Parking Structure At Heights Blvd. & Washington Ave.

[Urbannizer]

 

 

 

[BigFootsSocks]

So is Star Pizza moving into the retail spot or what? Kinda weak that they wouldn't put retail up to Washington.

[Visitor]

Assuming it looks like the rendering I'm happy with anything that enhances curb appeal on washington. It is the quintessential Houston hodge podge.

[Angostura]

On 4/23/2016 at 2:37 PM, BigFootsSocks said:

So is Star Pizza moving into the retail spot or what? Kinda weak that they wouldn't put retail up to Washington.

 

Looks like the Star Pizza building remains intact. 

 

I'm guessing the surface parking in the SE corner is preserved so that Star Pizza remains visible from Washington.

 

 

On 4/24/2016 at 9:53 AM, Visitor said:

Assuming it looks like the rendering I'm happy with anything that enhances curb appeal on washington. It is the quintessential Houston hodge podge.

 

 

I don't think any of the structure fronts Washington. The 2nd rendering appears to be from Center St.

 

[Houston19514]

I think Star Pizza is moving into the old bank building.

[Visitor]

I was referring to this image, which if produced to the rendering, would be an improvement in my opinion.  It's too bad they don't have the ability/rights to push it to the street front of Washington and just have retail on Washington as well. 

[Angostura]

14 hours ago, Visitor said:

I was referring to this image, which if produced to the rendering, would be an improvement in my opinion.  It's too bad they don't have the ability/rights to push it to the street front of Washington and just have retail on Washington as well. 

 

 

 

I think they do, they just decided not to.

 

The re-plat puts the entire block, except the smoke shop on the corner of Heights and Washington, and the brick building at the corner of Heights and Center, into a single unrestricted reserve:

 

 

 

I would love to have seen them ask for a 0-ft building line on Washington as well, in order to match the setbacks of the other three buildings on the block.

 

 

 

 

 

[Avossos]

I think the parking lot off Washington is left a lot with the garage behind it for future development. The garage would serve the retail in front of it. I think Star Pizza will likely move into the bank. I hope (and pray) this is a forward thinking development plan that will allow for density off wash ave. I live in lower wash ave area and there are a handful of old buildings right on the street. The problem is the gaps between these buildings prevents a truly walkable space. We need parking garages like this to remove surface parking and encourage denser development.

[Angostura]

4 hours ago, Avossos said:

I think the parking lot off Washington is left a lot with the garage behind it for future development. The garage would serve the retail in front of it. I think Star Pizza will likely move into the bank. I hope (and pray) this is a forward thinking development plan that will allow for density off wash ave. I live in lower wash ave area and there are a handful of old buildings right on the street. The problem is the gaps between these buildings prevents a truly walkable space. We need parking garages like this to remove surface parking and encourage denser development.

 

My guess is Star Pizza will stay put, but I agree with the rest.

 

Problem is: CoH only lets businesses count off-site parking against minimum requirements if it's both exclusive and within 250 ft. The area could get around individual parking minimums with a parking management district, but there's a chicken-and-egg problem. You can't get the parking management district approved without the parking garages, but no one will build spec parking garages while businesses still have to provide their OWN on-site parking.