Highrise Tower Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Noticed this on Loopnet. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/5333-Kirby-Dr-Houston-TX/21788420/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Somewhat unrelated, but does anyone know anything about the building just north of this property? Looks like an old office building with all of the windows sealed off - I had always assumed it was some kind of storage, or somehow related to the body shops nearby but have no idea how it would be. Looking at it on google maps there is very limited access to the building, even on the back side. Seems pretty bizarre for what is a good location 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 25 minutes ago, OkieEric said: Somewhat unrelated, but does anyone know anything about the building just north of this property? Looks like an old office building with all of the windows sealed off - I had always assumed it was some kind of storage, or somehow related to the body shops nearby but have no idea how it would be. Looking at it on google maps there is very limited access to the building, even on the back side. Seems pretty bizarre for what is a good location It's owned by an entity named Achatus LP, whose franchise tax status is suspended. Before that, it was owned by the Houston Association of Credit Management, who bought it from Bank of the Southwest in 1977. No clue who owned it before then, the County Clerk's search feature isn't that great. Hmmm, I wonder if I can get the digitized records in a database format so I can do my own searches. I've done that with HCAD data, converting it to SQL Server in the past. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 22 Popular Post Share Posted April 22 This one may have grown in size. Loopnet listing no longer being advertised. https://www.moarchitecture.net/collaborative-design-projects/mob-houston Triple Crown Investments - Houston, Texas This project represents the design for a best-in-class Medical Office Building located prominently between Greenway Plaza and the Texas Medical Center. This 360,000 gsf facility will provide upward of 100k gsf leasable space while supporting parking requirements for 476 cars at an 83.6% efficiency ratio. The design will create a 'billboard' for the community while enhancing the characteristics of the former industrial site. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Interesting looking building, in a prime spot (besides the fact traffic sucks right there). It's funny, just last week my wife & I were driving to a Seder just down the street, and commenting on how the area could use more medical buildings (really!). Dense part of town, large mature population, and it's a PITA to have to drive into the TMC. We're just waiting for the one on Westheimer (near Wesleyan) to open, just to see who's in it. Yes, I know, I'm old. 🤒 On 12/25/2020 at 8:42 PM, Ross said: It's owned by an entity named Achatus LP, whose franchise tax status is suspended. Before that, it was owned by the Houston Association of Credit Management, who bought it from Bank of the Southwest in 1977. No clue who owned it before then, the County Clerk's search feature isn't that great. Hmmm, I wonder if I can get the digitized records in a database format so I can do my own searches. I've done that with HCAD data, converting it to SQL Server in the past. My former company was very active in HACM, now known as NACM Southwest. It's a trade association of credit managers, we were part of the Building Materials group (my CM was the head of it for several years). They owned that bldg free & clear, but several events converged. One, the building needed an enormous amount of work, it was really old. ADA rehab, code updates, etc. Second, the land was worth far more than the bldg. Lastly, the membership was moving farther from the city core, like much of Houston, and more members were outside the Loop, and even the Tollway, than inside. The location, once a huge plus, was now a drag. They made a boatload of money when they sold it, which can be a real problem for a 501(c)6. They moved to the west side of Houston. I've reached out to the former Exec Director of HACM to see what she knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Houston - The architecture of yesterday, today! Sincerely love this. Makes me wonder if the shades are on the north side as well? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I don't know, if you're making it to Kirby, might as well go all the way to the med center? Its not that much further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 hours ago, texas911 said: I don't know, if you're making it to Kirby, might as well go all the way to the med center? Its not that much further. There's a bit of a lack of non-TMC premium medical space here in the H. Docs with larger clinics/private practices that also have credentials at the larger hospitals want a nice space for their patients that doesn't require them to deal with parking in the med center. Midtown is already getting two or three pain/plastics clinics (including Austin st), you have Mann doing his thing in Museum district, and there's a bit of new leasable space just south of TMC. I think we'll see more of these "premium" healthcare spaces around town with retail at the bottom because, you know, the doctors need to diversify too 😂. Didn't the Museo District's renderings have shades too? Lol, why does everyone love that, is that a trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j_cuevas713 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 The parking requirements are insanely ridiculous. Isn't there a meeting soon about parking mins city wide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 5 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: The parking requirements are insanely ridiculous. Isn't there a meeting soon about parking mins city wide? That area has an issue where for some reason none of the streets allow parking even though they are super wide and not that busy. I've always wondered why Just mentioning since I feel street parking would make the area feel much more alive etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 minutes ago, iah77 said: That area has an issue where for some reason none of the streets allow parking even though they are super wide and not that busy. I've always wondered why Just mentioning since I feel street parking would make the area feel much more alive etc. For sure. After last years Sidewalk Summit, I remember a council member saying that the next big thing on the agenda is talking about parking requirements city wide and extending the market based parking to other areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-11-22-loro-asian-smokehouse-restaurant-second-houston-location-kirby-rice-village-aaron-franklin-tyson-cole/#slide=0 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 3 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-11-22-loro-asian-smokehouse-restaurant-second-houston-location-kirby-rice-village-aaron-franklin-tyson-cole/#slide=0 This being open in a year seems a bit ambitious no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotCom Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 On 5/11/2022 at 11:13 AM, clutchcity94 said: https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-11-22-loro-asian-smokehouse-restaurant-second-houston-location-kirby-rice-village-aaron-franklin-tyson-cole/#slide=0 Does this mean the MOB project is dead? The site plan and renderings show it replacing the auto body shop where Loro will be located. On 4/21/2022 at 11:55 PM, Urbannizer said: This one may have grown in size. Loopnet listing no longer being advertised. https://www.moarchitecture.net/collaborative-design-projects/mob-houston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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