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Building permits were issued 2/17/2023, but I haven't seen a demolition permit. Aren't they supposed to tear down the north part of Biarwest Apartments for this?

This looks dead. No activity, not even a for sale sign. https://goo.gl/maps/c1dJUfYgipZzEssX6

Permits issued 11/9/2022 by Harris County. Berkadia report also lists this as under construction. https://base.berkadia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Berkadia-Houston-3Q22-Construction-Pipeline-Report.pdf

I don't think there is any way to see associated sub-permits, until the permit is issued. On the Houston Permitting Center website you can search for permits in the Sold Permits Search section, under the link "Search the last 3 years". Once you find the permit number, to see the plan review status go to the Project Status section and click the link "Plan Review Status". https://www.houstonpermittingcenter.org/ Permit Search http://www.cohtora.houstontx.gov/approot/soldpermits/online_permit.htm Plan Review Status https://www.pdinet.pd.houstontx.gov/cohilms/webs/Plan_LookUp.asp

Permits were issue for this in July 2022. Berkadia Report Q1 2023 says it's under construction...July 2024 delivery.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/05/24/oht-partners-lenox-heights-apartment-complex.html OHT Partners breaks ground on 359-unit apartment complex in Houston's Heights May 24, 2023, 2:52pm CDT Austin-based OHT Partners has broken ground on a new 359-unit apartment complex in Houston’s Heights area. Lenox Heights, as the complex will be called, is scheduled to be delivered at 333 W. 24th St. in mid-2025, the company said May 23. The project will be within walking distance of the Heights’ historic 19th Street commercial district. Lenox Heights will offer residents a range of amenities, including two resort-style pools, a sky deck with views of downtown, a coworking studio, a fitness center and a pet spa. Units in the five-story building will include one- and two-bedroom floor plans, ranging in size from 629 square feet to 1,247 square feet. Each unit will be outfitted with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, smart-home technology and more. The project was designed by Houston-based Steinberg Dickey Collaborative. Rental rates will be determined closer to the project’s opening date, OHT Partners said. OHT Partners' acquisition of the 3.7-acre site for Lenox Heights was named a finalist in the Land Deal category of the Houston Business Journal's 2023 Landmark Awards. Dosch Marshall Real Estate called it one of the highest-end deals and one of the largest available sites in the core Heights area. OHT Partners was also recognized as a Landmark Award finalist for its purchase of a 3-acre site at 2825 W. 11th St., just west of the Heights and north of the Washington Avenue corridor in the Lazybrook/Timbergove area. Texas Department of Licensing and Registration records said the company plans to use that site to build another five-story multifamily development that will encompass 274,000 square feet. The company estimates the project, tentatively titled 11th Street Apartments, will cost $38.6 million to build, though TDLR records are preliminary and subject to change. OHT Partners, which previously was known as Oden Hughes, has built other Lenox apartment complexes in Houston. It also has served as the general contractor for projects such as The Laura, the multifamily component of the first phase of Houston-based Midway's East River development; Houston-based Barvin's recently opened Revl Med Center; and Fidelis Cypresswood, the first project under Houston-based Fidelis' residential division. Jeff Jeffrey Senior reporter - H

