Urbannizer Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 SubdivisionPlatPDF_BG3820.pdf Proposed multifamily by Fairfield Residential will replace the Houston Women’s Center. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Texasota Posted September 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2021 Can they be convinced to take out the CVS across the street instead? 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 This would be their 10th property in greater Houston, they own 334 Main, the ones going up by Metro, 6th St in the Heights and a few others. https://www.fairfieldresidential.com/results/?autocompleted=true&location=Houston+Metro&bedrooms=any&bathrooms=any 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I like that Women's Center building. 😕 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Texasota said: Can they be convinced to take out the CVS across the street instead? At least it’s retail? 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 The Women's center is one of the most well built mid-century gems in the heart of the city... I have feared this day. I was hoping it would have lasted much longer. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) rendering in the planning commission agenda. looks nice, but no gfr. Edited September 25, 2021 by Texasota 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Texasota said: rendering in the planning commission agenda. looks nice, but no gfr. How many stories? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 14. not bad. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted September 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2021 5 hours ago, Texasota said: rendering in the planning commission agenda. looks nice, but no gfr. Renderings and elevations. Nice!! 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) That view from Waugh and Dallas looks great but... oh man, is Rosine Street ever going to be a sunless, parking garage hellscape when it's finished! Google street view of Rosine Street: https://bit.ly/3kImrKQ Edited September 26, 2021 by MidCenturyMoldy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 ...is sunless really so bad most of the time in Houston? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Texasota said: ...is sunless really so bad most of the time in Houston? Sunless = lightless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Just saying that sounds pretty nice on an August afternoon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Yeah, I know what you meant. Except it's the morning sun that will be blocked by this. Afternoon sun is already blocked. And that morning sun will be blocked 365 days a year, not just in August. And let's not forget that the first 40 feet or so up from the street is (what seems to be) unadorned parking garage. ETA: If I lived in those apartments across the street, I'd be thinking of moving when the lease is up. Especially when construction starts. If I owned one of those townhouses, I'd be depressed. Edited September 26, 2021 by MidCenturyMoldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 For the apartments, I think you're underestimating the Texas sun. Especially given that the southern portion of the building will be set back from Rosine by the depth of the townhouse lots. Now, two of those three townhouses on the other hand... Those will be pretty significantly in shade all year round. The southernmost one will be fine for as long as the Tony Mandola's (or whatever it is now) building in parkin lot are there. My larger point is that i think there is a weird tendency to overvalue direct sun and undervalue shade in Houston. Nothing is more valuable than shade in Houston. Just think how much those townhouses will save in HVAC costs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Maybe the owners of the townhouses can sell to some nice mole people. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 This building is nice… really cool even… I just rather have it in any other spot if I could keep the women’s center. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Damn the density in this little section is getting crazy! I’m ok with no GFR because this area will have a ton of retail with both Regent Square and Hines development. Edited September 27, 2021 by j_cuevas713 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KinkaidAlum Posted September 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2021 Time to bring an old fashioned street car down Dallas from Shepherd to Downtown. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, KinkaidAlum said: Time to bring an old fashioned street car down Dallas from Shepherd to Downtown. Or, perhaps, Allen Parkway. It would be close to W. Dallas, and also provide easy access to Buffalo Bayou Park. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 We cant keep anything with character in this city can we? Hopefully this will look better than the renderings. This has a slight commie block look to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 They moved the Planning Commission meeting to last Thursday 14th. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 deferred. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokatat Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 There was a variance request in the 10/28 COH planning commission. This is in the site of the current Houston Area Women Center and adjacent parcels. This is immediately east of the Sovereign. It appears to be 14 floors and the application includes renders\elevations. Hopefully this happens! 1809361130_Pagesfrom2021-22_FinalAgenda.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Threads merged @Kokatat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 9:30 PM, jmitch94 said: We cant keep anything with character in this city can we? Hopefully this will look better than the renderings. This has a slight commie block look to it. Are we saying the women's center has character? I feel bad that the women's center isn't gonna be there anymore, but check out Pasadena, Friendswood, Deer Park, old Pearland, and Soho if you want to see brick buildings that prolly still has asbestos in the roof tiles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 It's a pretty nice midcentury building. You don't have to like it, but it *absolutely* has character. That said, I can live with it being replaced with this apartment building. If it were being replaced with a drive through or something I would lose my mind though. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 19 hours ago, X.R. said: Are we saying the women's center has character? I feel bad that the women's center isn't gonna be there anymore, but check out Pasadena, Friendswood, Deer Park, old Pearland, and Soho if you want to see brick buildings that prolly still has asbestos in the roof tiles. Those aren’t Houston though. My biggest issue is that it’s always written off as just this one but then you get that time, after time, after time and before you know it they are all gone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I'm here to say Pasadena does it's best to knock down mid-century stuff too and certainly not for such density as this. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthMontroser Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Any update on this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 10/29/2021 at 2:10 PM, X.R. said: Are we saying the women's center has character? I feel bad that the women's center isn't gonna be there anymore, but check out Pasadena, Friendswood, Deer Park, old Pearland, and Soho if you want to see brick buildings that prolly still has asbestos in the roof tiles. I'd suggest you look up the works of MacKie and Kamrath. They were a very prolific modernist architecture firm during the golden age of modernism in Houston. Kamrath was mentored by Frank Lloyd Wright, and much of his work was inspired by FLW. This actually is a very fine example of this kind of architecture of the period. Unfortunately, as I've said throughout this forum many times, low-rise uses of any kind will find difficulty existing when areas begin to densify. You also don't seem to know about Asbestos that much. As long as asbestos is undisturbed then it isn't a harm to anyone. The reason why its been outlawed and why its no longer in use is due to the fact that when this material is disturbed and broken apart it begins to release toxins into the surrounding environment. Otherwise if left in tact its actually a very effective material for the time it was created. Luckily we have better technology and understanding, and no longer need to use Asbestos, but just because a building has it within it doesn't mean its a death sentence. As for the roof tiles...I guess that is just your sense of aesthetics, which is subjective and is entirely up to you whether you like it or not, but also not a death sentence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Architects - http://www.meekspartners.com They seem to use the U shaped design on several of their buildings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Did Fairfield back out of the Waugh project? https://www.us.jll.com/en/investorcenter/land/1010-waugh-houston-tx-unitedstates 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, hindesky said: Did Fairfield back out of the Waugh project? https://www.us.jll.com/en/investorcenter/land/1010-waugh-houston-tx-unitedstates I believe they haven’t closed on the land yet. It says under contract at the link, top right of the image. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Assuming Fairfield wants to continue the sign permits. When I go by this there are always only 2 cars in the parking lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2022 A contractor is doing the gas disconnect at the Women's Center. I think this project is going to start very soon. 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Moving out, I talked with a woman about where they are going and she said they are moving to the location on El Camino St. She said work hasn't started on the new building yet but should soon. The new building will be for housing with an increase of spots for women and the existing buildings will be the offices. They have to be out of this building by the 28th of Oct. She was aware that Fairfield is building apartments here. Edited December 4, 2022 by hindesky 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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