36-Story Multifamily High-Rise At 3615 Montrose Blvd.

[hindesky]

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[Dakota79]

On 8/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, hindesky said:

Yes, I posted it at the topic but here is the link.

https://www.southeastern.company/portfolio/montrose-houston/

I thought there would be high rises there. Too bad.

[004n063]

4 hours ago, Dakota79 said:

I thought there would be high rises there. Too bad.

To each their own, I guess. I don't have a problem with high-rises fundamentally, but in Houston they tend to be pretty set back and generally disengaged from the street. The Southeastern building in the rendering doesn't look like anything special, but at least it helps move the street toward something a bit more like contiguity. 

[Montrose1100]

At least the pool is facing the south/west. Know some folks in La Colombe D'or and the pool isn't great after lunch time. Nice views though. 

[august948]

On 8/26/2022 at 4:20 PM, jmitch94 said:

It looks set back far enough from Montrose that the trees might be kept. I really hope the trees are not cut down. 

The trees look to be in the city right-of-way.  Wouldn't that require city approval to cut them down?

[Big E]

On 8/30/2022 at 1:01 PM, august948 said:

The trees look to be in the city right-of-way.  Wouldn't that require city approval to cut them down?

I doubt they'll be cut unless the developer are planning to redo the sidewalk. They will probably trim the branches though, since they overhang quite far.

[hindesky]

The branches overhang the site quite a bit and the roots have torn up the sidewalk, they are still loading out the debris.

[kennyc05]

Do these oak trees tear up sidewalks and roads because they weren't correctly planted back in the day? And wouldn't the Post oaks on Post Oak Boulevard do the same one day once they got bigger?

Edited September 3, 2022 by kennyc05

[Twinsanity02]

52 minutes ago, kennyc05 said:

Do these oak trees tear up sidewalks in roads because they weren't correctly planted back in the day? And wouldn't the Post oaks on Post Oak Boulevard do the same one day once they got bigger?

The answer to both is yes. As we all know Live Oaks get enormous as they gain years. That is part of their beauty. This is what gives the area around Rice and The Audubon area of New Orleans it's charm. Expect the roots to move sidewalks and work around that. This should not be a difficult problem to resolve.

[editor]

On 9/3/2022 at 3:26 PM, Twinsanity02 said:

The answer to both is yes. As we all know Live Oaks get enormous as they gain years. That is part of their beauty. This is what gives the area around Rice and The Audubon area of New Orleans it's charm. Expect the roots to move sidewalks and work around that. This should not be a difficult problem to resolve.

Houston is only 186 years old.  There's no way anyone could possibly anticipate that live oaks would push up sidewalks.

[rechlin]

10 hours ago, editor said:

Houston is only 186 years old.  There's no way anyone could possibly anticipate that live oaks would push up sidewalks.

I don't think one follows the other.  In my neighborhood there are some absolutely enormous live oaks that were planted in the late 1930s.  Most people assume they are hundreds of years old but they are not.  So sidewalks have existed longer than many of the live oaks that are interfering with them.

[editor]

1 hour ago, rechlin said:

I don't think one follows the other.  In my neighborhood there are some absolutely enormous live oaks that were planted in the late 1930s.  Most people assume they are hundreds of years old but they are not.  So sidewalks have existed longer than many of the live oaks that are interfering with them.

I guess my point is that people have known for centuries that trees push up sidewalks, so the builders of sidewalks should compensate.

[houstontexasjack]

It takes decades for trees to grow but a rerouted sidewalk can be done in a weekend.

[hindesky]

There are several companies that make rubber sidewalk material that deal with tree roots.

https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+sidewalks+for+tree+roots&source=lmns&bih=884&biw=1603&client=safari&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwids-Sep_75AhWzj2oFHWi0AloQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA

[BEES?!]

Really interesting. I’m curious why that hasn’t caught on more in the US? Price maybe? 

[Houston19514]

From 2011: 

Terrewalks tiles an interlocking recycled rubber and plastic sidewalk system were installed at Rosenberg Library in Galveston to replace a section of concrete sidewalks buckled by tree roots.  https://www.galvnews.com/news/article_c513556e-bb18-56aa-99d1-ba2ebb25e3c0.html

[Paco Jones]

The lighter shade of trees are existing, while the darker noted (with green dot in middle) are going to be new.

