BLVD Place / Hanover Towers / Apache HQ Developments

[drecey 100]

I know that this is completely off topic, and I tried finding it, but can't. I figured since it's gonna be in the same area, I'd just post here.

What ever happened with that Astoria project? It looked so good and promising. They even had the leasing trailer out.

http://astoriahouston.com/index.html

[Golyadkin 287]

It's going up on the McDonald's site down the street from BLVD Place (here: http://goo.gl/maps/sElzl). There is a pre-sale trailer that has been in the parking lot for a few months now, and the McDonald's is scheduled to be demolished in January last I heard.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Golyadkin

[drecey 100]

Whoa! Thanx. I'm glad it's still in the works. It looks amazing! I love Art Deco inspired architecture.

[kdog08 267]

So is there also something going up in the 24 hour fitness location across the street from the said McDonalds?

[LarryDierker 3420]

So is there also something going up in the 24 hour fitness location across the street from the said McDonalds?

There was some discussion on the topic a while back.

[lockmat 2340]

Did Midway at one time have a plan to develop this site as well? Their plan is almost the exact same as Wulfe.

http://www.munozalbin.com/22-post-oak-ii.html

[Golyadkin 287]

From today:

[SweetJames 12]

From last week

[ChrisPHous 86]

Oh wow they are starting on the Hanover tower already? This is nuts!

[chuckdee 2]

It's going up on the McDonald's site down the street from BLVD Place (here: http://goo.gl/maps/sElzl). There is a pre-sale trailer that has been in the parking lot for a few months now, and the McDonald's is scheduled to be demolished in January last I heard.

Excellent. Any pics of the Mickey D's getting smashed?? Breaks my heart!

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[Golyadkin 287]

Excellent. Any pics of the Mickey D's getting smashed?? Breaks my heart!

It was still open last I went by. I'm sick right now, but when I'm next up for it I'll head over and see if I can't get a definite timetable from someone.

[SkylineView 1405]

It's 100% still open, with people getting their McRibs and McFlurry's as we speak...

[lockmat 2340]

That looks a lot more than whole foods and Hanover

[Golyadkin 287]

That looks a lot more than whole foods and Hanover

The main constuction happening isn't just Whole Foods, by the looks of it it is all of the remaining BLVD Place - Phases 1, 2, and 3. And it looks like they've fenced off the area behind the park where the Hanover tower was originally supposed to go and where a tower still appears on the site plans, so we'll have to see what happens there.

[jgriff 751]

That looks a lot more than whole foods and Hanover

There are two construction sites shown in the photo. One is the Whole Foods complex, I'm not sure what the other is but ChrisPHous seems to indicate that it is Hanover tower. I think he is referring to the bottom photo in which piles are being or about to be driven.

Edited January 8, 2013 by jgriff

[chuckdee 2]

It's 100% still open, with people getting their McRibs and McFlurry's as we speak...

Yippee....

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[Golyadkin 287]

There are two construction sites shown in the photo. One is the Whole Foods complex, I'm not sure what the other is but ChrisPHous seems to indicate that it is Hanover tower. I think he is referring to the bottom photo in which piles are being or about to be driven.

This is the Whole Foods, which actually is basically all of the remainder of BLVD Place, assuming the finish everything planned for that site.

And you are correct, this is the Hanover Tower site:

[Houston19514 4918]

Ooohhh, I had always thought the Hanover Tower was going on that site between Skylark and Post Oak Lane.

[SweetJames 12]

Ooohhh, I had always thought the Hanover Tower was going on that site between Skylark and Post Oak Lane.

I'm fairly certain a separate residential building is going in there. I think it's in the BLVD Place master plan.

[Golyadkin 287]

I'm fairly certain a separate residential building is going in there. I think it's in the BLVD Place master plan.

It is. The plans for that one are still on their site plan map (here: http://www.blvdplace...rojectPlans.htm). Initially that was the site for the Hanover Tower, so there's a little confusion over what's going here now. It may be that Hanover is actually going to be putting up two residential towers here. No concrete information about it that I've seen at this point.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Golyadkin

[Mister X 227]

The plans, renderings and photos seem to be matching up nicely at this point.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Mister X

[lockmat 2340]

So the site closest to San Felipe is the location of the square tower that was first revealed years ago? I guess we always thought this new rendering was replacing it, but it's not. Correct?

[Golyadkin 287]

So the site closest to San Felipe is the location of the square tower that was first revealed years ago? I guess we always thought this new rendering was replacing it, but it's not. Correct?

