lockmat Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Looks like he is flipping the land. No? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Let's hope he flips it. We want something nice there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 There are two additional apartment towers planned for Westcreek. An office building, a hotel and two additional high-rise apartment building are planned on the remaining Westcreek property, Brand said. The surge of development has led to concerns over increased traffic congestion in the area.High-density development will increasingly take the place of low-rise buildings in desirable, close-in areas, Bland said, as more people want to live in the city center and land become more expensive.Additional traffic, he said, is the price of progress. But he also points out that the number of new residential units proposed on the old Westcreek site won't be a whole lot higher that what was there originally."Surprisingly, if you take all the apartments that were demolished, the total number of (new) residential units is not going to be much more," Bland said. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/Tall-buildings-to-arise-near-River-Oaks-District-5828150.php#/0 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The "old Westcreek" apartments by Hauck & Swain were fairly well built, and the development grew in rental income in part because of that over the many years. I am impressed with the quality of the Sky highrise apts, and especially Oliver/McMillan's, among all the new development in terms of architecture and construction. Even Pelican's architecture is usually pretty good. And let's hope the Mid Lane project(s) are similar like the Weslayan/Alabama projects seem to be. All are immensely better than the youngsters who built High Street. "High" must stand for 'if the market is strong, then cut corners and build ugly to maximize profits,' because the back end of High Street is very poor/low... El Cheapo looking. These developers who I was told also do their own construction might be the ONLY one of the area developers who are failing to put the power and cable utilities underground! The absence of high-quality development planning/ protections / management for its own residents has some 'special' ones parking along driveways instead of in the garage or clearly appropriate parking spaces. Place is looking more ghetto than Uptown. I'm sure they are good folks, but I heard the Dinersteins are quite young, with mentoring that likes to undercut rents in areas of high-quality projects. I understand the business model, but admire developers who seem to care more about community, legacy, and the long term. River Oaks District will really be something in terms of multi-use upon completion, and with multifamily replacing the high quality of Messrs. Hauck and Swain...great developers back in the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted November 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2014 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Sweet. I didn't realize someone recreated this area in Simcity 4. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 "Full Service Hotel"!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 They go all the way aaayyyyyyyyyy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Is Randall Davis going to finish with the tallest building on this site? Based on prior stories, I thought he was only slated to use part of his parcel. If he has a 2 unit per floor design, he could have a 40-50 story building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 And you aren't counting the parking garage/podium.. But I dont see it being that tall. Yes, likely the tallest on the site though unless something crazy is proposed on the three remaining properties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "Full Service Hotel"!? That caught my eye, too. First, who? Second, where's the shoehorn to fit that in the space? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm guessing 4, possibly 5 units per floor. Two units per floor would be some huge individual units or a small floor plate. The only thing comparable would be the building rumored for Manhattan that would be one unit per floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 The image is cut off. The 90's era apartments (Park at Westcreek, they are next to the last old Westcreek building) are highlighted in green and there is a speech bubble thing pointing to it, but the content of the speech bubble is cut off. Are there plans for the 90's apartments? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted December 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 4/18/2006 at 1:41 PM, brijonmang said: is there any new news on this project? Westcreek Skyline. Here is the plot for the proposed hotel. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Thank you, @ekdrm2d1. Only took 13 years... 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 11/22/2014 at 1:55 PM, Urbannizer said: That Target parking lot is killing me 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Maybe one of these new builds can have target be the ground floor, then parking garage then hotel or condos or apartments or offices...otherwise nobody touches my target! 😵 Edited December 10, 2019 by gene 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Looks like the Target has a bullseye on it. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swtsig Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: That Target parking lot is killing me rumor has it they're at least considering a densification of their site. that's all the info i have. 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 hours ago, swtsig said: rumor has it they're at least considering a densification of their site. that's all the info i have. What does this densification look like or consist of? Allowing someone to develop or build on the parking lot? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, CaptainJilliams said: What does this densification look like or consist of? Allowing someone to develop or build on the parking lot? It could mean they anchor the ground floor of a building. Maybe some sort of mixed use like Whole Foods and HEB? On a side note, you don’t realize just how dense the inner loop is until you look at it from above. Edited December 11, 2019 by j_cuevas713 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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