toxtethogrady Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I had not realized how dense that corner was... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 4 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: I had not realized how dense that corner was... Except for the small corner of... Beck's Prime! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Site work for utilities. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Didn't get picture, but they were doing some work on the site yesterday when I was at Beck's Prime. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 8:44 AM, toxtethogrady said: I had not realized how dense that corner was... Except for the people who have to walk this area often, great density terrible maintenance. Upper Kirby Management District has a hard time keeping the area clean. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted July 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2023 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Still no renderings? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 There is this. I'm not sure it's the same thing or yet another tower... Southern Land Co. To Develop 2-Acre Mixed-Use Project In Upper Kirby 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, toxtethogrady said: There is this. I'm not sure it's the same thing or yet another tower... Southern Land Co. To Develop 2-Acre Mixed-Use Project In Upper Kirby It's behind a pay wall. Didi they include a rendering of both buildings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, toxtethogrady said: There is this. I'm not sure it's the same thing or yet another tower... Southern Land Co. To Develop 2-Acre Mixed-Use Project In Upper Kirby 2 Buildings. One Residential & one office. No renderings yet. Groundbreaking set for next spring. "The 36-story residential tower will house 318 luxury apartment homes, including 18 penthouses, according to the release. Amenities will include an outdoor pool deck on the 36th floor and a garden deck on the seventh floor." The garden deck will span the residential tower and the office building, according to the company. The seventh floor of the tower will include a residential spa and guest suites as well as a fitness center for both residents and office tenants. The office building will total about 75K SF over a garage podium and about 22K SF of rooftop and ground-level restaurant and retail space." Edited July 18, 2023 by ChannelTwoNews phrasing 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 https://southernland.com/luxury-high-rise-development-planned-for-northeast-corner-of-kirby-drive-and-kipling-street-in-houstons-upper-kirby-district/ Today, Southern Land Company (SLC), a national real estate developer of award-winning mixed-use developments and master-planned communities, announced it will develop a nearly two-acre parcel of land at 2811 Kirby Drive, the northeast corner of Kirby Drive and Kipling Street in Houston’s Upper Kirby district, centered in the popular River Oaks neighborhood. The project marks SLC’s entry into the Houston market. “The appeal of Upper Kirby is undeniable,” said Tim Downey, SLC founder and CEO. “We could not have found a better place to introduce an SLC community in Houston. With all SLC communities, we focus on creating extraordinary places in coveted locations where walkability and conveniences are at the forefront, and this site certainly fits the bill.” SLC plans to deliver a mixed-use project comprised of two buildings. A 36-story residential tower will house approximately 318 luxury apartment homes, including 18 penthouses. A robust amenity collection for residents will include an outdoor pool deck on the 36th floor and a garden deck on the seventh floor. The garden deck will span the residential tower and the second building, a Class AA office building. The seventh floor of the tower will also include a residential spa and guest suites, as well as a fitness center for both residents and office tenants. The office building will total approximately 75,000 square feet situated over a garage podium and approximately 22,000 square feet of rooftop and ground-level restaurant and retail space well-suited for best-in-class dining and shopping. “We are going to create something that makes its future residents proud, complements the area, and becomes a destination,” said Downey. “We will steward this land well.” SLC is known for investing in communities and delivering on promises. SLC understands local needs and priorities through deep market immersion, fosters an unparalleled team of highly experienced in-house experts, and carefully maintains deliberate, hands-on control of every aspect of the work, from development through property management. SLC has long had a footprint in Texas, with a regional office in Plano and several projects currently active in other Texas markets: Deco 969, Fort Worth’s first high-rise residential tower in more than 30 years, is slated for completion in late 2023. Lunayora is an intimate luxury home community with just 28 homesites in Dripping Springs, where all homes will be built by SLC Homes, SLC’s in-house homebuilding group. Tucker Hill is a master-planned community known for traditional neighborhood design and thoughtfully designed open spaces and horticulture located in McKinney. SLC previously developed, operated, and sold other communities in Texas, including the mixed-use projects Arthouse in Keller, The Lofts at Watters Creek in Allen, and Junction 15 and Morada Plano in Plano. Additionally, SLC developed, operated, and sold Novē at Knox in Dallas. “Texas has been good to us, and we believe we have been good to residents in the Texas cities where we’ve built before,” said Downey. “This project will follow suit.” SLC is continuing to work with the City of Houston to finalize specific plans for the site. Design details and renderings will be available at a later date. Currently, SLC plans to break ground on the project in spring 2024. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cityliving Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) I read an article about this proposed 35-story project in the Houston business journal. Edited July 19, 2023 by editor Copyright. Summarize and link. Do not copy and paste. