Multifamily Development At 3300 Montrose Blvd.

[Montrose1100]

On 9/12/2021 at 7:32 PM, Loca local said:

Hola, everyone, I’m new to comment here and one of the weirdos behind Localist. I’m a fairly avid reader of HAIF over the years and it actually helped inspire the project. Indeed, Localist is basically an art project between friends in Houston and NYC. We are spending any extra cash we make each month to keep the website going and make posters in an attempt to engage our communities in a discussion about place making. 
 

I’m an urban planner by education, and my friends are retailers and writers in NYC. We’re all pretty tired of our favorite places being torn down or closing, so it hit us that we could make a forum to discuss. 

I’ve read some of the comments here and am actually fairly flattered that some of y’all think we’re some sort of savvy marketing firm! Although, we do hope to actually host honest conversations. 

Anyway, would love any feedback y’all are willing to share. Are our visuals too slick? Are we just too audacious? 
 

Thanks so much! - E

Welcome to the forum. Where were you when Meteor closed their doors? Feel like that was a place to save more so than a suburban style grocery store on a major urban thoroughfare.  

[hindesky]

I was hoping to find something online but only found these about the owners.

[Paco Jones]

I don't have much info at the moment, but I do know this is moving along quickly.

 

Project:

Houston Montrose (preliminary name)

 

Address:

3300 Montrose

 

Developer/Owner:

Southeastern

 

Architect:

D|C|S Design

 

Info:

8-story residential building (334 units) with ground floor retail facing Montrose Blvd.

 

Edited April 22, 2022 by Paco Jones

[clutchcity94]

1 hour ago, Paco Jones said:

I don't have much info at the moment, but I do know this is moving along quickly.

 

Project:

Houston Montrose (preliminary name)

 

Address:

3300 Montrose

 

Developer/Owner:

Lovett

 

Architect:

D|C|S Design

 

Info:

8-story residential building (334 units) with ground floor retail facing Montrose Blvd.

 

Would have expected much taller than 8 stories for this location.

[houstontexasjack]

2 hours ago, Paco Jones said:

I don't have much info at the moment, but I do know this is moving along quickly.

 

Project:

Houston Montrose (preliminary name)

 

Address:

3300 Montrose

 

Developer/Owner:

Lovett

 

Architect:

D|C|S Design

 

Info:

8-story residential building (334 units) with ground floor retail facing Montrose Blvd.

 

I thought Southeastern out of Georgia was the group that owns the entity “SEK Yoakum Lovett, LLC.”

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/

[EllenOlenska]

1 hour ago, clutchcity94 said:

Would have expected much taller than 8 stories for this location.

I feel that. All these Austin-y towers popping up thereabouts makes 8 stories steel framed seem like a townhouse crop 

[hindesky]

43 minutes ago, EllenOlenska said:

I feel that. All these Austin-y towers popping up thereabouts makes 8 stories steel framed seem like a townhouse crop 

They buy properties to sell too and not just to develop.

[Paco Jones]

3 hours ago, houstontexasjack said:

I thought Southeastern out of Georgia was the group that owns the entity “SEK Yoakum Lovett, LLC.”

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/

You are correct, I edited my post.  I must have accidentally typed 'Lovett' because of the adjacent street.

[hindesky]

[arche_757]

On 4/21/2022 at 12:50 PM, Paco Jones said:

 

I know this is quite preliminary (still), but hope the sidewalks aren’t the “Houston standard” as depicted in the above plan.

[Houston19514]

On 5/4/2022 at 6:08 AM, arche_757 said:

I know this is quite preliminary (still), but hope the sidewalks aren’t the “Houston standard” as depicted in the above plan.

To be clear, the "Houston standard" along Montrose Boulevard in this location would be 6 feet wide, which is what the plan appears to provide.

Edited October 5, 2022 by Houston19514

[talltexan83]

I am just glad there are no vehicle entrances/driveways along Montrose.  I see that as a win.

