IHB2 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 It was the site of a hotel -- don't remember which chain -- maybe Motel 6 or similar. Don't know what's going up but I'm anxious to find out. Anybody?high $$ apartments, or maybe it'll be condos, but it's a residential development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 The one just further west is the Twelve Oaks hospital expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 high $$ apartments, or maybe it'll be condos, but it's a residential development.You are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Thanks, nativehou - I should have known that... Really, that is like one of the biggest topics on here, remember the whole Costco debacle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 They tore down a vacant office building and an old motel on the 59 @ Wesleyan site. Dinerstein is putting up rental apartments called The Millenium. You can see a small rendering here,www.meekspartners.com/projects_detail.cfm?proj_id=290&nav=ontheboards&pos=2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSOM Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 The motel was an old Roadway Inn.. if that's the spot I'm thinking of. They tore it down because it was burned by a fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 (edited) The motel was an old Roadway Inn.. if that's the spot I'm thinking of. They tore it down because it was burned by a fire.that was the Rodeway Inn / Denny's between Brook Mays Piano and the Shell station near the southeast corner of Buffalo Speedway and 59i have pictures if the demo, and a postcard of the Motel and Denny's (the denny's had a neat sign)the sign on site a few months ago was that of Lovett Commercial builders, and there was a note attached from a city code inspector which cited fire damage, stagnant pool water, etc. Edited April 4, 2007 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSOM Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 that was the Rodeway Inn / Denny's between Brook Mays Piano and the Shell station near the southeast corner of Buffalo Speedway and 59i have pictures if the demo, and a postcard of the Motel and Denny's (the denny's had a neat sign)the sign on site a few months ago was that of Lovett Commercial builders, and there was a note attached from a city code inspector which cited fire damage, stagnant pool water, etc.I was on my bike and came by it while the fire trucks were still there. Right in the middle of the building. Based on the building, where the fire was, etc. I suspected Arson but never heard anything about that so probably just a "natural" fire... nice way to clear out some older low upkeep buildings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abs1nthe Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Well, it looks like the this project is going full speed ahead, right into the clutches of poor urban planning. This post comes from the Antiplanner:The money quote came from Michael Morgan, a local developer who was partnering with Trammel Crow, which has built several mixed-use developments in Portland (not all of which have been successful), to plan a 24-acre development in Houston. But after due consideration, they scaled back and probably will not do a true mixed-use development, just some apartments next to a big-box store. After looking at other cities, says Morgan, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Sucks doesn't it? On the other hand, at least someone thinks Houston rocks.thinks? it DOES!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Sucks doesn't it? On the other hand, at least someone thinks Houston rocks.I think that the way that the comments were arranged in the Antiplanner are dubious. My understanding of this situation is that Morgan got the raw end of the deal. I like some of what the Antiplanner has to say, but in other places, it looks like he's overreaching to build an argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Not to get on too much of a tangent, but the author mentioned his intrigue in visiting the Woodlands, a master planned community "by private developers, not by the government." He liked the idea as opposed to the urban corridor stuff around the transit stations. I think it's great, too, for master-planned communities to exist. It shows that people really do like what they offer. The only problem is that it really only allows big-time developers to implement these great developments (GGP/Rouse, Crescent, Trammel Crow, Hines, Friendswood Dev. Corp., etc.). I think that the urban corridors would be good for smaller developers like Liu to do things easier near the stops. I just don't think that it should be harder to do TOD than it is to build master planned communities. OTOH, I know of a Duany project that is along an outerbelt freeway, so I guess it goes a variety of ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Plans for former HISD headquarters site revealedHouston Business Journal - 4:50 PM CDT Thursday, July 26, 2007Three years after being selected by the Houston Independent School District to buy its Inner Loop headquarters site for redevelopment, Trammell Crow Co. and The Morgan Group Inc. have revealed plans for the 24-acre project. Dallas-based Trammell Crow will break ground immediately on a retail center that will include a 164,000-square-foot Costco topped with a second-floor, 45,000-square-foot LA Fitness health club. Another 47,000 square feet of retail will be built as part of the project, located at the northeast corner of Weslayan Road and Richmond Avenue. ...........In