clutchcity94

3 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

I don't know. I wrote the above so others on the board would know the listing was created in April and updated this month. No one posted a link to the sale listing, only that it was on the market again.

I like to include those kind of details to provide more background, info, or anything else  posters may find to be useful. It is also useful, I find, when looking back through past posts to get a better timeline of happenings with a property or development.

Makes sense. I wonder if this lot is truly large enough for a mid rise? Clear Channel seems to own the lot just east of this one on Woodrow (currently a billboard there). I suppose if you combine the two, it would be large enough for something.

2 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

A Loopnet listing for 4503 Montrose Blvd in Houston was created April 2019. The listing was updated this month.


Cushman & Wakefield listed the property for sale.


Loopnet listing:
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/4503-Montrose-Blvd-Houston-TX/15609939/  (Archive link)

Brochure:
https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/2gbxJZaloDRkpBKEB7iH7zKkEVQIV67W531Wm4EDTqc/document.pdf (archive link)



Cushman & Wakefield listing:

http://www.cushmanwakefield.us/en/properties/s119679457-1 (Archive link)


From the listing:

Lot Size: 35,717 SF / 0.82 AC







 

What did they update this month as compared to April? Looks the same to me.

8 minutes ago, bobruss said:

Rajnar Jartansson's The Visitor, is going away after this weekend and I highly recommend it if you like music and video. Its a beautifully presented work that you should take the time to see.

If you do like music, the director of the Glassel school and well known sculptor Joseph Havel, along with sculptor Steve Murphy, and I, Tin Night, will be performing in the arts district this Friday night at the Patio at the Pit Room from 8:00-11:00.. I hope that some of you will come out and hear our unique sound, and get there early and enjoy some of the incredible barbecue.

Hope to see some of you.

Sounds cool! Anywhere I can hear yalls music online?

3 hours ago, Darb64 said:

A different rendering perspective than the one on the sign, found on Manzel Homes web site. The Museum Tower sure has an ugly back wall. Too bad they don't find a way to screen it.

Ivy will do the trick.

So excited to see what this building will become! This pocket of Midtown is going to be unrecognizable in a few years.

1 hour ago, rechlin said:

 

One problem with that is the southbound freeway exit to Fannin from IH-69 is being eliminated as part of the freeway rebuild, so parking in this area becomes a lot less attractive for people driving in from the suburbs.

Will there be a new exit on the southbound portion of IH-69 after the rebuild if Fannin is no longer there? Or will the next available exit be all the way at Shepherd?

22 hours ago, texas911 said:

Oh and it was definitely haunted.

Tell me more...

2 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

Covenant House Texas expanding services

https://www.tmc.edu/news/2019/08/covenant-house-texas-expanding-services/

 

 

Something we drive by everyday and “don’t see”?! I live in Montrose and I see it everyday. I’m sure residents at The Hanover and the forthcoming La Colombe d’Or are thrilled.

How will the amenities at Broadstone be compared to the taller Carter next door? Will they both be targeting the same demographic?

14 hours ago, X.R. said:

 

Shhhh, its like the best kept secret of that area. I go up there 8pm-ish and theres barely that many people, while theres still a bunch of people milling around and looking at the statutes below. 

 

But that will be a fantastic place to see it. It looked like they had a decent part of the portion facing montrose up already, might try to snap a pic today or tomorrow.

Being up there is one of my favorite places in the city to relax. My house is only a 10-minute walk from there and I bought the house in Montrose two years ago when Glassell was still under construction, so this public space has been a particularly great amenity for me - wasn’t even a selling point when we bought!

Well that certainly was fast! It’s all cleared out.

On 6/13/2019 at 1:55 PM, gene said:

I have completely changed my mind on this...

the reason is obvious...

If they build a Hard Rock Hotel this close to the Galleria then the likely next step is that Planet Hollywood Restaurant would reopen inside the Galleria (*not affiliated with Hard Rock but they would just want a piece of the pie in Uptown...) and that means i would get to have their Cap'n Crunch Chicken Crunch Tenders whenever i wanted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i don't know how to cook so don't point out the fact that i am linking a recipe...) 😵

https://topsecretrecipes.com/planet-hollywood-chicken-crunch-copycat-recipe.html

(yes none of this post makes sense but the CCCT's are THAT good that i can dream at least haha!)

 

You do know there was a Planet Hollywood inside the Galleria from 1997-2000ish, right?

19 minutes ago, X.R. said:

Oh snap! That’s a massive sale at Boone’s. Need to head over there to see if I can snag a cheap bike.

 

And...ahem...check it out for HAIF purposes.

No kidding! Please don’t post this to reddit/r/houston. I want first dibs!

5 minutes ago, Luminare said:

 

Thats certainly possible. We need to search for more evidence though. We need more input.

 

I literally look at this area all the time when I'm flying around google maps, or on the ground doing hikes/ taking pictures...and I see a mega gold mine.

Same here. That’s why I bought a house in the area just north of the 59/Montrose bridge

I see this area developing quite a bit over the coming years. Heck, the new Glassell School/ Cloud Gate is a 10-minute walk from my house and neither were there when I bought my house two years ago.

