BigFootsSocks Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Urbannizer said: Have you seen the design? Is there a park along Westheimer? I may have come across a rendering but there isn’t enough in the background to confirm. Post it anyway to get us hype 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 48 minutes ago, BigFootsSocks said: Post it anyway to get us hype Turns out it’s a project of theirs for Boston. https://thebostonsun.com/2022/01/27/transformative-proposed-zoning-plan-for-simmons-longwood-campus/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just to clarify things, if you're looking askance at the name of the website on the pen (DONOTBLOW.COM) it's for a lawyer who specializes in DUI cases. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 16 hours ago, dbigtex56 said: Just to clarify things, if you're looking askance at the name of the website on the pen (DONOTBLOW.COM) it's for a lawyer who specializes in DUI cases. Ahhh....lawyers....who can forget Eric Dick's campaign sign when he was running against Annise Parker? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/13/2022 at 8:19 PM, dbigtex56 said: Just to clarify things, if you're looking askance at the name of the website on the pen (DONOTBLOW.COM) it's for a lawyer who specializes in DUI cases. Reminds me of how one of the big Chicago architecture firms uses BuildOrDie.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 I was getting gas today at the Circle k $3.07 gallon and saw a truck across the street in the northwest corner of the lot taking soil samples. Maybe things are heating up. Montrose is becoming what I always thought it would become. Probably not in my lifetime but it will be solid highrise residential from the museum district to Allen parkway. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 12 hours ago, bobruss said: I was getting gas today at the Circle k $3.07 gallon and saw a truck across the street in the northwest corner of the lot taking soil samples. Maybe things are heating up. Montrose is becoming what I always thought it would become. Probably not in my lifetime but it will be solid highrise residential from the museum district to Allen parkway. Yes - linking Neartown (which is what I call the highrise cluster South of Buffalo Bayou) to museum district / TMC. I think as long as the residential neighborhood remain just off Montrose, that will be the best destiny. I go to church at the Greek Church off Montrose. I have noticed that the amount of transient people and homeless has really increased - or seems to be worsening in terms of impact. More graffiti, more trash, more grit... Perhaps I thought that quality development here would lessen this... but it seems it has intensified it. Is that how this area will always be? Is it just too central that people of all tracks of life merge into the montrose scene? I am disappointed that we see graffiti and trash / pollution so often in this neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Avossos said: I have noticed that the amount of transient people and homeless has really increased - or seems to be worsening in terms of impact. More graffiti, more trash, more grit... My two cents: vacant lots, vacant buildings, and general lack of human presence causes a lot of this activity. The number of vacant spaces in this area is very high at this moment in time compared to just 3-4 years ago. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 27 minutes ago, skooljunkie said: My two cents: vacant lots, vacant buildings, and general lack of human presence causes a lot of this activity. The number of vacant spaces in this area is very high at this moment in time compared to just 3-4 years ago. Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Homelessness is on the rise. For every $100 increase in median rent for area there is an estimated 9% increase in homelessness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Just now, jmitch94 said: Homelessness is on the rise. For every $100 increase in median rent for area there is an estimated 9% increase in homelessness. Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Could also be that there's a halfway house right there. I know for where I live in Midtown, the homeless services centers are all clustered fairly close together (for obvious reasons), which definitely leads to a more noticeable presence. It's not really an issue for me or my neighbors (as far as I'm aware), though - just sad and frustrating to see. And probably makes walking at night uncomfortable for people on the slighter side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) There's been a 64% decrease in Homelessness in Houston since 2011. Fact sheet from Coalition for Homeless Houston: https://irp.cdn-website.com/2d521d2c/files/uploaded/Homeless Count 2022_fact sheet_final.pdf Multiple other sources also suggest the same https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2022/03/16/421190/houstons-unhoused-population-dropped-due-to-a-200-million-investment-a-new-report-says/ https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/06/117494-how-houston-eliminating-chronic-homelessness https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html Edited September 15, 2022 by Amlaham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 23 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Source? Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Sure rising rents can increase homelessness if a large geographic area is affected with little new affordable housing making up for it, but there’s without a doubt a lot more at play: the overall economy, macro/micro employment trends, the ability/inability of a metro area to house people in need, substance abuse trends, etc. And as someone mentioned, certain neighborhoods can be affected moreso when shelters, etc. are nearby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilcal Posted January 11 Popular Post Share Posted January 11 Heard some movement is starting to happen. We'll probably get some public info in a month or so. Height comparable to Hanover Montrose/La Colombe d'Or 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moore-to-it Posted January 11 Popular Post Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, wilcal said: Heard some movement is starting to happen. We'll probably get some public info in a month or so. Height comparable to Hanover Montrose/La Colombe d'Or fingers crossed they don't fk this up...they havea opportunity to turn this into a nexus point for Montrose... be bold , be vibrant ...don't slap up a building you can find any where in Houston 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFubbles Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) I hope they go weirder than weird - they should have the Menil and Orange Show consulting on this project. Something like the Federal Reserve on Allen parkway but in skyscraper form Edited January 11 by MrFubbles 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I will keep low expectations so I don’t get disappointed 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 38 minutes ago, MrFubbles said: I hope they go weirder than weird - they should have the Menil and Orange Show consulting on this project. Something like the Federal Reserve on Allen parkway but in skyscraper form Beer can house as a highrise would be a national treasure. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I heard the McDonalds on Main is moving here for extra parking 😅 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 😐😐😐😐 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 BIG will not go little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Would love to see a mixed use high rise here, maybe with a small but really nice movie theater? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gene Posted January 12 Popular Post Share Posted January 12 final rendering! surprise!!! 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cityliving Posted January 13 Popular Post Share Posted January 13 (edited) Three big lots. 😁 Edited January 13 by cityliving 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Luminare Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 (edited) I don't know guys. I got this funny feeling Bed, Bath and Beyond is going to make a comeback, and they are going to choose this lot as their final stand. One lot for Bed, One lot for Bath, and one for Beyond! Edited February 3 by Luminare 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skooljunkie Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 I'm tellin' you. Buc-ee's.🦫 One solid block of unshaded parking adjacent to a 4-story structure containing solid GFR below 3 levels of gas pumps facing Montrose. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) On 2/3/2023 at 11:11 AM, Luminare said: I don't know guys. I got this funny feeling Bed, Bath and Beyond is going to make a comeback... And they found another sucker investor willing to throw another billion at keeping them afloat. And a good thing, that. I've got a hundred discount postcards from them in my door pocket... Edited February 7 by toxtethogrady 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 haha you can throw them away as you will just get 2 more tomorrow and the next day and the next.............. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 This is when you wonder why properties that are closed for years and owners probably paying mega property taxes don't rent to a business like 1/2 price books at a discount. The "going" price of rent is prohibitive within Montrose, but 1/2 rent would give the property owner partial payment of those property taxes. IDK but as an example, places like those buildings along Tuam, either side of the Mercedes place/ Sunny's.......don't think I've even seen them open. From the outside looking in; seems like useable property -not being used. sigh, my " pie in the sky" hopefulness is in overdrive today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 you mean the place that used to be late night pie? that had been a burned out husk for a long time, and I think they are rebuilding it to some extent now. but for 1/2price books, that takes a fair amount of SF is what? 8k sf? to get that much contiguous space when a landlord can lease the same volume to 3 restaurants and probably for more money? yeah, let's do restaurants. or in the case of the location on Westheimer, tear down the building, reduce their expenses (building maintenance, property tax, etc), set up a weekend market and probably make more money from that while they wait for the right time to do whatever to the land that they want. it's sad, but it's progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 No not Late nite pie which is on the south side- across the street 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFubbles Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Any signs of life? Noticed many of the food trucks moved off the lot 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, MrFubbles said: Any signs of life? Noticed many of the food trucks moved off the lot Each time I pass it seems to have diminished in popularity - as well as tents/food trucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 3 hours ago, MrFubbles said: Any signs of life? Noticed many of the food trucks moved off the lot The food trucks come and go, they have to pass their city inspections occasionally. They only have the market open on Friday's, Saturday's and Sunday's but some of the food trucks serve meals throughout the week. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 On 2/3/2023 at 11:11 AM, Luminare said: I don't know guys. I got this funny feeling Bed, Bath and Beyond is going to make a comeback, and they are going to choose this lot as their final stand. One lot for Bed, One lot for Bath, and one for Beyond! Meanwhile, Tuesday Morning is kaput... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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