hindesky Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 This building on Montrose has been slowly removing the brick and now an excavator his finishing off the building. It's considered part of a Houston Historical District- Audubon Place and will have to be rebuilt according to standards set by the district. When I first moved here the area wasn't a Historical District but a few years after it became one. Before that we had 4 townhome complexes go in. After it became a Historical District any new homes have be built to that standard and 2 have. Edit: The Historical District Map shows it's a non contributing lot, I wonder if that will change what can or cannot be built. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Completely gone. I wonder what will be built here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 17 hours ago, hindesky said: Completely gone. I wonder what will be built here. Would be a great spot for an independent book store! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: Would be a great spot for an independent book store! It was a "non contributing" building of the Historical Audubon District standards, I wonder if now that it was torn down will any new construction have to be a "contributing" building according to the Historical standards? Edited April 8, 2022 by hindesky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) huh? Oh oh oh. Do you mean the new construction? It will never be contributing, but it will have to be reviewed by the HAHC. Their main concerns are likely to be general massing and scale. Edited April 8, 2022 by Texasota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) I talked with the owner of the Chevron about this property. He said he was ready to sign the paperwork to buy it but owners of the now closed Montrose Car Care came in with a $100,000 more and outbid him. He said they are building a mechanics shop. The property wraps around the Chevron in an "L" shape. I also told him to check HAIF if he wanted to keep up with projects around town. Edited May 14, 2022 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Aw :( was hoping for something else here. Hopefully its a nice mechanic shop lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 The disappointment continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Just when you thought Montrose Blvd was turning into Post Oak Blvd, you see it's actually turning into North Shepherd. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 They have started work on the W. Alabama portion of the new automotive repair business. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Well, this is interesting... the building permit for 3709 Montrose is for "New, Single Family Residential" The building permit for 911 W Alabama is for "Remodel, Warehouse" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Change of plans, this according to the guy in the Chevron. The building facing W. Alabama St is supposed to be an auto glass place and the lot behind Chevron facing Montrose Blvd. is being sold. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) I talked with one of the guys building this and he told me his uncle worked at the old Montrose Car Care and they are building an auto glass shop here and when finished will build an auto mechanic shop on the lot on 3709 Montrose. Edited June 21, 2022 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Variance request sign is up for "Montrose Care" at 3709 Montrose Blvd. This is supposedly going to be an auto repair shop from the guys who used to run Montrose Car Care where Clark's Oyster is building their restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 Proposed plat for Montrose Car Care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Planning Commission deferred this. Neighbors in the area spoke against it because they were all associating this plat with the windshield business around the corner. They blamed the shoddy work on that building and the left over construction material on it as an excuse for them to deny this plat. They may have the same owner but the meeting was supposed to be only about this plat and not anything else. I think it will eventually be approved. The staff of the Planning Commission wanted to approve it but the NYMBY's caused it to be deferred. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Approved by the Planning Commission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 I recently took my car to Montrose Automotive in the Museum District to have some work done on it. Some of the workers and managers from the old Montrose Car Care (Montrose @ W. Alabama, soon to be Clark's) transferred over there when the original shop closed. It was going to take a couple of hours so one of the workers drove me home. They called when it was ready and the former manager of Montrose Car Care was the one who picked me up. I asked him about the new mechanic's shop that is planned behind the Chevron. He confirmed it was him that is behind the new shop. Originally the shop facing W. Alabama was going to be an auto glass repair shop but he decided that it will become the parking area for the mechanic's shop that is going to face Montrose Blvd. Said they are going to demo the work that was already done. He still has to get approval from the Audubon Historical District for the building they plan to build. This permit is for water/sewer demolition of the W. Alabama building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Getting approval from Audubon Historical District.....what will that entail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 32 minutes ago, trymahjong said: Getting approval from Audubon Historical District.....what will that entail? I guess if the design, style and color of the new mechanic's shop is ok with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Hmmmm I guess I'm confused. I think there is a department within COH that might have dealt with the developer concerning requirements of renovating within an Historical designated district before now...........seems bewildering that developer waited so long. .....or that no one tattled on developer for building before getting permission-. There is something else that confuses me. I live within Avondales West historic designated district. I have never been aware that a committee of people function under that name=>Avondale West Historic District. So I was confused when your source explained that approval of Audubon Historic District was needed. Is there a group of people that function under that name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 I don't know exactly who he said he had to get the ok from but he told me he had to get approval before he could start the building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I want to post this here also really COH is overextending trying to deal with lots and lots of details here and there..... why not have a "civilian board "that makes decisions....... Well it's a shame there is no neighborhood........Audubon historic or avondale historic or whatever...that would have a bit of influence on how new residences are built. Businesses are one thing- but new residences that paid tribute to older architecture would make for a more pleasing aesthetic. Or perhaps more of a bite back on the cost payback.......it would be great if it were more difficult/costly to tear down useful houses and throw up 6cheap townhomes on same property. This is what( my historic home preservation tunnel vision?) I've observed within Avondale anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Taking down the building that was supposed to be an auto glass business but will instead become the parking lot for Montrose Car Care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Plumbing demo permit for the future parking area of the new Montrose Car Care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 Someone has built themselves a shelter, city of Houston has an infraction sign to clean up the trash. Worker at the Chevron said the lot's owner plans to start construction on the mechanics building in January '24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) On 4/28/2023 at 6:19 PM, hindesky said: Proposed plat for Montrose Car Care. You could be a Gerry Hines and start out by building independent book stores with mechanics' parking lots tucked underneath. But you know...if that parcel for parking is smaller than the Montrose parcel, and the latter is 7700 square feet, it is likely that the brokerage sign in your first photo for five buildings, marketing most of an acre (acre is 43560 square feet) of ground, sale or lease and together or in part, was a larger ell shape including some "contributing properties" on the block. Even those properties have a lot of their back halves open for their parking. You can introduce your mechanic to your gas station owner to your crane operator friends. It's bound to be the first hotel whose parking garage will include valet auto repair and inhouse refueling while-you-read-and-wait in the sunny independent bookstore off the hotel lobby cafés. Edited September 5, 2023 by strickn The return of the public living room that lodging used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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