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    The Post Oak Hotel At Uptown Houston At 1600 West Loop S.

    in Uptown and Galleria Area

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    The Post Oak at Uptown Houston is the first vertical mixed-use, master-planned project in Houston combining hotel, office, residential, retail and restaurant offerings all in one tower. The luxurious Post Oak is Houston’s new premier destination for fashion, fine dining, luxury hotels, prominent office addresses and elegant high-rise living all in one tower. This 38 story tower will also feature an adjacent, elegant and expansive ballroom, the largest in the Uptown area. Upon entering The Post Oak, guests will be captivated by an impressive open plaza, with outdoor dining patios, and lushly landscaped pedestrian areas filled with beautiful oak trees. The complex will include walkable streets shaded by mature oak trees and have access to the surrounding neighborhoods at several points. The 650,000 square-foot tower will showcase over 250 luxury hotel rooms, more than 140,000 square feet of boutique office space, 22 residential apartment units, all with dramatic interior finishes and unobstructed views of the surrounding neighborhoods and Downtown. In addition to The Post Oak tower eateries, two highly celebrated restaurants will enhance the development and will be premiering early in the spring of 2017. Mastro’s Steakhouse will make its Texas debut in Houston with a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and spectacular outdoor dining. A favorite restaurant among celebrities, Mastro’s is a chic steakhouse that offers ‘an unparalleled dining experience’ praised for world-class service, highly acclaimed cuisine, and live entertainment in an elegant yet entertaining atmosphere. Mastro’s is revered in Beverly Hills, Chicago, Las Vegas, Malibu, Newport Beach, Manhattan, and Scottsdale. Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks, a Houston institution and favorite seafood restaurant for more than 35-years, will relocate to The Post Oak development. This 10,000-square-foot restaurant will offer both indoor seating and expansive outdoor patio dining among lush oak trees and will continue to be a preferred watering hole for top athletes, entertainers, travelers, and Houstonians.

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    http://www.hospitalityonline.com/employers/264797

     

     

     

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    Kirby Grove: Mixed-Use Development At 2925 Richmond Ave.

    in River Oaks/Upper Kirby/Greenway Plaza/Bissonnet

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    California-based MidiCi will kick-off in Houston at Kirby Grove, serving Neapolitan pizzas on the patio just in time for the

    Super Bowl.

     

    MidiCi will join future tenant Kiran's restaurant on the ground floor of One Grove Street, a 16-story office building at

    Richmond and Wakeforest in Upper Kirby. The company will occupy 3,868 square feet in January. 

     
     

    http://m.chron.com/business/bizfeed/article/MidiCi-Neapolitan-pizza-picks-Kirby-Grove-for-9996906.php

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    Fairview Collective: Mixed-Use At Fairview St. & Mason St.

    in Montrose

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    Houston developer and restaurateur Fred Sharifi has hired real estate brokers specializing in office and retail to help land tenants to fill aproposed mixed-use development he announced late last year for east Montrose.

    The project will be called Fairview District and plans include developing a five-story parking garage and several other buildings to house office, restaurant and shop space along Fairview near Taft. Construction is expected to begin in January, according to a press release from CBRE, the firm hired to lease the office component.

     

    "Office tenants today are looking for an experience. They want to be inspired in their work space and also have direct access to progressive retail and dining concepts," CBRE's Rima Soroka said in the statement. "The lines between work and leisure are blurred. By creating a destination where work meets play, the Fairview District is the beginning of a special movement that blends flexibility with choice and provides Houston consumers with the urban experiences that they crave."

    Josh Jacobs and Lacee Jacobs of Edge Realty will lease the retail space.

    Sharifi's company, SFT Investment, won a 2012 Good Brick Award for its preservation of a historic commercial building at 214 Fairview that houses restaurants Cuchara and Max's Wine & Dive. The new project is slated for land SFT owns across the street and on an adjacent block.

    Sharifi's vision is for the neighborhood to become a more active and walkable area during the day. Now, most of the activity is at night.

    The Gensler architecture firm designed the project with an industrial aesthetic to include glass, brick and steel materials.

    Sharifi also owns the Hungry's restaurants in Rice Village and on Memorial Drive and numerous commercial properties inside the 610 Loop.

     
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    http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Montrose-Fairview-District-mixed-use-development-9971323.php#photo-11445563

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    Kinder High School For The Performing And Visual Arts At 790 Austin St.

    in Downtown

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    y and Rich Kinder are putting their financial clout behind another unique Houston institution. Houston Independent School District officials announced on Monday that the Houston couple is donating $7.5 million through their foundation toward construction of the new High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in downtown Houston.

    The new building, at the corner of Rusk and Austin streets, will be named the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Construction began in February of this year and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2018.

    The gift is pending approval by the HISD Board of Trustees, who will vote on the matter on Thursday (October 13).

    The $90.2 million project, designed by Gensler, will include a five-story, 168,000-square-foot building with an 800-seat main theater, 200-seat mini-theater, 200-seat black box theater, and 150-seat recital hall. The complex will also include academic classrooms and learning center, studios for creative writing, dance, music, visual arts, and recording, a costume and scene shop, indoor and outdoor dining areas, and two levels of underground parking. The campus is designed for 750 students, all of whom audition for placement.