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/05/25/baylor-college-of-medicine-new-tower-construction.html Baylor College of Medicine launches construction of new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower Baylor College of Medicine has officially kicked off a new project in the Texas Medical Center area. The college held a May 24 celebration to launch construction of the new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower. The 11-story, 503,000-square-foot building, which is projected to open in 2026, will be home to Baylor’s School of Medicine and School of Health Professions. Baylor College of Medicine has a $150 million philanthropic goal for the project. To date, the gifts for the new tower total $100 million. The Cullen Foundation, The Cullen Trust for Health Care and The Cullen Trust for Higher Education contributed a combined $30 million, which is one of the largest combined gifts in the philanthropies' history. “The Cullen Trust for Health Care is very honored to support this building along with The Cullen Foundation and The Cullen Trust for Higher Education,” Cullen Geiselman Muse, chair of The Cullen Trust for Health Care, said in a statement. “We cannot wait to see what new beginnings will come from inside the Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower.” In 1947, the Cullens' $800,000 gift helped complete construction of the original Roy and Lillie Cullen Building, which was named a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2015. The new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower will include a 500-seat atrium; dedicated space for big data analytics; small-group classrooms; studio classrooms; a large-capacity, high-tech, theater-style event space; an anatomy lab, teaching labs and a 35,000-square-foot simulation center, which will help prepare students prior to clinicals; an education innovation center with a faculty development lab; a student wellness center; lecture halls; a rooftop garden; and an elevated courtyard. The Slam Collaborative, an architecture firm with its primary office in Connecticut, designed the new tower. Robert Pulito, president emeritus, principal and architect at the firm, said the 11th floor will be used for Baylor leadership and will have a large terrace that can be used for instructional events. The tower will also be used as a “collaborative space for Baylor trainees and scientists to engage in ideas and innovation that will help fuel a new era of medicine, including the one-of-a-kind Center for Space Medicine,” a media kit says. The Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine was established in 2008 and acts as a hub for space medicine faculty and staff, Translational Research Institute for Space Health investigators, students, residents, fellows, visiting scholars and others to collaborate. Paul Klotman, Baylor College of Medicine's president, CEO and executive dean, sees the new tower as the bow on the package for student recruitment and retention, he said during the May 24 event. “To really change the future of health, we need a space that facilitates the future,” Klotman said in a statement. “We need to have a great building to recruit great talent. Having a place where our clinical programs are located, where our data scientists are, next to a biotech development center, and having our medical students all integrated into that environment will allow them to be ready in the future for where health care is going.” Medical knowledge doubles every six months, but this building will adapt to the advancement of knowledge and new technologies, Pulito said. The tower is a part of the first phase of Baylor’s larger Health Sciences Park. The HSP will consist of the Cullen Tower and a dedicated Research Tower, located next to patient care at Baylor Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center on the McNair Campus. The HSP will also be adjacent to TMC Helix Park, formerly known as TMC3, further creating opportunities for trainees and scientists to gain the ability to forge partnerships with surrounding institutions and industries, officials said. “Now is a terrific time for Baylor,” David Baldwin, chair of the Baylor College Medicine Board of Trustees, said in a statement. “Our science has never been more critical to the world, and we really are splitting at the seams in terms of our facilities. If we don’t innovate the ways we teach, we do our students a disservice. We are excited to see how this new facility will usher in a new era of modern medical education and innovation." Sofia Gonzalez Reporter - Houston Business Journal

Chron article about approval of vouchers for this. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/houston-housing-authority-affordable-housing-18107245.php "The Campanile on Minimax is slated to be a 177-unit, mixed-income apartment complex. (This apartment complex is named after the street on which the now-defunct grocery store Minimax once sat.) "

