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This building is nice… really cool even… I just rather have it in any other spot if I could keep the women’s center.

The Women's center is one of the most well built mid-century gems in the heart of the city... I have feared this day. I was hoping it would have lasted much longer.

1 hour ago, Highrise Tower said:

2-Story medical office building going up at the corner of Bomar and Montrose. Looks like it will replace the the Hollywood Food & Cigar spot.

Address is 1103 Bomar St.

1 hour ago, dbigtex56 said:

Has a sign been posted? Any idea when demolition/construction will begin?

It has already been demolished... 

Kind of wish the building next door is also demolished. Hopefully this is an attractive building...

11 hours ago, dbigtex56 said:

After reading this post several times, I must confess that it still mystifies me.  
What "major improvements" might be made here, and to what? What's meant by "where the other businesses were previously"? What does any of this have to do with "A facelift of sorts"? Why would the individual lots need to be consolidated if there's no future plans to do something else with the properties? After all, they've been each sitting on their own little happy lots for decades. 
If someone can explain this to me, I thank you in advance. 

They make them look more appealing, better sidewalks, add outdoor seating options, add better landscaping, facelift (as you mentioned)... 

Higher rent$

9 minutes ago, jmosele said:

The billboard rendering has been removed and there is now a for sale sign on the property

soo... it is not happening?

old jack in the box!

2 minutes ago, urbanize713 said:

As this development finalizes, a random thought about this part of Montrose. That gas station a block away is increasingly growing out of place. So what is the solution? I saw this in DC and wonder when we might start seeing it Houston. Given the density and land value in Montrose I imagine it can be far off. 

I’m into it. We need to be creative. I wish gas stations were more pleasant in Houston.

5 hours ago, Luminare said:

This was a site photo that was taken from someone on here awhile back and its 2 pages back from this post. Its a mockup for the apartment. What exactly is your definition of cheap? Because by an architects definition of cheap...these materials aren't cheap. Lots of metal panel, and lots of brick. Both are really expensive.

This a render of the apartment complex. I'm sure there were a few changes along the way, but the mockup matches the render. Actually it matches pretty well all things considered.

Maybe reserve judgement until the project is complete???

In that image you quoted, they are already beginning the scaffolding to use to lay brick. In fact most of this building will be some sort of masonry. You don't see any right now because what you are looking at isn't the finished facade, but its the vapor barrier, or plywood, or insulation which goes on before you put on the masonry. Another dead give away that there will be masonry on that facade is if you look at the edges at the bottom of the white portions you see you will find L Shape steel ledge which is where the masonry will sit.

 

I’d be thrilled to see it. Of all people, I️ tend To always be the ‘wait and see’ type. Image I️ quoted Looked to be near finished facade... I’ve seen plenty that have that stucco look. I️ trust You and the others - that this is nowhere near complete. I️ am Excited to see it come together

20 hours ago, hindesky said:

 

This is super disappointing ... no masonry? I️ like the shape, but the materials look extremely cheap.

1 hour ago, j_cuevas713 said:

The video says 3990 Montrose. This could be similar to when you see renders with parts of Houston that don’t add up together and aren’t close together or in the right position. I mean these renders aren’t exactly grade A quality. 

Yeah… but I will say the downside to that is 2 historic mansions are being demolished… HH and the one on montrose.

On 8/4/2021 at 12:26 AM, Urbannizer said:

 

https://www.hansenpartners.com/development

If you’re observant, you will see that the signage puts this as a replacement of the Link Lee Mansion… (see bottom left - street on the bottom of the screen appears to be Sul Ross)

I sure hope I’m wrong.

I was made aware that there were last minute petitions to save the old gas station that was here. I live in the area, and I am truly disappointed. This hurts my heart.... not so much that we are getting a gas station... but we lost one of the coolest old buildings that had so much potential.

On 6/16/2021 at 5:44 PM, swtsig said:

From CoStar in an article regarding McNair's recently announced Westchase multifamily/active lifestyle development on the old Dow Chemical site:

 

 

So... is it still "on hold" or have they pulled the trigger? Things seem to be a bit more favorable now

15 hours ago, Highrise Tower said:

Facade remodel for 2900 Richmond.

They better not muck up what makes this cool..

1 minute ago, H-Town Man said:

I'm skeptical of some of this. 20-25 years ago, Midtown already had a fast-growing population. I think I saw something a few years ago that said Midtown and Montrose had more housing units constructed in the past decade than any other neighborhood in the city. There's no reason it should have to wait for other neighborhoods to reach their potential, whatever that potential is. (They may have already reached it, they may never reach it...) In Dallas, Deep Ellum was about as dingy as Midtown before it exploded. And Midtown has exploded, it's just hitting a limit right now. One thing that might help along Main Street is if Camden's project would ever open up and start leasing, you'd have more people on the ground which would deter some of the vagrants and vandalism.

