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20 hours ago, wxman said:

What good is this 'well planned out network' if nobody rides the stupid thing. It's embarrassing honestly. Have you seen the clientele METRO is trying to move around? I bet you dollars to donuts it's not somebody you'd want to sit next to.

I wouldn't want to sit next to me either.

Apartments look to be under construction  

1 hour ago, emmanume said:

I am new to this, but have been following for a couple of months now. I am surprised at the lack of information on this project. Is it common that there two tower cranes up but no renderings available?

 

another side question, is the initial height of tower cranes typically somehow correlated with the height of the building they are building?

Welcome emmanume! I follow housing around the state and can tell you it really just depends on the developer and particulars of the site. Mill Creek is one of several developers I know who tend to stay quiet. Others blast there plans out on social media for 8-10 years before developing. IMO location matters. When your neighbors are mostly commercial structures or vacant lots, there's little NIMBYism/interest/knowledge and less information is revealed. If the site didn't require city variances, etc. then less information is available to leak out. If the developer is from out-of-town, there are likely fewer HAIFers who know what's going on as well. 😎

I haven't seen such scant litter and weeds along those sidewalks in the last ten years. 🚧🙄

A beige CVS would fit in well here.

Equipment on site again and large holes are being dug...this looks to be going up now.

permit...

same site as this former plan:

houses are being demoed this AM.

The grocery store argument really has little merit imo: 

https://www.papercitymag.com/restaurants/h-e-b-macgregor-market-grocery-store-houston-third-ward/

Fiesta ain’t that much cheaper. Plus, the market is changing.
 

There is plenty of legal precedent regarding nuisance land use that affects surrounding communities: stinky slaughterhouses, toxic oil refineries, the list goes on. So community is a big deal when certain land uses are changing. But yeah, this development isn’t a nuisance. It sounds like the negative effects are more of a city planning issue:
 

Will the drug dealers move? What will be done about that? Does the 4 need to be rerouted to have more direct HEB access to the Third Ward community? Will there be jobs? Could HISD and HCC pair up with a group and work on something? 
 

It’s not unreasonable to question the development with all the changes going on, but it’s not necessarily the developers’ problem. It is often that our city and region lack comprehensive planning tools to tackle issues that span various groups and areas. Case in point:  flood regulations that differ from county to county despite a shared common watershed. Our fragmented governments and special districts tend to exacerbate the issue. But then again, some people just get off on confrontation—call it what you will. Ahem, Ashby high rise *cough* Freedman’s Town bricks* ahem. Limestone vs concrete in Houston architecture. Is it beer-thirty yet?  

identified as senior housing per the TDHCA award list:
 

https://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/multifamily/housing-tax-credits-9pct/docs/191010-AwardWaitList.xlsx

1 hour ago, Toopicky said:

 

Then you have lots of options. Enjoy your swamp.

Thanks! You’re too kind!

7 hours ago, Toopicky said:

 

You should try visiting the Houston Zoo .... they have done an AMAZING job with "rock" outcroppings (walls) in the new displays designed to look like those in the animals' natural surroundings. That isn't the same look as coastal Texas of course (as we don't have any outcrops) but when done right look VERY REALISTIC and adds a nice visual change in this flat swampscape we live on. There is a reason why the higher end master planned communities now often include rocky crags with waterfalls ... people like them, enough so to pay extra to live there.

I'd pay extra not to live in a neighborhood with waterfalls and rocks.

I Noticed traffic signal mast installation ongoing this week at Summer St. and at the driveway by the Kroger gas pumps. Hopefully the good 'nuf mentality won't win and all signals are in sync from Washington to I-10. 

2 hours ago, Purdueenginerd said:

Hows the traffic in and out of there? The HEB in the north heights was a hot mess when it opened, and at times difficult to get in and out of

Definitely more traffic but not terrible. There are cops directing and restricting certain turns in the afternoons. I just wonder how long that will continue. Raymond St. at S. Heights is the newest frogger challenge.  

Spotted a street abandonment sign for "Court St." (south of Washington near Studemont) just now.

2 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

9/1/2021 has come and gone, though the document is dated 7/30 so maybe construction is still imminent. 

time flies!

On 9/8/2019 at 11:31 PM, wxman said:

I think they have approximately one worker on this project. This Tower is rising at a snails pace. What’s going on? 

It’s risen 10 floors in about 3 months. Is that slow? I think it just took a while to ramp up. 

Also I’m enjoying watching this one rise from the north. It’s fun seeing a new tower poke above the bayou tree canopy. 

Many folks prefer (insert store name).com 😆

2 hours ago, gene said:

 

Yep! it is mentioned on another thread. I am happy Arne's will stay though! 

Too bad Arne's jumbotron is staying put for the time being...it's ridiculous (yet not shocking) the City allows LED signs that essentially blind drivers for a few seconds. It's illegible at night! These signs are capable of being dimmed. Argggh.

That 90 degree bend east of the Brazos River is done likely to avoid the bulk of state land at the TDCJ Darrington Unit plus it wiggles around to avoid existing housing along county roads east of FM 521. And yeah, there are some big names who own that land south of FM 1462, but it's also the path that affects the least number of existing homes and infrastructure. There are quite a few ranchettes and county roads with homes north of the jog.

Per the release, It would also have to be in an opportunity zone—so east of Main. 

From what I can tell, the district isn’t including the Census Tract north of the bayou which includes the county jail’s 6000+ inmates. Only the federal jail on Texas and the JDC seems to be included in their non household estimate. Thus, they are likely using only a single tract as their base—not a zip code.