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Montrose Collective On Track To Open First Phase In Late 2021 HoustonMixed-Use February 2, 2021 Christie Moffat, Bisnow Houston Montrose Collective is on pace to open in the fourth quarter of 2021, introducing new office and retail space to one of Houston’s most popular Inner Loop corridors. The mixed-use project is located at the busy corner of Westheimer Road and Montrose Boulevard. Houston-based developer Radom Capital broke ground in February 2020 on the project’s first phase: a six-story, 197K SF building that contains both office and retail. The creative office component accounts for 119K SF, while retail makes up the remaining 78K SF. Radom Capital Managing Principal and founder Steve Radom told Bisnow that the outer shell is scheduled to deliver by late summer. The building is 61% pre-leased, and the first office tenants should begin moving in during Q4. Retail and restaurant tenants are also expected to begin moving in around that time, through Q1 2022. As part of Montrose Collective, the firm is also building a structure on the other side of Grant Street, immediately to the west of the main building and directly behind Japanese restaurant Uchi and Southside Espresso. That building will house the new location of the Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library. Construction is slated to break ground this week, and the shell will deliver during the summer. The city of Houston will then begin interior build-out of the library, which is expected to open to the public in early 2022. Radom said the coronavirus pandemic didn't affect the construction timeline for the project, but leasing activity for the firm did slow, particularly in the first few months. “We went from having ... [an] oversubscription of demand for almost every single space at the ground floor to like, the phone's not ringing for three to six months,” Radom said. The leasing slowdown has since reversed. Radom signed nine new leases in January, a significant increase compared with the firm’s cumulative 32 leases that were signed between the onset of the pandemic in March and the end of 2020. “We're fortunately back to where the last 60 days and specifically, last 30 days, have been the busiest in our firm's history,” Radom said. When Radom Capital was founded in 2014, it mostly focused on small-scale retail projects, before gradually branching into creative office. The firm’s ambitious M-K-T mixed-use, adaptive reuse project in the Houston Heightsopened during the fourth quarter of 2020 and has received praise from industry professionals and the public. M-K-T is a collection of five adapted industrial buildings along the hike-and-bike trail and has about 200K SF of creative office and retail space. Radom Capital partnered with Triten Real Estate Partners to develop the project. The firm brought on lauded Austin-based Michael Hsu Office of Architecture to design both M-K-T and Montrose Collective. The success of Radom Capital’s Houston projects has prompted the firm to start looking at expanding into other asset classes, such as residential, as well as the prospect of taking on projects in other cities within Texas. “We think at this point, to have a long-term sustainable company that is a little bit more diversified, it would make sense to have exposure to other markets and other asset classes,” Radom said. Montrose Collective is not the only new mixed-use project underway in the immediate area. Skanska announced in August that it had acquired a 124K SF, 2.86-acre site at the corner of Westheimer Road and Montrose Boulevard, diagonal from Montrose Collective’s location. Demolition of the existing retail center kicked off in January. Though Skanska has not released many details about the development, it is expected that the project will have both multifamily and retail. The proximity of the two mixed-use developments is expected to further improve the popularity and walkability of the area, Radom said. D.E. Harvey Buildings is the general contractor for Montrose Collective. Project partners include Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, OJB Landscape Architecture, HOK, Kimley-Horn and DBR Inc. CBRE is overseeing office leasing, while Shop Cos. is handling retail leasing. Radom secured $105M in financing for the project in March. JLL represented the firm in securing the loan from Bank OZK and joint venture equity from institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The project is the first joint venture between Radom Capital and J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Contact Christie Moffat at christie.moffat@bisnow.com

Downtown has 7 right now, UH seems to finish a couple projects before they start many more. But downtown's tower cranes probably going to lose 2 or 3 fairly soon. I think the Sovereign and one of the Texas tower cranes come down next followed by the court house crane.

Med School and Law School construction cameras.

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This is kinda of an oldie but while going thru my Soundcloud I listened to it again. The gist of this is the 2 girls voices you hear found some guys iPhone in an Uber and they took a video with his phone with them twerking in bathing suits. He then uploaded it online and it went viral especially here in Houston. Then several DJ's made songs about it. Turns out they were both teachers in Houston. Original vid posted by the girls..... Lots of remixes were made but this is my favorite DJ mix.....

The video is very cute but the Kid Cudi remix is great, been searching for it all morning. Finally found it in 2 places. Soundcloud (where I scrolled over it initially because the beginning is different but eventually the portion they used comes thru...) and a YouTube version.

I'm guessing that anyone wanting rent relief is going to have to ask about getting it and they don't want to post that price publicly and piss off a bunch of renters because only a small percentage -20% will be eligible.

