Vy65
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You kinda missed the point. Would you consider Austin a city with a high amount of regulations on real estate development?
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Right, that's why there are several barren fields in off of POB/around BLVD place that have remained undeveloped. For years. Clearly lots of market movement already ...
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"Vy, my optimism comes from what I have witnessed in this city and in this general area in the city. Look at the area just East of the West Loop, between San Filipe and Westheimer. Within just a few years, it has transitioned from low density apartment communities ..." That's what I was responding to.
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100% agree with this. The problem is that there's no zoning here. There aren't restrictions in when/how developers develop land. That is far more for accomplishing an urban/pedestrian environment than a bus and some trees. Again, look at other cities (Austin would be a great example).
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Appreciate the response. And, I agree that there has been development on the east side of 610, and it's a welcome sign. That said, I don't see how you can extrapolate that development to POB. For starters, they're divided by 610. I don't see people walking from the ROD under the highway, through some commercial office buildings, just to take a bus to go to a mall. If the BRT system included a stop at the ROD, I'd be able to muster some enthusiasm for it. The Galleria has been a major draw for decades. Yet those shopping plazas have remained. You still have large, empty parcels along POB, San Felipe, and on the interior. The market hasn't moved to prod development in those places - and suggesting that trees + sidewalk is the lacking catalyst doesn't pass the straight-face test. Will the area change over the course of decades? Maybe. But to suggest that anything is imminent (i.e., within the next couple years) is beyond optimistic in my book.
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I discount trees and sidewalks because this is Houston, not the rest of the country. This is a suburban, sun belt city. That is it’s DNA. That I’ve been told one of the advantages to the bus is easier parking underscrores that fact. What evidence specific to Houston that supports your that sidewalk and trees will spearhead urban renewal? Why isn’t Apache building its new HQ?
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Is it? I wonder where your optimism comes from?
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I’m impressed by METRo/TxDOT’s hard work in connecting the galleria to more parking lots via bus. The intersection of POB and San Felipe is less than a mile from the mall. Is that half mile distance currently discouraging urban development? Can people not walk to CPK or the Verizon store currently? The “boulevard” already is an extension of the Galleria and yet there’s none of the development being claimed in this thread. It’s specious to think a bus and some trees will transform the strip malls and Starbucks into something else.
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Sure
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Again, we're talking past each other. I'm not suggesting infrastructure is not important. What I am suggesting is that putting a bus and some trees is not going to magically inspire people to take a strole on "the boulevard," considering it's filled with the likes of Gallery Furniture and Luby's. People already walk up and down Post Oak everyday. Can you point me to any evidence that suggests putting in some more sidewalk or a bus line will spur urban development here or is some kind of missing link between the status quo and said urban development? What specifically do you anticipate being developed/built as a result of this project?
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I worked at 2POC for 2+ years, so I've been looking at Post Oak Boulevard. What do you think is going to draw pedestrians out? The CPK or the quasi-abandoned AT&T store?
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We're talking past each other. In the abstract, yes, you are correct re: transit centers. That still has nothing to do with the fact that there's no incentive for someone to go to "the boulevard" in the first place, unless you consider Kenny & Ziggy's and Jamba Juice major draws. Some trees and a little more sidewalk won't change that fact.
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The project is about making "the boulevard" walkable/pedestrian friendly/etc... What does linking two transit centers have anything to do with that? The fundamental problem is that Ashley furniture and empty parcels owned by Apache don't have any real appeal. Putting a bus and some trees on the street isn't going to change that fact.
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I think the lack of enthusiasm has to deal with the fact that putting in a dedicated bus line isn't going to transform Post Oak into some urban paradise. Frankly, I don't see the point of this project.
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Aspire Post Oak: Multifamily High-Rise At 1616 Post Oak Blvd.
Vy65 replied to Mab's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
The developer filed suit against the Cosmo's HOA. The purpose of that lawsuit was to have the court adjudicate ("declare," hence the declaratory judgment action) the parties' rights under the developer-HOA agreement. The HOA responded to this suit under a statute called the Texas Citizen's Participation Act ("TCPA"). The TCPA is a type of law known as "anti-SLAPP;" the SLAPP standing for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. The idea behind these laws is to penalize legal claims from being filed as retaliation for the exercise of (typically first amendment) rights. I haven't read this lawsuit, but ostensibly the HOA is claiming that the developer's attempt to get a declaration regarding the parties' rights under the developer-HOA agreement somehow violates its rights to speech, to free assembly, or something along those lines. The district court rejected the HOA's argument. The First Court of Appeals rejected the HOA's argument (and, if memory serves, affirmed the sanction of an attorney's fees award against the HOA). The HOA is now seeking to have the Texas Supreme Court hear the case. To do so, it filed what's called a petition for review. The supreme court will read that petition and decide whether or not it wants to hear the case. The linked document is the developer's response -- i.e., why the court doesn't need to hear the matter.- 1,031 replies
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No trolling. You couldn’t answer a very simple question and instead proceeded to have a conniption fit. But keep on projecting. I don’t really care at this point.
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It's obviously a matter of personal preference, but I think that any of those mentioned would add more than the box on top of a box design. Agree on these being drawings. We'll have to wait and see.
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Snide, non-responsive commentary and grammar smack. You're on a roll.
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I actually like the one in Austin. I also like they’re SF location too. I also really liked the renderings of the one planned for the galleria. even something like the Omni in Dallas would be preferable to this. I don’t understand the preference, but to rah his own. It just seems like yet another dinky addition to an otherwise average downtown. So I guess it kinda makes sense
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Its not about accepting mediocrity, but we live in the real world so we should accept mediocrity. got it
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Take a look at the rendering and you’ll have a start
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Oh ok. I apologize for expecting something above average. I’ll stick to mediocrity from here on out.
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Sure. What in your opinion makes it above average?
