Coog's Crossing: Mixed-Use Development At 4001 Gulf Fwy.

[KinkaidAlum]

West Gray Kroger- Posh Kroger

Buffalo Speedway Kroger- WASPy Kroger

Old Spanish Trail Kroger- Kroger Slow Jam

[mkultra25]

Louisville has Houston beat hands-down when it comes to the variety of Kroger nicknames:

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1exiDpPegC9o7ZYjPmxfNtM3PZc8&hl=en_US&ll=38.166063027538335%2C-85.69487794999998&z=11

[mkultra25]

1 hour ago, KinkaidAlum said:

West Gray Kroger- Posh Kroger

 

aka "Cougar Kroger" (or maybe that should be "Kougar Kroger" for alliteration's sake)

[HNathoo]

11 hours ago, Sanjorade said:

I hear we are getting closer and closer to getting something in the Lovett site on Dowling. Possible a CVS and some sort of grocer. I'm hoping for Trader Joes.

I've heard CVS and sprouts for months now, but I'll believe it when I see it. 

 

 

[BeerNut]

I-45 AND CULLEN

 

Edited July 13, 2019 by BeerNut

[Montrose1100]

There’s a big ramp of dirt on the property. You can see it from the amazing new 59 entrance on Cullen.

[ljchou]

Lovett Commercial changed the brochure from retail to a 610-unit multifamily building surrounded by a chic-fil-a and a 7/11. Some plots are now left empty, some are marked "future development".

Edited November 6, 2019 by ljchou
Added pic

[Avossos]

711??????

[Andrew Ewert]

Seems unlikely a Chick-fil-a would go there seeing as how there's one just down the street at I-45 and Wayside. But you never know.

[ljchou]

This had so much potential. So unfortunate.

[thedistrict84]

2 hours ago, ljchou said:

Lovett Commercial changed the brochure from retail to a 610-unit multifamily building surrounded by a chic-fil-a and a 7/11. Some plots are now left empty, some are marked "future development".

610 units is a lot for that site. And given the student housing immediately across Cullen and the development on Hussion St., and Lovett’s history, I’d be willing to wager that this will be at least partially subsidized/affordable housing through the LIHTC program or similar programs.

 

Just what this area needs more of. . .

[CrockpotandGravel]

22 hours ago, ljchou said:

Lovett Commercial changed the brochure from retail to a 610-unit multifamily building surrounded by a chic-fil-a and a 7/11. Some plots are now left empty, some are marked "future development".


 https://www.lovettcommercial.com/properties/houston/i-45-and-cullen (archive link)


Brochure:
https://www.lovettcommercial.com/Pdf.aspx?id=234 (archive link)

 

(direct link to full size, non compressed image, easier to zoom in and read what's on the site map)

 

Good catch @ljchou!


So, this Lovett Commercial development will be named Coogs Crossing. It will also  be a multifamily residential with retail pads lining a portion of it.

Since this is expected to become student housing, I can see the need for a Chick-fil-A and 7-Eleven here. That Chick-fil-A will be more convenient than the one on South Wayside and the Gulf Freeway, plus the one on the campus of University of Houston.

Also the density from the apartments, UH and the surrounding neighborhoods can support a Chick-fil-A. Outside of Texas Southern University and University of Houston,  I don't think there's a freestanding Chick-fil-A in Third Ward. With this one planned right on the Third Ward boundary, this will serve the Third Ward and Riverside Terrance communities and those residing in the East End closer to downtown.


From the brochure:

 

• New 500+ ( 610 ) unit student housing project across Cullen
• 2020 delivery date

 


 

Edited November 7, 2019 by CrockpotandGravel

[j_cuevas713]

🤦‍♂️

[ljchou]

Equipment on site. Looks like they've already demolished the front awning.

[butterfly]

Obviously I wish this was going to be a grocery store, but I guess this is better than a Walmart. If this site is destined for fast food restaurants, my fingers are crossed for a Whataburger! 

[samagon]

so many students at UH would be so happy for a whataburger there, not to mention a lot of residents in the Eastwood neighborhood right behind.

 

gulfgate is the closest whataburger, or there's one at wayside and harrisburg.

[Mr.Clean19]

They are doing demo today. Rode by yesterday and saw that they had started. 

[ljchou]

Saw they had gutted the interior yesterday evening. Tried to snap a pic but not the best quality.

 

One less abandoned building in the area!

