Luminare Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Urbannizer said: No unfortunately. The article mentions Ziegler Cooper as the architect, Mondrian at the Museums was designed by Perkins+Will. ZC does not have anything similar to Perkins+Will's work. Sometimes we forget that Aris Market Square was a ZC building, and in my opinion, is their best work in this city thus far. I think something like an Aris is the best we can hope for in this situation + implementation of new parking regulations. If that is the case then this could be something really nice. Lets wait and see. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, thatguysly said: Midtown Park along the rail was brilliant idea that has spurred development around it. Seems everyone wants to have easy access to it. It is a nice little spot to visit too. Really ties the area together. So weird to think of how midtown used to be in the 2000s. I remember riding metrorail and always going past that large vacant piece of land that's now Midtown Park and thinking how I wish this was really something someday. Here we are in 2019 and this entire area is completely different now. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Luminare said: Sometimes we forget that Aris Market Square was a ZC building, and in my opinion, is their best work in this city thus far. I think something like an Aris is the best we can hope for in this situation + implementation of new parking regulations. If that is the case then this could be something really nice. Lets wait and see. Indeed it is one of their best, but overall a lot their residential portfolio for Houston seems recycled to the eyes and with most of them being beige doesn't help. I'll be excited if it's more in line with something like Buffalo Heights, Hanover Southampton or The Driscoll. We could use more variety. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said: You make a great point. Aris Market is one of their better buildings in Houston in the last 5 years. Its potentially another moment to do something interesting. They have Drewery Place to play off of and the park to play off of. ZC seems to do better when they have models of other things to play off of instead in isolation. For Aris they drew a lot of inspiration from the square, the historical buildings around it, and various precedents set by other buildings around it. Here they have the same opportunity. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 This is exciting, I want to see that park completely surrounded by mid/high-rises. Concrete canyons and locations that are 360 surrounded by buildings always give developed cities such an urban feel. That's why I love driving down Fannin in the med district 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, HoustonBoy said: This is exciting, I want to see that park completely surrounded by mid/high-rises. Concrete canyons and locations that are 360 surrounded by buildings always give developed cities such an urban feel. That's why I love driving down Fannin in the med district Camden also needs to seriously consider doing a facade upgrade to their Travis Street Apartments. Would not mind at all if they updated to the kind of look that their apartments across the street. Would be a great opportunity to install retail as well. Besides that facade is dated and messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 47 minutes ago, HoustonBoy said: This is exciting, I want to see that park completely surrounded by mid/high-rises. Concrete canyons and locations that are 360 surrounded by buildings always give developed cities such an urban feel. That's why I love driving down Fannin in the med district If this is going to be Midtown "central park", they really need to make it more pedestrian friendly to get there. Maybe add in some pedestrian crossing lights on Travis similar to what they did at Montrose next to the new MFAH area. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just got an e-mail blast that the property is back on the market. Oxberry seems to have bowed out. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 10/8/2019 at 6:15 PM, HNathoo said: Just got an e-mail blast that the property is back on the market. Oxberry seems to have bowed out. Confirmed by new listing: https://issuu.com/dmre/docs/191118_-_3030_travis_st_-_1.15_acres_-_om_email 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Come on lets get a developer that doubles that original 16 story plan. I'm ready for some more high-rises, this part of Houston is ripe for more construction right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidCenturyMoldy Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 9:51 AM, Triton said: So weird to think of how midtown used to be in the 2000s. You should have seen it in the early 80s! I knew several people who lived in the apartment building on McGowan at Milam in 1979. Talk about urban pioneering. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 $50mil for a bar renovation? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 3 hours ago, hindesky said: $50mil for a bar renovation? Seriously. Are we talking solid gold toilets? Perhaps a diamond paved dance floor? