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Former H-E-B grocery store located at 2660 Fountain View Drive up for sale.
http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Westheimher-and-Fountain-View-Property-Flyer1.pdf
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In “very good news” for the city of Bellaire, HEB Grocery Stores is planning a new store at its current location at 5106 Cedar.The grocery store chain has reserved the Bellaire Civic Center for a February 24 “community meeting” to announce details of its request for a “planned development” in downtown Bellaire. That development will include a new store. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, at 7008 S. Rice.
Bellaire City Manager Paul Hofmann confirmed Wednesday that the grocery store chain will be building a new facility, which he called “very good news.” He said that he had informed Mayor Phil Nauert and other members of the Bellaire City Council about the application for a permit.
HEB is one of the nation’s largest independent grocery store chains. The company was founded in Kerrville, Tx. more than 100 years ago. The grocery chain has more than 155 stores throughout Texas.
For years, many Bellaire residents have complained that the city’s shopping opportunities have failed to keep up with the community’s changing atmosphere. The city’s two grocery stores, the HEB on Cedar and the Randall’s on Bellaire Blvd., have failed to keep pace with the changing demographics of the city.
Real estate values in Bellaire have soared, drawing many higher-income residents to Bellaire, who desire more choices and better selections while shopping.
Hofmann said that Brown & Gray Engineers had submitted a request to the Bellaire Planning and Zoning Commission for a new “planned development” at the store’s current location on Cedar.
That request is scheduled to go before the commission on March 10.
Hofmann said that city officials are trying to let HEB handle their public communications about the new store.
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WHAT’S NEXT IN Astrodome beauty treatments after the unused county stadium’s powerwashing late last year? How about a little color magic? As noted by the KHOU chopper sent out to record the incident earlier this week (which produced the image above), test paint patches recently appeared at the top of the vacant structure’s walls. In concert with the removal of the eighties-add-on stair towers and the latest grime-spray efforts, the painting of a dark bluish-black color on the upper sections of wall just below the roof would help return the stadium exterior to something closer to its original 1965 appearance.-
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A new primer coat of paint began today on the 8th and 9th level corrugated walls.
The north entrance to the Astrodome after it's recent washing of the of the signature concrete screen and white columns-
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It is the fervent wish of many in The Leader area – a supersized H-E-B like the one in Bunker Hill. Every time a multiple acre property comes on the market, people suggest online and elsewhere that it would be a perfect spot for the San Antonio headquartered grocer.
In January 2014, the supermarket chain officially denied the rumor to The Leader that it would be adding a store in the Garden Oaks area in place of the Sears at 4000 N. Shepherd.
“We’re always looking for property, but it has to be the right property,” Director of H-E-B’s Public Affairs Cyndy Garza-Roberts told The Leader in 2014. “We would love to be in that area.”
More recently, Garza-Roberts denied that the chain was looking to move into the space across from the Sawyer Heights Target.
So what exactly is H-E-B looking for in a location? We asked Garza-Roberts for some of their basic strategies and guidelines.
First the acreage. She said H-E-B looks for a minimum of six acres when building a store.
“We need that amount of space to insure that we can provide adequate parking for our customers,” said Garza-Roberts.
They also need population density that that will insure enough customers and sales for them to meet our financial model. The Leader delivers to over 70,000 homes. Seems dense enough to us.
When asked if the area would ever hit the H-E-B jackpot – a location in the GOOF and in the Heights, Garza-Roberts said that building a store in the Heights would not preclude them from looking in the Garden Oaks area.
“We have an interest in both neighborhoods – the Heights and Garden Oaks,” said Garza-Roberts. “One of the challenges we face in the Heights is that much of the area is ‘dry’ – meaning we would be prevented from selling beer/wine. This makes finding a location there problematic.”
When asked about the former Pinemont Park and Ride, a 15 acre property that METRO is putting up for sale, mum was the word.
“We do not comment on real estate locations we may or may not be pursuing,” she said.
Some speculate that the park and ride, with frontage on Pinemont Drive and on Federal Plaza Drive, is too far from the heart of the GOOF to be a viable option. But we shall see.
And no Lazybrook H-E-B, we didn’t forget about you. Garza-Roberts said that they have no plans to expand the location at 1511 W. 18th St.
“The size of the parking lot would not support a larger size store,” she said.
