CrockpotandGravel

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Originally posted by mkultra25, August 29, 2019 in the thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood.
 


 

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Originally posted by crockpotandgravel, June 24, 2019 in the thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd.
 


Update on the renovation and build out of Symbolic Brewing Co., the brewery at 5521 Navigation Blvd in Houston:


Someone asked a week ago on Instagram or Facebook about the progress. Symbolic said it was slowly progressing. 


 

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Originally posted by rechlin, May 18, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


A month later and more progress, but it's been gradual.  Some nice brickwork is done, and they are starting to build a cinder block wall in the front:

 

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Originally posted by thedistrict84 July 31, 2018 in the thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd.
 

 

This will be a very welcome addition to the neighborhood. And, depending on how the eastward extension of the trail is routed, it could make for an appealing destination for bike and pedestrian traffic along the Buffalo Bayou hike and bike trail. Boat tours originating at that part of the Bayou/Ship Channel also sound very interesting.

This is a very exciting time to be living in the East End!

 

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Originally posted by rechlin, April 11, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


After not much visible change for a while, when I last went to Frank's about a week ago I noticed it was finally coming along, so there's still hope.  Still didn't seem to be anywhere near opening, though.

 

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Originally posted by Triton, April 10, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


It's probably waiting for Aris to finish up before it can open.


 

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Originally posted by crockpotandgravel July 31, 2018 in the thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd.
 



More on Symbolic Brewing Co., coming to 5521 Navigation Blvd in Houston's Second Ward.


From Houston Business Journal, behind a pay-wall:


...And with his new venture, Symbolic Brewing Co., Caleb Hawkins hopes to bring a taste of the German beer culture into the heart of Houston. 

"We’re not gearing (it) toward the beer nerds," Hawkins said. "They're more than welcome, but we’re much more interested in the community and having families there."

Symbolic Brewing will occupy just under an acre at 5521 Navigation Blvd., a tract of land that sits right on Buffalo Bayou and adjacent to a large barge dock that the Buffalo Bayou Partnership owns on the bayou. Hawkins and his family – his younger sister, Nellen; his older brother, Oliver and their parents – bought the land at the beginning of 2017 from an individual seller. Though the purchase price of the land wasn't disclosed, the land's value was appraised at $301,356 in January 2017, per city records.

The tract of land contains a few unique commercial properties that'll be redeveloped into a brewery and beer garden, Hawkins said. There's a 5,000-square-foot brick and concrete office building that lost its roof in a fire more than a decade ago; that building will be transformed into the brewery's beer garden and be filled with lots of greenery and topped with a shade cloth on warmer days. There's also a 2,300-square-foot industrial building that'll become the brewery's air conditioned tap room. The 9,000-square-foot property will become Symbolic Brewing's production center.

...Construction should start on Symbolic's brewery by the end of the year, Hawkins said, and the brewery should deliver by 2019.

...Hawkins said that the Buffalo Bayou Partnership is discussing the possibility of launching boat tours from the barge just adjacent to Symbolic Brewing Co.'s land.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/07/30/exclusive-former-buffalo-bayou-brewer-planning.html

 

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Originally posted by Tumbleweed_Tx, April 10, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 

 

No.

 

On 11/15/2019 at 12:06 PM, mcook2002 said:

set to open 22 November.


 

New Magnolia Brewing Co. plans to open to the public Nov. 22 at 1616 Bevis St. in Shady Acres. The brewpub started as a joint venture between Shayn Robinson and his father-in-law, John Ferguson, and two months ago they enlisted another beer maker with an impressive pedigree.
 

Sean Spiller, a Houston-area native who previously worked for Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. and 8th Wonder Brewery, most recently was the senior brewer at Jester King in Austin. Jester King has a reputation as one of the best breweries in Texas.
 

“When Sean came back to Houston and accepted the offer here, it made a pretty big splash locally,” Robinson said. “We needed somebody who had great industry experience, and we needed to kind of energize the whole process.”
 

New Magnolia plans to offer 10-12 beers from the start, including an ESB, hazy IPA, hefeweizen, kolsch, pale ale, pilsner, porter, stout and a Grodziskie, which is an oak-smoked wheat beer. Through Dec. 31, it will be open from 4-10 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and from noon-10 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

Spiller said the brewery wants to provide a communal atmosphere, similar to what he experienced in Austin. Robinson said it will be kid-friendly and pet-friendly with spacious seating inside and on both the front and back patios.
 

“Being able to provide something for the neighborhood here is really what we’re after,” Spiller said. “We’re interested in making small quantities and high-quality beer for our immediate area.”

 

https://theleadernews.com/zuvies-brews-local-brewery-upgrades-location-as-another-prepares-to-open/

Penciling the date in. Good to have another brewery in the Heights area.  I hope the trend of repurposing warehouses continues outside the loop as development and gentrification inches closer beyond the South and East loops.

 

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Originally posted by Naviguessor, July 11, 2018 in the thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd.
 


This is going to be great.  BBP is really focusing on the wharf and old crane structure on Turkey Bend, just behind this brewery.   I can see these two concepts coming together nicely. 

