aarosurf Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 http://www.jonescarter.com/projects/landdevelopment/HardyYards.html Not sure how current this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 http://www.jonescarter.com/projects/landdevelopment/HardyYards.htmlNot sure how current this is.It's years old, but the rfp is only a few months oldhttp://www.civcastusa.com/projectdetails.aspx?projectID=4064 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Not sure if this is in preparation for the hardy yards development, but they are making capital improvements to the site.http://www.houstontx.gov/ecodev/tirz/agendas/21agenda.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Honestly I hope what that post is, dies! If that is the plan....what a waste! This isn't an Upscale residential neighborhood!!!! This should be an area where you build mid-rises or attract retail/residential which targets middle income to lower middle income. You don't even need "class "A"" office space. Just build some nice medium sized buildings which can service a large variety of tenants. Is this the freakin twilight zone?? Was that a Cul-de-sac I saw on that plan!? Are these developers really this simple minded... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Honestly I hope what that post is, dies! If that is the plan....what a waste! This isn't an Upscale residential neighborhood!!!! This should be an area where you build mid-rises or attract retail/residential which targets middle income to lower middle income. You don't even need "class "A"" office space. Just build some nice medium sized buildings which can service a large variety of tenants. Is this the freakin twilight zone?? Was that a Cul-de-sac I saw on that plan!? Are these developers really this simple minded... I believe the cul de sac is because rail is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I really don't see this going anywhere as it is currently planned. The site is far from ideal for a posh urban enclave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNAguy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) I'm still hoping for a large scale development w/ the HSR + bus + LR megastation and a white oak bayou promenade that extends to a new mix use development on the post office site and a buffalo bayou river walk. One can dream right? Edited July 29, 2014 by DNAguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Honestly I hope what that post is, dies!The cynic in me says we're looking at four apartment wraps and a few bike paths. The real estate is definitely valuable - close to Downtown, access to the light rail. In DC, it would already have been developed. Those derelict car dealerships along the North Freeway are getting redeveloped, so I can't imagine this site's being ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I've been hearing rumors of traction on this property and it was confirmed again in the Swamplot comments of an article. I'll post more when I'm off work.. Nothing major but still traction nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Well, I'm still at work but here is a Swamplot comment that sounds somewhat similar to what I've been told but I don't know the age of this claim. Is this still relevant info about Cypress? (I cannot quote from mobile) - - - "Cypress got hurricane relief funds to have mixed income units as part of their hardy yards development. They are shutting down the Hernandez Tunnel this month to have Burnet connect to North Main." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I've been posting that they've been doing site improvements for a few months, so it wouldn't surprise me. Glad there is more evidence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 http://www.ccimtexas.com/images/website243/cypress_real_estate_advisors__brochure_low_res.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Last I heard: 350 unit building on the SE side of HY (half the units affordable CDBG-funded) http://www.houstontx.gov/housing/publiclegal/Hardy_Yards_Residences.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) http://www.ccimtexas.com/images/website243/cypress_real_estate_advisors__brochure_low_res.pdf Chile, put it to rest. This is dead as a door knob. Edited September 3, 2014 by Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Last I heard: 350 unit building on the SE side of HY (half the units affordable CDBG-funded)http://www.houstontx.gov/housing/publiclegal/Hardy_Yards_Residences.pdfAffordable? Hell yes I might be able to do this on my "poor college student" income! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know how old that rendering is though?Edit: it is a rendering that has not been posted here before. Edited September 3, 2014 by Triton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I drove by the site the other day and noticed that elevators had been installed where the staircase is to the lightrail line. I was thinking that "something" may be coming, maybe not on the magnitude of the original hardy Rail Yard plan but something big is coming that they haven't really revealed to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 N Main has already been closed in order to connect it to Burnett. Infrastructure work is being done now. Burnett is being widened and wide sidewalks added to both sides. Then, apparently, work will be done on the Yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I drove by the site the other day and noticed that elevators had been installed where the staircase is to the lightrail line. I was thinking that "something" may be coming, maybe not on the magnitude of the original hardy Rail Yard plan but something big is coming that they haven't really revealed to us.The elevators have been there for a long time. They started working on those 2 years ago (possibly three years?). I even have pictures posted on this forum in the north line metro rail thread of when they started... Definitely were not built recently for anything new planned. I believe we still had that metro station (modal? Sp?) for buses planned