Mab

http://m.click2houston.com/news/groundbreaking-for-new-water-park-in-katy/34828126

http://typhoontexas.com/

opening may 2016

I would love some kind of mixed used entertainment complex here. For example it be awesome to have an Dave and Buster with some type of movie theater. With all these convention coming to the Houston area I think this could work very well in this park of Downtown Houston!  

 

Lovett Commercial has closed on the 16-acre U.S. Post Office site in downtown.

The Houston-based developer, which builds neighborhood shopping centers and urban redevelopment, did not elaborate on plans in a statement announcing the purchase. Previously,  Lovett said it expects “to attract multiple uses such as retail, creative office, residential and/or a boutique hotel. Tenants that we have visited with are extremely excited about the project, its location and the possibilities.”

The purchase price was not disclosed

from the chronicle 

I remember a lady post this on the height life Facebook page in late june

 

 

Just in: Studemont & I-10 area (Kroger & McD side) is getting MORE stores; REI, Nordstrom Rack, Container Store, Lowe's, Costco, movie theaters & bar , etc....Also, a new back road that will connect these stores on over to Target (Taylor Rd.). Construction starts around 12 months. Just seen the construction plans. How much more does this city need?

Pictures from blvd place by Michael Burgower, on Flickr

Took this photo from a different angle 

Photos from blvd place by Michael Burgower, on Flickr

http://fidelisrealtypartners.com/Properties/Properties/Texas/Houston/YaleMarketplace/YaleMarketplace_Flier.pdf

 

Great news! We will begin construction on ARABELLA in October!

From the stunning entrance facade, to the spectacular lobby, ARABELLA aspires to move the “design needle” forward for Houston.

Please note we will be closing the Sales Center for the next few weeks. We will make an announcement when reopen. We can't wait to break ground on ARABELLA!

From Randall Davis facebook page

http://edge-re.com/Properties/Houston/~ShepherdDrW24thSt/ShepherdDrW24thSt.pdf

There used to be a brochure on the edge website that talk about putting some new dining establishments in the mall including Torchy Tacos

I Believe that the photo above is where the new tochy will be

NOOOOOO they are tearing down my favorite Chinese restaurant

But I like the new development lol

 

The developer of Pearland Town Center is adding a 60,000 square-foot office building to the mix.

Lilly Golden, president of Evergreen Commercial Realty, which is leasing the new project, said there’s strong demand for new space in the area and virtually no availability in the town center, a 1.2 million-square-foot project of shops, restaurants, a Marriott hotel and apartments at the intersection of Texas 288 and FM 518.

The building is expected to open by mid-2016

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/07/new-office-building-headed-for-pearland/

 

A whimsical new sculpture by Houston artist Bridgette Mongeon for the future Evelyn's Park in Bellaire will boast some serious "muchness," to borrow a word from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland."

The 10-foot-long bronze picnic table captures the tea party scene from Carroll's beloved tale. Park visitors will be able to sit beside larger-than-life-size bronze figures of Alice, the March Hare, Cheshire Cat, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter.

The Jerry and Maury Rubenstein Foundation commissioned Mongeon to create "Move One Place On" for the five-acre green space under construction at 4400 Bellaire.

The sculpture's title comes from the Mad Hatter's quote, "Let's all move one place on." The functional table will accommodate six or eight people in addition to Alice and her friends. Nearby, a companion piece will feature a bronze storybook that rests atop a faux bois-inspired "stump."

To honor the book's 150th anniversary, Mongeon is hiding 150 small elements within the bigger sculptural pieces, "so it becomes a whole adventure," she said.

 

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/New-sculpture-for-Evelyn-s-Park-will-bring-Alice-6403495.php#photo-8356512

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Artist-offers-new-details-about-100-foot-6400683.php?t=9e1cbafa58438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium

Have they release the renderings??

Okay HAIFers, figure me this. It sounds like the site issues make major redevelopment cost prohibitive at this point in time. So we're left with the existing structures. Based on some quick Google Earth measurements, that building has about 215,000 SF of warehouse space. So what do you do with that much space? You make it into a market. Something like Boston's Faneuil Hall, Philadelphia's Reading Terminal, Seattle's Pike Place Market, San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 39, or smaller markets in New Orleans or San Antonio.

Markets in downtowns are big tourist attractions. They give people of all ages and walks of life a reason to go downtown on weekends when there's no baseball game. They're fun and they make people happy. You can't walk through a market hall without smiling at least once. And right now the country is experiencing sort of a "market moment," with the new trend of food markets that sell gourmet and organic food items (these are more than just farmers' markets, although that could be a component too). I think the best example to imitate would be Reading Terminal.

Call it "Old Post Office Market," or just "The Post Office." Put creative loft office space in the office building. Plant some trees in the parking area, and spruce up the bridges leading into downtown, to encourage foot traffic to and fro. Combine restaurants, retail, and gourmet foods to take home, possibly fresh produce also. You really don't have to do too much, since the infrastructure is already in place for truck deliveries. Above all, keep as much vintage look of a 50+ year old building as you can.

I know something like this was tried with Mercado del Sol, but that was a terrible location, and a terrible era for downtown. Downtown's in a much different place now than it was then, and I think this would hit the cusp of a wave of revived interest, as all these other projects get finished.

 

 This is such a cool idea. H-town man can you send this to Lovett commercial. I can totally see them doing something like this especially with there new sawyer yards development.  

Yeah it in the wrong thread I couldn't find the thread for the tarkett warehouse site.

Also does anyone have an update on this development I can't find anything for Studemont Junction 

In my opinion I have a feeling that Krogers would go at the anchor spot. Walmart is on wayside and HEB is at Gulfgate. Krogers would be a good store for that neighborhood especially with the increase in housing for UH. 

 

 

Keener: Developer planning first "stacked anchor" development in Houston on Tarkett site just west of downtown @CBREHouston

From Nancy Sarnoff twitter

The fingers furniture area will be unrecognizable in the next couple of years 

 

The Salt N Pepper restaurant group that has opened such local concepts as Beer Market Co., The Moonshiners, Crisp, Pub Fiction and Celtic Gardens is planning a new restaurant on the first floor of downtown’s historic Sweeney, Coombs, & Fredericks building at 301 Main.

Designed and built by George E. Dickey in 1889, 301 Main is one of the last remaining Victorian-style structures in the city, according to Davis Commercial Real Estate, which was involved in a recent transfer of the property‘s leasehold interest.

Attorneys lease the top two floors of the three-story building that features a corner turret and arched-upper floor windows.

The building was developed for the Sweeney & Combs jewelry company, which moved across the street in 1890, according to the city of Houston preservation data. It was restored in the 1990s.

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/07/restaurant-group-to-open-in-downtown-victorian/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

from HISD facebook page