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  1. MikeRichardson
    Interesting opinion about this development. http://www.austincontrarian.com/austincontrarian/2012/08/bad-economic-development-in-houston.html Also, a chain link fence was erected around most of the property today, including all of the parking accessible from Westcreek Ln and any parts accessible from inside the gate of the existing apartments. Should be an interesting next few months.
  2. MikeRichardson
    I was a little kid when that shopping center was built. There was some kind of office building on that land, which seemed to be torn down abruptly, desks and paperwork still in the building. The original lineup of the shopping center was (left to right) Baby Superstore, OfficeMax & FurnitureMax, Kroger Signature, CompUSA, Venture. Baby Superstore changed to Babies R Us. OfficeMax closed, then Office Depot rented the space. FurnitureMax was sublet to some off brand place. CompUSA of course shut down and now I think it's a thrift store. Venture became Kmart which became Vacant which almost became a furniture store which is now Vacant. Kroger persevered, ultimately taking down the Randalls and subsequently running a de-facto grocery monopoly in the vicinity.
  3. MikeRichardson
    I don't know about Handy Andy, but there is another Randalls store at 5219 FM 1960 West that (used to have) the exact same architecture as 1407 S Voss. They remodeled the FM 1960 store so extensively that you can only tell it was almost the same as the Voss store by going inside and looking at the ceiling. The Voss store has not been remodeled since the 90's. Knowing Safeway they will just shut it down (like every other unremodeled store in the past few years) when the lease is up and claim the landlord wanted an extra $1 per month and there's too many other stores nearby and oh by the way our executives have no balls
  4. MikeRichardson
    They were still signing new leases as of this year - leases that (assuming a one year term) expired well into 2013. An addendum to these leases provided for their termination (which is why some seem to be 30 days, maybe the month-to-month tenants, and others are 60 days, probably specified in the addendum). I'm not sure how to reply to this. I disagree with the developer's timing of the evictions (during the holidays), as well as their decision to still sign leases up until right before the closure notice, and I lament the net loss of total housing and affordable housing. Your remarks seem to imply that by merely holding these views I am some kind of "non-doer", that perhaps I spend a majority of my time "b*tching" on the Internet about how to spend other people's money. I don't know if that was your intention or not.
  5. MikeRichardson
    Those people had leases, not "month to month tenancies". A "rebate check" is gone after a few months when you have to move into another apartment that costs significantly more.
  6. MikeRichardson
    Does no one else find it appalling that over 600 families are being thrown out of their homes during the holidays? That almost 700 affordable apartments are being replaced with what will almost certainly be fewer than 300 much less affordable apartments? As a current resident of Westcreek at River Oaks (spared from the bulldozer... for now) I appreciate the almost entirely residential nature of Westcreek Lane and some of the most affordable housing in the area. Now I get worry about when they might to decide to tear my building down too so they can build fewer, more expensive residences and useless vanity shops of no appeal to me whatsoever. Note: My name should be MikeRichardson, not MikeRichardsob.
  7. MikeRichardson
    I messed my username up. It should be MikeRichardson, not MikeRichardsob. Could it be fixed? Thanks.
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