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7 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

FWIW, I don't think any of ROD was owned by the Festival Cos.

JP Morgan Asset Management owned it. Festival managed it (and might have retained a minority ownership stake). Also, FWIW, this purchase might be Tilman getting prepared in case of a gambling legalization to do a broader expansion in the area / build of a luxury casino resort (similar to the Adelson’s purchase of the Mav’s)

Appears that Tilman Fertitta might have just bought River Oaks District. 
Grey House apartments in ROD was just sold to “ROD Project Owner, LLC” which is a Tilman / Landry’s linked entity 

Pure speculation but looking at it in the hundreds of times I’ve driven past it (and if you look at some of the old photos posted on this thread) it appeared to me it could’ve been a mess up in the designs / plans. The metal framing hanging on the side of the building that was installed to cover the mechanical (pipes / hvac etc) dropped from the ceiling appeared to go too low, in that it was visible / obstructing what I assume was intended to be floor to ceiling windows. Almost like the windows were too tall for the floor height and needed a smaller segment of windows above it for the section of drop ceiling / floor. 

On 2/6/2023 at 9:30 AM, Houston19514 said:

Thank you.  In general, I don't disagree that we are a bit behind other cities with regard to luxury hotels, and would love to see more in and near our CBD, but we've been gaining ground and I don't think we're as far behind other similar cities as Haifers (and Houstonians in general) like to think.  Using the Google map search as the gauge, I did  a little comparison:

• Houston.  5 5-star hotels.  One downtown. One near downtown.
• Austin.  Way ahead of us, considering the size differential.  Four 5-star hotels, all downtown.
• Dallas.  3 5-star hotels, none downtown (two near downtown).
• San Antonio.  3 5-star hotels, all downtown.
• Atlanta.  6 5-star hotels.  One downtown. One near downtown.
• Denver.  2 5-star hotels.  Both downtown.
• Chicago. 9 5-star hotels.  None inside the loop. All nine are near the Loop (in the North Michigan Avenue/Magnificent Mile area).
• Philadelphia.  4 5-star hotels.  All downtown.
• Minneapolis.  1 5-star hotel.  Downtown.
• Seattle.  1 5-star hotel.  Downtown.
• Boston.  8 5-star hotels.  7 are in or near downtown.

I'd like to see us get up to the Chicago numbers.

Hopefully, the Thompson will achieve 5-star status.

Houston is so far behind cities like Dallas / Austin it’s a joke when it comes to 5 star/ high end / boutique 4 stars.

Dallas (Uptown/Downtown core): Ritz, Crescent Court, Mansion, Zaza, W, Omni, Fairmont, Hall Arts, Thompson, JW Marriott (coming soon), Joule, Adolphus, Le Meriden, Four Seasons (coming soon), Auberge (coming soon), Swexan (coming soon) plus all the normal big chain brands. 
 

Austin: Four Seasons, Proper, Fairmont, Thompson, Van Zandt, JW, Omni, W, Driskill, Zaza, LINE, Otis, Commodore Perry, Ritz (planned) Ella, plus all the big chains. 
 

Houston is not even in the same stratosphere as those types of lists…..

On 7/18/2022 at 12:31 PM, IntheKnowHouston said:

Does anyone have insight as to whether or not Atlanta chef Ford Fry is leasing space in the Park Place River Oaks development?

I noticed the entity Park Place Houston Little Rey, LLC registered last month.

Little Rey is a casual Tex-Mex inspired restaurant focused on wood-roasted meats. The menu is mostly composed of tacos and Mexican beers.

https://www.littlerey.com/

Signs are up on the fencing. Confirms Little Rey will be going into the standalone restaurant building that has just broken ground.