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I don't know all the details about the Post Rise Lofts but....it is a conversion building. It used to be part of The Post Apartments. They were built as rentals, then converted 2 years ago into condos for sale. The sales were slow and most of the remaining units are available for rent again...check out www.postproperties.com for availability. They have done some upgrading to the units to bring them up to condo standards. They are offering an "as is" package where you get some money off the list price if you buy them in their original apartment condition. There is a fairly nice pool on the roof of the building but it is still open to ALL of the Post Residents not just to those who live in the tower so it gets pretty crowded. That's all I know. Some of the units are cool looking, but I think the prices are rather high for what you get. And the maintenance fee is around .21 or .23 cents, which really adds up, and you know maintenance fees only increase year over year, never decrease. That's all I know. good luck.

Yeah, the Midtown Market reopened about 6 weeks ago under new mgmt. It's a great convenience for those of us in the Post and Camden.

The parking structure is ok I guess...as far as concrete parking structures go:) They did build apartments around the facia of the parking garage so that it doesn't really look like a parking garage when you drive up to it. This picture is from the back of the main bldg...that is Cleveland Street your looking down in this photo. If you were on Baldwin, headed past the Post Rise Lofts, Baldwin deadends at St. Joseph's Pkwy...Camden built a nice little circular drive with brick pavers. The parking structure entrance is on ST. Joseph's Pkwy technically. The area is surrounded mostly by townhouses and some old homes. One block away is Komodo's Pub. Two blocks away is Front Porch Pub, Christians Tailgate, The Fish, Midtown Market (in the retail portion of The Post). The area is crawling with people on Thursdays and weekends, but that's typical midtown, for better or worse.

The skywalks are already there. There are actually three skywalks that connect all four bldgs to each other. They are on the 3rd floor of each building and allow us to walk from the parking structure to our respective building without having to go down to street level and we can stay dry when it's raining. It's a nice feature, I think. The amenities room has a full size, new pool table, a real sand shuffleboard table, foozball, huge plamas on the wall and several smaller lcd's lining the walls. THere's is a nice "wifi cafe" with free wireless at the pool and on the main floor...(as it turns out, I live on the side facing the pool so I actually receive the wireless signal in my apt...saves me about $45.00 a month on roadrunner fees:)) There is a movie room with a wall size projector screen and full theatre sound system. Camden mgmt, however, thinks that it is best to close the club room and movie room when they close the leasing office. Stupid if you ask me. We work all day and get home when the leasing office is closed, we can't use the amenities after hours...I guess Camden figures we will take a day off work, ask our friends to take a day off and come over at noon to play pool and watch a movie...Anyway, like I said before, they are working out some bugs. Maybe once more people move in, they will see how ridiculous that policy is. Ask me anything, I'll tell ya what I know:)

I can take some pics of the place...I live above the main pool and should be able to get some nice shots. I didn't mention this before, but there are 4 buildings total including the parking structure. Two of the buildings are not open yet, still under construction but the main building (leasing office bldg) and parking structure building are open. And something is being built right next the main building. They've leveled the block and are putting sidewalks in, but I cant tell what is to be built there...Camden Mgmt says that it is not another apt. building for this complex.

The Camden City Center Apts are in fact open. They opened up in middle of May. I moved into them after selling my house over on the east end. They are nice, and the amenities are great. The pool is quite luxurious and well appointed. They are still working out some minor bugs in the place, namely the security alarm sounding at all hours. There's only about 20 or so residents so far, but people are moving in every weekend. I like the simple archictecture of the place, but that's just one lay person's opinion.

I have lived in this area for just about a year now...I bought one of the Perry townhomes...I havn't had had any problems or seen any criminal activity, but I tend to keep to myself. I do see people jogging in the daytime and walking their dogs at all hours so I assume people feel pretty safe. There is so much new construction going there and there is a police station pretty close by. Anyway, I hope this helps you.

I think this question is properly placed here in "East End Future Projects"...I live in the East end, the part close to downtown...around Palmer, Nagle, Dallas, Live Oak...Anyway, within the last two weeks or so, the city has begun resurfacing many of the streets in the neighborhood...mostly around the new townhouse developments. The new streets look nice, but I was wondering if any of you had an idea as to why the city would do that. I'm not complaining, but the streets weren't that bad to begin with...relatively smooth and clean. Is it possible that the city is making this neartown section look more attractive or might something bigger be in the works? I like the idea of new streets...it makes my neighborhood more appealing to buyers. I just wanted your thoughts...Most of you seem quite knowledgable about these things...Thanks.

I live just down the street from you on Palmer closer to Polk...I didn't hear anything, though I am several streets away. That really sucks. I have found that I am not the "pioneer" I once thought I was. I don't want to wait until the neighborhood comes around. I'm trying to sell my place, but its a hard sell with all the new construction coming up. I'm sorry this happened to you and more importantly, I hope it was just random and not targeted. Some people just never learned to live in society.

I just moved into the near east end/warehouse district if that counts

Nice and fairly quiet neighborhood for now (except for the trains). Nice wide open streets with lots of FREE street side parking for your guests. And since the area is not YET full of residents, the streets are not so crowded with traffic. I have not seen much of a homeless problem in the area. I suppose it is because the area is still known as a warehouse district. Homeless people want people to beg from so they keep mostly to midtown. As more people move into the neighborhood though, I imagine the homeless will be sure to follow.

Is anybody else a recent resident of this particular near-town area? Lots of new construction and warehouse conversions underway.

New Perry development to start in the 1600 block of W. Dallas. I am considering purchasing a new Perry 3 story over on the Near East End (St. Charles Square). 2031 Sq. feet with granite and woods. I just saw on the Perry website that a new development is to start over on W. Dallas on the Midtown side (South?) of Montrose Blvd. Do you believe that the Midtown area is too saturated with Perry to be a reasonably wise purchase? The East end is undeveloped but has potential...And not so overcrowded with cookie cutter Perry's...yet.

Wow, only my second post on this forum and it spawned its own thread! Anyway, so does the Third Ward not include the area we've referred to as "the East End"? Does Garnet Coleman's district include that (East End) area? Thanks.

A very interesting and recent article. It's long, but its a good read.

http://governing.com/articles/3houston.htm

I have visited with the Waterhill Agent and Perry Homes Agent about the East End developments. Both agents are saying the HEB is planning a store in this area. I just got off the phone with HEB Real Estate Division here in Houston and she laughed and said NO SUCH plans are in the works. Maybe after more people actually live there, but not at the moment. I'm not sure where Waterhill and Perry get their information, but it isn't from HEB Corporate.

That said, I wouldn't let this be a reason not to live on this side of town. It seems to have alot of potential and is priced nicely for now. I am looking at one of the Perry homes, priced at 200k. Randalls Midtown is close enough for now.