HNathoo

I was told this will be a replacement C-Store with QSR. I imagine they’ll be razing the old C-Store once this is completed. 

5 hours ago, mattyt36 said:

With this hotel and the new Courtyard Houston Heights (see link below ... I think a nice looking building ... is there a thread on this project?), I’m wondering what is taking Midtown so long to get a midtier hotel, advertising proximity to downtown, the Med Ctr, Museum District, and Montrose.

 

Seems like a couple of these would work well in EaDo too.

 

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/houcw-courtyard-houston-heights-i-10/

The hotel guys can’t compete with the multi family guys on land pricing in midtown. It’s possible you might see some tighter sites being taken on by hotel guys once the parking requirements go away. 

5 hours ago, Twinsanity02 said:

Not familiar with the phrase "transit corridor". Does a  it mean rail or bus, or just rail? Or does it just mean a busy street? Would FM 1960 be a transit corridor even though parts have no mass transit but tens of thousands of cars?  How is the width defined and by whom? Questions, questions. 

As of now, I believe it’s just rail - see below link. 

https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/_urban/TransitCorridorStreet_Main_020110.pdf

The new new ordinance being worked on by the walkable places committee also includes bus, but that hasn’t been approved yet. 

This has to be the best subdivision plat name ever.

I think I'll tune into the Planning meeting just to hear the commissioner say the name.

2 minutes ago, X.R. said:

 

The last three complaints don't seem like real issues, I'm glad its not earth shattering stuff that could really derail the project. But what does "not in the transit corridor" mean? Meaning, not near the rail? Its actually less than a 5 min walk from the museum district station going northbound so...

 

My only thing is that the energy and internet infrastructure are both weirdly shitty for such a nice area (going toward the "gaining more info from CenterPoint" item). If the weather is pretty bad, you have a decent chance that you'll lose electricity for a while. And internet speeds in the area from all providers are fairly atrocious. I've had both centerpoint and at&t people remark about it. Maybe all this increased density means improved infrastructure, that would be nice. 

The transit corridor technically stops at the opposite corner of la branch and calumet - about 50’ away. 

3 hours ago, hindesky said:

The lot just southeast is a junkyard, wonder why they couldn't buy it too.

 

It’s owned by the Boone bicycle family. They’re holding out hope they can turn this into a bicycle museum. I think they have a go fund me account for this. 

This building is done and fully operating. I believe they opened in May.

Doesn't seem like very deep drilling - probably just environmental work.

However, the only reason anyone would do this would be transaction based - either a refinance or a sale.

2 minutes ago, jmitch94 said:

 

 

People see all the amazing architecture in New York (and I'm in no way saying Houston is on par with New York) and forget about the thousands of regular boring or downright ugly buildings in the city. 

 

 

I feel a little bad for saying this but is the building across La Branch still there, the two story apartment building in street view with window unit A/C's, peeling paint, shopping carts and jalopies parked under it. 

It was recently remodeled. Given how small the lot was, I imagine this is as good as we could hope for. 

I feel like they should build this much closer to the property lines. Don’t care for the setbacks.

My god. That’s beautiful. 

sounds like la branch is going to turn into a very vibrant corner. This neighborhood has all the makings of a great pedestrian environment. 

Why does anyone really desire dry goods retail? Just so you can look at the store front and not go inside? There are a few exceptions, but that ship has largely sailed. I’m perfectly happy with a street lined with restaurants and bars. 

The owner of the site refused to sell and would only do a ground lease, limiting the user pool and getting her a very low use for the property. This site should've been a very tall tower - with the two museums between this site and the park, it would've had amazing views of Hermann Park.

1 hour ago, Toopicky said:

HNathoo, I hope so, but the sign on the opening post suggested otherwise. The upscale townhouses across the street haven't been selling well, but another lot next to them has seen recent demo (last picture above) that the school would not want (although the Pres. Church might as itis adjacent to their "Operation ID" building. ) Today,  it appeared that crews were out on Portland to cut of the electricity  to the newly fenced apartments.... soon to be demoed?  Note, the fencing style is the same as in the last pic above.

As of April-2019, Joy Development School is the owner of the lot

I believe the school behind this purchased these lots for expansion. 

They had a meeting today. Does anyone know what new developments may have occurred? 

This is a pretty cool report.

I wonder if MFA can break into the ranks given their incredible expansion project.

There is caution tape and wood stakes around the site - not sure how long it’s been there. 

Not sure how they'll be able to park the retail component without doing a structured garage (not just first floor podium). 

Assuming 3k sq ft of retail will be restaurant, they'll need at least 30 parking spaces for that piece alone. I don't know how they'll get there on less than an acre and no structured parking

Does anyone know if they plan on pursuing phase II as soon as this one is complete?

I imagine the crane will be coming down soon, so it'll be interesting to see if it's transferred to the next block.

5 minutes ago, houstontexasjack said:

My understanding is that the medical office building at the old Origin Bank drive-through should start by Q4 this year with completion by Q1 2021.  The Mann-Eye Institute will then transfer its flag to the new building (the first phase of Museo Plaza). Not sure they’ll make any longer-term leases here, although a restaurant would be cool.

Do you know how large the building will be? It looks like they secured a $57m loan on the project that closed back in February. 

I believe they’re just remodeling - was hoping for a more significant development here.