htownbro

I actually searched HAR.com and saw some listings for condos for sale in 2016 Main and some have spectacular views and were upgraded pretty well.

3 hours ago, Triton said:

 

If I remember correctly, there are even several HAIFers that live there and say they enjoy that place too, even for its age.

Oops my bad!

12 hours ago, hindesky said:

From a FB friend.

2016 Main looks like that old ugly abandoned building on St. Josephs.  Ughhh.  

Wow!  So Memorial Park is will be the premier park in the nation!  Exciting news!  

59 minutes ago, mattyt36 said:

Listed for sale, with conceptual renderings

 

http://swamplot.com/downtown-houstons-foremost-abandoned-building-now-listed-for-sale/2018-04-25/

The rendering looks good.  Let's do it!  Any buyers???  

Yes build a 40 plus floor housing high rise with units for singles, couples and families on different floors.  Family units occupy lower floors, singles and couples occupy higher floors.  

Make them condos where people can buy or investors can buy units and rent them out like 2016 Main.  

46 minutes ago, Specwriter said:

+1 on htownbro's comment. The people who work in the hotels, restaurants, and bars downtown probably cannot afford the rents for most of the apartments there. I ride the train each weekday from the medical center to downtown and I see who gets on the train in mid-town (office workers) and who gets off (service workers).

 

I'm not a social scientist but I do believe there is a need for a range of housing options, in term of cost, in a given area. I also believe these different options need to be somewhat dispersed and not concentrated in discrete parts. Consider how the mews (former stables and workshops) behind the stately houses in London were repurposed as housing for those with lower wage jobs.

 

One big problem existing today for the former Holiday/Days/Heaven on Earth Inn is that it is in a food desert. Of course, proximity to public transportation will mitigate that somewhat.

I don't mean government housing when I say affordable housing.  I mean for working people or middle class who can afford to buy a home but want to live downtown instead of out in the burbs.  It's more affordable to buy homes further out as opposed to downtown.  There are single people and couples who dont have children but want to live downtown...or even empty nesters.  People whose income is probably less than 100k annually.

1 hour ago, bobruss said:

Since the building was originally  plumbed  for hotel rooms  why couldn't they make this into a lower cost apartment building. That way the city could have available units for lower cost housing in downtown. Maybe combine some rooms for larger inexpensive downtown housing units. I hear people talking about some form of a more affordable market downtown maybe the city, state or federal govt. could help fund the conversion. This seems to be a growing problem throughout this country. Its on the rail line so it would afford inexpensive transportation and a link to so many valuable assets.

Yes I agree .  Affordable condos for sale or apartments for rent.  Everything downtown doesn't have to be for the uber rich.

Galleria area would be downtown 3?  

2 hours ago, corbs315 said:

http://swamplot.com/cleanup-crews-now-polishing-downtown-houstons-most-famous-abandoned-building/2018-04-19/#comments

Someone may have already asked this but what will become of this building?

On 3/17/2018 at 11:28 PM, hindesky said:

This garage makes a nice conversation piece.  Very artsy looking.

Pretty soon most of the inner loop will be gentrified.  

I heard construction of first phase will be complete by early 2020  That's fast!

On 3/3/2018 at 10:35 AM, CrockpotandGravel said:

More renderings of The Spice Route Company or Spice Route. The Spice Route Company is opening above Fig & Olive and across from Nobu on the second floor of the Galleria III wing (old Saks building) in Houston.

Renderings are from Chromed Design Studio's Facebook.


This is the entrance and waiting area where the elevators are located.







Main dining area:








Patio with dining cabanas.

Very opulent!

This is in my area of Houston near the 2 residential highrises on Sage near Univision.  They are squeezin them in over here.   

On 3/23/2018 at 7:47 PM, skwatra said:

Trying this again. Mound of dirt, some trees, and a weird sign. 

Oporto Fooding House & Wine!

16 hours ago, phillip_white said:

From this evening:

 

 

woohoo...it should be visible in the skyline by mid to late summer!

More progress.

On 11/18/2013 at 1:00 PM, nativehoustonion said:

Something has to be done with the railroad train tracks.  They need a overpass over it with trees, fountains, native plants.  Houston can do ANYTHING!

The train tracks were there before Highland Village.

It's about time.  The exterior of the mall is horrendous and looks like a warehouse.

On 3/6/2018 at 8:14 PM, bobruss said:

Richmond has now gone into a coma.

No one wants to take responsibility for its future. It's like a hot potato.

I'm sure the city hopes that somehow Metro will finally get the go ahead on Richmond, and are hesitant to rebuild it yet. 

 

 

This may be nothing but I had a storage unit at Extra Space Storage in the strip center next to railroad tracks on Richmond and we got a notice right after Christmas that all occupants of this storage had to vacate by Jan. 31, which I did.  I asked manager what was going on and he said the owner is selling the building and said all other tenants were given notice as well.  He said he didnt have any details as to why and who the owner sold to but think the land will be developed.  This is a few blocks from Weslayan on Richmond.  

need more floors...

33 minutes ago, cspwal said:

So a little bit longer than the CVS on main street, but not 24 hours

 

All I want is a 24 hour store in downtown.  Is that too much to ask?

in due time.  maybe they will see if there is a need to have it open 24/7