j_cuevas713 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, NB_Brendan said: I cannot wait to cover it. I'm beyond excited for the future of this great city. Housing for more and more great, diverse people! It's really becoming something special. My top projects are East River, the Ismaili Center, and TMC3, not including the new bike lanes and street improvements to a few major thoroughfares. Edited February 3, 2023 by j_cuevas713 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB_Brendan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: It's really becoming something special. My top projects are East River, the Ismaili Center, and TMC3, not including the new bike lanes and street improvements to a few major thoroughfares. I'm new-ish here and a suburban kid, but gonna have to look into those developments. I have heard of TMC3 and that project is genuinely MASSIVE. Can't wait for it. Edit: OMG I want to move to that East River development as soon as possible! Looks beautiful. Edited February 3, 2023 by NB_Brendan 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, NB_Brendan said: I'm new-ish here and a suburban kid, but gonna have to look into those developments. I have heard of TMC3 and that project is genuinely MASSIVE. Can't wait for it. Edit: OMG I want to move to that East River development as soon as possible! Looks beautiful. Nice, well welcome to HAIF! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB_Brendan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: Nice, well welcome to HAIF! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Those good old days on this thread where I fancied myself maybe a top 10 poster of pictures (Heights edition) before I moved out of the city and everybody got drones. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 That building has a real Tel Aviv vibe to it. Top floor is a couple of community spaces? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Still rotting away, nothing has started. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Perfect opportunity for a wandering gang of renovators/squatters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Actually saw a crew out with a big mobile crane the other day. Looked to be a roofing contractor. Amazing that it has been over seven years since our old friend Terry Fisher broke ground on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Terry Fisher was such a menace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Looks like they have started work. See a roll off dumpster and an extended boom forklift. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Saw a crew there this weekend. Curious about the QA/QC with several years of water infiltration. I'd be nervous about that from a contractor and design standpoint. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 22 hours ago, Purdueenginerd said: Saw a crew there this weekend. Curious about the QA/QC with several years of water infiltration. I'd be nervous about that from a contractor and design standpoint. Same here. Looks like some work has been done? If you compare the recent photo to the posts in February it looks like they have started adding some metal coping to some of the parapets? From looking at the photos it looks like everything has been floated decently on the roof, the larger deck on the next level, and the balconies, but the bigger problem is this project, unfortunately, stopped before most water protection elements like flashing and gutters were finished. I think the "community space"?? on the left will need be refinished since that one wall still has its studs exposed. My biggest concern in a building like this that's unfinished are all the connection points of materials. Would there be anything in this structurally that would be a concern? If I were running this project the first thing I would do is take all that stucco out. Some of it has held up okay, but I will always be against using stucco in this region. There is just to much moisture in the air in Houston, for stucco to hold up well. Though it wouldn't look the nicest, to keep the budget lean, and to get this back up as quickly as possible, I would probably just go with a fiber cement panel. I'm just wondering what was going to be the finish material that would have been applied to the CMU. Anything could go on that. The CMU doesn't look load bearing, but instead looks like infill. Again water would be a concern right? I don't see a lot of flashing to prevent water from entering any parts of that wall. I just hope they have hired a good Building Envelope consultant to evaluate everything before closing up this baby. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 23 hours ago, Luminare said: Same here. Looks like some work has been done? If you compare the recent photo to the posts in February it looks like they have started adding some metal coping to some of the parapets? From looking at the photos it looks like everything has been floated decently on the roof, the larger deck on the next level, and the balconies, but the bigger problem is this project, unfortunately, stopped before most water protection elements like flashing and gutters were finished. I think the "community space"?? on the left will need be refinished since that one wall still has its studs exposed. My biggest concern in a building like this that's unfinished are all the connection points of materials. Would there be anything in this structurally that would be a concern? If I were running this project the first thing I would do is take all that stucco out. Some of it has held up okay, but I will always be against using stucco in this region. There is just to much moisture in the air in Houston, for stucco to hold up well. Though it wouldn't look the nicest, to keep the budget lean, and to get this back up as quickly as possible, I would probably just go with a fiber cement panel. I'm just wondering what was going to be the finish material that would have been applied to the CMU. Anything could go on that. The CMU doesn't look load bearing, but instead looks like infill. Again water would be a concern right? I don't see a lot of flashing to prevent water from entering any parts of that wall. I just hope they have hired a good Building Envelope consultant to evaluate everything before closing up this baby. If I were structural engineer on this building. I'd be inspecting the bottom of the columns and the beam flanges where water can sit for years corroding. That would be my first goal. 4-5 years of water on steel isnt a killer for most structural steel, but it could be enough to warrant repairs on areas that wouldnt otherwise need it. The CMU probably isnt load bearing, but it might be the lateral system for the condo. I'd ask for a hammer sounding on the CMU blocks that are grouted, and for empty cells, if any, I'd drill holes in the bottom to let water escape. I think as a condo owner, I'd be nervous about mold/organic growth in areas that are no longer accessible, like the stucco air space. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 More activity. A bunch of cinder block on the ground level got punched out. I also noticed that the bottom of the parking garage on the south side of the property seems to have continually retained water. Going to need some popcorn as the attempt to restart and complete this construction goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Proposed plat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 They took the cinder blocks down only to put them back up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) And this thing just made the news. Fraud and racketeering... Houston Real Estate CEO, Lawyer Named In $15M Fraud, Racketeering Suit Man, this thing could be in Gaza City... Edited October 12, 2023 by toxtethogrady 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 2 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: And this thing just made the news. Fraud and racketeering... Houston Real Estate CEO, Lawyer Named In $15M Fraud, Racketeering Suit Man, this thing could be in Gaza City... Don't give the IDF any ideas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3mh Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 7 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: And this thing just made the news. Fraud and racketeering... Houston Real Estate CEO, Lawyer Named In $15M Fraud, Racketeering Suit Man, this thing could be in Gaza City... This is the biggest clusterf---- I have ever seen in the courts or in real estate developments. When this first hit the fan with Terry Fisher, I read some of the pleadings and had a decent grasp of what the dispute was about. Now, in what appears to be the main case in Federal court, there are so many different parties, claims, counterclaims, cross claims, third party claims that it is impossible to figure out what is going on without having a 40 foot long white board and a long weekend to go through just the pleadings. With what the legal bills are in this mess, you could have had enough money to build three of these things. I think I am going to organize a class action of Heights residence to intervene in this lawsuit in order to ask the judge for an order requiring the developers to stop f-ing around and finish this piece of sh-- already. I do still see the occasional crew on this site, but not the kind of activity that would lead me to believe that this is going to get done any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 So I'm a little confused. It looks like most of the events referenced in the suit occurred from 2016-2019, and case is going to trial soon. But this property was actually sold earlier this year, and has had some recent work done replacing some CMU walls and cleaning up the property. So is it still locked up in litigation, or are the current owners free to proceed with work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 New signage for "Bella Heights". Nan & Co Properties is selling/developing them, has them on their website but the "Bella-Heights.com" doesn't exist yet. https://www.nanproperties.com/developer-services/our-properties/bella-heights 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 On 11/25/2023 at 1:47 PM, hindesky said: New signage for "Bella Heights". Nan & Co Properties is selling/developing them, has them on their website but the "Bella-Heights.com" doesn't exist yet. https://www.nanproperties.com/developer-services/our-properties/bella-heights Is that supposed to be a car bumper in the middle of the road in the first render? Pretty accurate for how people drive down Yale so kudos to the artists for that one. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Count on CultureMap to try to hype this thing: Bella Heights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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