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Hard to imagine where this was supposed to go...

 

Here are my guesses (based on the grassy medians).

 

Southwells/Ginza Strip Center (Northeast Corner of San Felipe @ Fountainview.

 

The lot next to Buffalo Bayou (Southwest corner of San Felipe @ Woodway Dr.

 

It's hard to tell if the medians are actually on the location of this project or not, as they don't have any surrounding buildings (even blank rectangles), put in. I've seen their Orlando Rendering, I think it's a couple years old. Have any of their projects from to fruition? Are any under construction? Why is there no developer attached to the project? Makes me think this was purely conceptual and maybe in the very early stages, and perhaps belongs in the Houston: Potential thread. Unless one of you insiders can dish out some info.

Its San Felipe between Woodway and Buffalo Bayou. I would copy and paste the link to google maps street view which shows that identical view to one of the renders with the buffalo bayou bridge guardrails ending at the lower right but the add new reply box sucks and wont let me past into this box or use the add URL window without a major fubar.

So that roundabout, I assume that is Memorial Dr just east of the loop? And another road will make a short cut north across towards the north section of the memorial loop? If so...excellent.

The site doesn't really seem to have great access which is why I am not sure it will end up being a "destination development."  I'm thinking it will be mostly denser multifamily with a retail component on Washington. I am doubtful of a significant office component mainly because it seems like the most likely site for it would be at the southwest corner adjacent to other nearby office across Waugh but that area has already been redeveloped into multifamily.

I wouldn't expect anything spectacular for most of the site (but Im still hopeful) , but I imagine at the very least that this bodes well for some nice commercial development along Washington

I mean its not even a case of "Just connect it up and you can go from Shepherd to Studewood!"  6th has access to Shepherd but not Durham, its a street that's never going to go anywhere.

A street that goes nowhere is on the Major Thoroughfare Plan?

Everyone has granite counter tops these days, anyone can get hardwood or laminate flooring. Luxury has almost become the norm.

 

Well, everyone except all the poor people that aren't worth mentioning.

Uh oh, I just ordered a lot of PC components from Microcenter. I wonder if they're in the middle of moving some of that crap?

Ooooh! "Estates!"

I don't think North is the direction they think it is.

I would assume that the best use for a parcel this size and in this location would be a large neighborhood shopping center (something like the HEB anchored center at the northwest corner of Bunker Hill and I-10).  Many former chain retail, and even restaurant moved further out 290 beyond pinemont over many years, some of which I think would be better served closer to Oak Forest, Timbergrove, etc.

I assume the main issue would be that it may have too weird of a shape for the best possible visibility and frontage.  Its kind of triangular and the best side to line front the site against is probably Hempstead, the side which faces away from all main avenues of approach.  I'm guessing that connecting up N Post Oak through the site to 18th would probably be the fix in the case of a large retail center.

This parcel is already commercial and Im sure it will remain commercial.

My recommendation is not driving through Independence Heights, ever.

Ha! I lived at Doux Chene and never knew that about the place. Of course it wasn't exactly trendy in 2001.

Interesting.  It seems like a lot more than 51 acres... but maybe that's just the feeling of an empty parking lot.  

20 or 30 acres of the site became freeway.

How much does a condominium owner typically receive compared to the typical market value in such a mass buyout transaction?

LOL at complaints about this.  If this was announced as a 2 tower development from the very beginning people would have shaken with glee on this forum.

I agree, its a very slippery slope. What's next? 4 inches of difference in rafter tail exposure!?

I was going to say it would be a lot easier to convert actual phone booths to wifi since they already have the phone infrastructure to wire them up rather than just decorative, but if the UK phone booths had phones in them I guess they have that too.

That's what I figured as the only way I could see it, but TC Jester ends there rather than continues so that was throwing me off making me wonder if this was different than it appeared to be.

The street layout as depicted is confusing me on how this is going to be oriented.

Pretty sure this is Pegstar, a company that books shows and runs Free Press Summerfest moving from Fitzgeralds (which is the name of a building/venue) to a new venue. I don't think Pegstar even owns Fitz they were just operating out of that venue.

Not enough craftsman bungalow styling!!!!

They should run the light rail that's never going to happen through the center of Uptown Park Blvd

It's mixed use in the same way that Sawyer Heights and Washington Heights developments are mixed use. There is a shopping center with an apartment complex.