 

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Originally posted by UtterlyUrban, April 9, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 



Is this place open yet???

 

This was originally posted  July 11, 2018 in the previous thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 




Construction is beginning on the warehouse at 5521 Navigation Blvd in Houston, soon to be Symbolic Brewing Company.

From Symbolic Brewing Co's Facebook:




 

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Originally posted by crockpotandgravel, April 8, 2017 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


 

This was originally posted  October 31, 2017 in the previous thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 



 

Used Google to see if there were any renderings or details about the brewery for 5521 Navigation Blvd. I didn't find much.

I saw a deleted Facebook page for TopHill Brewing Company that matched the address
https://www.facebook.com/TopHill-Brewing-Company-1788944421423726/

I also a LinkedIn page for someone who is a founder of Symbolic Brewing Company in Houston. The person worked in some capacity of Flying Saucer in downtown Houston.


 

This was in the previous thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 

 

Originally posted by Triton, August 29, 2019 in the thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood.
 


Not sure why everyone is so critical of this area.... Quite a lot of UofH students come to this area for knick knacks and I'm sure are driving the local economy here. I can see this development being really successful, especially if they have a coffee shop here. Coral Sword is usually packed full of UofH students right now so any relief in another coffee shop would be welcome for sure.

 

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Originally posted by Pitts, October 25, 2016 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


Whoa. The airstream is a little corny but I think it's pretty cool. Really looking forward to this project.


 

This was originally posted  October 30, 2017 in the previous thread for 5521 Navigation Blvd. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 



 

The warehouse at 5521 Navigation Blvd is rumored for a brewery and taproom. The name is either TopHill Brewing Company or Symbolic Brewing Company.

This will be the second brewery in the Second Ward, Sigma Brewing being the other. I think there's another brewery coming to Second Ward at The Plant at Harrisburg (3401 Harrisburg).

This was in the previous thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 




Originally posted by crockpotandgravel, October 25, 2016 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 


Pictures are from Frank's Backyard's Facebook for those looking for more pictures like this of their update:
https://www.facebook.com/FranksBackyard/photos/a.557725677715816.1073741828.297310547090665/668384769983239/?type=3&theater




https://www.instagram.com/p/BLbd-TnDo2g

 

This thread was originally created October 30, 2017. I'm reposting / reupping this because this post and other content from me are no longer available on the forum due to a mod removing my account and its content in "error"  (supposedly). The information may be outdated or no longer relevant, but reupping provides an archive to what was posted. It also provides a place to post future updates about this property if and when it's redeveloped  An archive link  of the thread before its deletion is coming.




 

A vacant 1950's warehouse in the Second Ward at 5521 Navigation Blvd will be repurposed. I am unaware of the property ownership.

From an old Loopnet listing:

Building size: 7,716 SF

(Loopnet)




Google Map street view screenshots from August 2016:






 

This was in the previous thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 

 

Originally posted by Texasota, August 29, 2019 in the thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood.
 
 

I wish the site plan addressed Harriet and Dwinell

 

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Originally posted by Nole23, October 25, 2016 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 

 They moved in an air stream trailer to be the bar

 

Posted today in the 2706 White Oak Dr thread for the EasyPark mixed-use development on the site of the former Fitzgerald's:



https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/23638-2706-white-oak-dr-multi-story-multifamily-formerly-fitzgeralds/?do=findComment&comment=607687

1 hour ago, Angostura said:

 

 

In the intervening two weeks, it appears staff uncovered an approved parking plan for 2805 White Oak that included three spots on the these lots to meet the minimum requirements. That parking plan pre-dates the MLS application, which means that those lots should have been coded commercial in the MLS application. As a result, the planning commission approved the Holcombe Heights North replat  (lots at 742 E 6 ½ St and 746 E 6 ½ St) without a variance.

 

This was in the previous thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 




Originally posted by Nole23, September 27, 2016 in the thread for Frank's Backyard | 413 Travis St | Downtown.
 

 

Here's a video they posted to their Facebook 5 days ago. Looks to be coming along nicely.

https://www.facebook.com/297310547090665/videos/650776305077419/


 

This was in the previous thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 

 

Originally posted by crock, August 29, 2019 in the thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood.
 



this area is brutal.  basically all concrete and car exhaust, no shade whatsoever.   everytime I have to run to that walmart i feel like i'm in the most inhumane part of late capitalism.   really surprised someone would spend the money on this to re-develop, and not, say, the dinner bell cafeteria.  

 

This was originally posted  August 29, 2019 in the previous thread for Hass Center | 5815 Gulf Freeway | Idylwood. It's being reposted / reupped since the original thread and other content from me were removed. 

 

Rendering of the proposed development at 5815 Gulf Fwy in the Idylwood neighborhood.

This is part of the Lawndale / Wayside area of Houston, near or part of the Greater East End area.

This is being proposed for redevelopment. The name for the development it either Hass Center or South Gulf Plaza.



From Virtual Builders Exchange, taken from documents submitted to the city of Houston Planning Commission.