lockmat Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I'm convinced this site could soon be a big time development. Lionstone owns 3/4 of the site. The rest is owned by someone in NYC (49 W 45th St., floor 8, 10036.) Its across the street from MainPlace, Texaco redevelopment, Club Quarters, Stowers Aloft. Next door to Meridian and tons of office spaces. A street over from Main/light rail and sits on rail on Rusk. A street over from the recently announced hotel conversion on Main/Rusk and the JW Marriot is also a street over on Main. So much going for this site. The only downside is Meridians ugly garage and MainPlaces garage faces the lot. What is Lionstone known for? I'm guessing hotel/resi. Of course, they may have to wait until the other owner is ready to sell. edit: nevermind, they own the entire block. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 This lot and the one between Moonshiners and Live sports Bar on Main are the two lots I can't wait to be developed downtown. So much potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Some time ago I posted some photos in the Le Meridien thread of soil samples being done in that parking lot, so someone is at least considering building something. Someone else mentioned rumors of a parking garage being considered for that lot. I haven't seen or heard anything beyond that, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 From left to righ: Aloft, United/office, Club Quarters, Texaco residential, MAJOR POTENTIAL, Meridian, HC6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 36 minutes ago, lockmat said: From left to righ: Aloft, United/office, Club Quarters, Texaco residential, MAJOR POTENTIAL, Meridian, HC6 You may have just jinx it.... 30 story parking garage 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 On August 18, 2016 at 3:29 PM, nate4l1f3 said: You may have just jinx it.... 30 story parking garage someone from a company working on this project was at the site today. Asked them what it was going to be and they said a parking garage. what a joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 It probably won't even have ground floor retail. It will have two 2-way entrances, causing major gaps in the sidewalks for walk ability, right next to the new rail station and the new hotels and right across from the newly renovated Texaco building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 4 hours ago, cspwal said: It probably won't even have ground floor retail. It will have two 2-way entrances, causing major gaps in the sidewalks for walk ability, right next to the new rail station and the new hotels and right across from the newly renovated Texaco building after walking away I was kicking myself for not asking about gfr. But yeah, I highly doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'd love to see GFR, but there is so much vacant GFR in the area (most of which has been vacant for at least 5 years) that it really wouldn't surprise me if they don't bother to put any in, unfortunately. Let's keep our fingers crossed, though; with three vacant buildings nearby soon to be occupied, maybe there will finally be demand to fill the existing empty GFR, incentivizing the developer here to make room for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 On 9/14/2016 at 8:58 AM, rechlin said: I'd love to see GFR, but there is so much vacant GFR in the area (most of which has been vacant for at least 5 years) that it really wouldn't surprise me if they don't bother to put any in, unfortunately. Let's keep our fingers crossed, though; with three vacant buildings nearby soon to be occupied, maybe there will finally be demand to fill the existing empty GFR, incentivizing the developer here to make room for some. Curious what spaces have been vacant for at least 5 years. Buildings in good shape and actively marketed? Or rotting corpses like Battelstein's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Both. I can think of 3 parking garages within a block or so that have vacant GFR, including the ~6 year old Walker@Main garage which even has the prime Walker at Main corner space open and never occupied (and the place taken by Enterprise was vacant until just this past year). The Stowers building was in good shape and had nobody occupying its ground floor either. Admittedly, the Texaco building and this one were in terrible shape but also had vacant GFR for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 With two new hotels (Aloft, Meridien) and Texaco about to hit the market as a 300+ unit residential building, one would think that the calculus is changing. Crikey, for years there was no GFR to speak of anywhere on Main downtown, except for Foley's/Macy's, Chester Chicken, and a couple sketchy convenience stores. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre154 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Looks like this site was on the Planning Commission agenda today... It's labelled "Block Ninety Four"... The developer is "Regency Main Parking LLC". It might have gone by another name at some point too, "Development at Walker and Fannin". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Texaco is leasing ground floor space, the garage across Capitol from Texaco has a small space, the garage with Jimmy John's still has space, and the Indian restaurant on Main went out of business again, so there is all that to soak up any quick pop in foot traffic that will hopefully come in that immediate area. With the Skyhouses and Block 336 (?) open, I'm interested to see if anything new might sprout up in the parking lots further south and if the Market Square/Aris buildings help to fill in the open stuff further north. Interesting times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 13-story parking garageeeeh http://www.virtualbx.com/construction-preview/24375-houston-13-story-parking-garage-being-drawn-for-federal-district.html Quote Houston (Harris Co.) - Gensler is developing designs for a 13-story parking garage in downtown Houston's Federal District. The facility owner will be Regency Main Parking LLC of Houston. The project site is directly beside the Central Station Capitol EB (Red Line) light rail on Rusk Street. There is already a multi-story parking garage immediately adjacent to the project site; that is the 1110 Rusk Garage. The project will occupy a half block and the property boundaries are Rusk Street, Fannin Street and Walker Street. At present, the property is used for surface parking and the project address is Block 94 Garage, 803 Fannin Street. According to state records, the project is scheduled to begin construction in February 2017 and be completed by February 2018. The estimated cost is $18 million. The scope of work states this structure will be a precast system, and will provide parking for approximately 1,100 vehicles. The total area of the garage is to be 399,600 square feet. The Gensler design architect of record is Kristopher Stuart. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Apparently, this developer did not get the memo from HAIF that properties adjacent to Light rail stops will be commercial or office. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 That's disappointing to hear. Why not build a residential tower instead? It's near the light rail station and parking garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Federal District??? Where did that come from? Edited December 5, 2016 by Houston19514 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Probably from the US Customhouse across the street and the federal prison on the next block over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 6 minutes ago, rechlin said: Probably from the US Customhouse across the street and the federal prison on the next block over. Yeah, probably right. But pretty lame, especially since it is not actually across the street from the Custom house, and there is no "federal district" in downtown Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Eek. Edited December 5, 2016 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I'm sure the Texaco building developer is not happy about this. If this had been done before the renovation, the Texaco building probably never would have gotten renovated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 6 hours ago, H-Town Man said: I'm sure the Texaco building developer is not happy about this. If this had been done before the renovation, the Texaco building probably never would have gotten renovated. The Texaco Building? Any bets that this new garage finishes before the first Tenants move into Texa-way-slow? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I think they have one guy working the Texaco project now and he’s having to run up and down the crane all day, or something. I’m actually getting nervous about that one as far as it has come, there is still a lot to do. If they ran out of money, it would be in nasty shape in the hole/parking garage area, though the building itself looks to be pretty much done on the exterior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtownian Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 29 minutes ago, Nate99 said: I think they have one guy working the Texaco project now and he’s having to run up and down the crane all day, or something. I’m actually getting nervous about that one as far as it has come, there is still a lot to do. If they ran out of money, it would be in nasty shape in the hole/parking garage area, though the building itself looks to be pretty much done on the exterior. Have you seen the lobby of Texaco? It's beautiful. I'll try to get some pictures next time I walk by. They look pretty close on everything but the hole / parking garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 On 12/9/2016 at 9:21 AM, downtownian said: Have you seen the lobby of Texaco? It's beautiful. I'll try to get some pictures next time I walk by. They look pretty close on everything but the hole / parking garage. Have only caught glimpses and probably not that recently. It certainly had a ton of potential, good to hear that they are doing well with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 On 12/9/2016 at 8:51 AM, Nate99 said: I think they have one guy working the Texaco project now and he’s having to run up and down the crane all day, or something. I’m actually getting nervous about that one as far as it has come, there is still a lot to do. If they ran out of money, it would be in nasty shape in the hole/parking garage area, though the building itself looks to be pretty much done on the exterior. I am flummoxed by how a building can be, what? Two years late, and still not be able to bring in tenants because the parking garage isn't finished. if they are not waiting for the garage, then that means that the inside units are still not ready to lease. Wow! They must have hit some really challenging things with this building to be so far behind schedule and still waiting for a parking garage to occupy a hole that was already excavated for them. they aren't even "pre-leasing" right now are they? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Let me be this straight? they are building a huge PARKING STRUCTURE right behind a rail a top? Way to promote public transportation Houston. What next? A Donut Burger shop in the Heart Health Center? Specs as retail for the Alcoholics Anonymous building? Mexican Muslim Center in Trump Tower? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It's a shame to box in the new Meridian with a jumbo garage. And "Federal District"? Who dreams these names up? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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