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  1. roadrunner
    Yeah any serious runner wouldn't use this park to run in. I don't know why they even attempted to put a running track in. I've yet to see any joggers. However, the park over on the bayou by the north side of downtown is perfect for running. It's concrete, but it's still a great running park. If there were more residential around there I think there would be more activity in that park other than the homeless under bridges.
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    It has been pretty active during the day, especially during lunch hour. I would hold off judgement on the park's pedestrian activity during non-convention days and nights until One Park Place is built. Even then, I don't think there will be many people frequenting the park at night unless there is an Astros or Rockets game. The neighborhood around it still needs to be built up. Like any other park, I expect it to be much more active on weekends.
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    Is there any word on potential tenants?
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    To be honest, I haven't been that excited about this park. I have been much more interested and enthused about the development around it. However, I walked around the park today before I went home from work, and I must say that I was impressed. I was pleasantly surprised by the Lake House, the ampitheater, and the canopy trees. The skyline views were okay. It will be nice when Disco Tower and the Embassy Suites are done. What really made me enjoy the park was the fact that it already feels like it has its own identity. It isn't trying to replicate Central Park, Millenium Park, or any other famous parks. It is pretty consistent with the Houston cultural image, as muddled as that might sound. I am confident this park will always be busy and will be a huge catalyst in attracting more conventions. Also, I am buying into the hype of this helping downtown turn the corner. I think this is the first time I realistically thought downtown could evolve into an actual neighborhood. The park feels like downtown's playground. This along with the Pavilions really will give the east side of downtown the spark it needs. Greenspace to enjoy nice days, and entertainment for the nightlife. If a grocery store actually is placed at the bottom of One Park Place and residential development takes off downtown, I could actually see myself wanting to live downtown in a few years.
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    If a developer would take a chance on the lot south of Market Square, I think it that area would be the most attractive district in downtown. That surface lot and the ugly Kim Son make Market Square pretty blah.
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    That's great news. Hermann Park really is a fantastic park. It is packed on the weekends and actually very populated during the week as well. It reminds me of Regent's Park in London. Lots of stuff to do...but lots of open space. Very European. I'm glad that the city isn't neglecting this park. Disco Green will be a great addition, but I don't think it will ever measure up to Hermann.
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    Ah, right you are. I wasn't really looking at the map or the renderings around it...I just assumed.
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    I would think the residents of this complex would much rather travel a little further to the Randalls or Kroger in Midtown than go into that Fiesta unless they clean up the area around it.
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    It looks like the front of the building will be on Walker. I'm wondering how they do the side facing Rusk, which is supposed to have rail running down it by 2012.
  10. roadrunner
    There's that Fiesta at the south edge of Midtown. Although, that is kind of the ratty area of Midtown. Does the church next door own the parking lot to the south of this project?
  11. roadrunner
    MFAH and ZaZa to the south, churches to the west, townhomes to the east, and Floral Row or whatever to the north. No retail, but it will at least give some more action to the Museum District station on the Red Line, which is just a couple of blocks south.
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    I don't see it as that big of an issue, either. Look at the west side of downtown. The west side is exponentially more populated than the east side, and there are, what, 3 roads that provide access to downtown? All I can think of is Allen Pkwy, Memorial, and Preston. I don't see how the Dynamo Stadium could create more traffic than the west side. I will admit, though, that the west side funnels in some of the streets to Memorial and Allen Pkwy. If something like that can be done to the East Side, then that might alleviate some worries.
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    Well, The Tipping Point is already downtown on Main St., so trying to put it in the Pavilions probably isn't a good idea because of the competition. If there is any available retail space, he should look into the project going up right across from the one discussed in this thread. Not sure what they are calling it, but it's a Crosspoint Property. Also, the West Avenue project would be a good idea as well. However, none of these will be open until months after June or July, so I am not really sure with that time period.
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    South and Southeast Downtown have a ton of blocks open for development. I'm thinking after the east side starts filling up, we'll see the south end of Main St and southwest downtown start being developed. Then, I think land would start becoming scarce. I can't imagine this happening for another 3-5 decades, obviously depending on the city's economy.
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    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...ff/5563952.html I didn't see this in the thread, but it gives some info about the Mix. 300,000 square feet of retail space, but won't start construction for probably another year. Right now fencing off the block seems like more of a marketing ploy for the project across the street.
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    I thought I read that in an article? For some reason that's exactly what I thought they were when I looked at the rendering.
  17. roadrunner
    The top has wind turbines, I think.
  18. roadrunner
    I know this is old....but did this ever happen? I walked by it earlier and there were still broken windows and it was not in good shape.
  19. roadrunner
    Approaching on Texas and then angling back to Capitol under 59 makes the most sense anyways. I just hope this doesn't delay the start of construction.
  20. roadrunner
    Honestly, I don't care what it looks like. It's only 30 stories. The architecture on that side of downtown is blah anyways. I'm just happy it's taking up two surface lots, and as long as there is street level retail I will be content.
  21. roadrunner
    Weird. I guess for that price, the Lofts at the Ballpark were willing to sell. Not really sure what's going to happen with the Light Rail that is supposed to be built. Living in the East End and working downtown would be kind of annoying with only Texas and Polk being the outlet streets.
  22. roadrunner
    I drove by this today on the way home from the theater. It's at Travis and Dennis, directly south of Reef, and the superblock west of the superblock on the Red Line. There are a couple of small business in buildings on the block, but the main strip center on it looks like it is completely abandoned. Also drove by The Mix @ Midtown, and even though we haven't seen official renderings, the renderings on the fence looks like it will definitely be mixed use. They tried to make Elgin @ Louisiana look like Times Square with the ridiculous amount of people walking around. It did say that something along the lines of "residential, retail, restauarant, bar". Hopefully this thing is as ambitious as the renderings on the fence makes it out to be.
  23. roadrunner
    Yeah I agree. These old strip centers are the ugliest parts of Midtown. There are several of them, so getting rid of one is some progress.
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    From today's Chronicle. More residential development in Midtown....getting closer to the Red Line. No word on retail. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...ff/5546743.html Midtown makeover Apartment developer Camden Property Trust is planning to demolish a rundown Asian shopping center in Midtown to develop a $45 million multifamily complex in its place. Construction on the four-story, 253-unit project, to be called Camden Travis, will start by the third quarter of the year, said Camden Chief Executive Richard Campo. The site is at the corner of Travis and Dennis, just behind the restaurant Reef. The largest tenant in the shopping center, at 2830 Travis, was the Hoa Binh Supermarket. Campo said rents will be competitive with existing units in the area, which are currently between $1.40 and $1.60 per square foot per month. Although overall apartment occupancy began slipping toward the end of last year, developers have been raising rental rates and building new projects in anticipation of stronger demand from the single-family housing slowdown. There are at least 18,000 units under construction in the Houston area, with even more proposed, Bruce McClenny of Apartment Data Services said recently at an industry event held by the Houston Apartment Association. McClenny expects occupancy to remain in the mid-80-percent range this year. Despite the construction boom, still-healthy job growth and continued turmoil in the subprime lending industry "give me a good feeling going into this market," McClenny said. Camden's Midtown project is not to be confused with another deal the company has been talking about for years on the superblock, a multiblock parcel uninterrupted by cross streets between Main and Travis and south of McGowen. Campo's still mum on the project.
  25. roadrunner
    The parking lot looks as if it was roped off. Same with the 6 HC lot.
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