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Drewery Place: Multifamily High-Rise At 2850 Fannin St.


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57 minutes ago, houstontexasjack said:

Looking at the text a bit more closely, it appears Caydon is not moving forward with additional towers on these sites, at least not in the near future--the Greensheet building is being renovated, for example.  However, additional retail and residential is most welcome in that area.

The Greensheet building being renovated does not mean they are not moving forward - the Caydon site surrounds the building and is excluded.  If anything, I would guess they start working on plans sooner rather than later.

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31 minutes ago, corbs315 said:

This is all good news but what's the story with greensheet?  I know they announced something a while ago but doesn't look like it's been touched. 

 

My guess is that they are waiting for tenants to sign leases before moving forward with the renovation, and having trouble with that since the city's office market is in the dumps and new office product was just delivered in Midtown a few blocks away. But having a bunch of residential towers materialize out of thin air around them won't hurt.

 

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1 hour ago, CREguy13 said:

The Greensheet building being renovated does not mean they are not moving forward - the Caydon site surrounds the building and is excluded.  If anything, I would guess they start working on plans sooner rather than later.

Interesting.  That might explain the height of the FAA filing that we got on this one.  The building could be a tall-skinny tower next to Greensheet, and would need the height to get in a larger number of units.  

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2 hours ago, Angostura said:

With the additional density added to this area in the last several years, it's time to extend the CBD's exemption from parking minimums at least to Elgin between Bagby and 59, if not the entire "crotch" between the Spur/Bagby and 59. 

 

The good news is... I think It already goes to McGowen

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I was looking through old MRA/MMD documents and came across this in the June 29th MRA minutes. I'm wondering if the half acre park is in reference to Midtown Park or if they will use their other land as a park until it's ready for development. The Sky Bar sounds cool, but I think we've heard of several others currently in the works.

 

Keep in mind this is almost two months old.
 

The Midtown Info - MRA Minutes 06.29.2017

 

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Does anyone have recent photos of the site? I stopped by this lot after checking out the now-open Midtown Park. It appears there is a gravel drive for heavy trucks (looks like it's been there a while), but next to it is what appeared to be a freshly unloaded pile of sand. This is the first change I've seen in months.

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2 hours ago, corbs315 said:

Any concern that they're spooked by Harvey?

 

You mean, since Midtown didn't flood and all the apartments in Houston suddenly got leased afterward? I bet they wish it was already under construction.

 

The only way that Harvey could be a negative for upcoming developments in non-flooding areas is if construction prices go up due to the demand for skilled labor.

 

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25 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

 

You mean, since Midtown didn't flood and all the apartments in Houston suddenly got leased afterward? I bet they wish it was already under construction.

 

The only way that Harvey could be a negative for upcoming developments in non-flooding areas is if construction prices go up due to the demand for skilled labor.

 

Haha fair. Leave me be with my pessimism.

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5 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said:

I’m confused on the title of the thread. Is there renderings for all 3 towers?

There's renderings for 2850 Fannin and FAA filings for two additional towers.  Very glad to hear 2850 Fannin is going forward. I saw plastic barriers up around the site on the drive home tonight, and the chain link fence that previously blocked it off has been taken down.

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