hindesky Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 HouChron article........ Construction starts for Levit Green, life sciences district near Texas Medical Center Katherine Feser Oct. 5, 2021Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 4 p.m. Construction has begun on the first building at Levit Green, a planned mixed-use life science district near the Texas Medical Center. The five-story, 270,000-square-foot building will have floors with 56,000 square feet suited for collaborative work plus lab incubator space geared toward entrepreneurs and early stage life science companies on the ground floor. Amenities include a 5,800-square-foot fitness center and outdoor garden, 7,000-square-foot conference center, 3,500 square feet of café and restaurant space. The building is designed with 100 percent redundant emergency power and enhanced mechanical systems. Levit Green, planned for nine buildings with research facilities, office, retail, residential, lakes and outdoor amenities, is being developed on 53 acres near Holcombe and Texas 288 that formerly housed the Grocers Supply Co., a longtime Houston grocery wholesaler founded by Joe Levit in 1923. The land is east of Hermann Park. The project is a collaboration among Houston-based Hines, Chicago-based Harrison Street and Houston-based 2ML Real Estate Interests. The Levit family sold the grocery wholesale business and the Grocers Supply name in 2014 and changed its name to 2ML Real Estate Interests. Led by Max Levit, the youngest son of Joe Levit, 2ML has a portfolio of more than 5.2 million square feet of warehouses, shopping centers, freestanding supermarkets and office buildings. John Mooz, senior managing director at Hines, said the project "marks a pivotal moment for Houston as a burgeoning life science cluster." Harrison Street, which owns over 6.5 million square feet of lab space in the U.S. and the U.K., was revealed as a partner in the project. The company joined as Hines' joint venture partner earlier this year. “Houston has an established ecosystem of world-renowned research and academic institutions, top-tier hospital systems, robust public health organizations, and leading medical schools, yet lacks high-quality purpose-built lab and research facilities,” Mark Burkemper, senior managing director at Harrison Street said in an announcement. “We are excited to partner with Hines and 2ML to deliver a best-in-class life sciences facility to support critical research and innovation in Houston.” JLL is handling leasing and DE Harvey Builders is the general contractor. Completion is planned in the fourth quarter of 2022 with initial occupancy in December 2022. The timing of the next buildings will depend on how leasing goes at the first building, according to Hines. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hope this leases up fast so the campus gets built 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLD2431 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 So excited they finally broke ground. Guess my invite to the ceremony got lost in the mail! 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 A few more appeared today. Looks like more and more construction equipment arrives daily. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Harvey on site! More equipment and rebar! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Trailer on site. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Officially under construction. Cheers! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) The work is starting on the northwest corner next to Dixie Dr. Construction trailer being set up across Dixie. Edited October 10, 2021 by hindesky 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Second construction trailer being built at the site. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Rebar sticking out of the ground. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I met some Harvey staff today. They were nice! Big ups to the crew on this site. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Doing some digging on the far southern end. More construction trailers across Dixie on the northern lot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted October 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2021 Website got redesigned. A few new renderings were also added. https://www.levitgreen.com/ 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 y'all crazy, thats insane development when considering what it was and what its looked like for the last 20 years. The website says metro-rail access...thats a stretch, right? lol 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/19/2021 at 10:15 AM, X.R. said: y'all crazy, thats insane development when considering what it was and what its looked like for the last 20 years. The website says metro-rail access...thats a stretch, right? lol unless they are going to fund and build an almeda line 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmitch94 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I think I saw you taking pictures of this yesterday as I was walking my dog. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Continuing to grow. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted November 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2021 Today I met the attorney involved with this project. He's a partner at Locke Lord 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted November 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2021 Tower crane base installed. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Damm this is moving fast! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 10/19/2021 at 10:15 AM, X.R. said: y'all crazy, thats insane development when considering what it was and what its looked like for the last 20 years. The website says metro-rail access...thats a stretch, right? lol I mean it's almost a 40 minute walk but who's counting 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 17 hours ago, Triton said: I mean it's almost a 40 minute walk but who's counting Closer to 30 minutes to either TMC Transit Center or Dryden/TMC Station, but who's counting? 😉 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Closer to 30 minutes to either TMC Transit Center or Dryden/TMC Station, but who's counting? 😉 This is what I was basing it on: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Either way - that's too far to seriously argue that it has light rail access. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Welling Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Back in the day, METRO used to have the 426 Swiftline route which was a semi-BRT route connecting Southeast TC with The Med Center....ran down OST and Holcombe. Maybe it would be a good idea to bring it back now that we have this going on :). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoostin Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Can't wait for this to be completed! Any thoughts on how much this development may raise the prices of the nearby homes? Also, is it likely they tear up that road that runs directly to the west of it... It's in pretty rough shape with no walkways. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bobruss Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Serious excavation for the first lake going on. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Whole site is now under construction. Reminds me of TMC3! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Rising! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I have no doubt that this and the TMC3 site will affect the housing market in south east third ward areas. Those neighborhoods are five minutes from the med center and if you add in Ion you will have a remarkable employment growth in this area and that always affects the housing market. People want to live closer to work and cut down on their commute, cost of fuel and taking advantage of all of the wonderful benefits of the area. The museum district, Hermann park, golf course and zoo. Not to mention the med center. You can be in downtown in ten minutes. Whats not to love about this area. Plus there's always the Turkey Leg Hut. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) Yeah, I agree with @bobruss. It weird that people focus in on the effects of the ION, but don't realize that whats happening at TMC3 and here will extend the influx of newer-built homes you see on Holcombe/Braeswood up and outwards toward 3rd ward. They juuuust finished the beautification and street repairs around TSU and the bayou bridges have been or are being refreshed with pedestrian bridges, and you know those add to marketable "walkability" for those homes. Got the newest HEB around just down the block. Getting rid of a fenced off warehouse and replacing it with a new development with a big pond and all sorts of food and drink is going to do alot more for that area than some people think. You have some of the best bike riding/jogging amenities in the city. Alot of things are clicking into place. Anecdotally, the child care options in museum district and TMC are pretty full. Full enough that two of the existing institutions each opened a new location within the rice/museum/tmc area during the pandemic...and those are full now too. Its really only a matter of time. Edited December 16, 2021 by X.R. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 "Hines' Levit Green property, a 270K SF lab building, broke ground in October. The building will be near the Texas Medical Center as part of a greater 52-acre master-planned community and is designed by HOK. Modular designs incorporated into Levit Green will also be used in future Hines life sciences projects." https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/life-sciences/hines-to-funnel-massive-funds-into-life-sciences-globally-111295?utm_source=outbound_pub_4&utm_campaign=outbound_issue_53905&utm_content=outbound_link_3&utm_medium=email 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JLWM8609 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Going by the latest rendering, I guess they're going to build over the remaining RR spur that ran behind Grocer's Supply and replace it with a road? That's too bad. I always thought that would be a good route for a commuter rail line from Pearland, and Levit Green would've been an ideal spot for a Medical Center station with a bus tie-in to the TMC campus. They could've shifted the Columbia Tap trail alignment somewhat to put rail back since the ROW is preserved all the way to the edge of Downtown. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmitch94 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Does anyone know when they plan to start with the street improvements? The streets around this project are in atrocious conditions and are downright dangerous for pedestrians to use. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Taken today. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Levit Green and the Downtown skyline. Garage forming. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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