[Luminare]

On 5/4/2022 at 5:08 AM, arche_757 said:

I know this is quite preliminary (still), but hope the sidewalks aren’t the “Houston standard” as depicted in the above plan.

That was probably the plan they drafted to do below:

On 8/14/2021 at 1:57 PM, hindesky said:

The city is repaving and replacing the sidewalks on Yoakum St, they are also replacing the sidewalks on Montrose from the old Kroger to Westheimer.

 

[hindesky]

I puller over to talk with the woman that has been protesting the demolishing the old Kroger's for a long time. I told her what is proposed here. She told me that as long as the man upstairs has a say in it this won't get developed.

[mkultra25]

36 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I puller over to talk with the woman that has been protesting the demolishing the old Kroger's for a long time. I told her what is proposed here. She told me that as long as the man upstairs has a say in it this won't get developed.

She seems to be fond of Proverbs 23:10, which in the KJV is "Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless." (many alternate versions here). Who would have ever thought we'd have someone literally citing chapter and verse in defense of Disco Kroger? Ezekiel 23:20 is probably more appropriate for that location. 

Edited June 28, 2022 by mkultra25

[Urbannizer]

I guess she doesn’t realize she lost the battle once they demolished the Kroger’s.

[hindesky]

Back at it once again. Sign she is holding says "Jim Crow Residential".

[toxtethogrady]

I never thought I'd see 1979 as a long time ago. I guess I'm an "old landmark"...

[thatguysly]

As far as landmarks go, a lot of people knew about Disco Kroger for better or worse. I do wish the new development here kept a grocery on the street level. I loved being able to walk here and get groceries for years.

[004n063]

32 minutes ago, thatguysly said:

As far as landmarks go, a lot of people knew about Disco Kroger for better or worse. I do wish the new development here kept a grocery on the street level. I loved being able to walk here and get groceries for years.

There's still the next block over, which would be an even better location for a grocery store, in my opinion (especially if it either buried the parking like the Midtown Whole Foods, or else "hid" it behind..).

But I definitely agree that that part of Montrose needs a grocery store. It's just a little too far from each of the three closest ones. 

[hindesky]

Looks like this will be moving forward.

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/montrose-houston/

[Texasota]

I want this building to stay called "SIGNAGE"

[004n063]

Kinda underwhelming for the location, but it's better than a parking lot

[HNathoo]

3 hours ago, hindesky said:

Looks like this will be moving forward.

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/montrose-houston/

Apparently it’s located in downtown, montrose, and the museum district. Which sub forum will be assign this to? 

[houstontexasjack]

2 minutes ago, HNathoo said:

Apparently it’s located in downtown, montrose, and the museum district. Which sub forum will be assign this to? 

I propose a new name : “Schrödinger’s Complex”

[hindesky]

I have a friend who lives in the suburbs who called Kirby Dr. at Westheimer downtown when I asked which restaurant they went to over a weekend. Another one who recently started at Methodist in TMC, took some pics and sent them to me, I asked where, he said downtown. Most people that live outside the loop consider everything in it downtown and don't know anything regarding neighborhoods.

[kennyc05]

53 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I have a friend who lives in the suburbs who called Kirby Dr. at Westheimer downtown when I asked which restaurant they went to over a weekend. Another one who recently started at Methodist in TMC, took some pics and sent them to me, I asked where, he said downtown. Most people that live outside the loop consider everything in it downtown and don't know anything regarding neighborhoods.

When I worked in Laporte/Deer Park years ago I had a coworker tell me "🤠 hell all that stuff over there is downtown" meaning everything inside the loop 🤦🏽‍♂️

[skooljunkie]

A relative of mine once referred to Southwest Memorial as being “downtown” and I was super confused. But now she’s in a psych ward so, yeah. 

[thatguysly]

I was hoping for bigger and at a bare minimum GFR. Very basic and forgettable design. Shame that the legendary Disco Kroger is being replaced with something that no one will remember exists.

[hindesky]

Spotted surveyor stakes on the corners.