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntheKnowHouston Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) I don't know if this will be Pretty Liar alone or two bars in one. About a month ago, Instagram suggested the accounts Pretty Liar and El Capi to follow based on the accounts I follow. Both list 3030 Travis St in Midtown Houston as the address. Both are also from the same owner or hospitality group. Edited October 28, 2021 by IntheKnowHouston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I was hoping this shopping center would be demolished but for $50 mil that remodel better be drastic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: I was hoping this shopping center would be demolished but for $50 mil that remodel better be drastic. Yep. Heck, Shorenstein only paid $40 million for the entire 800 Bell site, land, building, and the parking garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntheKnowHouston Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) On 10/28/2021 at 7:30 AM, IntheKnowHouston said: I don't know if this will be Pretty Liar alone or two bars in one. About a month ago, Instagram suggested the accounts Pretty Liar and El Capi to follow based on the accounts I follow. Both list 3030 Travis St in Midtown Houston as the address. Both are also from the same owner or hospitality group. Pretty Liar and El Capi, both planned for 3030 Travis St are bar or night club concepts from newly formed Union Station Hospitality Group. Another concept named Anita is possibly planned for the former Midtown Shoppes property at 3030 Travis St. They have another Midtown bar planned for Milam named Hepburn's. Union Station Hospitality Group is also working on a bar or night club named Now or Never. I don't know yet if that project will be located at 3030 Travis, somewhere on Milam, or elsewhere in Midtown. The 3030 Travis St property (Midtown Shoppes) is owned by the Kirby Group (TKG Holdings). The group purchased the property this year. However, there aren't any plans to house a Kirby Group concept on the property. I think Kirby Group leased a few spaces to Union Station Hospitality Group for their upcoming projects. The future goal is a boutique hotel for the 3030 Travis St property. That could happen in the next ten years or so. CultureMap may have more on all the planned concepts in the coming weeks or in early 2022. Unlike Eater Houston, CultureMap does a good job keeping the public on top of restaurant and bar coverage, for the most part. Though reporting on rumors, alcohol notices, building permits, and so is where Eater Houston should reign but it doesn't. Moderators, please consider changing the title to the address only or the name of the property, Midtown Shoppes , 3030 Travis St. This isn't just one bar or club, as the title of the thread implies. Edited November 23, 2021 by IntheKnowHouston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) Wow I love the brick! So that's what's underneath that ugly ass facade? Edited September 21, 2022 by j_cuevas713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, j_cuevas713 said: Wow I love the brick! So that's what's underneath that ugly ass facade? The facade is all new. The mixed color brick is a weird attempt to make distressed plaster look. I am not a fan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 hours ago, phillip_white said: The facade is all new. The mixed color brick is a weird attempt to make distressed plaster look. I am not a fan. Yikes. Well now that you say that, me either. I thought they were just cleaning the paint off some nice old red brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 2:24 PM, phillip_white said: The facade is all new. The mixed color brick is a weird attempt to make distressed plaster look. I am not a fan. Me, either. It spurs unpleasant memories of the Gawd-awful Z-Brick that was popular a few decades ago (I understand that it has improved somewhat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 What it is now and what it used to look like, stucco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) So no one else is noticing that this is appearing to be another B.S. suburban style development for Midttown🤢? Please tell me I'm missing something. Edited September 23, 2022 by scarface 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, scarface said: So no one else is noticing that this is appearing to be another B.S. suburban style development for Midtown🤢? Please tell me I'm missing something. It's not a new development. It looks like a renovation of the existing building that's been there forever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Looks like it is called "Now or Never". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IntheKnowHouston Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) On 9/27/2022 at 4:57 PM, hindesky said: Looks like it is called "Now or Never". Now or Never is one of several bars / clubs opening on this property. I posted about it last year, though some of the concepts planned have been replace by others: 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 On 11/21/2021 at 7:43 AM, IntheKnowHouston said: Pretty Liar and El Capi, both planned for 3030 Travis St are bar or night club concepts from newly formed Union Station Hospitality Group. Another concept named Anita is possibly planned for the former Midtown Shoppes property at 3030 Travis St. They have another Midtown bar planned for Milam named Hepburn's. Union Station Hospitality Group is also working on a bar or night club named Now or Never. I don't know yet if that project will be located at 3030 Travis, somewhere on Milam, or elsewhere in Midtown. The 3030 Travis St property (Midtown Shoppes) is owned by the Kirby Group (TKG Holdings). The group purchased the property this year. However, there aren't any plans to house a Kirby Group concept on the property. I think Kirby Group leased a few spaces to Union Station Hospitality Group for their upcoming projects. The future goal is a boutique hotel for the 3030 Travis St property. That could happen in the next ten years or so. Edited October 13, 2022 by IntheKnowHouston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 2:28 PM, hindesky said: I am so confused. The pixelated look was bold and tacky, but this is just sloppy now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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