HOUSTON | Development Thread II

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Museo Plaza

Medical Office Building is now open - the 58-story residential tower and luxury hotel sound like they are still on the table per the HBJ.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...velopment.html

Photos: Museum District medical office building just the beginning for Mann Eye Institute's founder

By Jeff Jeffrey – Reporter, Houston Business Journal
May 5, 2022

Now that the Mann Eye Institute's new medical office building has opened in the Museum District, founder Dr. Mike Mann has shared more plans about the mixed-use development it will anchor.

The institute's new headquarters sit at the corner of Fannin Street and Southmore Boulevard, at 5115 Fannin, across the street from the practice’s former offices. Because Mann maintains ownership of his former offices, his long-term vision for the site is to raze them, making way for a luxury hotel and a 58-story multifamily tower. Hotel guests and multifamily residents will be able to access the office building and the restaurants it will house via a skybridge, Mann told the Houston Business Journal.

The idea, Mann said, is to create a self-sustaining ecosystem within the development, in which employees working in the office building can live in the apartment tower and medical patients have easy access to the hotel after undergoing surgery.

“The hotel is really the key to the whole project,” Mann said. “It will allow surgery patients to get back to their hotel room to rest up much more easily because it’s right across the street.”

However, Mann declined to provide many specifics about the next phase of development, other than to say that the hotel and the multifamily tower will incorporate some of the design elements used in the office building.

The Museo Medical Office Building building was designed by Marko Dasigenis of Houston-based PJMD Architects in collaboration with Dallas-based Huitt-Zollars, and the development was inspired by the Museum District’s neighboring art, science and cultural museums. The design drew upon elements of early 20th century analytical cubism, which was made famous by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Analytical cubism used fragmentation to break up forms and reconstruct them in abstract fashion to create an illusion of depth and perception.

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Another project for the emerging Allen Parkway / West Dallas corridor. This time a redevelopment of a site currently occupied by SCI's 12-story office building, and immediately west of that, the site of the former KHOU-TV studios, demolished after Hurricane Harvey.

Project Green

All info c/o Paco Jones on HAIF

Project:
Project Green - Phase I

Address:
1900 Allen Parkway

Owner:
Service Corporation International

Developer:
HINES

Architect:
HOK

Information:
New 13-story office building (203' height). Level 1 is lobby, 2-5 is parking garage, and 6-13 is office. Outdoor amenity terrace at Level 6. Total space (not including parking garage) is 245,160SF. SCI will occupy the building and leave two floors empty for leasing space.

Site improvements include a 3-story office building (1919 Allen Parkway), a 12-story office building (1929 Allen Parkway), a 2-story residence (currently used for storage - 1904 West Walker Street) and a parking garage, totaling 6.99 acres, that will all be demo'd to make room for a new mixed-use development.

I have attached a master plan of the complete development (last image). I have been waiting to share this until the development caught traction because of the efforts to keep this somewhat quiet. I can tell you that the Retail is planned to go next.

Renderings / site plan from post

[JManc]

I wonder why they want to replace their existing HQ? Interesting.

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Astros / Minute Maid Park Mixed-Use District

Some recent tidbits about the development near the ballpark.

First this excerpt from a Miami Standard piece on Astros owner Jim Crane

https://miamistandard.news/2022/05/1...th-shut/?amp=1

“I think we’ve got one of the top five franchises in the business, if not higher,’’ Crane says. “We’ve taken advantage of what we have here for sure.’’

Crane talks about the change in downtown, with condos and apartments replacing vacant buildings and homes. They plan to build a hotel and have their own entertainment village “becoming more Chicago-esque than it ever has been in the past.’’

Still, nothing creates fan interest and profitability more than winning, and as long as the Astros keep winning, and the fans show up, Crane vows to keep spending.

“This town has fallen in love with the winning,’’ said Crane, who has nearly doubled the payroll since he purchased the team. “We built the loyalty, but you got to win. You’ve got to be relevant. When you draw well, the revenues go up, you can afford to pay the players more.’’

An observation from HAIFer 'CREguy13'

I was at a breakfast last week where Crane was the keynote. He briefly mentioned their plans and stated a hotel, a lot of entertainment/retail, and possibly high-rise apartments were a part of the plan.

I'm excited about the fact he owns several other lots all around the ball park for future phases. This will be a very active part of downtown in the next couple years. Hopefully they release the official plans soon.

