordingly. “Thank you for your residency,” the notice reads. “Many of you have made your home at City Centre for a long period of time.” “Longtime residents aren’t finding any consolation in this offer,” a tipster tells Swamplot. “Especially with such short notice. The residents are a demographically diverse group with a wide range of occupations from students to retirees. It’s mostly quiet, peppered with moments of friends laughing it up outside and impromptu music concerts.” The actions of the seller and buyer in preparing for redevelopment “flew under the radar,” according to the tipster. http://swamplot.com/new-owners-to-montrose-apartment-dwellers-everybody-out-by-the-end-of-august-were-tearing-these-places-down/2014-07-28/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I know they "have the right," but that doesn't make it right when it's just over the minimum 30 days' notice to vacate for people who've been in place for some time. Somehow I doubt that an extra two to four weeks would have killed them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I hope that whatever they build it will be relatively low in rent or just above what was there now. Not everything needs to be super upscale which is probably whats going to go here, but then again if they are already that quick to demo in september it's probably just going to be regular apartments and not a midrise or even townhomes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I hope that whatever they build it will be relatively low in rent or just above what was there now. Not everything needs to be super upscale which is probably whats going to go here, but then again if they are already that quick to demo in september it's probably just going to be regular apartments and not a midrise or even townhomes. The only chance of something being low rent in the area was to leave the existing building. The land costs and building costs pretty much prohibit any kind of newer low rent building without some kind of subsidy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 http://www.click2houston.com/news/montrose-residents-have-mixed-feelings-over-planned-midrise-construction/27235362 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Terrible sidewalk engagement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKB9 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Looks like another generic faux-historical apartment complex...yay! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 This is so not in Midtown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yea I still don't understand why this is considered Midtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Do we finally some Heights-esque Midtown creep?! This is so not in Midtown. Yea I still don't understand why this is considered Midtown. To me this looks like the condos in Miami designed to keep non-residents out. http://www.click2houston.com/news/montrose-residents-have-mixed-feelings-over-planned-midrise-construction/27235362 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yea I still don't understand why this is considered Midtown. It is not... they just want it to appeal to a crowd looking for that name... or they are very misinformed. This design looks bad, and I am not even concerned about the street stuff. It makes logical sense to put a garage on the bottom floor. It is the stylings that have no integrity to anything and are built to catch a trend. This building wont look great when new, and it will look worse as it ages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I refuse to believe that this will wind up being the name of the complex - it just makes no sense. Typically "Upper Kirby" is the name creep over this particular part of Montrose The LLC was formed October of last year and the sale wasn't until April/May of this year so maybe it was originally formed for another deal that fell through? Anyway, hard to tell much from that "rendering" but I'm impressed with the height of these new complexes (like the Susanne) in the area. Just imagine if the Admiral Linen plot gets developed into a midrise and Read King finally goes vertical on that center at Shepherd and W Alabama. I lived in the area until very recently and W Alabama always made for a nice commute in - I suspect that is changing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 http://www.click2houston.com/news/montrose-residents-have-mixed-feelings-over-planned-midrise-construction/27235362 Well, that's decidedly underwhelming. No interest in first floor retail? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 this looks like a sand storm in dubai, uae. trust me! 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I own a peice of land in Sugar Land. I think I will develop as "WoodLands City Centre."Geez. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Demolition has begun:http://swamplot.com/across-w-alabama-from-the-icehouse-those-3-2-story-apartment-complexes-are-now-making-way-for-one-6-story-complex/2014-12-30/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 One positive benefit of an oil-related recession would be if this were somehow to be left as a vacant piece of dirt, rather than the building in the rendering be built on it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 You watch: this building will be as orange as the rendering. This seems to be popular with Hispanic-oriented development. Orange is the new black. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Variance request going forward today. I took this picture last week. I missed this thread and was really confused when I saw 'Midtown'. thought i made a wrong turn on my bike! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Some renderings from the Planning Commission packet for today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curbur Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Is this dead? My balcony looks over this site and there's 3-5 ft shrubs/weeds covering it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 The plat was just filed on the country clerk's website. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AREJAY Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Was browsing the proposed cases to the FAA and found crane and building cases for "Millenium at Midtown" (misspelling and all). Likely another 7ish story midrise from the Dinerstien Company. Looks like this will be at 1920 W Alabama where an older 2 story complex stood. I searched and couldn't find another thread on this development, please merge if it already exists. http://swamplot.com/new-owners-to-montrose-apartment-dwellers-everybody-out-by-the-end-of-august-were-tearing-these-places-down/2014-07-28/ https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=390697467&row=295 https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=390697478&row=296 Overview Study (ASN): 2018-ASW-17912-OE Prior Study: Status: Work In Progress Received Date: 11/26/2018 Entered Date: 11/26/2018 Map: View Map Construction Info Structure Summary Notice Of: CONSTR Duration: TEMP (Months: 18 Days: 0) Work Schedule: 01/01/2019 to 01/01/2021 Structure Type: Crane Structure Name: Millenium At Midtown FCC Number: Structure Details Height and Elevation Latitude (NAD 83): 29° 44' 19.85" N Longitude (NAD 83): 95° 24' 29.10" W Datum: NAD 83 City: Houston (and vicinity) State: TX Nearest County: Harris Proposed Site Elevation: 51 Structure Height: 160 Total Height (AMSL): 211 Frequencies Low Freq High Freq Unit ERP Unit Overview Study (ASN): 2018-ASW-17911-OE Prior Study: Status: Work In Progress Received Date: 11/26/2018 Entered Date: 11/26/2018 Map: View Map Construction Info Structure Summary Notice Of: CONSTR Duration: PERM (Months: 0 Days: 0) Work Schedule: 12/02/2018 to 08/05/2020 Structure Type: Building Structure Name: Millenium At Midtown FCC Number: Structure Details Height and Elevation Latitude (NAD 83): 29° 44' 19.85" N Longitude (NAD 83): 95° 24' 29.10" W Datum: NAD 83 City: Houston (and vicinity) State: TX Nearest County: Harris Proposed Site Elevation: 51 Structure Height: 91 Total Height (AMSL): 142 Frequencies Low Freq High Freq Unit ERP Unit Edited November 27, 2018 by AREJAY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 This is nowhere near midtown! GAH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Please merge with: https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30771-city-centre-at-midtown-by-dolce-living/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 This land has been cleared for at least a couple years. Its right across from west Alabama Icehouse and one of the best taco trucks in Houston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 7/28/2014 at 2:08 PM, mollusk said: I know they "have the right," but that doesn't make it right when it's just over the minimum 30 days' notice to vacate for people who've been in place for some time. Somehow I doubt that an extra two to four weeks would have killed them. 53 minutes ago, hindesky said: This land has been cleared for at least a couple years. Its right across from west Alabama Icehouse and one of the best taco trucks in Houston. There, in a nutshell, is the story of development, Houston style. Think I'll go to the River Cafe and order a pitcher of sangria to drown my sorrows.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Move out in a month and we won't build for years. Dolce seems to move at a snails pace or slower (and also name their projects "Midtown" when they aren't in Midtown, i.e. West Gray project). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Yikes, design hasn't changed much from 2014. https://www.luxecrowdfunding.com/portfolio/ Millennium Midtown will consist of 258 “Class A” residential rental units and a 4,000 square foot amenity center when fully completed. It will be situated in the heart of the West sub-market in one of the Houston finest residential neighborhoods. Due to its close proximity to downtown Houston,the developments transportation needs are well met. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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