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Woodway Tower: Mixed-Use Building At 11 Riverway Dr.


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Always used to see this Loopnet listing.  Looks like the listing has been removed.  Did somebody buy it?

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/0-WOODWAY-Houston-TX/11384575/

+/-1.0409 acres fronting the south side of Woodway Drive in the Riverway Reserve development on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. High profile unique development opportunity with engineering challenges due to floodway, but price is discounted accordingly. Highest and best use calls for mid-to-high-rise vertical development.

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I don't see how most of this lot is buildable. The sliver that fronts Woodway is if they eliminate the little slip lane (assuming that's actually part of the lot), but even that is *maybe* 50' wide? I suppose you could put in townhouses, but I don't see how much else fits. Unless you can also buy the parking garage from the property next door and consolidate the lots. 

 

Building up against the bayou here is lunacy assuming you can even convince the City to permit it.

 

Now, if it were purchased explicitly to be used as park space (maybe by the TIRZ?) that would make more sense. Maybe put in a pedestrian/cycling bridge across the bayou at the major bend to better connect Riverway to the trails.

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  • The title was changed to Woodway at Riverway - 1.04 Acres For Sale
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  • The title was changed to 1.04-Acres For Sale At Woodway Dr. At Riverway
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I think this is for the same property.  Can't believe nobody posted this anywhere on here yet!

Filing person is with Gensler.

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2024000710

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Looks like it sold to Zieben in June 2022.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texas-inc/article/Real-estate-transactions-Investors-buy-17228468.php

"Dezhc LLC purchased 1 acre on the south side of Woodway Drive along Buffalo Bayou within Riverway Reserve near the Omni Hotel. Shaw Commercial Properties represented the seller, N. Husain. The buyer intends to develop a boutique office building for its own use."

Foundation permit app filed by the Zieben on 10/5.

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  • The title was changed to Woodway Tower: Mixed-Use Development At 11 Riverway Dr.
1 hour ago, DotCom said:

I think this is for the same property.  Can't believe nobody posted this anywhere on here yet!

Filing person is with Gensler.

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2024000710

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Looks like it sold to Zieben in June 2022.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texas-inc/article/Real-estate-transactions-Investors-buy-17228468.php

"Dezhc LLC purchased 1 acre on the south side of Woodway Drive along Buffalo Bayou within Riverway Reserve near the Omni Hotel. Shaw Commercial Properties represented the seller, N. Husain. The buyer intends to develop a boutique office building for its own use."



Great find, @DotCom

Below are details pertaining to development at 11 Riverway tentatively named Woodway Tower (I know there's a screenshot in the above post. However, typing the details here ensures if anyone searches the forum or Google can find this using whatever keywords).

The details are from an architectural barriers project filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR):
 

  • Estimated Start Date: June 1, 2024
     
  • Completion Date: June, 1, 2026
     
  • Estimated Cost: $85,000,000
     
  • Type of Work: New Construction
     
  • Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
     
  • Scope of Work: New construction of a 617,943 gross sf mixed-use tower with offices, residential units, restaurant, enclosed garage and residential penthouse, fully sprinklered with site improvements. 

    Square Footage: 617,943 sf
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  • The title was changed to Woodway Tower: Mixed-Use Building At 11 Riverway Dr.

That square footage often includes the parking garage square footage, but if I were developing such a small site with office, residential and a bayoufront restaurant...

 

then I would want to build as much parking space as possible, but by means of flexible-footprint automated parking with a smartphone retrieval-concierge ( https://www.trident-structures.com/parking is one example that office developers are fielding currently).  That way I could maximize the amount of floorplan available for primary uses to flow throughout a site and strengthen the program.

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