Heightsite Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Anyone have the scoop on what's being planned for the SE lot by the Oxford Street trail? I was under the impression it was owned by TXDot and can't find lot info on this site. The land has been cleared and a few survey markers are on the S side of the property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Are you talking about the lot next to the bayou? Retention pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Nope, the lot on Oxford. Just south of the trail. Ryland is building 5 or 6 homes north of the site. One block south of White Oak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hopefully they're mixed-use with ground-level retail or we'll never hear the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwki Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Hopefully they're mixed-use with ground-level retail or we'll never hear the end of it.Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Oh no! We can't have density and urbanity within the Heights! That must be built on the other side of I-10. I've ridden by this lot half a dozen times since the thread was first posted. It looks like trees were cut and stumps grinded, so I would suggest a home will be built there, given that nothing else would fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 I with you Red....the irregular, small lot isn't suitable for anything else. I'm looking for property records and can't find anything on this lot. HCAD has no record of ownership. Any suggestions on where to search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Look up 533 oxford. Fritz McDonald owns it along with the two lots to the south. He may simply be fencing the lot into the rest of his property. Note that he owns lots 1A, 2A, and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Maybe Walmart is getting into the financial business and is opening a high-end pay-day loan location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 http://www.thegreatgodpanisdead.com/2014/08/joseph-cohens-use-value.html This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowndes Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I've heard that the City of Houston recently purchased this land and will develop it into some sort of water detention park. Curious what this really means. Is it a park that people can actually use to play in, etc. or is basically just land owned by the City. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I've heard that the City of Houston recently purchased this land and will develop it into some sort of water detention park. Curious what this really means. Is it a park that people can actually use to play in, etc. or is basically just land owned by the City. Thanks. Go take a look. Its there now. I am unsure if it is usabl as a park... maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowndes Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Go take a look. Its there now. I am unsure if it is usabl as a park... maybeI was under the impression there is a warehouse, etc. there now that is getting torn down and some sort of redevelopment will take place. I also thought this occurred in the past six months or so. Ias that not the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 TxDOT completed a giant detention pond between Rutland, the bike path, White oak Bayou and Waverly/Warehouses. There was talk about making into a park, but City of Houston would have to pay fair TxDOT market value for it. There was also talk about adding some park amenities (trail, benches) and having the City maintain it. That never went anywhere. Where it left off was that TxDOT agreed to leave it in a "park ready" condition, meaning that they will not fence it off and will perform minimal maintenance on it. So, you can walk all the way around the detention pond, but the ground is a bit lumpy (not great for a run). The warehouses just north of the bike trail around Tulane and Ashland are going to be torn down and replace by @50 Sullivan Brothers homes. The first few on Tulane are currently under construction. The Freedman Distributor warehouse is supposed to be redeveloped (torn down) into a multifamily project. The City may require detention if they increase impervious cover by more than one acre. So, it might be possible that the City is going to use some of the development fees to buy some of the property and turn it into a park that includes a detention pond for the developers. That sounds like a typical City of Houston sweetheart deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowndes Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 TxDOT completed a giant detention pond between Rutland, the bike path, White oak Bayou and Waverly/Warehouses. There was talk about making into a park, but City of Houston would have to pay fair TxDOT market value for it. There was also talk about adding some park amenities (trail, benches) and having the City maintain it. That never went anywhere. Where it left off was that TxDOT agreed to leave it in a "park ready" condition, meaning that they will not fence it off and will perform minimal maintenance on it. So, you can walk all the way around the detention pond, but the ground is a bit lumpy (not great for a run). The warehouses just north of the bike trail around Tulane and Ashland are going to be torn down and replace by @50 Sullivan Brothers homes. The first few on Tulane are currently under construction. The Freedman Distributor warehouse is supposed to be redeveloped (torn down) into a multifamily project. The City may require detention if they increase impervious cover by more than one acre. So, it might be possible that the City is going to use some of the development fees to buy some of the property and turn it into a park that includes a detention pond for the developers. That sounds like a typical City of Houston sweetheart deal.Thanks for the information, very informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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