HoustonBoy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I like town homes as well but more of the brick one that are found all around New York and Boston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I walked around and all of the buildings are nearly empty except for mine, so I am going to guess they were evicted at least a month ago. No evictions in my building for some reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Typical. We have developers from multiple cities in addition to our home grown one's and yet its the home grown one that's low balling the potential and deciding to build gated townhomes instead of hirise residential and more integrated pedestrian activity.We need to stop us from making decisions for ourselves, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Actually that builder did the Highland Tower and had difficulty selling it due to the 2008 meltdown. He had planned two towers but switched in 2010 before the recovery (darn it) and built the townhomes now under construction next to HT. Now he is building a midrise and his successful townhomes on the Westcreek property he purchased. His Highland Tower building is really well done, IMHO. I would have loved a second one. I do agree more midrises would have been better though. Edited February 2, 2014 by Dakota79 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The comment was made in jest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Westcreek at River Oaks is now closed. The show is over, the monkey is dead, and they've chained up the gates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Westcreek at River Oaks is now closed. The show is over, the monkey is dead, and they've chained up the gates.What happened? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 What happened? All of the buildings were evicted to make way for Westcreek Centre, SkyHouse, the Pelican town homes, a soon to be empty lot Cypress is retaining, and two soon to be empty lots that Cypress is still marketing. This does not include the "Highland Terrace" building, 2220 Westcreek (formerly Westcreek Building E), which is owned by Pelican as well, but for some unknown reason is conducting business as usual. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The Highland Terrace apartments (2220 Westcreek Ln) are being actively marketed for short term (2 month) rentals, available "though May 2014". http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Texas/Houston/Highland-Terrace/552/ Posted 1 day ago: http://houston.craigslist.org/apa/4391423912.html Not sure if that could be interpreted as "new leases available to start until May" (implying termination in July), or "sign up now and live here until May". I couldn't obtain any solid information from the manager. Also, HBJ is reporting that all 3 remaining tracts "are under contract to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price". This includes the San Felipe frontage, and the awkward plot of land sandwiched between the future Pelican townhomes and the ROD - the plot which Cypress had originally planned on retaining for some unknown reason, at 2221 Westcreek Ln. Although the land has an apartment building on it which is not in the process of being demolished, it was rendered unusable after demo work started on the adjacent building and blocked access to tenant parking in the rear. Anyway, thought it was interesting. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Thanks for all the updates MikeRichardson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I have heard that someone is proposing to put a hotel on one of those tracts. Anyone have more on that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 If you drive by on San Felipe, it's pretty impressive how much is removed. Really cleared out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 They are now doing asbestos abatement in the building located at 2221 Westcreek Lane. This is the building that sits between the ROD and the now-cleared land where B & D buildings once stood. On the other side of the street, there's been some utility disconnections at A & C buildings (where the office tower is going), and some utility reconnections at the lone occupied E building. A new electric meter is being installed for the common area lighting. According to the property manager, this is "good news" and means Highland Terrace (2220 Westcreek Lane) will stick around until "January". Pelican probably needs to build and sell their townhomes first before they have enough capital to build their new mid-rise apartment building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) Interesting sign up for the lot directly north of the SkyHouse (parcel 'D'). Something to the effect of "Randall Davis... ground lease available". Edited August 31, 2014 by SkylineView 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Interesting.. Old randy David got a piece of the pie.. So more multi family with Gfr? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Here is the Randall Davis sign Edited September 1, 2014 by Mab 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Looks like he is flipping the land. No? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Let's hope he flips it. We want something nice there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 There are two additional apartment towers planned for Westcreek. An office building, a hotel and two additional high-rise apartment building are planned on the remaining Westcreek property, Brand said. The surge of development has led to concerns over increased traffic congestion in the area.High-density development will increasingly take the place of low-rise buildings in desirable, close-in areas, Bland said, as more people want to live in the city center and land become more expensive.Additional traffic, he said, is the price of progress. But he also points out that the number of new residential units proposed on the old Westcreek site won't be a whole lot higher that what was there originally."Surprisingly, if you take all the apartments that were demolished, the total number of (new) residential units is not going to be much more," Bland said. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/Tall-buildings-to-arise-near-River-Oaks-District-5828150.php#/0 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagoman Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The "old Westcreek" apartments by Hauck & Swain were fairly well built, and the development grew in rental income in part because of that over the many years. I am impressed with the quality of the Sky highrise apts, and especially Oliver/McMillan's, among all the new development in terms of architecture and construction. Even Pelican's architecture is usually pretty good. And let's hope the Mid Lane project(s) are similar like the Weslayan/Alabama projects seem to be. All are immensely better than the youngsters who built High Street. "High" must stand for 'if the market is strong, then cut corners and build ugly to maximize profits,' because the back end of High Street is very poor/low... El Cheapo looking. These developers who I was told also do their own construction might be the ONLY one of the area developers who are failing to put the power and cable utilities underground! The absence of high-quality development planning/ protections / management for its own residents has some 'special' ones parking along driveways instead of in the garage or clearly appropriate parking spaces. Place is looking more ghetto than Uptown. I'm sure they are good folks, but I heard the Dinersteins are quite young, with mentoring that likes to undercut rents in areas of high-quality projects. I understand the business model, but admire developers who seem to care more about community, legacy, and the long term. River Oaks District will really be something in terms of multi-use upon completion, and with multifamily replacing the high quality of Messrs. Hauck and Swain...great developers back in the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Triton Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Sweet. I didn't realize someone recreated this area in Simcity 4. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 "Full Service Hotel"!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 They go all the way aaayyyyyyyyyy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Is Randall Davis going to finish with the tallest building on this site? Based on prior stories, I thought he was only slated to use part of his parcel. If he has a 2 unit per floor design, he could have a 40-50 story building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 And you aren't counting the parking garage/podium.. But I dont see it being that tall. Yes, likely the tallest on the site though unless something crazy is proposed on the three remaining properties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 "Full Service Hotel"!? That caught my eye, too. First, who? Second, where's the shoehorn to fit that in the space? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm guessing 4, possibly 5 units per floor. Two units per floor would be some huge individual units or a small floor plate. The only thing comparable would be the building rumored for Manhattan that would be one unit per floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 The image is cut off. The 90's era apartments (Park at Westcreek, they are next to the last old Westcreek building) are highlighted in green and there is a speech bubble thing pointing to it, but the content of the speech bubble is cut off. Are there plans for the 90's apartments? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted December 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 4/18/2006 at 1:41 PM, brijonmang said: is there any new news on this project? Westcreek Skyline. Here is the plot for the proposed hotel. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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