lockmat Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Quote ...proposed on the site of the old Houston Ballet building on West Gray near Dunlavy. The ballet recently moved downtown. The project is referred to as "Graybelle" and Richdale Group is listed as the developer. A site plan is at the end of this blog post. Both variance requests will be presented Thursday at the city's Planning Commission where there likely will be public testimony from residents who live in the area. The meeting will take place at 2:30 p.m. at the City Hall annex building at 900 Bagby. http://blogs.chron.c...4/post_108.html Developer website: http://www.richdale.com/ Architect website (edi): http://www.ediarchitecture.com/?id=262 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontiger Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The comments in the chron article are hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 The comments in the chron article are hilariousYou must be GlenW on the chron comments, haha. There was not one single positive comment. It's funny that most of us like news like this, but hardly anyone else does. I mean, they're reading the real estate section, you'd think they'd have a positive outlook on this.I really don't understand the comments that traffic will get worse and things like this shouldn't be built two miles from downtown. They want it to be built somewhere else, but seriously, where else do they expect it to? I think Houston is just in a funny situation b/c it's been a suburban city for so long, even inside the loop, and now that it's finally turning into a dense city, the people that have been there so long don't know how to take it. People who lived in the "city suburbs" have been really spoiled for a long time with having a house, a yard, not having to deal with traffic and living near so much great stuff. Times in Houston are a changin'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 They are full steam ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I drove by a few times and there is a garage being belt, is there going to be a building or a high rise there? It's right across the street from Walgreens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 It's a apartment building. I believe there is a thread for it on here somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/24773-1916-west-gray-multi-family/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Dup topics merged into one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I was googling after somebody opened a new thread on the project. http://swamplot.com/the-apartments-taking-the-place-of-the-houston-ballet-on-west-gray/2011-04-25/ This 2 year old swamplot article says it will have groundfloor retail. And had this to add: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I was googling after somebody opened a new thread on the project. http://swamplot.com/the-apartments-taking-the-place-of-the-houston-ballet-on-west-gray/2011-04-25/ This 2 year old swamplot article says it will have groundfloor retail. And had this to add: Am I reading the article correctly? Says the only retail is a leasing office. "1916 West Gray will indeed have retail space on the ground floor — if you count the facility’s leasing office, that is." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Am I reading the article correctly? Says the only retail is a leasing office. "1916 West Gray will indeed have retail space on the ground floor — if you count the facility’s leasing office, that is." See what happens when you skim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 See what happens when you skim. No problem, I do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hysinger Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Does anyone know what's going on with this project? To say they are moving slowly is an understatement. It has been dragging for at least the last 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Any recent pics? That could yield some clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Any recent pics? That could yield some clues. Seems like the project has come to a stand still a long long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Every time I pass by the site I see workers working but does seem like this project is taking forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Maybe deliveries are slow. There appear to be shortages everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hysinger Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Maybe deliveries are slow. There appear to be shortages everywhere. It seems there is more to it than that. I see a handful of workers there during the week (less than 6), but not much progress is being made. This seems like a prime location for multifamily, so the incentive would be to hurry up and finish. I wonder if they are having cash flow issues - perhaps their construction financing fell through or they are way over budget. Am hoping someone on this board knows the story. I live nearby and hate to see this site sit idle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Cash flow issues do not gibe with workers onsite. I'd figure they would be the first to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Marathon-runners-find-city-not-standing-still-6017829.php 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 le palais, would be most welcome. distinctive and quite beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Will certainly fit in with it's neighbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Not necessarily a good thing in this case 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 West Gray has always been the FRANCE of Houston...don't you think? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) West Gray has always been the FRANCE of Houston...don't you think?It extends FRANCE further East from the San Felipe development, and W Dallas @ Shepherd. Edited January 15, 2015 by Montrose1100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Purify Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Houston is starting to become the Las Vegas of residential. Want your faux-France? West Gray. Pseudo-Italian highrises? Uptown. Victorian homes in the Heights. Spanish midrises elsewhere. Quite an interesting culture. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I like this building. Classical look to it. Who cares if its stylized off of french architecture. I'd rather have that than Psuedo-Miami-esqe Modern Beach Condos /opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I like this building. Classical look to it. Who cares if its stylized off of french architecture. I'd rather have that than Psuedo-Miami-esqe Modern Beach Condos /opinion I agree. Looks nice. Hopefully brick not cheap stucco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Oh yeah look at that low quality Sketchup Model which was obviously switched to a line sketch style mode. Quickly cropped from a jpeg in photoshop and then oh lets put a plain green ground with a thrown in sky someone googled. Yes ladies and gentlemen truely the mark of quality! Expect the finished product to be the same... Edited January 16, 2015 by Luminare 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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