    Officials call the collaboration between a private donor and non-profit organization for the benefit of a HISD public school "an unprecedented partnership." The project received funding of $80.2 million from HISD in a 2012 election approved by voters. HSPVA Friends, a non-profit group that supports the school, has launched a $10 million capital campaign to complete the project. The HSPVA Friends Board of Directors has pledged $670,000 and plans to raise an additional $1.83 million, which when added to the Kinder's $7.5 million lead gift, will reach the goal.

    The funds will also provide for ongoing maintenance of equipment, furnishings and programming.

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    http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-10-16-houstons-richest-couple-donates-75-million-for-new-hspva-building/#slide=0

     

    HSPVA is now KSPVA?????

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    Bellaire Place: Mixed-Use Development At 5000 Fournace Pl.

    in Going Up!

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    As we have moved through 3 years of discussion and planning a new building for Bellaire HS, I have committed to keep you as informed as possible.  Among starts and stops, I have been proud of the manner in which our community has supported the Bellaire Project Advisory Team (PAT).  Additionally, I have appreciated the commitment the Houston ISD has made to continue to search and explore all alternatives in the search for the best possible solution to a very challenging project - specifically - trying to rebuild Bellaire HS in our current 17 acre site while continuing to house and educate our 3500 student population.  This was always going to take a large number of people working in concert and that has remained true.  That being said, I am excited to share what is the most promising and exciting news so far about the Bellaire project.  

     

    Monday afternoon the HISD Bond Department presented the new direction for Bellaire at the scheduled PAT Meeting.  Based on the overall $136M budget for a new Bellaire HS, the recommendation is below:

    • Spend majority of current project dollars to purchase the “Chevron Site” located at 4800 Fournace - which is at the northern tip of the City of Bellaire (approximately 30 acres)

    • Commit funds to renovate elements of the current property at 5100 Maple so as to sustain the current facility as we wait for construction at the new site to begin.  

    • This decision would likely necessitate that Bellaire HS be added to a future bond of which a certain date is not known. However the district would have secured property that is appropriately sized for a large 6A High School.   

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    While this new direction brings great optimism to our project it does have some caveats.  

    • It will need HISD Board of Trustee Support.

    • Successful negotiation with Chevron to purchase the property.

    • City of Bellaire zoning changes that align with our educational need. 

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    This new plan is a recent development for our project and, once presented to the PAT, there were many questions asked.  I am confident that the HISD Bond department will continue to work diligently to collect any requested information and appropriately present it at a future meeting.  

     

    I am hopeful that you share my same sense of optimism and that you are excited about the opportunity to participate in helping us make this our reality. Our Board Trustee, Mike Lunceford, was in attendance for the meeting and he stated that this proposal could be shared with the Board of Trustees for consideration as soon as the next October meeting.  

     

    While our work is not complete and the journey will be long, I am encouraged by the long term vision inherent in this new plan.  I believe it has the best chance to work for our students, faculty, staff and community.

     

    I appreciate your continued support.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

     

    enjoy the day,

    michael

    http://www.houstonisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=117408&ViewID=7B97F7ED-8E5E-4120-848F-A8B4987D588F&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=181919&PageID=81504

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    Northwest Mall Developments

    in Going Up!

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    The site currently houses major and local retailers alike, including Palais Royal and Foot Locker. Levcor is currently working on a redevelopment plan to turn the project into a mixed-use, grocery-anchored development. Space is currently available at the site for short-term leasing.

     
     
     
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    from Levcor website....interesting

     

     

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    Post Oak Market is an upcoming planned mixed use development on Levcor's Northwest Mall site. The project is currently in touch with key anchor tenants, which will inform the overall project development. The project will include hotel, residential, office and retail development within a dense, urban environment in the heart of Houston. Post Oak Market will promote walkability and new urbanism design principles, as well as the densification of Houston's urban core.

    Post Oak Market will be located at the confluence of seven major thoroughfares in Houston - I-610 W, I-610 N, US 290, I-10, Hempstead Rd, 18th St and N. Post Oak Rd. The 290/I-10/I-610 interchange, at which the project is located, is undergoing a massive ~$3 bn redevelopment plan to improve connectivity and traffic flow, and will be completed in late 2017. In addition, discussions of the proposed high speed rail from Houston to Dallas is expected to have a station in the site's immediate area.

    Further, the site is located minutes away from major Houston residential and commercial regions, including Galleria / Uptown (<10 min drive), the Greater Heights (<10 min drive), Spring Branch / Spring Valley (<10 min drive), Memorial Villages (10 min drive) and Downtown (10-15 min drive). Being at a critical interchange, Northwest Mall also has excellent access to and from Northwest and West Houston highly populated sub-regions Katy and Cy-Fair.

     
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    northwest mall will be Post Oak Market

    http://levcor.com/projects/post-oak-market

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    University of Houston Campus Developments

    in Going Up!

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    Houston 2020 To fulfill our promise to our students, and to build upon the traditions that have defined our university, we invite you to join us in The Campaign for Houston. Our goal: to raise $1 billion by 2020. We are halfway there, and we have big ambitions for the remaining $500 million to be raised. By 2020, we intend to make the city and the University of Houston a first-choice destination for all students

     

    http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/docs/730/127057_3.pdf 

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