 

[hindesky]

Lot is cleared except for a few pieces of metal and plastic barrels. Silt screen has been added.

 

 

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

Sizing up Vero Sade’s Houston multifamily pipeline

Houston-based multifamily developer Vero Sade has $2 billion in projects in its development pipeline spread across Texas and Florida.

The company, which was founded just a year ago, has residential developments planned for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, totaling 4,500 units.

Braving economic headwinds and rising property tax bills, Vero Sade is a part of a wave of multifamily investors going all in on Texas and Houston.

So far, the firm’s Houston acquisitions are all focused on inner-loop properties, including a $130 million mixed-use development project, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, first reported by Community Impact.

Construction on the 850,000-square-foot project will start in November 2022 and is expected to finish in February 2025.

The development is located in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood adjacent to the Museum District at 3615 Montrose Boulevard on the site of the former Bacco Wine Garden. The development will have a 36-story, 369-unit apartment building with 369 units and a 10-floor parking garage over a single floor of the residents’ entry and 5,000 square feet of retail. There will also be a 12,000-square-foot “amenity space” on the 11th floor of the apartment complex

Vero Sade’s other Houston Montrose acquisitions include City Vista Apartments, a 404-unit, wrap-style apartment at 2221 West Dallas Street, a 2.25-acre lot across the street from the West Alabama Ice House, and an empty lot at 911 Kipling Street near the Menil Collection and Rothko Chapel. The firm has also acquired a 2.25-acre lot in Houston’s Heights at 1180 W. 18th Street.

Vero Sade also picked up 3700M on McKinney Avenue, a 21-story apartment with 381 in uptown Dallas. The $100 million project was developed by Forest City Enterprises and completed in 2018, according Dallas Morning News report.

In San Antonio, Vero Sade has acquired a 20-acre site at 4700 N. Loop 1604 E. and an 18-acre site at 1869-1863 FM 1103 in the suburb of Cibolo.

https://therealdeal.com/texas/2022/09/28/sizing-up-vero-sades-houston-multifamily-pipeline/

[hindesky]

Vero Sade must have done a press release because the Houston Chronicle also has a story about their projects.

"A Houston-based development group has acquired prime sites in Houston and other cities for multifamily developments, including proposed projects in the Montrose and Heights neighborhoods.

Sade is also chairman of Sade Capital, a company specializing in multifamily and other assets. Daniel Bassichis is co-founder of New York and Texas-based Vero, formerly Admiral Capital Group, where he partners with retired San Antonio Spurs star and Basketball Hall of Famer David Robinson on investments that create value and make a positive social impact."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-developer-announces-2B-pipeline-of-17475225.php#photo-22986376

[hindesky]

This heavy equipment driveway is brand new.

[Moore-to-it]

We really  are going  to have to start calling  it the montrose  skyline 

[bobruss]

Montrose Canyons.

[004n063]

17 hours ago, Moore-to-it said:

We really  are going  to have to start calling  it the montrose  skyline 

Especially with the one on the corner of Fairview & Montrose!

[Clementine]

I don't think anyone else has brought it up, but the FAA filing for this was released back in June and has a determination height of 490' down from 512' (DNE of 499' AGL/549' AMSL at that site). Obviously that won't much affect the number of floors given its already generous height. Does anyone know of any elevation diagrams for this and/or if the most recent ones were for 490'?

Also, it seems the working name--at least at that time--was "Montrose A1".

[hindesky]

27 minutes ago, Clementine said:

I don't think anyone else has brought it up, but the FAA filing for this was released back in June and has a determination height of 490' down from 512' (DNE of 499' AGL/549' AMSL at that site). Obviously that won't much affect the number of floors given its already generous height. Does anyone know of any elevation diagrams for this and/or if the most recent ones were for 490'?

Also, it seems the working name--at least at that time--was "Montrose A1".

It has been discussed.

 

[Clementine]

35 minutes ago, hindesky said:

It has been discussed.

 

Seems like it was discussed while they were still under review and before FAA made the 490' determination.

[toxtethogrady]

What is the relationship of the Preston Partnership to Vero Sade?

[cityliving]

I thought construction of this project was going to start in November? Nothing going on at the site yet.