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Fairmont Museum District



Building 3, a 12-story structure, now underway. Image from article.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...ent-tower.html

Construction underway on Montrose apartment tower

By Jeff Jeffrey – Reporter, Houston Business Journal
May 9, 2022

Construction crews have gone vertical on a new 12-story multifamily building at 4343 Woodhead St. in Montrose.

The Houston Business Journal observed construction crews hard at work May 9 pouring concrete at the site for what will soon become a three-story parking garage, sitting beneath nine stories of apartment units. At least four concrete-mixing trucks arrived around midday as construction workers cleared the way for foundations and supporting columns to be poured.

Documents filed with the Texas Department of Regulation and Licensing say that the site at 4343 Woodhead will soon be home to a 302-unit multifamily development, dubbed Fairmont Museum District III.

While the TDLR documents provide scant details about what the project will entail, they say that the building will have first-floor office space and amenities on the fourth and 12th floors.

The project is scheduled to be completed in August 2024, according to TDLR.

The filing lists Houston-based Steinberg Dickey Collaborative as the design firm. A sign posted outside the construction site lists Davis Brothers Construction, which is also based in Houston, as the general contractor.

[Urbannizer]

3615 Montrose

Construction expected to start before 2023.

https://verosade.com/builders/

[kingkirbythe....]

This is very exciting!


Immersive experience company Meow Wolf announces 2 permanent Texas locations

https://www.mysanantonio.com/enterta...W-17165691.php

The immersive arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf announced its plans to open two new permanent exhibitions in Texas, according to a news release from the business on Wednesday, May 11. The company will open locations in Grapevine (Dallas-Fort Worth area) and Houston.

Known for their interactive experiences aimed at transporting audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration, Meow Wolf's latest projects are slated to open in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

"The Meow Wolf story universe is expanding, and Texas holds the keys to our next chapters," Jose Tolosa, CEO of Meow Wolf, stated in the release. "Opening a permanent exhibition in the largest, and one of the most diverse states in the country, has been on Meow Wolf's radar for years, and we are excited to be formally underway. The opportunities this state has presented have already become the touchstones of a vibrant, arts-centric portal of imaginative creativity."

The Grapevine exhibition will be located in Grapevine Mills and is slated to open in 2023. The exhibit name will be announced at a later date, according to the release. The Houston exhibition will be located in the Fifth Ward of Houston. It's slated to open in 2024, with The Deal Co as development partners.

The company referred to these locations as "portals" opening up in Texas, a reference familiar to those who have visited their existing exhibitions and who have eagerly awaited the announcement of their next locations as part of their texasportals.com campaign.

Meow Wolf cited a number of criteria that led them to choose Texas, including diversity, with Houston ranked as the #1 most diverse city in America. The locations have been in the works for over two years, Meow Wolf noted. They plan to work with hundreds of artists, both local to Texas and from their headquarters in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to create the next immersive experiences.

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More likely coming to the TMC, specifically the MD Anderson Campus

Info from a recent meeting of the UT Board of Regents Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
https://www.utsystem.edu/board-of-re...ing-2022-05-04

Ambulatory Care Building 2 (2ACB) - 17 Floors / 3 Underground Parking Levels / 1.5M GSF Total

Ambulatory Care Building 3 (3ACB) - 19 Floors / Unknown Underground Parking Levels / 1.8M GSF Total

Both towers and a shared parking structure will sit on part of the old Prudential building site, currently the MD Anderson Prairie park at Fannin and Holcombe. Timeline for construction would run between 2024-2027.

A large patient tower of unknown height is slated to replace several of the older structures at the heart of the central Anderson campus. This would likely sit along MD Anderson Blvd, north of the intersection of Bates Ave & south of Morsund St.

New Bed Tower - Unknown Floors / GSF. Timeline would be for construction to begin in 2023 and end in 2027.

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100 Park Place


Image c/o Houston Business Journal

Per a thread on HAIF, it looks like the permitting process has begun on an 18-story, 250KSF tower to be part of the existing Park Place development at Westheimer near Mid Lane, just west of Highland Village. The tower would be built on the greenspace on the bottom left portion of the image. There is no timeline for completion.

[JManc]

^ I wonder if they will squeeze something in the green space between where the new development will be and the apartment building on the right. I hope at least they leave the two trees on far end of walkway alone.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by JManc

^ I wonder if they will squeeze something in the green space between where the new development will be and the apartment building on the right. I hope at least they leave the two trees on far end of walkway alone.

