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    South Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility At 1511 Preston St.

    in Downtown

    Posted · Edited by tigereye

    On 12/17/2019 at 12:27 PM, ekdrm2d1 said:

     

    A Cherry representative said Minute Maid is the new owner. I’m not sure if that means the Harris County Houston Sports Authority or Crane and the team.


    Interesting to see what Crane and the Astros will do here. Maybe more residential with ground floor bar/restaurant space.

     

    Reminder: Crane/Astros own Block 161

     

    25 minutes ago, tigereye said:

     

    Our local media is slow. Culture Map first mentioned Crane owning block 161 back in 2016. 


    http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/03-30-16-astros-owner-gives-the-inside-scoop-on-his-two-new-restaurants-near-minute-maid-park/#slide=0


    When the MMP lease was renewed in 2018, it was again mentioned as being possibly earmarked for ballpark village plans. 


    https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-plans-future-improvements-Minute-Maid-Park-13061261.php

     

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    Minute Maid Park

    in Sports and Stadia

    Posted · Edited by tigereye

    On 8/14/2019 at 6:20 PM, HoustonMidtown said:

    I can't find anything to link yet, but Channel 13 just announced the Astros have bought the land adjacent to Minute Maid park (where the blue house and train are currently located) for $17 million.  They didn't say what is was going to be used for - it seemed like their teleprompter went off or something as they kind of babbled the last few comments - they did mention Hilton Americas was involved

     

    New topic here:  

     

     

    Our local media is slow. Culture Map first mentioned Crane owning block 161 back in 2016. 

     

    On 11/4/2017 at 10:40 AM, tigereye said:

     

    Reminder that Crane owns 2 buildings on Texas south of Home Plate (probably the bars on block 161. With Nau Center for Heritage dead, could this be the spot? 

     

    http://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/03-30-16-astros-owner-gives-the-inside-scoop-on-his-two-new-restaurants-near-minute-maid-park/#slide=0

     

     

     


    When the MMP lease was renewed in 2018, it was again mentioned as being possibly earmarked for ballpark village plans. 

     

    On 7/9/2018 at 11:34 PM, tigereye said:

     

    Buried in the Chronicle’s article is the first mention of a ballpark village in downtown. The reroute is brought up but Crane already owns property on block 161.

     

     

    https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-plans-future-improvements-Minute-Maid-Park-13061261.php

     
    Astros may now own the halfway house site currently being bulldozed. 
     

    To recap: Stros now have land outside Home Plate and Center Field gates. 

     
    On 12/17/2019 at 12:27 PM, ekdrm2d1 said:

    A Cherry representative said Minute Maid is the new owner. I’m not sure if that means the Harris County Houston Sports Authority or Crane and the team.

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    Atma At McGowen: Condominiums At 1403 McGowen St.

    in Going Up!

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    This project would help that end of McGowen. I used to live on this block along Bremond and the green space was prime target for area crackheads (until the white house at the middle of the block finally flipped). Not sure what the neighborhood is like now...

     

    If this empty patch flipped, the last real open lot is across Austin (along McGowen). 

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    New Austin MLS Soccer Stadium?

    in Austin

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    On 12/19/2018 at 11:05 PM, tigereye said:

    Stadium deal done and lease officially signed. Austin will soon have an MLS team, by 2020 or 2021. 

     

    https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/precourt-sports-ventures-to-pay-for-multi-million-dollar-major-league-soccer-stadium-in-austin/624119026

     

    Austin has its first professional sports franchise. Austin FC will begin play in 2021. Cheers to future Houston Dynamo road trips to ATX. 

     

    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/15/austin-fc-begin-mls-play-2021-leagues-27th-club

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    Houston Center Redevelopment

    in Downtown

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    5 hours ago, DrLan34 said:

    This looks like The Shops might have significant changes.

     

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    Considering the the amount of leases Brookfield let expire causing closures, I’d say a renovation of the Park Shops is still likely. But I am surprised at the lack of details on this side of the project. Also, in the below render, you can see a sliver of the Park Shops, which looks to be at least reclad in a new material. The squared up design is similar to the renders on the Gibran Villalobos site. 

