ljchou Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Saw this on the permit report. Any idea what this is? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 That's a pretty big c-store. Seems almost more like a mini bodega/market at that size. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, JBTX said: That's a pretty big c-store. Seems almost more like a mini bodega/market at that size. As someone who lives two blocks away from this lot, a smaller market/bodega would be amazing. Also, the warehouse at 3120 Commerce (just across Velasco from this lot) has been redone and looks to be opening soon as a gym. I've walked my dog by here a few times when the doors were open and noticed a ton of exercise equipment and weight racks being set up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 hours ago, thedistrict84 said: As someone who lives two blocks away from this lot, a smaller market/bodega would be amazing. Also, the warehouse at 3120 Commerce (just across Velasco from this lot) has been redone and looks to be opening soon as a gym. I've walked my dog by here a few times when the doors were open and noticed a ton of exercise equipment and weight racks being set up. Sounds like we're neighbors. I agree, it would be great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Good eye! Looks to be a gym called “Deviant Strength” https://m.facebook.com/deviantstrength/#_=_ Edited December 29, 2020 by ljchou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 So I may have spoken too soon. Preston Business (listed above for the office and convenience store owns properties in 77003, but not the one in this thread. I believe the Preston Business permits are for land in EaDo. They currently own 3403 McKinney, 3419 Mckinney and 903 Sampson (red outline in picture below), one block north of East End Backyard. I assume the C-store and office space will go there. May be worth creating a separate page for that. 3202 Commerce (0 Commerce on HCAD) or the highlighted lot below is owned by Alt-H, LLC. Alt-H just received a commercial building permit for office space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Survey spikes on the property 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Very interesting spot for an office building, but pretty much anything is better than an empty, overgrown lot that is commonly used as a dumping ground. I'm also curious how they are going to handle parking: a front lot facing Commerce would be super disappointing, but Velasco has a narrow ROW and would probably not be ideal for additional traffic. I guess we will see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 4:45 PM, thedistrict84 said: Very interesting spot for an office building, but pretty much anything is better than an empty, overgrown lot that is commonly used as a dumping ground. I'm also curious how they are going to handle parking: a front lot facing Commerce would be super disappointing, but Velasco has a narrow ROW and would probably not be ideal for additional traffic. I guess we will see. I really hope a parking lot doesn't front the street, I would be extremely disappointed but I'm not going to hold my breath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Noticed a few pieces of heavy equipment on site, seems like this is going to get moving very soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Equipment has started moving dirt and tearing up the old slab that was near the front of the property. They also took out a section of the sidewalk on the front (Commerce facing) part of the lot, parallel to the warehouse building next door, presumably to add in a drive. The most logical orientation would be situating the building on the front corner of the lot near the intersection of Commerce and Velasco, with a parking lot at the back with a primary entrance off of Sherman. Would really love to see a site plan for this so I know if I need to chain myself to a tree to protest a lackadaisical, anti-pedestrian layout down an important pedestrian and cycling corridor. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 6:45 PM, thedistrict84 said: Equipment has started moving dirt and tearing up the old slab that was near the front of the property. They also took out a section of the sidewalk on the front (Commerce facing) part of the lot, parallel to the warehouse building next door, presumably to add in a drive. The most logical orientation would be situating the building on the front corner of the lot near the intersection of Commerce and Velasco, with a parking lot at the back with a primary entrance off of Sherman. Would really love to see a site plan for this so I know if I need to chain myself to a tree to protest a lackadaisical, anti-pedestrian layout down an important pedestrian and cycling corridor. It looks like Jarvis Civil Engineering is leading the project. I'm curious if we can track down a plan with that info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) After some digging, these addresses link back to Braun Enterprises. No note of the Commerce St work but they specialize in a lot of "revitalization" projects. I can see this either being a fugly office space or a mindfully designed mixed use building - they unfortunately have a lot of both. Permits indicate this may be a two story building which makes me think it could yield some first floor retail. Time will tell https://www.braunenterprises.com/ Edited May 20, 2021 by ljchou 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 I take back my previous statement. Although braun enterprises owns the building, the names on the permits are from one of the tenants of that building (Legal Media). Likely will be their new offices. https://www.legalmediainc.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Brave Architecture is the design firm on the permits. Nothing on their website yet: https://bravearchitecture.com/ Edited July 2, 2021 by ljchou 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Hopefully they deliver something like the reCenter building in Midtown. They have a nice portfolio. It's nothing to rave about but they do deliver a good product. Most of their work is simple clean lines. Edited July 10, 2021 by j_cuevas713 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 This project looks to have been held up a bit due to all of the rain we have experienced over the last several weeks. They are finally starting to make some progress. Based on locations of framing and plumbing going in, it looks as though the building will front Commerce, which is probably ideal. As an added bonus, they look to be retaining the two mature trees at the corner of Commerce and Velasco. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Not sure what was there before that fronted Commerce. This is from Google Maps Edited July 30, 2021 by j_cuevas713 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapo2367 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 7:38 AM, thedistrict84 said: This project looks to have been held up a bit due to all of the rain we have experienced over the last several weeks. They are finally starting to make some progress. Based on locations of framing and plumbing going in, it looks as though the building will front Commerce, which is probably ideal. As an added bonus, they look to be retaining the two mature trees at the corner of Commerce and Velasco. Save the trees!! Goodness knows there aren't enough of them in that part of town anyway. Maybe we can come full circle and fill the Olshan Lumber property with a bunch of mature trees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Not sure what was there before that fronted Commerce. This is from Google Maps when you're on street view, there's a clock icon on the top left area, click that and it drops down a historical timeline of the street views. that particular address only has street views back to 2007, and it's been an overgrown lot the whole time. Edited July 30, 2021 by samagon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Is this out of the ground yet? I'm seeing permits still trickling in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 10/8/2021 at 9:55 AM, phillip_white said: Is this out of the ground yet? I'm seeing permits still trickling in. They’ve framed out the buildings and we’re laying plumbing last week. Will probably pour foundations shortly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 There was a concrete truck out last week, but they only poured the parking lot. No foundation yet. Not sure why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Framing off the front parking lot entrance. It looks like the parking lot runs adjacent to the current free standing building and the new construction will be on the street side of Velasco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 Lots of work done here recently 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 The framework on this went up pretty quick, but the overall footprint is a bit smaller than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 I'm curious when Brave Architecture is going to post their plans for this building? I was surprised to see it wasn't online yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljchou Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) It looks like there will be a driveway through the first floor to the parking behind Edited January 12, 2022 by ljchou 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 They’re putting up a tall metal fence around this building, including the parking lot in the back. Certainly makes it less inviting from the sidewalk. I thought there was supposed to be a cafe or some other small retail going in here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Just a guess. If you look up Alt-H Partners it shows an address at 1602 Washington Ave. Google maps street view (Mar. '22) shows the building for sale but has a sign that says LMI. That address is LMI is Legal Media Inc.https://www.legalmediainc.com/#about TLDR https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Projects/TABS2020012961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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