goofy

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/12/20/houston-housing-authority-greenlights-mixed-income-development-in-independence-heights/
 

breaking ground mid 2024  

25% affordable from my understanding 

5 hours ago, goofy said:

I think everyone is way off base about all of this. I think if we want to understand what the next few years of Houston politics will look like, then we should look to Los Angeles. The new ballot initiative that allows city council members to place items on the agenda is going to make city council positions much more political and higher visibility. And as Houston becomes increasingly Latino, there’s going to be a lot of anxiety about representation, particularly for African-Americans. If you look at Los Angeles, there has been a lot of recent tension, anxiety and racism about representation on city Council. We’re already seeing shades of this with the most recent elections for court of commissioners at the county. In general, I think we should look to larger trends in similar cities.

 

As a native Austinite, I remember when we had our city council reform.  City Council and city councilman went from being generally anonymous to mini celebrities. I believe some combination of Los Angeles-style tension, and Austin-style attention seeking will be the future of Houston politics.

Later, Turner continued, “I’ve lived 69 years. I know when you’re sending a dog whistle.” 
 

Outgoing Houston Mayor, frontrunner candidate spar over City Hall representation https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-election-mayor-turner-whitmire-diversity-18524154.php

I think everyone is way off base about all of this. I think if we want to understand what the next few years of Houston politics will look like, then we should look to Los Angeles. The new ballot initiative that allows city council members to place items on the agenda is going to make city council positions much more political and higher visibility. And as Houston becomes increasingly Latino, there’s going to be a lot of anxiety about representation, particularly for African-Americans. If you look at Los Angeles, there has been a lot of recent tension, anxiety and racism about representation on city Council. We’re already seeing shades of this with the most recent elections for court of commissioners at the county. In general, I think we should look to larger trends in similar cities.

As a native Austinite, I remember when we had our city council reform.  City Council and city councilman went from being generally anonymous to mini celebrities. I believe some combination of Los Angeles-style tension, and Austin-style attention seeking will be the future of Houston politics.

Just a heads up, Houston housing corporation and the Houston Housing Authority are not the same entity. 
authority: https://housingforhouston.com

Corporation: https://www.thehousingcorp.org

Houston Housing Authority is a HUD designated entity. Houston housing corporation is a nonprofit that builds and manages low income housing using a variety of federal grants. 
 

The housing Authority may be considered “quasi-governmental,” the nonprofit corporation is not. 

https://housingforhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Part-I-Annual-PHA-Plan-_-Attachments.pdf
 

2024!

How can we track this? Does anyone mind sharing how to find it in HHA or city documents ?

I’m looking at fidelus portfolio and it’s a bunch of garbage front parking big box. Kind of worried but also hoping the city makes them do something slightly more beneficial to the hood. It says they want to do what the site deserves but manys the slip! 
I’m cautiously optimistic, but excited none the less. 

There has been another large parcel brought together adjoining this one with the name Lost Pines

12 hours ago, Highrise Tower said:

The vacant land behind the decorative bench is fenced off with a green screen and a storage locker/dumpster.

What is going on here? I'd wish for a high-rise but it's probably civil work related. Drainage?

Maybe?

12 hours ago, mattyt36 said:

You say "Baseball Village" as if it weren't some recently invented term essentially tied to the Cardinals development.  Why not just say "it doesn't look like the Cardinals development whereas the Cardinals development LOOKS like . . . the Cardinals development!"

With Hines and HOK involved, hopefully it'll set a new standard and one appropriate for Houston.  Having been to the Cardinals development, I can say it's absolutely dead when there isn't a game (haven't been to Truist when there isn't a game, but I honestly don't know why anyone would want to go there when there wasn't one . . . like the AT&T Stadium/Globe Life silliness).  It's essentially a glorified pre-game concession stand.

I can’t imagine we’ll get something horrible. With good connectivity to MULTIPLE stadiums and THE sports architecture firm involved I think it’ll be okay. I think everyone is in check-writing mode and I think everyone knows the expectations are high. They just broke ground on a new hotel nearby. Greenstreet got the new puttshack and Toms Watch Bar. This part of down town is primed to pop I just hope we get EVEN MORE nice residential. 
 

I was downtown at HOB the other day and was shocked how many people were rolling around downtown on a school night. Unfortunately the only place open to eat was the Palm (but the food was good). I hope more amenities means more folks living downtown and a brighter nightlife. I wish this plan included some residential. 

Did Houston housing authority buy this too? Is it related to the slow moving subsidized housing buildout nearby ?

This changed agent but still has the sign up. 

They replaced the for sale/ lease sign a while back, but this is still on the market. 

From crexi, you can buy 5 acres. https://www.crexi.com/properties/1106363/texas-north-shepherd

Love their garden oaks location. 

Is this on the market ?

So happy the city is going after these places that are crime magnets. Really happy turner isn’t screwing around. The screws need to get turned in these business owners. 

I believe the commercial building is becoming a daycare 

No. The gm autonomous tech requires mapping. The production vehicles with the tech are limited to mapped roads. In Austin they drove around a while before deciding which roads were good and determining where to set the margins for the service. In Austin it’s only a tiny part of the city. 
 

my wager is right now they’re doing a lot of mapping and training the cars before making the final decision about boundaries. 
 

in other cities the order was 

1.map and model with a driver 

2. Take riders with a driver but the driver is just monitoring and intervening when needed 

3. autonomous rides 

we’re at 1.  3 in a year or so. 

I’ve seen them a bunch around 34th mostly charging at the evgo at 33 1/3

God can we make this go all the way to 610??? It’s absolutely bananas how people drive on main. It’s totally dangerous and I want traffic calming on main all the way to crosstimbers 

3 hours ago, jhjones74 said:

Disagree with this. As an example, CPC corporation, the Taiwanese oil conglomerate, owns many lots around the Toyota center. These lots are an amazing way for any big money/institutional investor to store cash, with an average 8% essentially risk free return, while covering property taxes with parking fees. The current tax/parking fee schemes allow for good money to be made off parking, ultimately pushing offers above available bids for developers actually wanting to develop 

This is the biggest point! I don’t think cpc even want the land, they got it when they bought Huffington, but they were great assets. 

11 hours ago, saveferris said:

Tough crowd. The place is exactly what it tries to be, a lower (legacy) priced old school tex mex option in a neighborhood that has gentrified to the max. I personally like it being there as a one of very few standing relics of the actual neighborhood this used to be, and oh my stars I like the food as well.  If we try soooo hard to keep the homes historic why do we throw shade on the businesses that try to keep it old school as well. 
 

Ps- stop posting aerial drone pics of things being built. Nobody cares. The places will be done when they are done. 

Most of us appreciate the drone pictures. This is a forum about development and change and we like seeing stuff get made. Most of the drone posts get a ton of upvotes so they are popular. 
 

You may have a fundamental misunderstanding of who uses this forum and why we enjoy and care about it. 
 

I am also someone who had a bad experience at Andy’s. I think it probably went downhill and the owners never invested in it. Even the “pregentrified” community deserved a clean place to eat. 

Whoooo! That’s an expensive project!