That's where the confusion is. When the tower that's currently going up (the curved one) was first announced, it was made to sound like it was a replacement for the tower that was always talked about to go on the small block formed by Sky Lark, Post Oak Ln. and San Felipe (this tower: http://swamplot.com/...-blvd-place.jpg). But given that the site plans on their website show both, with that site looking the same as it always has, there's no clear information one way or the other. Personally I'm hoping they go back to their original pre-recession 57-story plan (here: http://www.slideshare.net/whyarc/2012-jy-hanover), but I'd be very happy to see a tower of any kind go there. I'm all for parks but a little patch of grass in that area is frankly IMO.

Edited January 9, 2013 by Golyadkin

[lockmat 2340]

That's where the confusion is. When the tower that's currently going up (the curved one) was first announced, it was made to sound like it was a replacement for the tower that was always talked about to go on the small block formed by Sky Lark, Post Oak Ln. and San Felipe (this tower: http://swamplot.com/...-blvd-place.jpg). But given that the site plans on their website show both, with that site looking the same as it always has, there's no clear information one way or the other. Personally I'm hoping they go back to their original pre-recession 57-story plan (here: http://www.slideshare.net/whyarc/2012-jy-hanover), but I'd be very happy to see a tower of any kind go there. I'm all for parks but a little patch of grass in that area is frankly IMO.

What the frick!!! I've never seen that rendering before!!! I hope they go with that too!

[wxman 893]

That's where the confusion is. When the tower that's currently going up (the curved one) was first announced, it was made to sound like it was a replacement for the tower that was always talked about to go on the small block formed by Sky Lark, Post Oak Ln. and San Felipe (this tower: http://swamplot.com/...-blvd-place.jpg). But given that the site plans on their website show both, with that site looking the same as it always has, there's no clear information one way or the other. Personally I'm hoping they go back to their original pre-recession 57-story plan (here: http://www.slideshar...2012-jy-hanover), but I'd be very happy to see a tower of any kind go there. I'm all for parks but a little patch of grass in that area is frankly IMO.

HOLY CRAP! Please tell me that is the updated rendering....please! That's 57-stories of pure sexy!

[Golyadkin 287]

Unfortunately, that's the ORIGINAL plan for the site, circa 2007. This tower (http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hanover-blvd-place.jpg) is the most recent rendering for that site. I wish the 57-story one was more recent, but it's not. It's a pre-recession rendering, meaning that it's pretty much certain to never happen.

[swtsig 2960]

Unfortunately, that's the ORIGINAL plan for the site, circa 2007. This tower (http://swamplot.com/...-blvd-place.jpg) is the most recent rendering for that site. I wish the 57-story one was more recent, but it's not. It's a pre-recession rendering, meaning that it's pretty much certain to never happen.

crazy that i have never seen that rendering before... 57-stories is a very impressive tower. i agree w you that there is almost no chance of that happening, though, at least in the near to mid future. the tower i am STILL holding out for is the 53-story ritz.... that thing needs to happen in the worst the way as the galleria area is in desperate need of a legitimate 5-star hotel. once again, not holding my breath.

[Golyadkin 287]

I'm hoping BLVD Place gets a W myself. I got to stay at the W Taipei in August. BEST. HOTEL. EVER. Also, almost every W I've seen has been an incredible modern tower. It would fit perfectly in the area.

[Golyadkin 287]

They've started putting in the first steel frame for the office/retail section (phase 2 specifically - the concrete structure that's been going up on the site so far has been the garage).

Edited January 17, 2013 by Golyadkin

[brijonmang 5612]

Yay construction porn!

[DrLan34 1952]

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/01/hanover-co-embarks-on-blvd-place.html

"Houston-based Hanover Co. broke ground in late December on its newest high-rise — Hanover Post Oak in the Blvd Place mixed-use project — one month ahead of schedule.

The apartment structure, which will be composed of 355 units averaging 1,055 square feet, will be completed in phases, said David Ott, development partner at Hanover.

The first units will be delivered in early fall 2014, and Hanover — the contractor, owner and manager of the property — will be completely finished with the project by spring of 2015, Ott said."

[fatesdisastr 534]

The article above had a different view of the new Hanover high rise.

 

[chuckdee 2]

I don't know why but that shot oozes Florida to me.

 

 

 

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[Pleak 144]

Also in the Bizjournal article linked above was this last paragraph.

 

 

Plans for Blvd Place also include 1,000 high-rise multifamily residential units and an upscale boutique hotel.

 

 

I'm so lost on the twists and turns of Blvd Place.  Can someone simply explain where the other 645 high-rise units are going and where the hotel is going.

 

Last I knew,  only high-rise buildings being built were Hanover's (above) and whatever Apache builds.

 

I apologize in advance for being dense on this one.

Edited January 24, 2013 by Pleak

[wxman 893]

Also in the Bizjournal article linked above was this last paragraph.

