Highrise Tower Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 What's up with the Cushman & Wakefield land at the intersection of Stella Link & Willowbend? The land is also boundaries South Main Street. The Cushman & Wakefield sign has been there for over a decade. Why isn't anybody buying it I wonder? Loopnet listing: https://www.loopnet.com/listing/stella-link-rd-houston-tx/9142740/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 New ‘urban walkable’ community southwest of Texas Medical Center moves forward https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/03/26/new-urban-walkable-community-southwest-of-texas.html A new residential community southwest of the Texas Medical Center is moving ahead. Houston-based InTown Homes’ Willowbend Green will be “an urban walkable residential neighborhood” near the intersection of Stella Link and Willowbend, according to a variance application submitted to the city planning commission. The developer is asking the commission to not require a public right-of-way through the first 10-acre section. It’ll be similar to other InTown Homes communities Fannin Station and Kolbe Farms, where home prices start at $360,000 and $375,000, respectively, according to the company's website. Willowbend Green’s first phase will include 93 homes, a dog park, playground and pool area, agenda documents show. Requests for comment from Houston-based developer Frank Liu, founder of InTown Homes, or his team weren’t immediately returned. Liu, through affiliate entity Stella Link Investments Ltd., bought two tracts of land in 2007 from the biotech company Tanox Inc. for $10 million, records from the Harris County district clerk show. One portion became retail and office space, while the other remained empty, the Houston Business Journal previously reported. In 2009, Stella Link Ltd. sold about 4 acres to Harmony Public Schools’ Cosmos Foundation for the campus. The land marked for Willowbend Green was appraised at $3.3 million in 2018. Willowbend Green will sit about a mile from another planned project in southwest Houston, Avondale on Main Street. Atlanta-based PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) is planning a new 145-home community on 11 acres at the southeast corner of South Main and West Belfort, HBJ previously reported. The gated community will have two- and three-story floor plans similar to those in Pulte’s Hollister Oaks community in Spring Branch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Photos from today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Notice of Variance Request spotted today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 That was a decent little par 3 golf course when I lived nearby in the early 80's. Amazing nothing other than those buildings in the middle have gone up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balrog Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Suggest to merge this with this thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balrog Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Only a matter of time before new development made its way south outside the loop on Stella Link. This parcel and others round it have very easy Med Center access, particularly with the large TMC3 expansion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 7 hours ago, balrog said: Only a matter of time before new development made its way south outside the loop on Stella Link. This parcel and others round it have very easy Med Center access, particularly with the large TMC3 expansion. Imagine the growth/development that would have taken place in this area if UT had been able to build their research campus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 InTown Home's plans fell through? A new For Sale sign by CBRE. 20-Acres. Glad they replaced the signs after 15 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 METRO bus stop added to the outskirts of the property on Stella Link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 CBRE property flyer. https://www.cbre.com/properties/properties-for-lease/land/details/US-SMPL-54371/s-main-willowbend-blvd-s-main-willowbend-blvd-77025?view=isSale 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 The CBRE For Sale signed have been removed from the entire property. Did the mixed-income residential project from the City of Houston/Harris County go through? I thought the residential project was only on a portion of the 20-acres. Is the whole site being developed? Any multifamily apartments? New Homes For Stella Link: https://houstontx.gov/housing/homes/stella-link.html The City of Houston is moving forward with the acquisition of a large tract of land at 10301 Stella Link, south of Main Street and east of Willowbend Avenue. This location is approximately 12.2 acres and will support the development and construction of up to 240 disaster-resilient, energy-efficient single-family homes. This will be a mixed-income development, where over half of the homes will be made affordable to residents making at or less than 80% of Houston’s Area Median Income . To make the best use of the space, we are looking to create higher-density communities – from townhomes to duplexes to condos. But before development begins, it is crucial to get the input of community members, so we can make these homes fit into the vision that residents have for the community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 Did this really start?!? Hasn't that corner parcel been sitting vacant for nearly 30 years? Finally some Pierce Junction development activity!! Only if it would spread across the (freeway) into the Willowbend/Buffalo Speedway/Holmes Road territory. Maybe this will be the catalyst to start further development in the area? I don't think the luxury town homes are taking the full 20 acres. I believe they are only using the end-cap space? There was once a proposed City of Houston mixed-income development proposed for the site. I wonder if this is apart of it? I doubt it though. I would really like to see very expensive homes here Let's go!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 The grass is being pulled up and stacked. If this actually broke ground, for civil site work, we should see some digging real soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Highrise Tower said: I don't think the luxury town homes are taking the full 20 acres. I believe they are only using the end-cap space? There was once a proposed City of Houston mixed-income development proposed for the site. I wonder if this is apart of it? On your linked City of Houston site, which is still an active project, the more recent soil testing and other documentation says 12.22 acres, leaving eight or so unaccounted for Edited August 12, 2023 by strickn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 I love this tree! The tree is just perfect. It's one of the only life forms still standing within the parcel. Hmmm I wonder? Maybe they could keep the beautiful tree and reuse it in their neighborhood park? Maybe like a memorial from the past. This South Main/Willowbend/Stella Link corner is kind of iconic and has been vacant for 30 years. They could honor a historical place. The tree will be demolished, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 8/11/2023 at 8:47 PM, Highrise Tower said: Did this really start?!? Hasn't that corner parcel been sitting vacant for nearly 30 years? Finally some Pierce Junction development activity!! Only if it would spread across the (freeway) into the Willowbend/Buffalo Speedway/Holmes Road territory. Maybe this will be the catalyst to start further development in the area? Oddly enough, now a long dormant parcel has a Notice of Public Hearing sign posted. Let's keep up the momentum! Someone should buy the 800+ acres across the freeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 wow!! Pierce Junction Construction. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 A tall wooden fence is being installed along the Highway 90 feeder. Is this temporary, or the first fence? I would assume, being located on the feeder of a highway (South Main) that the residential development would have tall, concrete walls. I don't think a wooden fence will have noise reduction the automotive sounds from the highway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Concrete pour this weekend! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Concrete pour at dusk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 Concrete pour at dawn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Early morning concrete pour. Terrible picture, but there must have been 15 cement trucks out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Big hole! I wonder what this is for? I don't think new roads a formed so deep? Excavator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 A short brick wall is being constructed along Willowbend Blvd. Not the best use of materials and height length in my opinion. While unattractive, a large concrete wall would have been a better idea. Someone could always draw artwork over the bare concrete. I'd just worry about the noise from the freeway 20 feet away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHOU Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Thanks for documenting all this. I just drove by it this morning. Aren't they required to put a side walk along that road? Those brick posts look like they don't leave a lot of room for a standard 5 ft sidewalk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 The roads for the residential community has been laid. I wonder the forthcoming street names? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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