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This is great news. Finger will definitely cause other developers to add retail to their developments. Just a giant snowball effect. Slowly but surely downtown is heading in the right direction after many years of city planning. I think once rail on the east end is complete we are going to see more of these mixed-used developments. Whats great is how dense developers are building in our city.

Wow, 3 projects that will revolutionize Houston: Regent Square, River Oaks District, and BLVD Place. There will be no excuse to not call Houston a walkable city in about 10 years.

No kidding they were pricy... I was looking for a bookcase... a simple bookcase... they wanted $900 for that? #@^$ no!

We laughed and started walking out when the salesman pointed out another bookcase for.... $600!!! #*@* no!

He became offended when my wife said that those prices are astronomical and tried to mouth off to her. #*$& no!

I put my beer down, threw my cigarette aside, grabbed him and forced him to apologize. We left. I'm surprised they lasted this long.

LOL nice. I would've done the same. Not the same Fingers store it used to be. Kind of a shame. I say rebuild Buff Stadium for the Lastros so we can put a real pro team in the JuiceBox. jk jk GO STROS!

The market is strong in this city. Developers know that the more people they can get to stay in the core of the city, the more it will draw retail. Such a promising development.

That is the spot you can see from 59. I didn't think they did such a bad job to the building. Slowly but surely this part of midtown is becoming nicer. Plus the development happening on the corner near that that church and those colorful apartments. Midtown is gonna be a nice urban spot.

Look the point I'm trying to make is that you're not gonna just magically make the homeless problem disappear. I don't understand how you can live in a major "city" and not have to deal with all kinds of people. The way I see it, if you don't like the city, there are plenty of nice suburbs to live. If you think we got it bad then head to NYC where right outside of Wall St. you can spot hundreds of homeless for blocks. And this is the epicenter of wealth in this country. Stop being a bunch of whiney babies.

Really not a bad idea. Instead of running the homeless out, lets see what lives can be helped. So between Interfaith and this Mens Center, both will have a major impact in helping clean up Midtown a bit.

Wow more great news, first River Oaks District now this... good to see so much contruction going on in this city. It's about time for Houston to shine.

Yes! GREAT NEWS! You made my day.

Someone needs to tell that neurologist to stick to his day job. Js

Wow I just realized that was the old Tavern site. Me and a friend of mine used to go there all the time for the 50 cent Lone Star on Monday nights. I'm extremely happy this location is becoming an apartment complex. That lot was so f'd up.

Completely agree, from 2001-2005 was just a rush of people new to the downtown area. That fad died and now we are seeing more stable business downtown. I've noticed the same, downtown from Thurs to Sunday seems pretty packed with activity. It's becoming more of a family environment not just a bunch of short lived clubs and party goers like back in 2004. The past 15yrs the city has pumped $3 billion in infrastructure and they plan on adding another $4 billion in the next 10 years to continue to draw the amenities needed to have a stable neighborhood. I really see downtown beginning to boom in the next 5 yrs.

I really believe this developer is going to build something nice in place of this historic structure. Skanska I think is trying build a bit of a good reputation with the community by develpoing that new day care center. This is such a prime lot, it wouldn't suprise me if he built something big enough to add to the skyline.

Thats good news, hopefully thats the sign we've been looking for. Houston has been doing a great job developing these nice plaza style parks.

I've been wondering the same damn thing. The owner says he's bringing it back to its former glory, whatever that means. I've noticed cars in the parking lot on several occasions but I couldn't tell you the details. I wish it was torn down.

Wow, its sorta surreal. Midtown is becoming a very nice area! Think about how much more activity and development will pop up in the next 5 years. I can't wait for the Superblock Park project.

Yea I mean half the time I see construction begin for a lot of projects way sooner than expected. It wouldn't surprise.

Hopefully that means a faster start?

Does anyone have any more info on this? I'm extremely excited about this, a nice park will help draw development around the area.

Yea I actually attend the Art Institute, the new building off of 59 is way nicer. I trust Finger will develop something rather nice, especially in that area.

WOW!

These first wave of business' are just temps, more stable business is going to develop as property values continue to rise. Hell look at the new NBC Studio we are getting at the Pavilions. Be optimistic my friend, Houston is booming. And sorry for repeating some of the same points in my first post. Typing too fast.

Sorry if I kept repeating some of the same points, typing too fast.

Exactly C2H, in the past 15 years I've seen the city develop a more stable infrastructure to help draw businesses. This includes things like streetscape projects, beautification of some of the sidewalks, and more recently light rail. All of these things were developed to help bring the kind of businesses and development that could stabilize downtown into a liveable neighborhood. So in the past 10 years, more infrastructure has developed both in the private and public sector; Discovery Green, Market Square Park, Light Rail Expansion, Toyota Center, Convention Center Hotel, a grocery store for those living downtown in Phoenicia, the list goes on. Now understand that downtown prior to these past 10 years of growth had been neglected for almost 25 years after the oil crash in the 80's. The reason for the crash is because so much was invested in an unstable source, oil. If you were an investor or a company, would you put your business in a place where no one has invested in years? Of course not. The economy has been so unstable for investors and developers. Today, there is not a more well positioned city in the country. Construction is not happening anywhere else like it's happening here. There is more growing support for light rail expansion to help transport the millions expected in the next 20 years. This city has two extremely stable markets going for it, the health care sector and energy, not just oil like in the past, but also renewable forms of energy. New York City has already went through what we are going through 100 years ago. For NYC's first 150 yrs of existence, conditions were terrible. It's only in the past 100 years that NYC has become what it is now. I'm not saying it's going to take us 100 years, but Houston is a young city, we are the visionaries now that 100 years ago in NYC were trying to develop a more stable city. It's taken 10 years of instability in the market to catch up with this stable city. This is really the beginning of our renaissance, so expect things to change a whole lot more in the next 10 years. This isn't just pointless optimism, trust me I know what I've seen and studied.

Downtown is on the verge of exploding with new development. We are witnessing a rennaissance.