Highrise Tower Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Here is the JLL listing. Outdated, as it was sold, not leased. https://powersearch.jll.com/us-en/property/24184/3723-westheimer-road-houston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Item 107 on the planning commission agenda is for a 21 story condo tower (6 stories of garage 15 of residence). There’s a render of the street view element. Edited January 2, 2019 by BigFootsSocks 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Hoping this comes thru it’s the street view element. Edit: NOOOOO ITS NOT DAVID UGH mods can u fix my fat fingers plz edit2: nvm I got it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edited January 2, 2019 by BigFootsSocks 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 While we can probably assume this will be value-engineered from the initial renderings, I hope RD does something elegant and fitting of the neighborhood. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 It looks like a copy paste of the one downtown 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 The podium is very RD but I don't hate it quite as much with the glass and breaking up the wall to look like paneling. I look forward to renderings of the rest of the tower. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, CREguy13 said: While we can probably assume this will be value-engineered from the initial renderings, I hope RD does something elegant and fitting of the neighborhood. So color goes from white to beige? Not much to value engineer from this render haha EDIT: Fyi. If y'all take a look at the bottom part of the rendering you will see a long line of text which will give you sense of where this is at right now. Basically this is nothing but an image to illustrate design intent in order to get over the first few hurdles in the design process (that being variances). Nothing even to value engineer yet as RD and the client still probably haven't chosen final materials. This still has a little ways to go. I wouldn't expect construction until late summer or later this year. EDIT 2: Looking closer. Seems RD is the Design Architect (don't know why anyone would want him too), and the Architect of Record will be Powers Brown. Edited January 2, 2019 by Luminare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 This is right across the street from the RO surgical center right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Just now, j_cuevas713 said: This is right across the street from the RO surgical center right? Yep. Its amazing what happens when one person starts redeveloping. Looks like this is the next area to take off. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 http://swamplot.com/randall-davis-wants-to-put-this-20-story-condo-highrise-on-westheimer-just-east-of-weslayan-st/2019-01-04/ Could this be the new Ashby Highrise? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: http://swamplot.com/randall-davis-wants-to-put-this-20-story-condo-highrise-on-westheimer-just-east-of-weslayan-st/2019-01-04/ Could this be the new Ashby Highrise? At least with Ashby it kinda sorta maybe makes sense as its deep inside a community with only one story residential, but these people have literally zero chance. Houston has way to many precedents where the developer wins in this situation. If the a much taller residential tower on Wesleyan & Alabama can be built then, so should this one. If residents of a nearby highrise couldn't win against another highrise next door in Post Oak then this tower will rise. Maybe it could, but I just don't see it happening. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) https://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Randall-Davis-to-build-condo-project-on-Westheimer-13509227.php Quote Randall Davis is under contract to buy the site of a former furniture store inside the loop where he plans to develop a 50-unit condominium building. The project, which could rise 20 stories, is slated for the former Krispen home furnishings location at 3723 Westheimer between Timmons and Weslayan. A variance request was submitted to the city last month seeking a reduced building line, allowing for the structure to be built closer to the street. The variance was scheduled to be discussed at last week's planning commission meeting, but it was deferred. The city said it has received "multiple calls and emails" opposing the development. Concerns include height, congestion, access and drainage. Davis declined to provide additional details about the project. Edited January 8, 2019 by ekdrm2d1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 NIMBY's are the worst and it seems like the richer they are the worse they are. Drainage issues have to be the worst excuse they have considering most of these people are probably River Oaks residences with 10,000 sqft roofs with driveways and patios that are even larger. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 11 hours ago, jmitch94 said: NIMBY's are the worst and it seems like the richer they are the worse they are. Drainage issues have to be the worst excuse they have considering most of these people are probably River Oaks residences with 10,000 sqft roofs with driveways and patios that are even larger. While sometimes this city puts business/development first to a fault, I rather take that then what is going on in San Fran, for example, where they can't build anything at all because of NIMBY's and the "cult" of preservation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 28 minutes ago, Luminare said: While sometimes this city puts business/development first to a fault, I rather take that then what is going on in San Fran, for example, where they can't build anything at all because of NIMBY's and the "cult" of preservation. Speaking of the "cult of preservation", I found this video that was posted over on the Nashville development forums, explains the current crisis they and some other places are going through: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, CaptainJilliams said: Speaking of the "cult of preservation", I found this video that was posted over on the Nashville development forums, explains the current crisis they and some other places are going through: YES! Watched this recently. Its amazing how ridiculous it has gotten there. The failure to understand that new developments help assist in making more things available and affordable to