s3mh Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 29 minutes ago, J Money said: I wasn't a fan of them tearing down that house when there's 3 large parking lots adjacent. You'd think they could negotiate some sort of parking agreement with the owners of those lots. Or the garage at the medical building on 20th, which is never more than half full. And they could make it valet parking. I think this is actually an elaborate setup. They are going to get their variance denied and then announce that they are partnering with Unitronics to build a 9 story automated parking garage (and whatever happened to the one that was supposed to be built on White Oak?). Also, the redesign of the hotel is lame. It is now 5 stories instead of 4 and is more boxy. I actually kind of liked how the original design had a big patio fronting 20th st. with the hotel rooms set back a bit. While I can see this hotel getting bookings as being an alternative to downtown or galleria hotels with the benefit of a walkable area with restaurants and shops, I thought that they would make bank by being a wedding and event venue. But the blown up version looks like it minimizes some of the event space in favor of more rooms and retail space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Cute home. This project is lame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 43 minutes ago, Triton said: Cute home. This project is lame. How could it have ever been anything but lame, when the event that kicked it off was the demolition of the great old house on the corner where the hotel will be built? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Planning Commission deferred the all the hotel proposals while the developer revises their plans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I actually like this project, but don't quite understand why the district can't work together and solve the parking issue another way? It would be cool if the district/city bought a lot nearby and created a parking garage that would serve the area. Maybe even with retail on the bottom. Is that not common? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yeah that's a great comment @Amlaham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Amlaham said: I actually like this project, but don't quite understand why the district can't work together and solve the parking issue another way? It would be cool if the district/city bought a lot nearby and created a parking garage that would serve the area. Maybe even with retail on the bottom. Is that not common? You would never be able to get a project like that through city council. There are too many councilmembers who have a long list of basic needs for their districts to get them to vote to buy expensive real estate in the Heights to build a parking garage for rich people to go to a boutique hotel. It would be DOA. The only alternative would be a management district. There are several management districts in Houston. They can build parking facilities among a bunch of other things. I really doubt anyone would be willing to take on a management district in the Heights after the Montrose management district went down in flames. They seem to only work well when there are a bunch of big developments involved, like Memorial City, Energy Corridor, Westchase, etc. Heights is probably too dispersed commercially to make a management district work. I joked in a post above about someone building an automated parking garage like the one proposed for White Oak and Studewood. But it would actually be a good business move for the landlord who own the real estate along 19th to do a deal with one of those vendors to expand parking so there can be more restaurants and bars in 19th. Tea Sip is closing because the rent is too high. If there were additional parking, you could fill that space with a big restaurant. You could also build out the blank spot where the junk dealer used to be with restaurant space. And within a few years, 19th street would totally suck, but people would make lots of money. So, in my opinion, anyone who is moving around tens of millions to build a boutique hotel in a major city is a big boy and needs to be responsible for sufficient parking. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 The plans were approved except for an earlier plan to tear down a house immediately north of this and the flower shop west of the hotel that was going to be used for parking. They found parking somewhere else. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Wow.....its like they read our forum 💀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Amlaham said: Wow.....its like they read our forum 💀 The neighbors are the ones that pushed for the changes and the developer accommodated them so it would pass. They had about 10 people from the neighborhood speak at the first and second meeting against the original plans, plus the developer had several meetings with the Heights neighborhood association to find a solution. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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