Chron article regarding vote to approve vouchers. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/houston-housing-authority-affordable-housing-18107245.php "The Houston Housing Authority and its sister organizations voted Tuesday to use project-based vouchers and bonds to build and renovate five affordable housing complexes across the city. Two of the complexes will use a federal subsidy, known as a voucher, so that renters will not have to pay any more than 30 percent of their incomes for rent and utilities. While some vouchers are given to renters, allowing them to choose where to use the subsidy, these vouchers would be tied to the specific apartment locations, meaning renters who move out would lose the subsidy. New Hope Housing Gray will serve seniors as part of the city’s ambitious plan to build affordable housing throughout Third Ward as it redevelops Cuney Homes."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/friendswood-hotel-coming-retail-restaurant-18079743.php Boutique hotel in downtown Friendswood development will be surrounded by restaurants, retail A developer is planning Friendswood's first hotel to serve as the centerpiece of a mixed-use development in the city's downtown. Construction will begin this year on the 30-room boutique hotel, which will be part of One Sixty One, a planned 180,000-square-foot development that will include retail establishments, restaurants, office space and 36 high-end apartments. The hotel will serve local residents and business commuters, according to Brett Banfield, president of the Banfield Properties Inc., the developer of the One Sixty One project. Friendswood Assistant City Manager Steven Rhea said of the hotel, “It’s for those people coming to visit family for high school graduation and need a place to stay overnight.” The hotel is expected to create approximately 25 full-time and part-time jobs. “We think its going to be a great addition to Friendswood,” said Rhea. An estimated cost for the hotel project was not available at presstime. The One Sixty One development will also include co-working space, a banquet room, and rooftop event space. “The entire development should have a significant impact on the local economy,” Banfield said. Initial planning for One Sixty One began in 2020. Existing buildings on the site for the project at 161 W. Shadowbend Ave. are undergoing aesthetic touches that include façade improvements and original murals. The hotel will serve as the centerpiece of the development. “With the other businesses and restaurants and boutiques to complement the hotel, it’s going to be a very big deal,” Rhea said. Completion of the project is expected by the end of 2024.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/05/05/gt-leach-rama-cos-condo-project.html GT Leach, Rama Cos. partner to build luxe Tanglewood-area condo building May 5, 2023, 7:00am CDT GT Leach Constructors founder and President Gary Leach is for the first time preparing to break ground on a project in which he is personally invested as a partner. Leach has teamed up with Rama Cos., a Houston-based development firm led by brothers Amir Taghdisi and Alan Taghdisi, to build a new boutique condominium project at 5010 Longmont Drive, in the northern Uptown/Tanglewood area. The project they plan to build is The Beverly, a six-unit condo midrise that Leach and the Taghdisis hope will bring a new type of unit to the Houston market. Rather than putting multiple condos on each floor, each unit will take up an entire floor. While Leach has built projects in the past where he had a small financial interest, he confirmed that this is the first time he has gone in on a project as a 50% partner. Leach told the Houston Business Journal that he was attracted to The Beverly project because of its unique location. "The site is so special due to its unrestricted reserve status," Leach said. "The other thing that attracted me to the project was my