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  1. Visitor
    I had read they owned some of those commercial properties a few months back. Would like to see them consume lots like the old J Blacks, enterprise, etc to make that entire block more cohesive and conducive to walkable mixed use. And get rid of that smoke shop on the corner. As a side note, I wouldn't hate another Lifetime gym here. Citycentre's location is inconvenient to the point of demotivating to even attempt to go. Unless you office out of citycentre or live within 2 miles....
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    Looks like they are making process on connecting the bayou trail to heights bike trail at UH downtown. Retaining walls are in under the bridge.
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    I really hope there isn't an "ice house" in this development... I live close by and as much as I love bar traffic and parking it already gets messy down the surrounding streets with street parking.
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    I still have yet to see a rendering or plan for the office space. It is a separate building on the west side of Bonner. Looking forward to any enhancement though.
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    They have gutted the office building and trimmed the trees. Looms like they are now in the process of building that out. The warehouses have had some work done, but nothing substantial yet.
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    Yes. The 21 acre thread is for Lower Heights District. Essentially the block on the other side of Studemont. Studemont junction is all West of Studemont and Lower Heights is east of Studemont. Neighboring projects but unrelated.
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    They did a nice job finishing out this space and the prices are not bad. The service model could use an overhaul. Servers are overwhelmed and it just slows things down.(they are so slow it prevented me from ordering more bc I just didn't have another 20 minutes to wait for a beer) Self serve a la Panera would be so much more efficient.
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    If nothing else it will take away another spot on that corner for some people to aggregate.
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    The location is obscure enough I rarely noticed it. So I'd easily choose the warehouse, again, leaving some thread of hope for the future. Such a prime piece of land that I feel like we swung and missed on.
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    Thought of you when I saw that. Recall us discussing theaters earlier in the thread.
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    I respectfully disagree. With warehouses there is a. Hope for a good development to come along and b. Does not create a "lower" end destination. There is a nearby current development that this type of center would be more appropriate next to. I wasn't expecting a ROD part II, just higher expectations than Sam's club, Ross-esque stores, and movie theater...
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    I had low expectations and this didn't even hit those....pathetic
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    Hopefully this expands and creates a more integrated feel in the block bounded by heights and yale/Waugh south of Washington. Wouldn't hate to see the old J blacks, chatters, Enterprise etc... re-developed to create a more cohesive area.
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    3 stories on each side with a parking garage in the middle? Sounds like they have changed the layout since the early renderings. Still don't have high hopes.
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    I'm with you @Triton. Naturally the main challenge in Houston is the land grabbing by disparate developers that completely kills this type of thing inside the loop. The best place that this could have happened at is the Target, tarkett, Kroger, stude junction, detering tracts. Houston's opposition to rail transit personally infuriates and baffles me. Regarding hardy yards, it's going to have to come a long way for me to want to go over there. The affordable housing focus makes me less optimistic about Hardy becoming anything like this, but I certainly wouldn't hate it Edit: won't be Nordstrom or Neiman bc they have regional restrictions on how close their stores can be. Maybe something way out on the Grand Parkway, haha.
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    In what ways do you consider the Domain significantly different than City Center? Fwiw, I wish projects like regent square would happen as well and also wish the redevelopment of areas like Wash Ave were better coordinated amongst developers and the city to produce more walkable and dense communities.
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    Still hearing that Sam's is locked in here, would definitely prefer Costco though.
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    Not the best photo but they are coming down...
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    Buildings 1-5 on the report today http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-under-durness/2017-02-09/
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    On the demo report for today... http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-bassooned/2017-02-08/
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    I guess my biggest concern, looking at the proposed store lineup and the building rendering, is that we end up with something like Katie Mills. That place is just awful in multiple ways. There are suburban retail developments that are done really well and become destination area which then spur additional development around them. I guess that's my ultimate hope for this spot.
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    Interesting list, great (proposed) find. I don't really love the lineup and wonder what putting a marshals/homegoods here would do to the gray st location. Disappointed it may be a Sam's Club and not Costco.
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    The fact he even mentions parking lots as opposed to parking structures crushes any hope that this wont be a giant let down and wasted opportunity.
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    There is a thread on this somewhere... http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/33629-the-victoria-829-yale-st-8-story-residential-building/#comment-533534
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    Installed yesterday, including the bungalows on Heights.
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