here when they began work on the elevators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 N Main has already been closed in order to connect it to Burnett. Infrastructure work is being done now. Burnett is being widened and wide sidewalks added to both sides. Then, apparently, work will be done on the YardsAs of when? I live right down the street on North Main and haven't noticed anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 As of when? I live right down the street on North Main and haven't noticed anything. According to the UH-D website, work was scheduled to begin yesterday (Sept. 2) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 As of when? I live right down the street on North Main and haven't noticed anything. I've driven by that site several times in the last year and 1/2 and don't recall seeing the glass elevators there. I remember the stairs being constructed but not the elevators. Not disputing what you're saying, I just don't remember seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 There have always been elevators there. Required to be ADA compliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 According to the UH-D website, work was scheduled to begin yesterday (Sept. 2)Okay, I'll drive by when I'm heading home and see if I see anything. Scarface, yea no worries. I'll need to search the northline thread to see if I can find it. That will give the true date of when they started. I've even been in the elevators myself when the line opened late last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Okay, I'll drive by when I'm heading home and see if I see anything. Scarface, yea no worries. I'll need to search the northline thread to see if I can find it. That will give the true date of when they started. I've even been in the elevators myself when the line opened late last year. These are new trailers on the site. Check the satellite imagery on Google Earth. These certain were not here a few months ago. Something is going on with this property and it looks like the rumors I've heard may be closer to reality than I thought. 2014-09-03 18.32.43 by marclongoria, on Flickr Road closed 2014-09-03 18.35.30 by marclongoria, on Flickr Like you guys said, N Main is closed. Sounds like the closure just happened yesterday so I didn't realize it. 2014-09-03 18.31.39 by marclongoria, on Flickr Here is when I took a good amount of photos of the transit station back in December: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/7525-the-metro-north-rail-line/?p=443711 But it looks like Ricco first spotted the roofs of the elevator shaft back in June 2013: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/7525-the-metro-north-rail-line/?p=424912 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Thanks for posting those pics, Triton! What I keep hearing is that infrastructure work has started and will continue for a while. Once it's finished, the building will begin. That rendering appears to be old. The recent site plan I've seen has a small park at Fulton and Burnett and midrises along Burnett, high-rises to the south. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) These are new trailers on the site. Check the satellite imagery on Google Earth. These certain were not here a few months ago. Something is going on with this property and it looks like the rumors I've heard may be closer to reality than I thought. Road closed 2014-09-03 18.35.30 by marclongoria, on Flickr Like you guys said, N Main is closed. Sounds like the closure just happened yesterday so I didn't realize it. 2014-09-03 18.31.39 by marclongoria, on Flickr Here is when I took a good amount of photos of the transit station back in December: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/7525-the-metro-north-rail-line/?p=443711 But it looks like Ricco first spotted the roofs of the elevator shaft back in June 2013: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/7525-the-metro-north-rail-line/?p=424912 I noticed those trailers and I believe a little construction equipment (like a backhoe) on the site last week when I was taking MetroRail to the Texans game. Definitely new. And, yes, the elevator has most certainly been there since the construction of the Burnett Station platform. In fact, IIRC the elevator shaft was built well before the steps. Edited September 4, 2014 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I noticed those trailers and I believe a little construction equipment (like a backhoe) on the site last week when I was taking MetroRail to the Texans game. Definitely new. Could this simply be for the City of Houston's infrastructure enhancements? Perhaps nothing for Hardy Yards directly? I don't know. From the UH-D website in case anyone forgot why the tunnel is closed: Next week, The City of Houston will begin road reconstruction work on N. Main St. at the Judge Alfred J. Hernandez Tunnel, between Naylor and Brooks. Work is scheduled to begin on September 2 and continue through April 2015, although this date could slide.The project will improve access to Burnett Street from N. Main St. In addition to reconstruction of the aging tunnel, the project will bring major water and wastewater infrastructure improvements to the area.North and southbound lanes of N. Main St. at the tunnel will be closed to vehicular traffic. Attached is a detailed map showing the City-approved detours. This construction work will not impact access to Naylor Street. All UHD parking lots, including the faculty/staff garage located under the Shea Street Building, will remain open and accessible throughout the project. "Major water and wastewater infrastructure" sounds like the city is bringing critical pipes to Hardy Yards for any development that may be coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Is this a new rendering? It was posted 2 months ago.. http://www.edforh.com/district-h-projects/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Im pretty sure that an old rendering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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