HNathoo 1203 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Looks like an entity tied to Levcor (address 7800 Washington Ave - suite 800) has purchased the old church at 4910 Montrose. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 49141 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, HNathoo said: Looks like an entity tied to Levcor (address 7800 Washington Ave - suite 800) has purchased the old church at 4910 Montrose. They seem to be retail development company, hopefully they do something tasteful. They also bought that property in the Heights that used to be Sand Dollar store on 18th and Yale. https://levcor.com/projects#view=grid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 minutes ago, hindesky said: They seem to be retail development company, hopefully they do something tasteful. They also bought that property in the Heights that used to be Sand Dollar store on 18th and Yale. https://levcor.com/projects#view=grid Exciting! This little pocket is filling in nicely. I wonder if that Illuminati lodge across the street is next? ð 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CREguy13 1953 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Interesting. Hopefully Levcor is planning for this to be mixed-use and not strictly retail. High-rise hotel, residential or both is perfect for this location. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 49141 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 18 minutes ago, CREguy13 said: Interesting. Hopefully Levcor is planning for this to be mixed-use and not strictly retail. High-rise hotel, residential or both is perfect for this location. I hope your right but if you look at their projects they have never done a high rise build only renovations to an existing building. Most of their stuff is big box retail. The Heights Sand Dollar building looks promising if it happens. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HNathoo 1203 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 20 minutes ago, CREguy13 said: Interesting. Hopefully Levcor is planning for this to be mixed-use and not strictly retail. High-rise hotel, residential or both is perfect for this location. Donât think straight retail would pencil out given the land prices over here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, HNathoo said: Donât think straight retail would pencil out given the land prices over here. If you were a betting man, what do you see going in this spot and when? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Houston19514 4769 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Almost has to be high-rise, doesn't it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HNathoo 1203 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 4 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: If you were a betting man, what do you see going in this spot and when? I donât think capital markets are open to high rise apartment construction in Houston right now. Maybe theyâll go for historic tax credits and remodel the church into a high end restaurant or event venue? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 1526 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Hmm, another Christian Science church goes away. Are they losing members quickly, or are the members moving to other areas. 4910 Montrose is a good sized facility that implies there were a number of members at some point in the past. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 13 hours ago, HNathoo said: I donât think capital markets are open to high rise apartment construction in Houston right now. Maybe theyâll go for historic tax credits and remodel the church into a high end restaurant or event venue? I can see the possibility of a high end restaurant, especially with the fine dining restaurant slated to open just down the street in the new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at MFAH.  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 1526 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 13 hours ago, Ross said: Hmm, another Christian Science church goes away. Are they losing members quickly, or are the members moving to other areas. 4910 Montrose is a good sized facility that implies there were a number of members at some point in the past. Replying to my own question, Christian Science is dying. They are selling property all over the country, and membership is way down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Signage has been removed as of tonight. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Levcor needs to step it up with this prestigious address. Their strip center at Richmond & Kirby is not a looker. Edited January 7 by clutchcity94 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted Saturday at 01:19 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:19 PM Saw this on the Nextdoor app. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HNathoo 1203 Posted Saturday at 05:02 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 05:02 PM 3 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: Saw this on the Nextdoor app. I imagine this is probably the crane coming down from the alliance deal across the street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 49141 Posted Saturday at 05:23 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:23 PM This must be an old Nextdoor post because the tower crane came down on Jan.23. I took several pics while they did it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clutchcity94 431 Posted Saturday at 06:18 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:18 PM (edited) I biked down there today and there is definitely some crane action going on. Itâs further down from the Alliance development. Looks to be the church property. What could the crane be for though if the church hasnât even been demoâd yet? Edited Saturday at 06:19 PM by clutchcity94 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hindesky 49141 Posted Saturday at 11:36 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:36 PM Rode by toward the end of my ride. Turns out they are changing out the chiller on top of the Finger Museum Tower apartments. But they weren't able to make any lifts since it was too windy. They will have to finish up on Sunday. On cranes I've operated the manufacturers have notes that tell you to de-rate the capacity of the crane depending on the wind speeds. The Tadano cranes I've operated say you have to de-rate by 50% if the wind is 20-27mph and by 75% if it's above 27mph. At 30mph you have to stop all crane operations. Not sure what the charts are for this crane but I'm sure they have wind speed limits too. With those kind of limits there is now way to make these lift with as windy it was today and it was very windy today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Houston19514 4769 Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago ROFL Â Classic NextDoor "MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!!!!" Â FWIW, walked by on my evening walk, within the last 45 minutes or so. Â Watched them bring down the old chiller, so the wind must have calmed down, I guess. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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