These are all small drops in a very very big pond... one / 2 / 20 apartments aren't going to change all of Midtown. you need hundreds of blocks to get some love in order for that to happen.

What Camden project has not started leasing? the one by the park? I thought it was done and leased up?

15 minutes ago, clutchcity94 said:

Why do you think that is? If I’m not mistaken, ppsf land values are higher in Montrose than the Heights.

You're right on the value of land. My comment was more of an observation of the quality of existing development. I believe there is a lot of existing development that is past it's effective use in Montrose. There are multiple layers of redevelopment needed. Ex: 1880-1940 historic homes / 1950s light industrial / 1960's apartments / 1970's small offices / 1980's townhomes / 1990's-2000's strip centers - all needing repair or replacement. I would say there is still 60% of properties in Montrose still needing this kind of attention. All these things contribute to a somewhat disjointed and occasionally 'rough around the edges' community. Developers have every option possible when they choose to invest in Montrose.

The Heights is a bit more consistent - historic neighborhood (homes) with light retail. As of recently, some urban apartments along main drags. Sure they have light industry and strip centers, but overall a more consistent and concise area for investors - not to mention a cheaper entry price.

Here is the deal - Midtown as a market is very large. It has advantages and disadvantages... While losing some projects is disappointing, We should consider the bigger picture...

Area: Located between Southern Downtown / Montrose / Museum Park / 3rd Ward

• None of these 4 areas is particularly affluent (yet)
• Museum Park is gentrifying, a process that will take awhile
• Montrose is still quite rough around the edges and does not have the same quality or quantity of investment that Greater Heights is seeing, for example
• Southern Downtown is arguably the most challenged part of the CBD

Advantages: Things Midtown has going for it...

• Investments in Museum District / Montrose / and Downtown will slowly bleed into Midtown and help establish sustainable momentum for Midtown
• There are now some very nice nodes within Midtown that - if maintained - can grow and slowly link together to make Midtown more consistently nice (Innovation District / Midtown Park / HCC Campus)

Disadvantages / Challenges: Problems that do not go away overnight

• The transient population has been an issue for quite some time. They don't disappear overnight... I have no idea how to enact real change here.
• "Clubs" - no one wants to live next to these. Clubs come and go at a fast pace and generally do not add to quality of life and attract traffic and people who do not respect the area
• Maintenance - If you drive down Main, you will see the nice new steel street signs are largely damaged. Landscaping does not look maintained. If we want to see the area improve, we cannot allow for the money and effort fall to waste.

= Midtown cannot transform into a beautiful urban butterfly without going through the natural course of development. The developments we have seen could be the start of some good things. Houston is just too large for all the development to focus in on Midtown (yet). Neartown / Washington / and even Montrose are in a better position to make the shift to quality urbanism before Midtown, due to their proximity to wealth. We will have to be patient and allow Midtown to patiently wait while the other areas reach their potential before it is Midtown's time to fully blossom. My prediction: Midtown will improve at a slower pace than the other areas for the next 10-20 years. Once major tracts in Montrose / Washington / Neartown are scarce and highly valued, you will see an explosion of development as the opportunity will finally be focused on Midtown!

17 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

Harris County bought 1111 Fannin from Triten recently.  They want to consolidate several properties to this building.  This would be huge for downtown.  The County own a lot of buildings/land that would present great development opportunities for more urban infill on northside of CBD.  Looking forward to more details.

https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/09/harris-county-set-to-buy-downtown-houston-office-building-for-close-to-29m/

SPECIFICALLY - 

buildings on the south side of the intersection of Caroline & Preston

- AND -

The Houston Cotton Exchange building on the corner of Caroline & Prairie !!

This is silly... just let them get started so it can be over sooner.

14 minutes ago, tigereye said:

Anyone know what’s up with the Municipal Courts (Lubbock)? I thought there was a plan for the city to relocate municipal to 800 Bell and sell the land on Lubbock? 

I think it is still up in the air right now...

2 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

This one’s starting soon

https://www.arch-con.com/divisions/multifamily/avid-living/
 

 

This rendering looks like 8 floors of residential over 4 floors of parking.... the write up is off or the rendering is off?

Does anyone know if they have fixed the bayou trails here?

2 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

Correction.  It's the Travis (not Main), Leeland, Milam, Pease block.

Just to refresh everyone's memory, Chevron bought this block in 2013.

37 minutes ago, sapo2367 said:

HCAD has part of this block owned by Holiday Inn (HDT Hotels LLC)

So, before I get too riled up... is this the block that Chevron tore down the beautiful old building, and then did nothing with it... and perhaps they sold it after they tore it down???

So how do we rank with other metropolitan areas?

This looks wonderful. Area needs some classic U shaped units. I’m a fan so far.