addition, Houston-based Morgan Group will begin construction in December on a high-end, mid-rise apartment community with 526 units.http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/sto...ml?surround=lfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 had to dust the cobwebs off of these, but better late than never: more here: http://www.arch-ive.org/hisd/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston-development Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) picture from globest.com even though i am absolutely disgusted with the tenants, im impressed with the design. link to article -> here Edited July 27, 2007 by houston-development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 picture from globest.com even though i am absolutely disgusted with the tenants, im impressed with the design. link to article -> here It just looks like Meyerland Plaza II to me. It could be worse, but it could be much better also, given its location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 It just looks like Meyerland Plaza II to me. It could be worse, but it could be much better also, given its location.It could be so much better. That said, this design is better than what I originally thought was coming when I heard Costco was the lead tenant. I do find it funny how the developers are touting the project as urban. Stacking a gym on top of a big box store is apparently what counts as urban in Houston despite the surface parking facing Richmond and two other single story "pad" type buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 had to dust the cobwebs off of these, but better late than never: more here: http://www.arch-ive.org/hisd/ Wow that's one ugly concrete building. From the outside, it doesn't even look like it has windows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Wow that's one ugly concrete building. From the outside, it doesn't even look like it has windows!Actually, it was one of our state's finer application of brutalism as an architectural style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) It looks Soviet inspired. I guess I'm not a big fan of concrete. I saw too much of it when I was at McGill....although I have to say I always liked this one. Edited July 27, 2007 by Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecpharm Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Project updateMixed-Use Urban Infill Project Started in HoustonTrammell Crow Co. of Houston will develop a two-story, 256,700-sq-ft retail center at an urban infill, mixed-use development site in Houston called Greenway Commons.Greenway CommonsThis location would have been prime for a Regent Square type development. Disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkjones98 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) Project updateGreenway Commons This location would have been prime for a Regent Square type development. Disappointing. Is this the same lot that we all thought was going to be mixed-use and then it was going to be a Safeco or something? So now it's going to be this beauty? Horray! Edited October 11, 2007 by bkjones98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Updated title, description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 picture from globest.com even though i am absolutely disgusted with the tenants, im impressed with the design. link to article -> here In what sense? Actually, it was one of our state's finer application of brutalism as an architectural style. I'm not a big fan of brutalism, but you are right that this was one of the best examples around. The atrium was spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I drove by here for this first time in a while and was glad to see the progess being made. Anyone know when this is scheduled to open? I think all I need is a Best Buy inside the loop to guarantee I never step foot outside 610 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I think all I need is a Best Buy inside the loop to guarantee I never step foot outside 610 again. Gulfgate This looks like a current version of the standard corporate cluster of beige boxes. This isn't a negative comment either, as these projects are valid infill pieces, just not risky or artsy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 swamplot's got some more info and renderings on this.http://swamplot.com/greenway-commons-gas-s...3-05/#more-1364It includes a gas station, apartments, a parking garage and two-story retail...all added to this project.I wish I knew where he got the rest of the renderings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 swamplot's got some more info and renderings on this.http://swamplot.com/greenway-commons-gas-s...3-05/#more-1364It includes a gas station, apartments, a parking garage and two-story retail...all added to this project.only thing added appears to be a gas station. the rest were mentioned early on, even in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 http://swamplot.com/greenway-commons-gas-s...3-05/#more-1364It includes a gas station, apartments, a parking garage and two-story retail...all added to this project. It is going to be fantastic! Palms trees and everything! Looking more West Coast everyday. Ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 only thing added appears to be a gas station. the rest were mentioned early on, even in this thread.Oh. Well do we know where those other renderings came from? I don't remember seeing those before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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