27 minutes ago, Luminare said:

I've been a little surprised that the Museum District as a whole has been relatively silent compared to other areas inside the Loop. You just feel that there is momentum in places like Downtown, Midtown, UK / Greenway, The Heights, and Post Oak just outside the Loop, but this area has been really static. I just don't hear people rushing to visit this part of town, yet it has so much potential. It has the redline going through it, a giant park and museums next door. No idea why its been this still. Anyone care to guess or have insider info on why?

These are my thoughts exactly!!

I also have no idea why, but maybe it has something to do with the long-standing NIMBY sentiment from the nearby Ashby high rise fiasco. I know that’s a bit west of the Museum District, but maybe it scared developers enough?

9 minutes ago, Toopicky said:

Good luck with Lotti Dotti with all the bums at that corner. Until they are cleared out this location will suffer

This. My wife and I actually swung by there on Saturday. We were sitting on the patio, right next to the metal fence, when a homeless man on a bicycle yelled an expletive as he threw a full beer can towards the fence. It landed two feet from my wife, luckily on the the street-facing side of the fence.

2 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

This is about Lotti Dotti at 601 Richmond but I thought there was another thread about parking garages in Montrose to put this in.


From Houston Food Finder yesterday:

As parking can be challenging in this area, the Lotti Dotti team hopes to build a parking garage within walking distance.

https://houstonfoodfinder.com/2019/06/25/first-bite-new-houston-restaurant-lotti-dotti-brings-the-party-to-montrose/

 

 

There is another parking garage for the purpose of providing parking for businesses under consideration for lower Westheimer.

Building a parking garage, eh? That might explain why 4316 Jack St and 4320 Jack St are listed for sale at $999,999 each...

1 hour ago, X.R. said:

 

I was gonna say something similar after Urbannizer posted that image. That part of MD is very Montrose: townhouses, a giant apartment/condo place, the school, traditional houses, and old places that serve as apartments, and those old school retail places. When the former Chelsea market gets its shit together, its gonna be, as the kids say, 100. 

You’re right, it is very “Montrose”

Here’s the marketing material from Cushman & Wakefield for this lot. Given that the two rumored mid-rise office projects never took off on this lot over the past decade, coupled with the new Broadstone Museum District condos going up right across the bridge, I’m will to bet this gets developed into a similar luxury condo mid-rise/high rise.

It’ll be very well positioned to the new Ion tech center as well, 

Thoughts?

22 hours ago, Toopicky said:

HNathoo, I hope so, but the sign on the opening post suggested otherwise. The upscale townhouses across the street haven't been selling well, but another lot next to them has seen recent demo (last picture above) that the school would not want (although the Pres. Church might as itis adjacent to their "Operation ID" building. ) Today,  it appeared that crews were out on Portland to cut of the electricity  to the newly fenced apartments.... soon to be demoed?  Note, the fencing style is the same as in the last pic above.

I wonder why they're not selling well. That little pocket is very charming IMO.

2 hours ago, X.R. said:

I agree with Luminare, you can be skeptical about this project.

 

But I think you would need to temper that skepticism with this thought: Rice and its endowment wouldn't pour 100 million down the drain. They are jumping at the chance to be the first ones to really take control of Houston's tech scene. If you go to their campus, and just walk around, you realize they sit right next to parts of TMC, which I know allowed my friends, who were rice students, direct access to these medical institutions/research facilities for opportunities like summer jobs/internships, and potentially employment/residency after they graduated from Rice. Rice is now seemingly doing the same thing with Houston's tech scene. They get to control the two blocks around the burgeoning tech scene at their ion? Imagine the opportunities for their students. Its a calculated risk.

 

At worst, it becomes a glorified WeWorks for Tech companies. Which is still waaaaay better than anything else Houston has right now.

 

The writer of that article, as Luminare points out, thinks this should be in Montrose or Uptown. She believes the "build it and they will come" mantra is invalid because that area of Midtown is not dense enough. The writer, and the people interviewed keep pointing out that the Ion is next to a jack in the box, in an attempt to say that there aren't viable dining options or a gym or bars around it. Yes, there is a jack in the box. But two blocks down there will be a Whole Foods (coming Q1 2020!). And one train stop down you have: 5 bars, a great sushi place with a conveyor belt (4+ stars on yelp!), an actually pretty traditional chinese restuarant, and a vietnamese restaurant. Then if you walk a block or two past that the vietnamese place you hit 24 hour fitness, and that whole block of places like Jinya Ramen, and Piola Pizza. The Ion has the things the writer believes should be around it, but she fails to give Midtown, and the Ion, a chance. I hope Pt. II of that article is the argument for it succeeding!

 

Don't forget that Montrose is only a short walk away. For example, the area near Ono Poke, the new Lotti Dotti bar (formerly known as Brooklyn Athletic Club), and the Timberline Fitness under construction on Jack St & Richmond are all only a short 5-10 minute walk from The Ion (AND they're in Montrose).

12 hours ago, TheSirDingle said:

I could see them buying up all of Midtown, and making it a little Australia. 150+ m residential towers, and Vegemite sandwiches as far as the eye can see. A glorious future that brings a tear to my eyes. 

And pourover coffee galore!! Can’t wait.

Also picked up by Eater: https://houston.eater.com/2019/3/20/18274677/lotti-dotti-opening-april

Deleted- duplicate post.

More info here: https://houston.craigslist.org/fbh/d/houston-lotti-dotti-hiring-all-positions/6845393658.html