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7 hours ago, BigFootsSocks said:

I wasn't aware they owned all of that extra property...wonder if these boundaries might expand or have I just missed this info?

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....

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.

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. 

Ready for this one to go up, happy to see things happening. I do miss my PO box being there. The 19th street office is so inconvenient. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

If nothing else it will take away another spot on that corner for some people to aggregate. 

3 hours ago, HOUCAJUN said:

It was always an eyesore traveling this part of I10. Sure it's not the best development for the area but an industrial park this close to downtown was worse. So if you had to choose either or, which one would you choose? 

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.

2 hours ago, Triton said:

Yes!!!! We are getting a Cinemark! Very awesome... this was my biggest hope for the project.

Thought of you when I saw that. Recall us discussing theaters earlier in the thread.

8 hours ago, HOUCAJUN said:

It's better than what was there before. So glad the warehouses are gone. Now that was pathetic.

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...

I had low expectations and this didn't even hit those....pathetic

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. 

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.

Just ate at the Austin location. Can't wait for this one to go in.

I appreciate the effort to keep with the style of the older buildings on Washington.

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.

On 2/17/2017 at 0:11 PM, s3mh said:

Costco joined the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce, prompting rumors that they are going to build at this development.  

Still hearing that Sam's is locked in here, would definitely prefer Costco though.

Buildings 1-5 on the report today

http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-under-durness/2017-02-09/

On the demo report for today...

http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-bassooned/2017-02-08/

And it's back open...

Well I am pleasantly amazed...

http://m.chron.com/houston/article/Yale-Street-bridge-in-the-Heights-to-open-in-10786253.php