more people. If new things are built then wealthier people will move out of the old then freeing up the old which then has to become cheaper to take in the new. I read an article that New York City was having a housing "crisis" (though I loath the term) and what do you know...as soon as new developments were allowed to go through rents have immediately begun to drop again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Greaaaaat. http://swamplot.com/dusting-off-of-old-deed-restrictions-prompts-westgrove-court-highrise-hopefuls-to-plan-for-a-public-hearing/2019-01-10/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: Greaaaaat. http://swamplot.com/dusting-off-of-old-deed-restrictions-prompts-westgrove-court-highrise-hopefuls-to-plan-for-a-public-hearing/2019-01-10/ I wish I was a fly on the wall the moment RD rimmed the idiot that didn't properly check the deed-restrictions. Fact that nobody checked on this, and that now it has to, most likely, go infront of committee and get a 75% vote means that this might actually not happen, and everyone involved is going to lose a bunch of money. Damn. I mean that is literally one of the first things you do! Even before you start Schematic Design...even sometimes before accepting a job with a client! Thats a critical blunder, and even worse, an unnecessary one. EDIT: This is by the way, from someone that works in the industry thats simply trying to put this into perspective. Lets just say there are probably many an architect who probably wouldn't have accepted this job if they found out that the deed-restrictions didn't match the proposal by the client (or if the architect still wanted to work with the client then at least they could go out there and find another piece of land to make it work.) Basically at this point, they are trying to push a square peg into a round hole. Edited January 11, 2019 by Luminare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, Luminare said: I wish I was a fly on the wall the moment RD rimmed the idiot that didn't properly check the deed-restrictions. “Rimmed” brings to mind a *very* colorful image. 😉 #haifafterdark 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 1:39 AM, jmitch94 said: NIMBY's are the worst and it seems like the richer they are the worse they are. Drainage issues have to be the worst excuse they have considering most of these people are probably River Oaks residences with 10,000 sqft roofs with driveways and patios that are even larger. It's worse than that. Remember that, when it comes to housing, it's not a question of whether it gets built, it's a question of where. The residents of this building would generate a whole lot less impervious cover per resident (and square foot of built area) than almost any other type of development, with the exception of house boats in the ship channel. If housing doesn't get built here, it (and a lot more impervious cover in the form of roads and highways) is going to get built further north and west of here, which is to say, upstream. If nearby residents are TRULY concerned about drainage issues affecting their neighborhood, they should send RD a thank-you note. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The deed restriction fight could be interesting. Doesn't seem they've been enforced since the current use of the site is not single-family use. I wonder if they are still enforceable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, htownproud said: The deed restriction fight could be interesting. Doesn't seem they've been enforced since the current use of the site is not single-family use. I wonder if they are still enforceable. I suspect they'd be held to be abandoned as far as restricting commercial use of the property, but going from a one-two story commercial building to a highrise is quite a shift. I'd have suggested getting a declaratory judgment on the issue before moving forward with the purchase. Edit: I'd need to see the actual language of the deed restrictions to determine arguments on the potential scope of abandonment. Abandonment of a portion of a deed restriction does not meet abandonment of all of the restrictions. So, if the restrictions also impose height or other limitations, those might be enforced even if the use restriction could not be enforced. Edited January 11, 2019 by houstontexasjack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, houstontexasjack said: I suspect they'd be held to be abandoned as far as restricting commercial use of the property, but going from a one-two story commercial building to a highrise is quite a shift. I'd have suggested getting a declaratory judgment on the issue before moving forward with the purchase. Edit: I'd need to see the actual language of the deed restrictions to determine arguments on the potential scope of abandonment. Abandonment of a portion of a deed restriction does not meet abandonment of all of the restrictions. So, if the restrictions also impose height or other limitations, those might be enforced even if the use restriction could not be enforced. This is what I was thinking as well. Did some digging and apparently here in COH deed restrictions, when they are signed, last for around 25-30 years. Some are continuously renewed after the fact for another 25-30 years, and some just stop and are abandoned. I'm wondering if the residents simply dug up older deed restrictions, but the restrictions have sense passed and they never renewed the restrictions (this would be a possible argument for why a commercial property was allowed to be built in the first place. Thats a possible out for this development (although lucky! You never want to hope for this to be the case.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 This has been "withdrawn" from the COH agenda. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Notice of Public Hearing sign is posted 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 RD's vinyl wrap is going up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted March 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2019 I think it looks nice. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Land purchased marchh 1st 22 to 26 stories https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/03/08/houston-developer-buys-land-for-new-luxury-high.html?iana=hpmvp_hstn_news_headline 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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