dfwill Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Article today on a development in east Montrose from the Montrose management district http://montrosedistrict.org/new-redevelopment-project-planned-for-east-montrose/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Purify Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 http://montrosedistrict.org/new-redevelopment-project-planned-for-east-montrose/ New Redevelopment Project Planned for East Montrose By Ray Lawrence | November 17, 2015 Most people are familiar with Gratifi, Cuchara and Max’s Wine Dive. Now the owner of those venues, Fred Sharifi, founder of SFT Investments, is planning an impressive new project, redeveloping a number of nearby commercial properties with new retail, office parking space. He is hoping to bring in some daytime activities to balance out the area’s evening crowd. The preliminary site plan (above) and three-dimensional concept (below) show the existing restaurant/bar buildings (A and and the prospective new structures in the early stages of the new concept. Fairview runs east and west through the center with north/south streets Morgan, Taft, Mason and Genesee depicted from left to right. Among the proposed buildings are three mixed-use structures. One will be located at 2302-2308 Genesee (E), currently the location of some older apartments and Meteor Lounge. 10,000 square feet of office and retail space on the ground floor are planned, with a 5-6 story parking garage above, which Sharifi hopes will alleviate some of the parking pressures in the area. The second construction project will be situated on the southwest corner of Mason and Fairview (F). The structure will include 7,450 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, and 10,500 square feet of office space on the second floor, which will overhang the retail space at the rear of the building and provide a covered drive off Mason leading to surface parking, and an outlet on Hyde Park. The other two buildings (C & D) being planned are as follows. Building D on the northeast corner of Mason and Fairview will be a 2-3 story, 10,000 – 15,000 square foot mixed use retail, showroom, and event facility. Building C will be a small 1-story 1,000 square foot structure in the corner of the parking lot next to Cuchara and Max’s Wine Dive, envisioned as a dessert spot, flower shop, or ice-cream parlor. Sharifi is contracting with the well-known Houston architectural firm Gensler to undertake the designs of all four buildings, with engineering and design work expected to take close to four months, and a planned start date in late August or September 2016. Sharif is no stranger to developing restaurant and retail space. Born and raised in Tehran, he came to the U.S. in 1969 to attend the University of Texas in Austin, where he did his undergraduate and graduate studies in Petroleum Engineering. After graduation, the Iranian revolution derailed his plans to return to his native country. Instead, Sharifi went into the restaurant and real estate business, opening the first Hungry’s in Montrose in 1975. Since then, Hungry’s Bistro served diners for over 40 years in the Rice and Memorial neighborhoods. His real estate portfolio includes over 30 inner loop commercial and residential properties. One of his most recent developments houses Common Bond, the award-winning cafe at Dunlavy and Westheimer. On the residential side, he is currently developing a plan for four-story luxury town homes on Portland Blvd behind Museum Tower on Montrose. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwill Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Nice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) two threads http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/32849-new-redevelopment-project-planned-for-east-montrose/ Edited November 17, 2015 by DrLan34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjphil08 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 What will happen to Meteor!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Dup topics merged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 What will happen to Meteor!?I hope they relocate. Otherwise I will have to blow my money elsewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 This is a pretty interesting project! Should really spur some development along Tuam as well. Maybe something will finally happen to Late Night Pie. This should also add some value to the new Farb apartments about to be built on Fairview and Montrose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Let's hope the repave Fairview as part of this and put in better sidewalks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonartstudent Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Let's hope they build faster than the Rice Village Hungry's location :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Let's hope they build faster than the Rice Village Hungry's location :/No joke. Why is that taking so long? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 http://www.click2houston.com/news/new-development-proposed-for-montrose-area/36687512 Montrose is one of the most popular areas of Houston, and one that's going through the most changes. Now there's a new proposed development for Montrose. Fairview near Taft in the Montrose area is known for its nightlife and restaurants, but that could slowly change within the next few months. Developer Fred Sharifi gave KPRC 2 renderings of what his master plan calls for and what it could look like when it's completed. "It's a very exciting nightlife and I'm trying to create daytime activities which people can live and work and play in this neighborhood," Sharifi said. Meteor Lounge and a small apartment building behind it will be demolished and make way for a five- or six-level parking garage. Developers said the parking garage is expected to alleviate headaches for residents and business owners because of the limited street parking right now. "We are not going to have any bars in the neighborhood. My interest is to have a few restaurants and also other retail that will help the neighborhood." Groundbreaking for the $20 million project is set for summer of next year and we are told it could be completed by the end of 2017. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curbur Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 "We are not going to have any bars in the neighborhood. My interest is to have a few restaurants and also other retail that will help the neighborhood." Goodbye Meteor :/. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Goodbye Meteor :/.I'm sure they'll reopen somewhere else. Right? Right!?! Wonder if the person buying the land is exclusively trying to get rid of meteor. He wants office and restaurants next to night clubs and bars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) This is lame. Gratifi sucks, Cuchara sucks, Max's wine dive sucks, that juice bar sucks. All this is over priced garbage. I was excited for this development, but I think this guy will find a way to screw it up. Edited November 30, 2015 by terra002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 You clearly haven't had the fried chicken and chipotle honey sauce from Max's because that's heresy son 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 You clearly haven't had the fried chicken and chipotle honey sauce from Max's because that's heresy sonCuchara is awful though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Variance signs are up now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Does anyone have any insight on when the Farb complex is supposed to break ground on the corner of Montrose and Fairview? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 This is a pretty interesting project! Should really spur some development along Tuam as well. Maybe something will finally happen to Late Night Pie. This should also add some value to the new Farb apartments about to be built on Fairview and Montrose.I have just about given up on late Nite Pie changing at all..... If you call in about the Grafiti COH complains that the murky title makes it hard to pin down a responsible person to force to paint over the grafit---plus Irwin from FBar tells anyone and everyone he's been trying to buy that property for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 too bad that building didnt just burn down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Renderings 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I like the street and sidewalk treatment. More projects should be planned this way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 More images; info can be found on the Houston Planning Commission Agenda. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Parking garages that serve general areas are needed everywhere in the loop. It is a desperately needed factor in urban density. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I really like it except for all the power lines they have in the renderings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Fantastic! I live close to this area - actually between here and the New Whole Foods - Me So Happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 This is really great. Hopefully the Planning Commission plays ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 What's the word on this now. Any sort of timeline? Because if this happens it will really distinguish the Montrose neighborhood. This is the type of stuff Houston needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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