Gator Purify

The "President Trump" was tongue-in-cheek, btw.  I hope that doesn't spawn a political debate, smh.

Central Park in NY used to be a notorious sh_thole, but it's really a nice family place these days from what I gathered. What did they change, and could we replicate it?

President Trump renovated Wollman Ice Skating Rink in the mid-80s and a conservancy raised funds during the 80s and 90s to restore the lawns and other features.  More visitors = more foot traffic = less opportunity for the sorts of loitering and crime that previously occurred.

The RFQ itself is perfectly fine.  I don't see anything in there that would deter a motivated and knowledgeable developer.

went back - all i could find is transwestern is offering the property and has been hired by Claremont - I could have sworm I read they were moving their own offices to the buliding from Galleria?

Transwestern is definitely not leaving its current headquarters.  It is simply leasing this building.

It's also because of this boycott.  Spectre is playing at iPic so Regal is refusing to show it at Edwards Greenway, they won't have Star Wars and don't have Mockingjay or Peanuts, either. Presumably they won't have Creed or Legend next weekend either.

Then what the hail are they gonna show?  A bunch of indie films and Big Momma's House 5??

Looks like Tom Brady's closet.

http://montrosedistrict.org/new-redevelopment-project-planned-for-east-montrose/

Most people are familiar with Gratifi, Cuchara and Max’s Wine Dive. Now the owner of those venues, Fred Sharifi, founder of SFT Investments, is planning an impressive new project, redeveloping a number of nearby commercial properties with new retail, office parking space. He is hoping to bring in some daytime activities to balance out the area’s evening crowd. The preliminary site plan (above) and three-dimensional concept (below) show the existing restaurant/bar buildings (A and and the prospective new structures in the early stages of the new concept. Fairview runs east and west through the center with north/south streets Morgan, Taft, Mason and Genesee depicted from left to right.

Among the proposed buildings are three mixed-use structures. One will be located at 2302-2308 Genesee (E), currently the location of some older apartments and Meteor Lounge. 10,000 square feet of office and retail space on the ground floor are planned, with a 5-6 story parking garage above, which Sharifi hopes will alleviate some of the parking pressures in the area. The second construction project will be situated on the southwest corner of Mason and Fairview (F). The structure will include 7,450 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, and 10,500 square feet of office space on the second floor, which will overhang the retail space at the rear of the building and provide a covered drive off Mason leading to surface parking, and an outlet on Hyde Park.

The other two buildings (C & D) being planned are as follows. Building D on the northeast corner of Mason and Fairview will be a 2-3 story, 10,000 – 15,000 square foot mixed use retail, showroom, and event facility.  Building C will be a small 1-story 1,000 square foot structure in the corner of the parking lot next to Cuchara and Max’s Wine Dive, envisioned as a dessert spot, flower shop, or ice-cream parlor. Sharifi is contracting with the well-known Houston architectural firm Gensler to undertake the designs of all four buildings, with engineering and design work expected to take close to four months, and a planned start date in late August or September 2016.

Sharif is no stranger to developing restaurant and retail space. Born and raised in Tehran, he came to the U.S. in 1969 to attend the University of Texas in Austin, where he did his undergraduate and graduate studies in Petroleum Engineering.  After graduation, the Iranian revolution derailed his plans to return to his native country. Instead, Sharifi went into the restaurant and real estate business, opening the first Hungry’s in Montrose in 1975.

Since then, Hungry’s Bistro served diners for over 40 years in the Rice and Memorial neighborhoods. His real estate portfolio includes over 30 inner loop commercial and residential properties. One of his most recent developments houses Common Bond, the award-winning cafe at Dunlavy and Westheimer. On the residential side, he is currently developing a plan for four-story luxury town homes on Portland Blvd behind Museum Tower on Montrose.

As an aside, if I had to choose between staying at a Hyatt Place or a Hyatt Regency next door, I'm going Hyatt Place all day.  I find the former to be one of the most reliable brands in the country.  No matter where I am, if I need a clean, modern, and relatively inexpensive place to rest my head, I know I can count on HP. *commercial over*

Just ordered a ham and egg croissant from the Hilton Starbucks and I paid $7.04 for it!!! Yes, in US American currency. This is the same one they serve at all go their locations. Am I being cheap?

They could charge $10 for that croissant and people would still buy it because there's no competition in the area for the time being.

Not a fan of the exterior design but I guess it fits the area, which is like a DeLorean trip into October 21, 1999.  Love the Hyatt Place, though.

I'm looking for a dollar figure.

How much are companies paying in rent?

Let's use BG group place as an example. Prime, Class A office space with tunnel access. How much is the building owner making a month on a fully leased out 940,000 sq feet?

Average rents depend on the submarket, so even though it's relatively new, BG Group Place, which is downtown, is not a good comparison for an Uptown building.

2200 Main (BBVA Compass) is renting at $30.88/sf/yr.

BG Group Place is renting at $34.11/sf/yr.

That only addresses income.  You need to factor in expenses (property management fees, additional salaries, janitorial, utilities, taxes, maintenance, insurance, captial improvements, tenant improvements, etc.) to get a sense of your take home.

The LaBranch St. side of the building really isn't that bad.  The Crawford side won't be much of an eyesore because the Houston First Building and Marriott Marquis will distract viewers away from it.  That empty parking lot in the foreground of the last pic probably won't even exist in five years.

My fiancee and I took our engagement photos here.  Had it not been for HAIF, I probably wouldn't have known about this beautiful amenity.  If you have not visited, please make plans to check it out before the weather turns cold.

I know the finished product is going to be all brown brick, but the white looks really nice and blends in well with the surrounding buildings.

Please no! During the All Star game or final something Drake and all the celebrities shut down the Galleria area. Cops were blocking all exits on the west loop and even 59. Took hours to get home from work.

Yeah, I know, but that happened because everyone of a certain demographic (age, taste in music/culture) congregated at one confined indoor location in anticipation that half the basketball & hip-hop stars in America would be at that one place during that one weekend.  That's a little bit different from celebs of various backgrounds randomly strolling through a high-end retail development.  Some fans will still show up, but it won't be any worse than hanging out at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, or...Rodeo Drive.

Actually, this would be great across from Rosemont Social Club, on Westheimer, near Katz's Deli.  One of my favorite parts of town.

Given Pearl's other properties and the fact that 153 units suggests a small footprint, what's the likelihood this will be somewhere urban like midtown, EaDo, or the Museum District?

No no no, that's Post Oak next to the galleria, according to mattress mack, that's the rodeo drive of Houston.

This won't become Rodeo Drive until you can drive through there and spot celebrities inconspicuously walking around in conspicuous shades and hats.  Let's hope James Harden and Khloe are still on good terms.  A Kardashian spotting or two would turn this into a tourist attraction, lol.

You gotta love what the Museum District is turning into.  If I were looking to move into a condo, townhouse, or highrise apartment, that would be my preferred location.

I can't imagine there not being a building signature sign on top unless code doesn't allow it.

I think it will happen. It just makes sense.

This should have been ready in time for the Final Four, which is four months away.  Hopefully, MetroRail will have dedicated lanes before Super Bowl 51.

Is this in addition to, or in place of, Burger Theory?

If monarch woke up one day and spoke like everyone else, I think I might cry.

One of the more exciting projects on the table.  I think the overhead 3D rendering is awesome.

Anyone else notice that the curved roof feature isn't...quite...curved?  You can see angles in that thing.  I'm not as offended by this structure as a lot of HAIFers, but that seems like a gross display of poor craftsmanship.