     

    9 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

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    Holiday/Days/Heaven On Earth Inn At 801 St. Joseph Pkwy.

    in Downtown

    Posted · Edited by tigereye

    8 hours ago, Elseed said:

    The entire building should just have murals on it.That would look pretty sweet. Either way I hope they don't tear it down. Abandoned or not we still needs as many buildings as possible in the city.

     

    Insteadc the put the multistory sky dancers on another building. 

     

     

    I’d be down for letting the building become Houston’s version of 5 Pointz or Graffiti Park. Let Gonzo247 & other local artists go wild with the entire building as their canvas. 

    CULBER-GONE!

    in Local Politics

    Posted · Edited by tigereye

    22 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

    I felt this deserved its own thread. Time for Metro to pull out whatever money it has tucked away in mattresses and start laying track on Richmond a.s.a.p., and don't even think about Westpark until you're west of 610, go straight through Afton Oaks. Send the jackhammers out there tomorrow.

     

    We wonnnnnnnnnnn, baby!

     

     

    Hell yeah. A Blue Wave in this city at the polls might finally lead to a Blue Line train at last. 

     

    With McNair’s The Post Oak development coming, I’d definitely run the Blue Line in its originally planned alignment voters in this city approved - right through Afton Oaks. Traffic on 59 is bad enough already. If Metro is serious about increasing ridership, they’ll do the full Blue Line, maybe even tie it into the planned Hobby extension (instead of 2 lines to Hobby) 

    Toyota Center At 1510 Polk St.

    in Sports and Stadia

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    “When you move into a building, you immediately realize you could have done things better,” says Rockets CEO Tad Brown. They have retrofitted a number of areas and plan to continue making upgrades including what Fertitta calls a “major overhaul” in the next five years. “We have a lot of ideas and a lot of plans on what we are going to be doing,” Brown says.
     
    What would you like to see done with the arena during the major overhaul?!? 
     
    For me, I would like to see rooftop bar spaces for the upper deck sections and SRO with a view of the event floor below. This has been a trend with venues lately (MSG Skybridge, Fiserv Forum’s Panaroma Club, etc). IMO this could be added to Toyota Center at the top of each of the 4 structural roof support structures at the corners of the arena. Previously, the roof support columns have been a dead area of the venue. In recent years, they’ve been backlit by LED lighting so clearly they’re trying to do something with this dead area (see Astros CF renovation) 
     
    An example: T-Mobile Arena’s rooftop bars. 
     
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    Downtown AAA Ballpark

    in San Antonio

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

    Is this what I see? Tower crane in CBD 

     

    Too small of a site but I did see “park” in the project title 

     

    The project has stalled, with no site decided upon. 

     

    Coincidentally, the Missions played their final Texas League game. Next season, they’ll begin play in PCL, but in an outdated AA ballpark and no future plans. Both the Astros & Rangers have ended their affiliations with Fresno & Round Rock, with the Astros likely to sign a new affiliation agreement with Round Rock soon. 

     

    The Rangers top target for affiliation is Nashville (4 year old ballpark, Nats also in play here) and San Antonio. 

    Central Bank At 2217 Milam St.

    in Midtown

    Posted · Edited by tigereye

    20 hours ago, HNathoo said:

    I’ve heard this is an apartment deal. I believe it might be the Morgan group. 

     

    How many Pearl’s is Midtown gonna have? 

     

    Pearl on Travis, Pearl Midtown, Pearl Midtown West (Whole Foods), Pearl on Helena, now possibly another one?

    Downtown Houston 2036 Master Plan

    in Downtown

    Posted

     

    7 hours ago, wilcal said:

    I believe the north canal is shown in the newish renderings I saw at the NHHIP open house last night: 

     

    https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28553-the-pierce-elevatedi-59-redesign-thread/?page=52&tab=comments#comment-576090

     

    Specifically this rendering: https://i.imgur.com/VhbaXoJ.jpg

     

    The wetlands/retention ponds could be a great idea, if done correctly.

     

    Does this supplant the earlier idea below of TXDOT constructing a South Canal as part of the 45 Reroute?

     

    On 3/21/2018 at 8:38 AM, cspwal said:

    Another canal is being proposed by TxDot along with the 45 re-route, according to the Chronicle article.

     

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    Downtown Houston 2036 Master Plan

    in Downtown

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