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Nosh Gosh B'Gosh! I think I realized why I'm extra excited about this project. Some food delivery options that can be delivered in 20 minutes or less. I'm not normally bullish on food halls, but existing unused warehouse space in a gentrifying area is good.

Was trying to wrap my head around where that largest structure is going to be, and it is on the site of this property: Just an incredibly exciting project :)

Yep, really disappointed that there is no real update. I'm considering trying to message the franchise owner on LinkedIn. He's local and like 30 years old (father owns/has owned several franchises in town).

Of course, the city doesn't have anywhere near enough money to develop the cap parks or the elevated park. You have to wonder where the city's priorities lay if there is only $XX millions. My gut absolutely no inside info says that the elevated park would be last on the list. This is years-old memory, but it was my remembrance that the city would be swapping some of the land that they own in the East End for land under the Pierce Elevated, so there is an opportunity for the city to lease/sell some of that land to fund an elevated park. Of course, the Highline is the parallel, which has direct connections to the trail from adjacent buildings.

I was tweeting about the Greyhound/McDonald's closings the other day and one of the HBJ writers liked my tweet, so I'm hoping for some proper reporting! Still have a gut feeling that the McD property is getting rebuilt.

Was reading a twitter discussion and evidently when Greyhound was sold to Flixbus, the sale did not include the terminals. FirstGroup PLC have sold off all but two of the stations in the US and is using the cash for stock buybacks. https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1671206718863524900/firstgroup-to-launch-share-buyback-amid-greyhound-us-property-sale.aspx

Heard some movement is starting to happen. We'll probably get some public info in a month or so. Height comparable to Hanover Montrose/La Colombe d'Or

At least now the food truck that always blocks the sidewalk won't be there anymore.

This is the benefit of market-based parking area, it could literally be anything. I do think some type of commercial space makes sense. Too small for a nightclub .

I wonder how they get it to rain hot water 🤔

I always like it when InTheKnowHouston posts in my local forum section. It means things are happening!

Looks like a big chunk of the pawn shop's parking lot is actually ROW: Using the painted line for westbound Telephone traffic at the light, it is about this much: Definitely looks like enough for a realignment!

Either the city or county got a big federal grant to work on Telephone heading south, so I guess this will be an extension of this. That proposed cross-section looks amazing. I've been skipping Telephone unless traffic is completely dead when I'm on my bike and coming from the protected lane on Lawndale. Very exciting about the restaurant project! Street to Kitchen Thai has the best thai food I've ever had in Houston, but not set up as a "casual" restaurant like many others. I was actually thinking that it would have been nice for them to move to a bigger space like this.

They could have never really been called them in the first place. As in, they could have changed before anything was built. It is pretty common for street names to have changed from their original platted name in Houston.

The original subdivision name for this parcel is actually Houston City Street Railway Sec 1.

Obligatory FU to Union Pacific.

I asked this question directly about Lower Westheimer, and the answer received was basically that there is a very large amount of man hours required to implement WP per corridor. Like 3-5,000, and the staff just isn't available. The community (well, adjoining property owners) can "force" the issue, but no one has yet. Navigation corridor is supposedly getting a health redesign, though. Lots of ROW for better pedestrian options.

Yeah, I agree, but it may have been annoying for homeowners to only be able to enter the property from one-way side of Harrisburg and it is particularly awkward right here. The city does mandate shared driveways (or a private 28'+ drive) on major thoroughfares and along Transit Oriented Development corridors. Both of these blockfaces fall under the TOD ordinance . The shared driveway is likely along Sampson so that they can do 5 lots wide instead of 4 and because the entrance to the shared driveway needs to be 60' (I think that's the number) away from the intersection of Harrisburg and Sampson.

I swear if this ends up being surface parking. Seems like Harry's has massive waits right now at brunch without it.

I feel like the word "Little" is giving me a stroke at this point. Maybe I just haven't had coffee yet. Why would they make it 'Little's'? I mean, do whatever you want.. but I don't get it. Either way, looking forward to going there.

Mobile crane on site along Harrisburg this morning. They stopped using the ticket booths last year. Maybe demo/repurpose?

Neighborhood bikeway = painted "sharrows" on the pavement and signage to share the road.

Well, maybe if you were a better contributor to the forum, then they would turn on the report feature for you 😜

That looks amazing!!! And building renovation is incredible. Nothing mentioned about the building itself? I might email and ask.