Highrise Tower

The YouTube algorithm is amazing. 

Found this Italian techno producer named Puccio. Really wild stuff.  Would love to watch this type of music live in person.  Any Houston venue options for this type of music?

What are the odds that Tillman Fertitta uses his resources to make gambling legal in Texas? He now owns a whole campus in Uptown. Perhaps, one day, a casino will be built on his campus?

As I always say, I wish Texas would use the taxable revenue to build more infrastructure, etc.  Legalizing gambling would bring lots of money to the state.

I never knew about The San Luis until this month.  When I visit Galveston, I always visit Hotel Galvez

How is this resort? Any pictures or personal reviews?

Website.

https://www.sanluisresort.com/

Transwestern is a cool company. I've been following them for years and thought I should talk about them.

What is happening with The RO though

https://transwestern.com/

I see some old, pre-sale, signage a long Grand Blvd near Holcombe.

I believe Grocers Supply Co. no longer owns the small strip and it now is owned by C&S Wholesale Grocers.  Weird piece of land, it's just outside the major warehouse distribution center of C&S Wholesale Grocers. Maybe the Levit Family/2ML Real Estate never sold this parcel.

Photo I took the other day:

Aerial view:

For what it's worth, Hines is planning a life science skyscraper here.  It has been featured in the official Levit Green master plan for years.

Random photo of Central Square that I took the other day.

I didn't see the Loopnet listing in this thread so I thought I would add it.  The listing was updated just yesterday on 4/25/2024.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3000-Weslayan-St-Houston-TX/25392987/

I'd assume this would become a multifamily housing complex. The new Alexan River Oaks is next door, and the future phase of the Camden Highland Village is also next door.

This is the 2nd time I've seen the Texas Medical Center, Inc.'s corporate headquarters being located at 2017 West Gray Avenue.

I wonder which TMC doctor leased the space? Dr. E.W. Bertner? I've never heard any stories about this place, or real estate.

December 27, 1948.

The 1948 board of trustees is wild. Infamous people of Houston and the TMC.

E.W. Bertner, M.D. - President
John F. Freeman - Vice President
James Anderson - Treasurer
Frederick C. Elliott, D.D.S - Secretary
W. Leland Anderson
Hines H. Baker
William B. Bates
H.R. Cullen
Ray L. Dudely
Oveta Culp Hobby
Jesse H Jones
W.A. Kirkland
The Right Rev. C.S. Quin
Horace M. Wilkins

Old aerials of the ROSC.  I believe it's the small building on the right immediately after the curve.

Never knew there was a Memorial Hermann location at this Crossing at 288 shopping center. Very cool!

The restaurant The Monk's Indian Bistro was superb! They had these fries that were dressed Indian style.  So good! I could eat those 5 days a week for lunch.  Don't even need ketchup, mustard, bbq sauce, mayo, etc.

Memorial Hermann street (freeway) signage:

Indian-style fries:

1.14-acres for sale (or lease) here.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/5524-Richmond-Ave-Houston-TX/29156978/

Photo update!  Took these photos last weekend.

Jones & Tabor Architects designed a downtown theatre in the 1920s! Never knew this until this week.  Very cool history here!

Seven Acres was originally called Jewish Home for the Aged Sons and Daughters of Israel.

The campus was designed in the 1960s by Lenard Gabert and has since had portions demolished and added.

1970s view:

2024 view.

In 1920, Niels Esperson was planning a skyscraper that doubled as a theatre. This would have been located on Main Street in Downtown, looming over the Carter and Bender buildings.

Hard to display the whole building since it's tall.

Full image:

A little hard to tell, but the building signage states:

Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Patient Tower.

A photo I took the other week:

This was the site of Grocery Supply Co. before the move out to 3131 Holcombe Blvd.

A bigger photograph of the historic building for the thread.

On the Flickr page this is listed as the Western Electric Co. building but the Grocer Supply Co. once occupied the site.

Do we know the dates to these two companies occupying the building? I'd assume Grocers Supply Co. built and occupied first.

A bigger photo for the thread:

A new phase is forthcoming! Looks like it's taking a parcel near Holmes Road and Kirby Drive. A 4.1-acre build to suit parcel.

Today I noticed the new lighting around downtown in celebration of the new Houston Texan's uniforms.

The lights outside the 1000 Main building:

On 4/13/2024 at 12:14 PM, Amlaham said:

Im really curious to see whats going to happen to these lots. Anything would be great.......except a parking lot...please 

This is now a payable parking surface lot.

You can see the bright red Pay Here signs posted. Pardon the bad picture I took today.

Random photo I took of St. Paul's United Methodist Church from today.

This is one famous church! The Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church has been there since the late 1910s or early 1920s.

Photo I took today:

In 1935, John F. Staub designed the Ravenna house for Stephen Farish.  I believe alterations were made by Birdsall Briscoe a few decades later.

Pictures of the historic Houston River Oaks mansion.

MD Anderson and RUSH Unveil RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
April 26, 2024
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/md-anderson-and-rush-unveil-rush-mdanderson-cancer-center-.h00-159696756.html

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RUSH University System for Health today announced a partnership to create RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center. The partnership represents advanced clinical and operational integration in the delivery of cancer care, providing RUSH patients greater access to cancer treatments and research considered among the best in the world.

RUSH MD Anderson patients will be able to access care in locations across the city, Chicago suburbs and Northwest Indiana. On RUSH’s Chicago campus, cancer care will be provided in the 10-story Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building, designed to optimize patient experience and convenience while creating an uplifting, accessible environment that promotes healing. RUSH MD Anderson locations are:

* RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago (Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building)
* RUSH Copley Medical Center in Aurora
* RUSH Oak Park Hospital
* RUSH Copley Healthcare Center in Yorkville

Rama Companies wants to turn the old car wash located at 6505 Del Monte Drive into a small retail center.

Loopnet listing:

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/6505-Del-Monte-Dr-Houston-TX/31577065/

Rendering.