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

[Montrose1100]

There's that last bit of warehouse still holding on for dear life for a while now. Someone asked me if it was going to be apart of the project.

 

I'm a big confused. So we're getting a big apartment complex with some retail/gas station pad sites? Not a giant parking lot sea with a big box store? All of my neighbors are convinced a Burlington Coat Factory is going here.

 

 

[ljchou]

@Montrose1100 They pulled the store plans last minute and updated their website with "Coug's Crossing"  right before demo

[kbates2]

Hopefully they can fix the name to "Coog's".

[Tumbleweed_Tx]

an old friend was a civil engineer, he did a survey on the foundation for the Fingers building. He said that foundation was so thick that after a nuclear war, the only things that would be left behind would be cockroaches and that slab. 

[cspwal]

8 minutes ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

an old friend was a civil engineer, he did a survey on the foundation for the Fingers building. He said that foundation was so thick that after a nuclear war, the only things that would be left behind would be cockroaches and that slab. 

You need a pretty thick slab to keep the old baseball stadium buried

[Montrose1100]

1 hour ago, ljchou said:

@Montrose1100 They pulled the store plans last minute and updated their website with "Coug's Crossing"  right before demo

Ah okay, I see on their site the Ross and Burlington portion were nixed. 

[thedistrict84]

22 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:

Ah okay, I see on their site the Ross and Burlington portion were nixed. 

From what I recall, Lovett seems to just randomly list retailers as tenants on site plans to generate interest without any sort of agreement in place. They did the same thing when they used Sprouts on the site plan and renderings for the old Houston Post building on Polk. 
 

Maybe someone involved in commercial real estate could further elaborate?

[Houston19514]

2 hours ago, thedistrict84 said:

From what I recall, Lovett seems to just randomly list retailers as tenants on site plans to generate interest without any sort of agreement in place. They did the same thing when they used Sprouts on the site plan and renderings for the old Houston Post building on Polk. 
 

Maybe someone involved in commercial real estate could further elaborate?

 

I think that's a pretty standard practice among retail project developers.

[Arternative]

Theres a "future home of 7eleven" sign on the corner of 45 and Cullen. The stop n go curse has been lifted from Houston. Citizens will be free to enjoy slurpees soon again. XD

[ljchou]

Any idea why they left part of the former finger's building on the northeast corner of the property?

[Montrose1100]

1 hour ago, ljchou said:

Any idea why they left part of the former finger's building on the northeast corner of the property?

I haven't seen any progress on the site in a couple weeks, but i don't pass by daily.

[MexAmerican_Moose]

idk but i always did like the shaded canopy portion of that building facing Cullen

[thedistrict84]

On 6/16/2020 at 12:35 PM, Houston19514 said:

I think that's a pretty standard practice among retail project developers.

I feel like the vast majority of developers use generic business names for proposed site plans and renderings when some or all tenants have not been confirmed. Lovett is the only one I can think of offhand that uses the names of real companies in site plans when no agreement is apparently in place.
 

For instance, the Houston Post project on Polk had Sprouts in the original renderings (which caused a bunch of excitement in a neighborhood in desperate need of another grocery store), and a later site plan featured a Walgreens I believe. Neither are going forward.
 

Lovett does this all the time, but it is definitely not normal. 

[Arternative]

On 8/17/2020 at 8:54 AM, ljchou said:

Any idea why they left part of the former finger's building on the northeast corner of the property?

 

My guess is the developer is going to reuse that part of the warehouse that was saved. Either they have a client in mind or is marketing it as a selling feature. It looks over-engineered with those massive steel trusses not to mention the ceiling clearance is somewhere around 70' 

[cspwal]

The canopy area looks like it used to be for unloading trains - it does look interesting

 

It's the only structure left on the lot

 

Some signs of life

[samagon]

those old rail car depot spots are awesome additions to buildings.

[brom]

On 8/22/2020 at 3:39 PM, Arternative said:

 

My guess is the developer is going to reuse that part of the warehouse that was saved. Either they have a client in mind or is marketing it as a selling feature. It looks over-engineered with those massive steel trusses not to mention the ceiling clearance is somewhere around 70' 

 

 

I hope it will be a cool rooftop bar/entertainment venue 

 

 

[phillip_white]

Huge piles of dirt down the center of the site and formwork in place to pour an entry road off Cullen.

[Montrose1100]

14 hours ago, phillip_white said:

Huge piles of dirt down the center of the site and formwork in place to pour an entry road off Cullen.

Yeah, they've been working on hard on that mountain of dirt that has been sitting there.

 

Glad to see activity again. Plus they broke up the median on Cullen and looks like they'll put a turn lane for people trying to connect to 59. No more breaking the law!

[ljchou]

the internal streets have been paved

[samagon]

they have had a sign that 7-11 was coming soon.

steel supports are going up now for what I guess will be the 7-11 (pad site closest to intersection).

[hindesky]

I took a couple of pics on my Thursday ride but I couldn't find this topic.

[robalob]

I don't think these renders have been posted on here yet from Lovett's website. Looks like they'll build behind the existing facade facing Cullen and also add an indoor garage and a perhaps second story office-space. The middle building along the i-45 frontage also says "Starbucks".

 

 

[j_cuevas713]

Nice!

[ljchou]

Shipley's donuts set up with a Shipley's tent and shovels this morning likely for a ground breaking ceremony. They were at the north east corner of Cullen and the interior driveway

[Fortune]

Shipley Do-Nuts Breaks Ground On New Headquarters

Shipley Do-Nuts Breaks Ground On New Headquarters | Texas | tylerpaper.com

[ljchou]

2 hours ago, Fortune said:

Shipley Do-Nuts Breaks Ground On New Headquarters

Shipley Do-Nuts Breaks Ground On New Headquarters | Texas | tylerpaper.com

This makes more sense. A groundbreaking for another franchise location felt aggressive! Very cool.

[Triton]

Now the big question is, what happens to all the land Shipley's owns on N Main. Could potentially be something big for the Heights area. 

[ljchou]

Since we're on this thread, the gas station at the corner of Cullen + 45 is nearing completion. Interior looks stocked and landscaping is complete. Would expect it to open any day now.

[hindesky]