friendship with Amir and Alan." Amir Taghdisi said the idea for The Beverly was to maximize the amount of space and privacy available to each unit. “A key driving factor of this approach was to ensure each unit had the same incredible view,” Amir Taghdisi said. “Often, you’ll see condo buildings where only one side of the building has great views because the floor plates are all chopped up. But here, each unit will be able to look out over Memorial Park and the Post Oak skyline.” Each unit at The Beverly will be accessed by one of two elevators, which will open into a secure foyer, Amir Taghdisi said. Once inside, residents can expect a 4,378-square-foot floor plan and a 370-square-foot covered terrace. The four-bedroom, four-and-one-half-bath floor plans were designed with an open concept in mind, Amir Taghdisi said. The units will be outfitted with Eggersmann cabinets, Sub-Zero refrigerators and Wolf appliances. The units will also have their own storage closet, an individual air-conditioning unit, a separate back-up generator and a Juliet balcony for each bedroom. Ceilings in each unit will be 10 feet in height, except on the seventh floor, where they will be 12 feet. Additionally, the second-floor unit will have its own 2,000-square-foot wrap-around terrace. The terraces for each unit will have gas grills, a beverage center with a sink and a pet-relief area that drains into a sanitization system, Amir Taghdisi said. “We wanted to approach the building as though each unit is a penthouse,” he said. “There aren’t any introductory units or middle-of-the-road floor plans. Every unit will be very high end.” Units at The Beverly will start at $4 million, Amir Taghdisi said. The project is expected to break ground this summer, with a tentative delivery date of December 2024. Houston-based Mirador Group served as the architect on the project. Rama Cos., which is best known for developing retail and restaurant projects, has recently begun moving into the condo space and has several additional sites slated for condo development. Amir Taghdisi said he believes the market is ripe for a boutique project like The Beverly. “You could sit all of those developing condo buildings in Houston around a dining table and still have chairs left over,” he said. “There just aren't very many condos available. There are a few projects in the works, but they’re all high rises. We have seen these kinds of projects, with one unit per floor, do very, very well in places like New York and Los Angeles because not everyone wants to be in a tower, where they share a floor with other people.” In fact, The Beverly takes its name from Beverly Hills, where Amir Taghdisi and his brother went to research similar boutique condo buildings. “When we went to L.A., we saw all of these really, really nice buildings in great locations that were doing really well,” Amir Taghdisi said. “We thought Houston needed something like that.” Since its founding in 1998, GT Leach Constructors has built more than 3,000 condo units, making the company one of the most prolific condo builders in greater Houston. The company is currently serving as general contractor on DC Partners’ $550 million The Allen project, which is nearing completion. When it is finished, the condo and hotel portion, dubbed The Residences at The Allen, will have a 170-room Thompson Hotel occupying the first 15 floors of the tower and 99 condo units on floors 16 through 35. The condo units will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as 17 penthouses — including one full-floor penthouse. The tower topped out in January 2022. Earlier this year, The Allen Lifestyle Pavilion, the freestanding retail portion of the development, was honored as the Retail category winner in the Houston Business Journal’s Landmark Awards. GT Leach Constructors is the general contractor on that portion of the project, as well. Jeff Jeffrey Senior reporter - Houston Business Journal

