Kirby Grove: Mixed-Use Development At 2925 Richmond Ave.

[BigFootsSocks]

No word on what might go up next to the office tower yet?

[cloud713]

Is there another plot of land for development besides the office, residential, and Levy Park?

[BigFootsSocks]

Yeah fam the site plans from earlier pages of this thread show a "Future Development" on the West side of the new Office Tower, and the OG post by swt says a possibility for more.

[cloud713]

So the Mid Lane strip center redevelopment is still on..? Thats good news.

[Dakota79]

[Urbannizer]

The Approaching Cloud by Ken Frederick, on Flickr

[Triton]

Dang, talk about a good stock photo there.

[nativehoustonion]

It really turned out to be a nice building.  They did tear down the Upper Kirby Building right next to it.  Walking to Whole Foods off Kirby at dusk this building and the one off Buffalo Speedway there lit it up.  Just wait till Thor Equities rises up!  

[Angostura]

On 3/27/2016 at 3:20 PM, CrockpotandGravel said:

One of the John Besh restaurants may be PIZZA domenica. Eater Houston is reporting the pizzeria from Besh and Alon Shaya is scouting locations in Houston and Nashville.
[...]
Another Besh restaurant for Kirby Grove if he is for sure looking to open there is Lüke. From a Restaurant Hospitality article two weeks ago:

 

 

Would rather have a Houston version of Shaya, which is a unique concept, and was one of the best meals I had on my last trip to NO. Luke did not impress me, and would struggle to compete here.

 

 

[Urbannizer]

Kirby Grove via Facebook

[jmitch94]

I really like this building. Lots of different textures and patterns.  

[Urbannizer]

The views from Avenue Grove:

 

 

 

[elecpharm]

Houston Transformation Conference – Panel 2: Chip Trageser - Levy Park

[Urbannizer]

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Levy-Park-transformation-gives-Upper-Kirby-new-8414921.php#photo-10645955

 

A dog park is under construction near the apartment building. A 2,500-square-foot restaurant will be built where the contractors' trailer now sits, near a community garden and a space for the Urban Harvest Farmer's Market. The district's de-commissioned double-decker bus is being reborn as a kiosk for coffee and snacks.

 

Parking is likely to be his first tough issue. To improve traffic flow, two new streets will cross the park east to west, and curbside parking is being added along Eastside and Wakeforest streets.

 

The park also has 300 weekday spaces inside the One Grove Street garage, and during busy nights and weekends, visitors will have access to 900 garage parking slots.

Parking won't be free, but Brewster said she plans to keep it affordable - in the $2-$3 an hour range.

 

Burnett's firm is also designing a future "gateway" that will extend the park's lighting and paving motifs northward along Eastside, with 12-foot sidewalks all the way to Westheimer Street - making it safer for Metro bus riders to come from that route, as well as Richmond Avenue.

 

He expects to begin leasing apartments in September.

 

He hasn't decided what to do yet with another, vacant acre Midway has leased beside One Grove Street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BayouBoomtown]

 

Edited August 2, 2016 by BayouBoomtown

[cloud713]

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A dog park is under construction near the apartment building. A 2,500-square-foot restaurant will be built where the contractors' trailer now sits, near a community garden and a space for the Urban Harvest Farmer's Market. The district's de-commissioned double-decker bus is being reborn as a kiosk for coffee and snacks.

 

Parking is likely to be his first tough issue. To improve traffic flow, two new streets will cross the park east to west, and curbside parking is being added along Eastside and Wakeforest streets.

 

The park also has 300 weekday spaces inside the One Grove Street garage, and during busy nights and weekends, visitors will have access to 900 garage parking slots.

Parking won't be free, but Brewster said she plans to keep it affordable - in the $2-$3 an hour range.

 

Burnett's firm is also designing a future "gateway" that will extend the park's lighting and paving motifs northward along Eastside, with 12-foot sidewalks all the way to Westheimer Street - making it safer for Metro bus riders to come from that route, as well as Richmond Avenue.

 

He expects to begin leasing apartments in September.

 

He hasn't decided what to do yet with another, vacant acre Midway has leased beside One Grove Street.

 

Is the double decker one of those touristy London busses with the open air top deck? From the rendering below it looks enclosed. If its open air, I hope they make the top deck accessible for patrons of the coffee/snack shop as a little seating area with an elevated view.

