Karin

Just now, Andrew Ewert said:

Is it not possible to build a multi-story HEB...

I mean, seriously, I've never seen one but there's no reason why they couldn't stack multiple floors of parking and retail. Is there a *truly* walkable HEB anywhere in the city?

HEB in Buffalo Heights and Bellaire are multistory with parking in an adjacent garage and underground, respectively.

Wow - thanks for the intel! Now that Villa Arcos appears to be closed forever, would be nice to have good breakfast tacos in walking distance to my house.

On 1/22/2022 at 12:12 AM, thedistrict84 said:

That’s great news. Canal and Commerce have tremendous potential as a pedestrian-friendly, walkable corridor with all of these developments in the works.

There's some activity on Canal @ N Sampson.

3 minutes ago, wilcal said:

I mean, look at the Heights. And EaDo isn't even that marketable imho. 

New rule: anyone that incorporates EaDo has the market-based parking extended to that area as well. 

There are young families moving into this area. The developer who figures out how to cater to more than the bar crowd will be well rewarded.

10 minutes ago, wilcal said:

Seems like a $400k renovation is not going to do a lot for a 17k sq ft building....

Maybe it is going to be a giant ice house. 

Why build a giant ice house across the street from Moon Tower?

3 hours ago, wilcal said:

Also, if they turned this building into a giant 17k sq ft ice house, you would need 170+ parking spaces. Wild. 

14 minutes ago, wilcal said:

My completely uneducated guess based on basically nothing is that this screams another mega nightclub like the other two announced for EaDo. 

I still haven't gotten the variance applications yet from the city. 

I hope you're wrong about a mega nightclub. I really don't have time for a fight right now, but I'll do what I have to do.

19 minutes ago, ljchou said:

Interesting. There's a new waste water permit as of March by H2B Engineering, a structural engineering firm. Can't find much else. HCAD still says Pruitt and can't find any recent commercial sales in Biz Journal that would fit this description.

They could be replatting the land to sell. If it has already sold, the plat says the intent is a commercial development which would be great for this area! I can't wait for the Canal and Commerce corridors to connect the development at the East side of Commerce/Canal/Nav to the greater East End community.

I live down the street from this location, so there are some forms of commercial (bar, club, liquor store) I don't want. Called the planning commission and they have no info because the variance request doesn't give a reference number. I've never looked up a plat - can you give me a URL? Thanks.

This sign was posted today at The Pruitt Company at 3001 Canal. Any ideas as to what’s going on with this property?