The remaining mall buildings were demolished in December 2022. https://baytownsun.com/local/mall-walls-came-down-in-2022/article_640dbe54-88ae-11ed-897e-3721cc38fd27.html According to the 380 agreement with the city, the plan for this was drastically scaled back. Or maybe the development agreement only covers a portion of the property, phase 1. The agreement calls for 450K SF of retail. No multifam, hotels, office from the original plan. https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/local/ch380-381/reporting-entity-details.php?agreement=0007076

I believe this project was cancelled. The owner announced 9/11/2022 that they were selling the property. https://hopecity.com/buildingcampaign/ Does anybody know the new owner and plan?

This would be awesome, but I don't think it has progressed since that article last year. At least they put the leasing sign up at the phase 2 location.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/04/27/the-langley-approved-neighbors-consider-options.html With controversial The Langley high-rise approved, neighbors consider legal options Apr 27, 2023, 1:47pm CDT Houston officials’ decision late last week to approve plans for vertical construction of a 20-story apartment complex in the historic Boulevard Oaks neighborhood marked the latest twist in the long-running saga of the so-called Ashby high-rise. But an attorney representing a group of neighbors opposed to the project said their fight might not be over just yet. Peter Patterson, whose practice focuses on business litigation, told the Houston Business Journal that his clients are considering a lawsuit to keep Dallas-based StreetLights Residential’s The Langley project from moving forward as currently designed. The neighbors’ opposition centers on the outcome of a lawsuit filed in opposition of an earlier plan to build an apartment tower at 1717 Bissonnet St. Under a restrictive covenant approved by U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal in 2012, any apartment tower built on the site had to adhere to nine limitations before the project could move forward. An appeals court eventually sided with the developers in 2016. But the project has yet to be developed, and the site has sat vacant for years. Patterson said his clients believe StreetLights Residential’s revamped design does not strictly comply with the restrictive covenant and, therefore, is not grandfathered in under permits issued to the project’s original developers, Houston-based Buckhead Investments. Their primary concern is a pedestrian plaza that the neighbors claim is “substantively modified” from the previous plan, as well as alleged encroachments on a city right of way, according to a March 24 letter to city attorneys. “We are not against development,” Patterson said. “We have spent a significant amount of time working to provide options to the developers, but the developers have said they are not changing the plan.” Case Kilgore, StreetLights Residential’s president of development, said in an interview that his company believes its revised plan for The Langley does comply with the restrictive covenant, as evidenced by the project gaining city approval. A spokeswoman for Houston Public Works confirmed that the project has been approved for construction, but StreetLights Residential still needs to purchase some additional permits. Kilgore said the company also made significant changes to the original plan, including reducing its height and cutting a retail element, to bring it in line with the restrictive covenant. “We think that the design and the context of this building and the impact on the neighborhood compared to the prior building is a huge improvement,” Kilgore said. “We look forward to working with the neighborhood groups and are proactively taking some steps to prepare to keep them updated and to handle communication on the site as we look to break ground.” As currently designed, The Langley would offer 134 two- and three-bedroom apartments, ranging in size from 2,600 to 3,300 square feet. The goal is to provide a property that caters to empty-nesters looking to downsize their living accommodations, Kilgore said. In all, the building will be 20 stories tall, down from the 23-story original plan. Kilgore said the exterior of the building will take its design from the local architecture and from Rice University’s campus. StreetLights Residential has partnered with property owner El Paso-based Hunt Companies Inc. on the property and will serve as both general contractor and primary architect on the project. Kilgore said Houston-based EDI International also assisted in designing the building. Kilgore said StreetLights Residential wants to be good neighbors with the Boulevard Oaks community and will take steps to reduce the impact of construction on the neighborhood. The company has already designated a separate area for staging trucks to limit the impact on traffic in the area, he said. StreetLights Residential plans to break ground on the project in May with an estimated delivery date of 2025. With the scheduled groundbreaking coming up next month, Patterson said his clients are already discussing their legal options. “I think you will see a decision made in the short term — not weeks or months but days or weeks,” Patterson said. Jeff Jeffrey Senior reporter - Houston Business Journal

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023014804 Architect? https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-douglas-2697371a/

https://www.galvnews.com/business/buzz/biz-buzz-margaritaville-rumors-resurface-on-island-walmart-plans-major-makeover-in-kemah/article_97bc4b2d-7a00-59bb-9b79-74f3f57a57bb.html Feb 17, 2023 The property is zoned resort/recreation, which allows for a hotel and the associated amenities, said Catherine Gorman, assistant director in the city’s Development Services Department. But the developers will need a beachfront construction/dune protection permit and building permit to start construction, for which they submitted applications in October. “The permits have been applied for but not yet issued,” Gorman said. “They are still under review.” District 3 Councilman David Collins, who represents the island’s East End, was aware of the hotel plans but said developers would have to clear some hurdles, including with agencies charged with protecting nearby wetlands and the Texas General Land Office, which oversees public beaches. Rumors about potential hotels rising in the Grand Beach development have for years made the rounds. Some residents of nearby condominium developments on East Beach Drive — Islander East and Palisade Palms — had initial concerns the development would be a Margaritaville Resort, which for several years now has been searching for a suitable island site, along with that lost shaker of salt. Insiders say the worry was about whether the Jimmy Buffett-themed Margaritaville would attract a hard-partying college crowd. But Margaritaville concepts generally are marketed as upscale, laidback and family oriented, according to some industry reports. Officials with RREAF this week declined to discuss the Galveston development, telling Biz Buzz the company would reach out when it was ready to make announcements.

Chicken N Pickle underway and nice pics of Great Wolf Lodge. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/construction-flyway-great-wolf-lodge-projects-17902360.php

Found this on Sueba's website for Phase 1 of the apartments. https://suebausa.com/property/missouri-city-1/ They list Phase 2 as well, but the link goes to the same page for Phase 1. https://suebausa.com/find-your-home/

I don't think this was previously posted. TDLR TABS filing for URBN Dental interior buildout in Bldg G. Looks like filing person is at Element Architects. https://elementarchitects.com/ https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023014141

Montgomery County permits for this?

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-raceway-park-baytown-demolition-17882635.php

Here's the direct link to that TDLR TABS filing: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023015864