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 18 hours ago, hindesky said: Deco 969, Fort Worth’s first high-rise residential tower in more than 30 years, is slated for completion in late 2023. Sigh. Exactly what Houston needs, another banausic apartment tower. Say it with me folks "It's great infill". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Montrose1100 said: Sigh. Exactly what Houston needs, another banausic apartment tower. Say it with me folks "It's great infill". This is great infill, and it's going to have GFR. Density is the key if we want to see the kind of activity at street level we've always wanted. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityliving Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Sounds like it is not going to be a 40-story building but rather a 36-35 story building instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: This is great infill, and it's going to have GFR. Density is the key if we want to see the kind of activity at street level we've always wanted. Montrose1100 was just looking for an opportunity to use a word he recently discovered. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Sigh. Exactly what Houston needs, another banausic apartment tower. Say it with me folks "It's great infill". Here is their building in Ft. Worth. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 1) This project does not strike me as remotely binausic. 2) While Houston is probably building more kinda-sorta binausic apartment donuts than most cities, we would certainly benefit from more binausic housing development, if we could just get rid of the damn parking requirements. Though I'd agree that binausia should probably be reserved for mid-density development, since high-rises are inherently expensive and - in Houston, at least - prominent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFubbles Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) do you mean banausic? in case anyone was wondering: ba·nau·sic adjective FORMAL not operating on a refined or elevated level; mundane. "serious discussion of scientific problems was regarded as banausic" relating to technical work. "his contribution may have been administrative or banausic" Edited July 19, 2023 by MrFubbles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 3 hours ago, MrFubbles said: do you mean banausic? in case anyone was wondering: ba·nau·sic adjective FORMAL not operating on a refined or elevated level; mundane. "serious discussion of scientific problems was regarded as banausic" relating to technical work. "his contribution may have been administrative or banausic" Is anyone else suffering from banausea or is it just me? 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 5 hours ago, MrFubbles said: do you mean banausic? in case anyone was wondering: ba·nau·sic adjective FORMAL not operating on a refined or elevated level; mundane. "serious discussion of scientific problems was regarded as banausic" relating to technical work. "his contribution may have been administrative or banausic" Ha! Yes, I did. Somehow I'd always spelled it with an "i" in my head, even though that doesn't really make linguistic sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77002er Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 ugh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I'm not sure why anyone would hate the design of this. It's simple, clean, and it fits the area perfect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 THAT building would fit right right in on the West Loop, with several others which resemble it but, on Kirby? I don’t see it. I’ll wait to see a rendering of the actual building to decide if it’ll work for me. This one doesn’t do it for me. That little disingenuous Randal Davis deco flourish, is off putting. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 14 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Sigh. Exactly what Houston needs, another banausic apartment tower. Say it with me folks "It's great infill". Banausic. Love the word. Keep them coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 “The appeal of Upper Kirby is undeniable,” SLC founder and CEO Tim Downey said in an announcement. “We could not have found a better place to introduce an SLC community in Houston. With all SLC communities, we focus on creating extraordinary places in coveted locations where walkability and conveniences are at the forefront, and this site certainly fits the bill.” Construction of the residential and office buildings is anticipated to begin next spring and continue though 2026, according to SLC. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/upper-kirby-apartment-tower-houston-real-estate-18207096.php 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CREguy13 Posted July 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2023 I'm really excited to see how they engage the street. Luxury MF highrise + boutique Office building (which I believe may be timber construction 👀) with retail fronting Kirby should yield a very pedestrian friendly realm. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 People are sighing over a building we don't have a render of yet? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aachor Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) I don't know why you all aren't excited over any high-rise development that doesn't completely look like ass (e.g., Mercer Condominiums). It's an increase in density without being another doughnut. And, to be fair, even a mid-rise doughnut or a good looking podium construction are a huge improvements over the low-rise apartments with surface parking that were a construction staple in this city in previous decades. I think any increase in density which diminishes the plague of surface parking is a step in the right direction. Regardless of whether it's 30 or 40 floors, this and the development at 2311 Westheimer are both excellent developments for this neighborhood. Edited August 3, 2023 by aachor 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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