phillip_white Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 The property that Rich's vacated at 2401 San Jacinto is re-opening as Space Nightclub. Grand opening is tonight: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceNightclubHouston/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, phillip_white said: The property that Rich's vacated at 2401 San Jacinto is re-opening as Space Nightclub. Grand opening is tonight: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceNightclubHouston/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/25/2019 at 7:53 PM, BeerNut said: Was hanging out at Barb's last night for a couple hours. This one had a line out the door and nearly lined around the block. Of course that's Halloween for ya, but thats a good sign I think. I'll have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_nataliepw Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Next Level eSports opens in one week at 2402 Austin St! https://nextlevelgc.com/ 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 8:03 PM, _nataliepw said: Next Level eSports opens in one week at 2402 Austin St! https://nextlevelgc.com/ Do you have any information other than the countdown clock? The last time I went by here they didn't have anything built out inside so I don't see how they could be ready in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 They recently pulled a plumbing permit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 8:03 PM, _nataliepw said: Next Level eSports opens in one week at 2402 Austin St! https://nextlevelgc.com/ On 11/25/2019 at 9:01 AM, phillip_white said: Do you have any information other than the countdown clock? The last time I went by here they didn't have anything built out inside so I don't see how they could be ready in a week. Countdown clock is no longer shown on the website... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 From NextLevel via Facebook message: Quote We are getting closer. Planning a soft opening by end of month and full opening in January. We have finished electrical and plumbing and had walk in cooler installed. Things are coming together! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 8:14 AM, phillip_white said: Countdown clock is no longer shown on the website... I walked by yesterday around 3 PM and didn't see any activity going on. I did see caution tape around a new fire line they dug up. I would think there would be a lot more activity for a project that is looking to get wrapped up in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 On 9/22/2019 at 8:57 PM, BeerNut said: I wouldn't be too happy if this was next to me. and this happened a few days ago... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbs315 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Ah! I was driving to work down La Branch and saw the shell and some people in their PJs (one half naked man holding a child) walking around it checking it out. Was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 This building has been vacant for at least 3-4 years, so a car dealership is better than nothing. Just a little concerning that they didn't spell their own name correctly on the CO permit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, phillip_white said: This building has been vacant for at least 3-4 years, so a car dealership is better than nothing. Just a little concerning that they didn't spell their own name correctly on the CO permit. Can't read which building you're referring to. help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 33 minutes ago, Avossos said: Can't read which building you're referring to. help? Sorry. You have to click the image in order to zoom. It's 2323 Caroline Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2019 2222 Austin St. https://davis-commercial.com/PDF/forlease/2222-Austin-St-v8.pdf 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbs315 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Urbannizer said: 2222 Austin St. https://davis-commercial.com/PDF/forlease/2222-Austin-St-v8.pdf Nice! Summer 2020 you say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 4:59 PM, corbs315 said: Nice! Summer 2020 you say. Hopefully the highrise with GFR retail a block from here will break ground around the same time (this is just me wishing, no inside info). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 No clue why Next Level even bothered to test the countdown clock on their website... so many other things that need to be done before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, phillip_white said: No clue why Next Level even bothered to test the countdown clock on their website... so many other things that need to be done before that. yikes, that's depressing. I imagine that this project won't really work out given the time it's taken them to get to where they are now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtowndweller Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I know it was mentioned earlier (kind of the only place I know where to post) but we mentioned how the Mexican Consulate was closing, so is the Kings Fuel Chevron Gas station right next to it. They have fences around it. Edited January 8, 2020 by midtowndweller 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, midtowndweller said: I know it was mentioned earlier (kind of the only place I know where to post) but we mentioned how the Mexican Consulate was closing, so if the Kings Fuel Chevron Gas station right next to it. They have fences around it. Getting renovated into a 7-11 right now. Longer term, it’s in the proposed ROW for the freeway expansion and will at least lose its ingress/egress from San Jacinto. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, houstontexasjack said: Getting renovated into a 7-11 right now. Longer term, it’s in the proposed ROW for the freeway expansion and will at least lose its ingress/egress from San Jacinto. Will this be the first 7-11 in Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattie Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 hours ago, clutchcity94 said: Will this be the first 7-11 in Houston? No, they just built one on Bay Area in Clear Lake. Not sure if it’s open yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7-11 and U-ToTem were the go to convenience stores in the 60's and 70's in Houston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Why did they leave? One or two closing makes sense, but all of them leaving seems to be a company wide issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Krispy Kreme! Yes! Big Gulps! The best! The Midtown/Museum District is where its at baby, we're coming up! Best surprise of the year on HAIF. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, cspwal said: Why did they leave? One or two closing makes sense, but all of them leaving seems to be a company wide issue IIRC, one or both chains were bought out by/changed their names to Circle K in the area. Not sure what became of Circle K locally, strange things were afoot. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) Here is a quote from Bellaire, in 2014 that explains what happened. This was from a post on HAIF. Posted March 3, 2014 The Thompson family, whose father founded 7-Eleven, attempted to take the company private back in the late 80's. They overspent and borrowed too much money at too high an interest rate. They lost the company soon after. The 7-Eleven franchisee in Japan bought the company out of bankruptcy. Many locations were sold to help pay for the acquisition. Houston was sold. San Antonio was sold. Much of Texas was sold. The Japanese franchisee still owns 7-Eleven. There are over 10,000 locations in north america and over 50,000 worldwide. Just not in Houston...............yet. 7-Eleven has made multiple acquisitions in the last 5 years. One of the biggest was Tetco out of San Antonio. About 175 stores mainly in San Antonio, Austin and Dallas. The CL Thomas acquisition was mainly in the Austin area. 7-Eleven also bought the wholesale gasoline department from Tetco and now sells gasoline to non-7-Eleven stores. A lot of those customers are in Houston. Don't expect 7-Eleven to open any stores in the Houston area. 7-Eleven's main emphasis right now is fresh food. Their stores get deliveries 7 days per week from their distribution centers. Fresh sandwiches, salads, donuts, etc. They need to have a concentration of stores in an area to make it profitable to open a distribution center to handle the fresh food. If you see an announcement that 7-Eleven has bought out someone with 75 stores or more in Houston, then expect the Slurpees to return. Also, 7-Eleven announced that they want to franchise all of their stores. They company operate some stores, but only long enough to clean them up, convert them to a 7-Eleven and then franchise them. Edited January 8, 2020 by bobruss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Mattie said: No, they just built one on Bay Area in Clear Lake. Not sure if it’s open yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Mattie said: No, they just built one on Bay Area in Clear Lake. Not sure if it’s open yet Also stores in Sugar Land and Alvin that have been open a few months now. There's one in Spring coming soon too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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