heights_yankee Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 MAN!!! If I could get Ty Pennington to go around me with a megaphone...I'd be one happy guy! Really? It would make me want to gouge my eardrums with a Bic. I can't believe he is 40-something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Looks like we have an opening date. Saw a sign on the 'oil derrick' today at Sawyer Heights and it says "Target opening July 23rd".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiDTOWNeR Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Looks like we have an opening date. Saw a sign on the 'oil derrick' today at Sawyer Heights and it says "Target opening July 23rd"....WOOHOO!!!!Never again will I have to make my way to that San Feilpe location!!! Which is a great store by the way as there are ALWAYS tons of register lines open, but ghetting there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Any updates on this? Any word on additional retailers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisthenes Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I'd like to know if the city is going to require the developer to widen or improve the Taylor/Sawyer access to the Target site. If you drive or ride a bike (as I do) on this section of road, it is a wreck. Too many big trucks from the Mahatma plant and not enough road maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I'd like to know if the city is going to require the developer to widen or improve the Taylor/Sawyer access to the Target site. If you drive or ride a bike (as I do) on this section of road, it is a wreck. Too many big trucks from the Mahatma plant and not enough road maintenance.If you go all the way back to the first post in this thread, it will answer most of your questions.BTW, I noticed they are putting up a brick facade. May not look too bad for a big box. At least it won't look like a big blue and white Wal-Mart. I'd like to know if any other tenants have signed on. I'm curious which chain restaurants we'll be subjected too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 wow. This really says a lot about the amenities located in our inner loop neighborhoods when we are anticipating a new Target to open. When I saw the thread title, I also though this was being praised for an urban design but this is nothing more than a South Main Target. I know many may disagree with me or for the most part really could care less but are population is hardly progressive when dealing with the development patterns of this city. Speaking of that Atlanta Target, I am surprised so many here know about it. I have friends who live in that neighborhood of Atlanta who claim that neighborhood sold its soul to the devil by building a development focused on nothing but big box retailers in a neighborhood where mom and pop stores are king. Atleast the development attempted to be urban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I HAVE to go to Target. The area it's being built is mostly warehouses. I am happy to not have to deal with Galleria traffic anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistergreen Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Street widening is scheduled to begin.... tomorrow (Feb. 16). I was talking to the construction company that is doing the site work. The plans call for adding room to facilitate a turn lane in the middle. When it's done, it will be smoooooth as silk. I'm not sure how they'll deal with the truck traffic.Yes, it is going to be a pretty standard Target. I saw one in NW Austin that seems to have the same design. There will be a few columns in front to give it a little style, but it is pretty ordinary. A nice asset for my business to have it across the street though.I ask constantly and there are no hints as to what else might go in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 The street widening is now underway. How far down the street they go is unclear, but at a minimum, it looks like they will go from the freeway to the stoplight. Surely they will repave to Washington...won't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwrm4 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Anyone have any updates on how "pedestrian/bike friendly" Target is actually going to be? That was one of the main themes in the original hoopla around the new Target. If I recall there was even supposed to be a bike path running diagonally across the plot.I am getting concerned that it will look and function identically to every other surburbia Target out there. At some point too I recall hearing that the parking lot concrete would be "broken-up" with trees. However, now that the concrete is poured, that doesn't appear to be the case. Edited February 22, 2006 by cwrm4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I am getting concerned that it will look and function identically to every other surburbia Target out there. Anything is better than the dump that was there before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuredeveloper85 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 THe New Target going on at I10 and Taylor just west of downtown seems to be coming along nicely. I wonder is this the start of a entire new development, I think that is prime for more retail, and housing...(Moderator edit: duplicate topic merged) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 See the Houston Neighborhoods->The Heights->More Target Info thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 This won't be a two-story Target, right?It would be cool if they built a two-story Target in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I drove by the 'new' Target development yesterday and drove up into the parking lot and all I can say is, "unimpressed". I was at a local neighborhood meeting where the developers came in and talked about how this was going to be unlike anything else inside the loop, trees, greenspaces, a style that fits in with the history of the neighborhood, etc etc and, while I realize it isn't finished yet, it's pretty much just a Target like in the suburbs, lots of concrete....I'll reserve final judgement for when it's finished, but as of now, like I said, unimpressed so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Yeah, I rode past last week and it seems pretty much a standard big box at this point. Just a block south, however, are the giant presidential head statues. Now that's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 It has a great mid-century look at the entrance...otherwise it's just be another sterile concrete wasteland ala Spring or Katy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiDTOWNeR Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) wow. This really says a lot about the amenities located in our inner loop neighborhoods when we are anticipating a new Target to open.Ain't that the truth.Im still excited about it though! Edited March 8, 2006 by MiDTOWNeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiDTOWNeR Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 ... the developers came in and talked about how this was going to be unlike anything else inside the loop, trees, greenspaces, a style that fits in with the history of the neighborhood, etc etc and, while I realize it isn't finished yet, it's pretty much just a Target like in the suburbs, lots of concrete....HOOK, LINE, and SINKER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I heard that a two story target was going up on Westhimer in a mix use development. Is that true: Similar Development: Take a look at some people in St. Louis complaining about this Target center not being "Urban Enough" when Houston would die to have a Target Like that. Then agian there are always people in Houston to complain no matter how urban something is. http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/archives/000154.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 That type of Target should be in Downtown. A mix of Target, Best Buy, and other stores should be in Downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I could see those flying in Midtown, at the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Can anyone here confirm or deny the rumor of a Whole Foods going in?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Can anyone here confirm or deny the rumor of a Whole Foods going in??I'd love to confirm it but I kind of doubt it. Hope I'm wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 If this Target has a grocery, don't plan on a Whole Foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Can anyone here confirm or deny the rumor of a Whole Foods going in?? I haven't heard that rumor...where did it come from? If this Target has a grocery, don't plan on a Whole Foods. I think this is just a regular target...the only groceries I've seen are in SuperTargets...but groceries would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Man, I can't belive they still build "regualr Targets". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 That is nice. I would not mind seeing one of these at the edge of downtown and Midtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 This one is a standard-issue Super Target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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