diggity

To be fair, St. Germain is about 44 cents a sqft.

Still too high for the low level of amenities IMHO.

the maint fee includes water, sewer, trash collection, basic cable, parking garage and the gym. I think there's some kind of entertainment room with a pool table as well but am not sure.

The fees are pretty high considering the limited amenities. The last few times I've been there, there hasn't been anyone working the front desk so they may not even have that anymore.

My next door neighbor 3 houses down

seriously!

whine, complain, complain!

the mid range condo market has taken a beating over the last couple years.

I'm not sure I would want to enter that market unless I was getting a pretty good deal.

At $200+/sqft I would probably pass.

Oh no, they're all $30K millionaires. I think most of them live "by the Galleria," which I believe in many cases is "home at Mommy's."

I hate the butterfly effect on the top level. It SCREAMS "come hang out at me douche bags!"

the bitterness is strong in this one

I get sick of the affliction crowd as much as anyone but I won't mind having a decent sports bar in the area.

according to the agent in charge of marketing the building, the fee covers the following:

Building & Grounds, Cable TV, Clubhouse, Concierge, Insurance Common Area, Limited Access, Recreational Facilities, Trash, Valet Parking.

Looks to be everything but electricity and personal property insurance.

Not sure if I follow you. How does one determine whether there's a consensus among the neighbors?

the organization who brought the complaint against Weingarten's variance request (www.stopshepherdnoise.org) met with the company and they came up with the compromise.

The headline of their website now reads Weingarten modifies its variance request with support of neighbors; Commission approves modified building

Maybe not every neighbor was pleased is the compromise, but it seems that the group in question is.

Yeah, Wanda is getting some wine bar on her side of Shepherd, and Pam screws residents of her constituency on the her side of Shepherd. The ladies were workin' the strip today. wink.gif

(I'm not a moderator, so I'm callin' them out, dbigtex56 tongue.gif ).

it doesn't sound like the neighbors were too upset about the compromise. Again, much ado about nothing.

This was a good solution, and we disagree with the notion that Weingarten

fair enough.

i didn't realize you had written that blog post when I made my post so sorry about the garbage comment.

I found the rest of the story to be quite enlightening

that crowd is too busy trying to score smack at two in the morning

The Red Door at 2:00 a.m. will stumble directly into Crave (although that may go a long way towards deterring regular diners).

I'm not sure how many late-night restaurants could survive without bar traffic. Typical Houston Press garbage.

I used to volunteer at J. Will Jones and can tell you that it is an excellent school.

Principal Flores has done an incredible job with that place and is one of the most passionate educators I have ever met. That school should be a model to other under-performing schools. Instead, they want to board it up.

Shutting down J. Will Jones will just be another example of how incompetent HISD and it's administrators are.

Weingarten will probably tear down the River Oaks theater and put a third Starbucks on that corner. Yes, this is the famed corner with two Starbucks, yet no room for a historic movie theater.

it's all about the Benjamin's baby.

somebody really wants to get their bowl on!

Nah, I've got other bookstores closer to me, and Amazon. I'll probably never visit BAM again.

is it your goal in life to whine about everything Pavilions related or what?

He then went on to NOLA HOB and announced that the Houston HOB was the shittiest venue he'd ever played.

obviously just sour grapes...the venue is pretty awesome.

at some point you're going to want them to get on the LRT and go somewhere where they can spend money on stuff that is unique to Houston

what would that be exactly?

Opening on the 22nd of October

Seriously though, being torn down for what?

who knows, but with their property tax being raised to over $2.6 million (up from $1.8 mil last year) i'm not suprised.

I drove by th eother day and I thought I saw a sign that said "the mix at midtown" on top of the 24 Hr Fitness building. I had always assumed that the Mix was a separate development, but is this place now called the Mix?

I believe Crosspoint Properties is planning on branding everything they build in that area as "The Mix @ Midtown"

the only real sports bar around here is The Tavern and i just can't go there anymore for a variety of reasons...

Word on the street is The Tavern isn't long for this world. It's supposedly being torn down pretty soon.

There will be a total of five opportunities in this ultra pristine setting behind stately gates.

ugh! who comes up with this pretentious crap?

another article in the HBJ claims that 230 units have been "purchased". This one is dated April 4, 2008

Mosaic on Hermann Park's units have been a hot item in Houston's real estate market. In the 13 months since the project has been available, 230 buyers have purchased units.

i just think it's funny how "successful" these articles claim the Mosaic has been when it reality that's not the truth.

I've spoken to people who used to market that building and they told me it's been a disaster (maybe that's why the marketing job has changed hands 3 times?). They also assured me the 2nd Tower will be all rentals. How they expect to get $2.20+/square foot is beyond me.

The 2nd tower was always part of the plan.

not according to this article...which also claims that 200+ units were sold (as of this time last year)

HBJ Article