And that "vacant acre" Midway has leased must be the property just west of the office building? I seem to recall discussions on that property in this thread a while back. Maybe use the property to expand the park over and link the green space with Richmond, and/or build a boutique hotel on that site?

[Urbannizer]

Park set to open in November.

 

http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Upper-Kirby-area-s-Levy-Park-slated-to-debut-in-9240272.php#photo-10642360

 

 

 

[ChannelTwoNews]

From today...

 

 

 

[Mab]

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California-based MidiCi will kick-off in Houston at Kirby Grove, serving Neapolitan pizzas on the patio just in time for the

Super Bowl.

 

MidiCi will join future tenant Kiran's restaurant on the ground floor of One Grove Street, a 16-story office building at

Richmond and Wakeforest in Upper Kirby. The company will occupy 3,868 square feet in January. 

 

 

http://m.chron.com/business/bizfeed/article/MidiCi-Neapolitan-pizza-picks-Kirby-Grove-for-9996906.php

Edited October 22, 2016 by Mab

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[Gary]

Not that crazy about the wall separating the stairs from the kitchen.  

[Urbannizer]

Levy Park in Upper Kirby to reopen in February

 

A closed park near Richmond Avenue is slated to reopen next month.

Levy Park, at 3801 Eastside, is reopening at 10 a.m. on Feb. 25, according to a release. The Upper Kirby Redevelopment Authority is behind the $10 million renovation of the 5.6-acre park adjacent to the mixed-use development Kirby Grove. The group broke ground in July 2015.

 

The park is expected to include:

 

- A performance pavilion with a 1,600 square-foot stage, 23 skylights, nighttime up-lighting, and a mini-amphitheater for kids’ programs, family and public restrooms and a staff office.

 

- A 17,500 square-foot lawn that provides an audience area facing the pavilion stage, accommodating up to 3,000 people for bands, symphonic orchestras, movie screenings, concert simulcasts, sports simulcasts, dance and other performances.

 

- A 22,000 square-foot activity lawn devoted to a range of activities, including a putting green, yoga, tai chi, fitness boot camp, petanque, badminton, fitness classes, imagination playground building blocks and picnicking.

 

- A 24,000 square-foot play area devoted to kids, featuring a climbing wall and seven-foot-wide slide, the cosmo (a 14-foot climbing sphere), lighted tunnels, dance chimes, turning sculptures, a three-tiered water feature, a mini amphitheater and the Overlook, a colorful boardwalk structure that winds gradually up into the live oak canopy.

 

- A refurbished double-decker bus will serve beer, wine and small food items, and seating and umbrellas will fill out a citrus grove garden surrounding the bus.

 

- A food kiosk will serve park goers rotisserie chicken, beverages and other food items in the northwest corner of the park.

 

- A restaurant projected to open in mid-2018.

 

- 27 community garden beds.

 

- A dog park with sections devoted to large and small dogs, including turf-covered mounds for play, trees for shade, a water feature and a double-gated safety entrance.

 

- 600 pieces of Fermob outdoor furniture, including bistro tables and chairs and rocking chairs, will serve visitors in every nook and corner of the park, and foosball, ping pong, board games, art supplies, a reading rack with books and periodicals. Wi-Fi will all be free and regularly available to the public. Professional piano players will be commissioned to play a moveable park piano.

 

- 30 live oak trees, 60-70 years old, plus 180 newly planted trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bobruss]

This is a great small park and perfect for the neighborhood

[urbanize713]

If it's anything like his "Woodshed Smokehouse" in Fort Worth I think it will be an instant hit. I've been there a couple times and always had a great experience.

[placoors]

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Reinvented-Levy-Park-is-almost-ready-for-its-10918552.php

 

[Urbannizer]

http://www.ojb.com/news-307/chip-trageser-speaks-with-the-houston-business-journal-about-houstons-levy-park-transformation/

 

 

 

[Timoric]

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Edited July 11, 2019 by Timoric

[gene]

Hi! Just a reminder that the Levy Park Grand Opening is tomorrow! Sounds fun! 

http://levyparkhouston.org/grand-opening.html

 

 

[nativehoustonion]

Yes, me and some friends are walking over there.  Gorgeous day for it. Meow