Pelican Builders' luxury midrise condominium project Westmore broke ground Jan. 28 with a small ceremony at the Upper Kirby site. “Today’s groundbreaking represents a significant milestone for Westmore in its development,” Pelican Builders founder Robert Bland said in a news release. “Westmore is indicative of our steadfast commitment to Houston, which is a city of unwavering resilience. The past year has been extremely tough on everyone, but brighter days are ahead.” The groundbreaking was originally slated for summer 2020, but plans changed amid the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. Construction was anticipated to take about 20 months. The Westmore, 2323 W. Main St., Houston, will have 33 residences ranging from 1,560 to 1,800 square feet and starting at $960,000. The building's four penthouses average 2,500 square feet and can be fetched for $1.7 million. The building's mid-century modern-inspired design is the work of the Houston-based Mirador Group. The general contractor for the project is G.T. Leach Constructors. The Westmore sales center has moved to 3400 Morningside Drive, Houston.

I rode by this on Jan. 29th hoping to see some progress but nothing has started yet.

Enlarge Pelican Builders' Westmore condo project, at 2323 W. Main St. in Upper Kirby, was designed by Bellaire-based Mirador Group and will feature 33 residential units. COURTESY PELICAN BUILDERS By Olivia Pulsinelli – Assistant managing editor, Houston Business Journal 58 minutes ago Pelican Builder is moving forward on several luxury condominium projects this year, the Houston-based residential developer said Feb. 1. The first of those projects, Westmore, broke ground on Jan. 28. Initial plans for Westmore, a midrise at 2323 W. Main St., were originally announced in August 2019. As of February 2020 — just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit — the groundbreaking was expected in the summer of 2020. The seven-story project will contain 33 units, most of which will range from 1,560 to 1,800 square feet and start at $960,000. The four penthouses will average 2,500 square feet and start at $1.7 million. Houston-based Mirador Group designed Westmore with midcentury modern architecture, a press release states. Residences will feature contemporary interiors with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, pre-wiring across all residences for smart home technology and Bosch stainless steel appliances in the kitchens. Other amenities will include same-floor storage, terraces, optional pet porch potty upgrades and a fitness center. Houston-based G.T. Leach Constructors is building the project. “Today’s groundbreaking represents a significant milestone for Westmore in its development,” said Pelican Builders founder Robert Bland. “More broadly, the occasion is symbolic of Pelican Builders’ optimism for what lies ahead in 2021. Westmore is indicative of our steadfast commitment to Houston, which is a city of unwavering resilience. The past year has been extremely tough on everyone, but brighter days are ahead.” Elsewhere in Houston, Pelican Builders also previously planned to break ground on a 17-story tower in the Galleria/Tanglewood area in 2020. The Hawthorne, named for "Tanglewood Tales" author Nathaniel Hawthorne, is now slated to move forward in 2021, according to the building's website.

http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/

18 wheeler dump trucks backing up.

By Matt Dulin | 5:00 AM Feb 1, 2021 CST Blendin Coffee opened its new location Jan. 29 at 3201 Allen Parkway, Ste. 170, Houston, in the historic Star Engraving Company Building, which has been renovated after serving as the home of Stages Repertory Theater. The coffee shop’s original Sugar Land location remains open as well. Owner Weihong Zhang, who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, founded the business in 2017, taking a science-based approach to roasting and brewing coffee. The renovated building also includes office space tenants Thrasio, an e-commerce firm that builds Amazon-based businesses, the University of Texas-Austin’s Houston office, and the live entertainment booking agency Gulf Coast Entertainment.

It usually wears away after a while but they may also pressure wash it when the get close to finishing.

Glad to see you back @bobruss haven't seen you posting in a long time.

Turns out the elusive Bike Tag I had been hunting was by what many consider to be one of Houston's "best" taco trucks, Tierra Caliente. Someone else found it and posted their new Bike Tag Saturday night. I thought I might have seen and those black tiles looked so much like those black tiles on the lower portions of Weingarten's River Oak Art Deco buildings. No luck. Saw a mural artist working on a mural at the Rice Box on Shepherd Dr. and asked him, he didn't know the mural but suggested I try Rice Village. So I trekked over there but again no luck ( that's when I rode by the Porsche dealership tower crane base). Turns out I was way off base someone found it at old Checkers hamburger place converted to a Taco place on Magnum. How well, gorgeous day for riding and ended up the 3 day weekend with 101 miles of riding. Bike Tag I was chasing on Sunday. My Strava app says I'm the leader in riding on the Elysian Viaduct with 5 rides, probably won't last long once they open it. I saw 3 others riding it today. It's only available on Sundays since no one is working.

I've seen this the last few times riding by didn't know what it was but I was preoccupied chasing a Bike Tag.

Found a few new ones to me during my ride.

Safeway Medical Supply is loading their stuff up. So Signature Medical is the last remaining tenant.