 

 

 

 

I'm so lost on the twists and turns of Blvd Place.  Can someone simply explain where the other 645 high-rise units are going and where the hotel is going.

 

Last I knew,  only high-rise buildings being built were Hanover's (above) and whatever Apache builds.

 

I apologize in advance for being dense on this one.

 

Yeah, I kinda agree. Can somebody clear up the BLVD. mess and which is which?

[swtsig 2960]

Also in the Bizjournal article linked above was this last paragraph.

 

 

 

 

I'm so lost on the twists and turns of Blvd Place.  Can someone simply explain where the other 645 high-rise units are going and where the hotel is going.

 

Last I knew,  only high-rise buildings being built were Hanover's (above) and whatever Apache builds.

 

I apologize in advance for being dense on this one.

not your fault, it's easy to be confused on this one. according to the latest master plan for the site that someone posted a page or two back, the plans show two more residential highrises and a hotel highrise in addition to the hannover bldg, apaches two bldgs and the whole foods/retail/office space. who knows what the actual status of those are, though.

[ChrisPHous 86]

Give me te twisting building please!!!!

[Golyadkin 287]

Also in the Bizjournal article linked above was this last paragraph.

 

 

 

 

I'm so lost on the twists and turns of Blvd Place.  Can someone simply explain where the other 645 high-rise units are going and where the hotel is going.

 

Last I knew,  only high-rise buildings being built were Hanover's (above) and whatever Apache builds.

 

I apologize in advance for being dense on this one.

 

Here's the site plan:

As swtsig said, it calls for 6 towers total: 3 residential, 1 hotel, 2 office.

[chuckdee 2]

Here's the site plan:

As swtsig said, it calls for 6 towers total: 3 residential, 1 hotel, 2 office.

 

 

 

Whoa!!!  Whole Foods!

 

 

 

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Edited January 24, 2013 by chuckdee

[Pleak 144]

Thanks.   Do we have any idea of the configuration of the additional high rises?  Or are they just "proposed"?  

 

From what I understand,  all the really cool configurations from earlier in the thread are all gone now - correct?

[Golyadkin 287]

Thanks.   Do we have any idea of the configuration of the additional high rises?  Or are they just "proposed"?  

 

From what I understand,  all the really cool configurations from earlier in the thread are all gone now - correct?

 

So far no plans of any kind have been released. There were several previous proposals for some of them, but most of them are unlikely at best. Right now we are just waiting for new information to come out, and we have no timeline for that.

[htownswami 1]

Post Oak Blvd on its way to becoming one of the premier avenues in the country. Excited time for Houston to finally see projects go from paper to pavement...

[SkylineView 1405]

Overall site & new steel...  Walkathon going on in the bottom left.

 

The u/c apartment tower is going in on the right hand side of the screen about where the long white trailer is.  This view looks toward the southwest.

 

 

Edited January 26, 2013 by SkylineView

[brijonmang 5612]

Great photo update, thank you.  They sure are making progress!

[Golyadkin 287]

So that's what those people in the white shirts were. I thought it was some protest march or something when I saw them going by this morning.

[SkylineView 1405]

More new steel...  From 2/2/2013.

 

 

[SkylineView 1405]

Lots of progress over the last two weeks.  Also note that the painting (exterior treatment?) of the Whiteco building has changed in the background.

Construction of the associated apartment tower is going full bore too.

2/2/2013

 

 

[asubrt 758]

I was recently told that the Courtyard At St. James' Place wedding venue (map http://bit.ly/Z1N2nt) would be closing later this year to be torn down to make way for a high rise. At first I thought it might be one of the residential towers in BLVD Place, but looking at the map, it's a decent distance outside of the property. Has anyone heard anything about what might be going there? Apologies if there is already a thread or something, I couldn't remember anything about that location.

[lockmat 2340]

I was recently told that the Courtyard At St. James' Place wedding venue (map http://bit.ly/Z1N2nt) would be closing later this year to be torn down to make way for a high rise. At first I thought it might be one of the residential towers in BLVD Place, but looking at the map, it's a decent distance outside of the property. Has anyone heard anything about what might be going there? Apologies if there is already a thread or something, I couldn't remember anything about that location.

I had it on my google map, but a slightly different location, so maybe this is a different project. Here is the link I had. Same or different? http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2012/07/old-art-institute-building-to-be-razed-for-luxury-apartments/

[asubrt 758]

I had it on my google map, but a slightly different location, so maybe this is a different project. Here is the link I had. Same or different? http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2012/07/old-art-institute-building-to-be-razed-for-luxury-apartments/

 

It's really close, but it's actually just inside the bend on St. James' Place (street). It could be the same property if it's a really huge apartment complex, but that seems unlikely. It's possible I just received bad info. We'll see what happens.