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Does anyone have information on Phase 2 of White Oak Station? Also, that brochure has a rendering of The Swift Building redevelopment. Anyone have any idea where they got that?

That's awesome. Was up on the roof a few weeks ago and was thinking about how much unused space they have up there. I'll probably never go myself, but that'll definitely be a good attraction, considering the pool will likely have a fantastic downtown view

Feels like this one has stalled out quite a bit. Glad to see they put some scaffolding up in the last month, but I thought this thing was going to be done 10 months ago

I definitely hope they're planning a luxury hotel, but their portfolio seems to contain a lot of Fairfield Inns and the like.

Wow, $150,000 is crazy

Anyone know how much it costs to buy and plant a 20+ year old live oak?

Looks like this is going to be a Starbucks....

The Wolf Capital Partners website definitely corroborates this: 1111 E 11th St — Wolf Capital Partners (wolf-cp.com)

Yeah, La Grange was mostly popular because it's a great space. I'm sure someone will come along quickly to take another stab at the venue. We just have to hope that whoever comes along does a good job and doesn't just do a quick flip to try to make a quick buck. I'd be looking at Goodnight Hospitality, so they can connect it to the rest of their development in that area

Wow, this would be amazing if they pulled that off in the old Seafood Connection space

According to Reddit and Google, La Grange closed last night

I'm glad someone brought up the Mets' new plans. They make Crane's plans look like such a joke. The guy owns like 6 blocks around the stadium and that's the best they could come up with? 1 building and a parking garage? I'm sure the forthcoming Big Dig in EaDo makes planning anything more difficult and the resulting cap parks will give us more of what we're hoping for, but why doesn't Crane do more with the parking lots on the north side of the stadium in the meantime?

Is there any chance these repairs lead to Tranquility Park getting the much-needed renovation? I seem to remember hearing that a parking lot below Tranquility Park was totally flooded during Harvey and that's why it's in its current state. I could be misremembering though...

Oh, HAIF actually made it super easy for me to find the map I made:

On 9/23/2023 at 5:56 PM, HoustonIsHome said:

I heard at one time a lot of the lots in that south east side was own by a foreign company. Is that true/still true?

Yes, Taiwan's national oil company owns like 6 of the city blocks around the area. I once made a map of it, but am too lazy to dig it up.

Why does a drive-through daiquiri place have a parking lot big enough for a Walmart?

So many things in this city are being built on a timeline with the 2026 World Cup in mind

Anyone have any info on the multi family that might be built here?

Is that the back of the building where the new Woodrow's is going? If so, that seems like it'll definitely be the nicest Woodrow's thus far

Does that mean How to Survive On Land And Sea is going away? That's too bad, if so

It's amusing that they still have Revelry's basketball hoop out in the parking lot

OMG Milk + Sugar is by far the best ice cream in town! I'm so excited that they're opening a second location

Do we think Little Louie's has any relation to the former Cafe Louie? The former location was very close to Angie's in EaDo/East End

Based on the TDLR filing, I imagine this has to do with the i45 rebuild. I hope this means that those huge parking lots around the area get consolidated into this one parking structure and the rest of that prime, downtown-adjacent land gets turned into something good (ideally parks or high density mixed-use)