Eventually it’s got to happen though right? And then we’ll all start asking for a Trader Joes.
http://www.theleadernews.com/index.php/h-e-b-goof-not-reality-time-soon/
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In November 2013, the residents of Bellaire passed an $11 million bond referendum which will allow the City of Bellaire to design and construct a new City Hall, Police Station, Municipal Court, and Civic Center. On May 27, 2014, the City Council chose a Campus Design for the layout of the new facilities. At this same meeting, Council was presented with a timeline of significant events throughout the Municipal Facilities Project.
Pierce Goodwin Alexander and Linville (PGAL) was selected as the project's architect at theSeptember 22, 2014 Council meeting. Additionally, at its October 20, 2014 meeting, Council appointed seven (7) residents to the Ad Hoc Municipal Facilities Committee. The Committee’s role is to serve in an architectural advisory capacity to City Council regarding the development of the new city facilities.
http://tx-bellaire5.civicplus.com/1178/Bellaire-Municipal-Facilities-Project
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New Basketball Practice Facility webcam
http://uh.edu/infotech/services/webcam/
UH Student Center opening Tomorrow
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Aloft Houston Downtown is expected to open at 820 Fannin St. next year. The hotel will be a redevelopment of the former 10-story Stowers Building.-
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A stretch of beach in Galveston, which has for years been the subject of off-again, on-again plans for development, could have a boardwalk-like atmosphere, including pavilions, a dog park and a roller rink, according to a plan by the Park Board presented Tuesday.
The Park Board’s plan, first reported by The Galveston County Daily News, includes not only public uses, such as volleyball courts, on the beachfront property but also some retail space and a parking garage.
The Houston Chronicle reported in August that both private and public officials were looking closely at the stretch of beach late last year, with many residents concerned about the potential for high-rises on the private portion of the beach. The Park Board’s plan is distinct from a proposal the Chronicle featured that would require the city to purchase private property adjacent to the public Stewart Beach. That proposal would attempt to ensure no high-rise development.Many proposals have come and gone, stalled when Hurricane Ike devastated the Island in 2008, followed by the recession.
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I guess this is where they building the apartments??
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A luxury residential developer is planning to replace the former Shell Oil Technology campus in the Southside Place neighborhood with a collection of 62 townhomes influenced by historic architecture found in Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington D.C. and Virginia’s Old Town Alexandria.The new project, to be called Crain Square, will have a children’s playground and a dog park. The project will break ground this summer at 3737 Bellaire Blvd. after demolition on the Shell facility is completed.
The homes in the 5.5-acre development will start at around $1.2 million and feature brick paved walks and stoops, front porches and balconies with white columns, according to developer Röhe & Wright Builders, which develops custom homes and million-dollar townhome projects in the urban core. More than two acres will be dedicated to common green space, the company said The master plan involves a series of “attached single-family homes” with alley-loaded garages. All of the homes will face a portion of the greenspace. The homes will range from 2,600 square feet to 5,000 square feet in three-story designs. Operable shutters, bead board porch ceilings and gas lanterns will help represent the Southern architectural style.
More than a year ago, the Texas Historical Commission determined that the former Shell research building was eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, meaning a developer could have qualified for federal tax credits to redevelop the property. The building served as a major research facility for Shell Oil until 2012. The west end of the Southside Place property was purchased by developer InTown Homes for a residential redevelopment.
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From Match facebook page
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563060028/grand-illusion-entertainment-complex
Remember Magic Island, the dinner theater that was supposed to have re-opened in its original faux Egyptian edifice along the Southwest Freeway?
A newcomer to the local magic scene wants to build a similar style operation — or so touts a website, Facebook page and Kickstarter campaign detailing plans.
The project is being called “Grand Illusion” and would include an upscale dining facility with “Las Vegas-style magic acts,” a lounge, a comedy venue and a music venue in 50,000 square feet.
The group behind the $6 million project said it has identified a location in a retail building on four acres of land near downtown.
The players involved include Robert Lee Smith, who has a technology background, an entertainer known as “Banachek” and restaurant executive Jeff Meinecke, according to the Kickstarter page.
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/01/group-floats-magic-dining-and-comedy-venue/
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Living Spaces Furniture Store At 2660 Fountain View Dr.
in Uptown and Galleria Area
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February 18