Kevin Strickland Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 A parking garage is literally a parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 32 minutes ago, Kevin Strickland said: A parking garage is literally a parking lot. I'm no great fan of parking garages - especially single-use ones. In a long-term context, you could even argue that a garage is worse than a surface lot because it's so much harder to redevelop into something less car-centric. But in the immediate sense, I think a multistorey garage is much better than a parking lot for three reasons: 1) It provides shade. 2) It can provide more parking with a much smaller footprint, thus reducing demand for other surface lots. 3) It can improve streetscape enclosure. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Residents speaking at Neartown mentioned "heat islands" "saving large canopy trees" developers have plans for "lots of greenery"......maybe installing bigger than usual new trees at corners of property. Also there isn't a plan for one parking garage- cars will be individually double stacked 0n surface lot. The Collective has 100+- parking places dedicated towards .....well...the public- located 2 blocks away. Edited July 28, 2023 by trymahjong 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 2 hours ago, trymahjong said: Also there isn't a plan for one parking garage- cars will be individually double stacked 0n surface lot. I don't really understand what you mean by "double stacked," but I know I don't love it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 There are these contraptions....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 15 hours ago, trymahjong said: There are these contraptions....... These are actually really common in urban cities like NYC and Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 There are plenty in small parking lots outside Columbias Football Stadium in northern Manhattan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Amlaham said: These are actually really common in urban cities like NYC and Chicago There was a bar/restaurant on Bagby St. that had them but didn't have a permit from the city so they had to take them down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 As long as they don't get Carrie's away 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotCom Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 There was previous mention of Mighty Equities owning this property. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/07/31/montrose-hyde-park-hotel.html Houston’s bustling Montrose area might soon be home to a new 52-key boutique hotel. Austin-based Mighty Equities is working with city planning officials to secure four variances that would allow it to build Hyde Park Hotel at 702 Hyde Park Blvd. The seven-story hotel would sit on a half-acre lot at the corner of Hyde Park Boulevard and Stanford Street. According to plans submitted to the Houston Planning and Development Commission, Hyde Park Hotel would feature 25,000 square feet of food, beverage and entertainment amenities in addition to a pool. The hotel would have two driveways, one opening onto Stanford Street for deliveries and another opening onto Hyde Park Boulevard that would lead to a 54-car parking garage. An additional 25 offsite parking spaces will be available to the west of the hotel on a nearby site on Crocker street. The company is seeking approval to open onto two residential streets — Hyde Park and Stanford — rather than a major thoroughfare and to have a 5-foot building line setback along the east side of the property. The additional five feet would be used to provide additional pedestrian walkways, according to the planning commission filing. The company is also seeking permission to develop the hotel in an area where over 50% of the parcels surrounding the hotel are residential in use. During a July 27 meeting on the Houston Planning and Development Commission, a decision whether to approve the requested variances was deferred for two weeks, until the commission’s Aug. 10 meeting. However, several area residents expressed concern that the hotel would alter the feel of the neighborhood, which is currently home to a number of LGBTQ-friendly bars and restaurants. Hyde Park Hotel would be within one block of Barnaby’s Café, Buddy’s, Crocker Bar, Eagle Houston, George and Lola’s Depot The property where the proposed hotel is currently vacant. Patricia Joiner, a consultant working with the developers behind Hyde Park Hotel, told the commission that Mighty Equities plans to work with members of the local community to refine plans for the hotel to ensure it complements the neighborhood. Joiner said developers hope to open the hotel within the next two years. Jones and Mighty Equities were not immediately available to provide additional comment or proposed renderings The Montrose area currently has few hotels located within its borders. In 2021, the remodeled and expanded La Colombe d’Or Hotel & Residences opened at 3411 Yoakum Blvd. in Montrose. La Colombe d’Or offers a blend of bed-and-breakfast-style lodging options in the historic mansion itself, bungalow-style suites and a more traditional experience in Hines’ recently completed $140 million Residences at La Colombe d’Or tower, which topped out in 2019. The 34-story residential tower also has 265 apartment units for rent. Earlier this year, Austin-based Bunkhouse announced plans to break ground on its first Houston hotel, which will also be in Montrose. Hotel Saint Augustine was designed as a 71-key, two-story hotel, offering guests access to an event space, a restaurant and a bar. Hotel Saint Augustine will be located on the 4100 block of Loretto Drive, which is a two-block road between West Main Street and Richmond Avenue in Montrose adjacent to The Menil Collection campus. Loretto Drive runs through the southern portion of several properties owned by The Menil Foundation Inc. and Menil Properties, according to Harris Central Appraisal District records. The Marchbanks Co., based in Austin, is developing the hotel for Bunkhouse. The company has worked on other Bunkhouse projects, such as Hotel Saint Cecilia and Hotel Magdalena in Austin as well as Hotel Havana in San Antonio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotCom Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Planning consultant: https://www.knudsonlp.com/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Merged. No need for two threads 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2023 Planning Commission approved the hotel. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 House on the southwest corner will be coming down. Bobbitt Glass will become the remote parking lot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 14 hours ago, hindesky said: Bobbitt Glass will become the remote parking lot. **sigh** 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Bobbitt Glass has been closed for many, many years, I used to eat breakfast at the old Mexican restaurant across the street that is now a club called 2.0. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 this old boarding house has many large trees, back front and sides---not great trees according to COH; yes there is one that is dead....but nice shade canopy from the remaining trees. . Since this corner is destined to be a parking lot anyway.....it might be the neighborly thing to allow those to stay for shade. Lordy but it's not likely summers in Houston will be any cooler. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2023 https://hydeparkhou.com The proposed 52-key boutique hotel will be located at 702 Hyde Park Blvd, and is a 7-story design under 75 feet tall that complements the Montrose Neighborhood and the surrounding community. The entrance to the hotel will be located on the South Side of the site on Hyde Park Boulevard, a local street. The proposed Hyde Park Hotel has two driveways. One driveway with access to Stanford Street for deliveries and another driveway with access to Hyde Park Boulevard leading to the 54-car Parking Garage. An additional 25 offsite parking spaces will be available to the West on a site on Crocker Street. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 I might be crazy in this super hot weather suggesting transplanting trees but........... There are small trees alongside Stanford that could be give new life at median at Westheimer and Bagby. This would be a great neighborly gesture Might Equities could do for the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 but then this section of street would have no trees? How is that better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 Listening to Mighty Equity developer, I was lead to believe the trees would be razed. New greenery would replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosFeliz Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Amazing that this group can do a garage and the Menil hotel is going to go with two surface lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 Wow, I missed that from their presentation- I thought they were only using those big gadgets to stack cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) On 9/7/2023 at 3:02 PM, LosFeliz said: Amazing that this group can do a garage and the Menil hotel is going to go with two surface lots. My guess is that the Menil Foundation has other longer term plans for the surface lot, so they don’t want to build a more “permanent” parking garage. Just a hunch. Edited September 10, 2023 by clutchcity94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I talked with the woman hired to present this project to the Planning Commission while at the Montrose Tirz 27 meeting about the reconstruction of Montrose Blvd. Asked when this will start and she said it will probably be a couple years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 I was driving by 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityliving Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trymahjong Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 I love these aerial shots! This is perfect view on trees on the lot ---- hopefully some can be saved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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