 

Edited January 9, 2020 by ljchou

[Montrose1100]

On 1/9/2020 at 9:57 AM, ljchou said:

Saw they had gutted the interior yesterday evening. Tried to snap a pic but not the best quality.

 

One less abandoned building in the area!

 

Gulfgateville. Hooray for strip malls!

[Qwertybot]

Would much rather have an empty building than cheap student housing and trash fast-food. Hey, maybe they'll put a boost mobile in too! At least with an empty building, there was a chance the area could improve enough to attract something better. But now this garbage will have a life expectancy of 50 years or so.

[samagon]

On 1/19/2020 at 8:16 PM, Qwertybot said:

Would much rather have an empty building than cheap student housing and trash fast-food. Hey, maybe they'll put a boost mobile in too! At least with an empty building, there was a chance the area could improve enough to attract something better. But now this garbage will have a life expectancy of 50 years or so.

this was a similar argument that the heights had for the heights walmart.

 

aka, not going straight to the highest possible use for the land.

 

gotta start somewhere, this will transform the area, and will lead to more development.

[august948]

On 1/7/2020 at 2:23 PM, butterfly said:

Obviously I wish this was going to be a grocery store, but I guess this is better than a Walmart. If this site is destined for fast food restaurants, my fingers are crossed for a Whataburger! 

 

Walmart is one of the biggest grocers in the US.  And they usually have a fast food restaurant inside.  That would be a win, win.

[samagon]

12 hours ago, august948 said:

 

Walmart is one of the biggest grocers in the US.  And they usually have a fast food restaurant inside.  That would be a win, win.

 

but there's a Walmart 2 miles from here on Wayside, so maybe if Target wants to compete in the area this is there jam, but does Walmart build stores this close to each other?

 

from a purely grocery perspective, HEB would be good too, but there's one at Gulfgate (3 miles). Kroger would be the most logical, build a new one, then close the Kombat Kroger that was styled after something out of The Shining. But then, Kroger just dumped money into that location to update it a bit, so that's a no go too.

[august948]

13 minutes ago, samagon said:

 

but there's a Walmart 2 miles from here on Wayside, so maybe if Target wants to compete in the area this is there jam, but does Walmart build stores this close to each other?

 

from a purely grocery perspective, HEB would be good too, but there's one at Gulfgate (3 miles). Kroger would be the most logical, build a new one, then close the Kombat Kroger that was styled after something out of The Shining. But then, Kroger just dumped money into that location to update it a bit, so that's a no go too.

 

Walmart has a couple of stores that are about 3 miles apart as the crow flies on the west side of town.  But with the existing Kroger, HEB, and Walmart not too far away, maybe the best use of this land is student housing after all.

[S3W]

Might be nice to have a mini bank with atm as a part of the retail. And maybe a Jason’s Deli or something similar. 

[Urbannizer]

I moved this to going up now that it includes 610 multi-multi family units.

 

On 7/13/2019 at 2:17 PM, BeerNut said:

@Urbannizer Merge with 

 

 

Going to leave these two separate. It’s listed as “not a part” from the site plan @ljchou posted.

[Montrose1100]

On 1/29/2020 at 1:18 AM, S3W said:

Might be nice to have a mini bank with atm as a part of the retail. And maybe a Jason’s Deli or something similar. 

Perhaps with the flood of townhouses and new apartments Mandola's Deli will stay open past 6.

 

Fingers crossed the multi-family apartments don't take Tuscan cues from the affordable housing units.

[ljchou]

The majority of the original Fingers has been demolished. I would say at least 75-80% is gone.

[Triton]

On 1/26/2020 at 9:50 PM, samagon said:

this was a similar argument that the heights had for the heights walmart.

 

aka, not going straight to the highest possible use for the land.

 

gotta start somewhere, this will transform the area, and will lead to more development.

 

Demo work is still continuing if anyone can believe it.

 

Anyway, I agree with samagon. I'm actually excited because this area is finally starting to get some serious redevelopment, even if this isn't what everybody wanted. I can tell you now, UH students are going to be pretty excited for this to come in and expect a good amount of bike traffic along Cullen to come here. As a student who graduated 2014, I certainly wish this was here when I went!

[samagon]

8 hours ago, Triton said:

 

Demo work is still continuing if anyone can believe it.

 

considering the current state of everything, I wouldn't be shocked to see work slow to a stop once demo is fully complete.