They will, HAIF link shows a hotel/residential high-rise and retail.

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

More likely coming to the TMC, specifically the MD Anderson Campus

Info from a recent meeting of the UT Board of Regents Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
https://www.utsystem.edu/board-of-re...ing-2022-05-04

Ambulatory Care Building 2 (2ACB) - 17 Floors / 3 Underground Parking Levels / 1.5M GSF Total

Ambulatory Care Building 3 (3ACB) - 19 Floors / Unknown Underground Parking Levels / 1.8M GSF Total

Both towers and a shared parking structure will sit on part of the old Prudential building site, currently the MD Anderson Prairie park at Fannin and Holcombe. Timeline for construction would run between 2024-2027.

A large patient tower of unknown height is slated to replace several of the older structures at the heart of the central Anderson campus. This would likely sit along MD Anderson Blvd, north of the intersection of Bates Ave & south of Morsund St.

New Bed Tower - Unknown Floors / GSF. Timeline would be for construction to begin in 2023 and end in 2027.

This will be across from the recent TAMU expansion in the TMC, lots of growth in this section. To add some screen grabs from a couple of posters on HAIF:



Hightower on HAIF



Texan on HAIF



Texan on HAIF

[currysteph]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

Perennial / 2120 Post Oak Blvd.

From HAIF member swtsig...



The Linkedin post



Renderings from embedded video...

I posted about this several months back....I was driving for Uber at the time and the developer was my passenger....so its a for real thing as far as I know :-)

[bilbao58]

There were some renderings of an earlier proposal for this location posted on HAIF that I prefer to this newer one. That building wasn't as tall, but I think it was nicer.



https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...d-use/page/12/

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Memorial City Mall


https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...ears-site.html

First look: Memorial City Mall's former Sears site to transform into town center

By Jeff Jeffrey – Reporter, Houston Business Journal
May 19, 2022

Two years after tearing down the building that once housed Memorial City Mall’s Sears store, Houston-based MetroNational has finally unveiled its plans for what will replace it — and the company’s vision for the site goes far beyond what many expected.

During a May 16 meeting with the Houston Business Journal, MetroNational President Jason Johnson outlined the company’s intent to build a 27-acre urban infill development, dubbed Memorial Town Square, which eventually will feature a mix of retail, coworking, traditional office and multifamily spaces. The new town square will be located at the corner of Gessner Road and Barryknoll Lane.

The first phase of the project will focus on building 10 standalone retail buildings, which will total 190,000 square feet and will surround a new half-acre green space.

“We did a lot of collaborative work with the surrounding community,” Johnson said. “What we found was that there was a desire for more low-density retail that felt like it was already part of the area. Our goal is to build something that feels like it was there all along.”

The plan for the project is to bring in more than 40 tenants, combining top-flight restaurants, local boutiques, creative office spaces, and health and wellness facilities, Johnson said.

“When it’s done, Memorial Town Square hopefully will provide a place where families can go to enjoy highly walkable shops, great restaurants and beautiful green spaces,” Johnson said. “Houston may be a metropolitan city; however, Houstonians enjoy having a place that feels like it is all their own.”

As part of the project, MetroNational plans to demolish part of the existing Memorial City Mall to create a new covered entrance. Johnson said the new entrance will help to incorporate the mall into the new town center.

“We wanted to take particular care of the mall because it was the key part of my grandfather’s vision for Memorial City when he started it 50 years ago,” Johnson said. “By reimagining it as part of the town square, it will help to build on my grandfather’s vision.”

MetroNational plans to court tenants that offer both locally curated outlets and national retail offerings, Johnson added.

The first phase of the development is scheduled to break ground next year with an anticipated completion date of 2025.

Once the retail portion of the project is finished, Johnson said the company will start working to build the multifamily piece of the project, which will consist of a tower with 250-plus units and between 50,000 and 60,000 square feet of first-floor retail.

The final piece of the project will be a 375,000-square-foot office building, Johnson said.

The company has not yet set a timeline for the second and third phases of the project.

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Levit Green


image from article

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...s-17186677.php

53-acre life sciences district laden with lakes, restaurants rising rapidly by Texas Medical Center

Marissa Luck,
Staff writer
May 20, 2022
Updated: May 20, 2022 12:21 p.m.

A 53-acre life sciences campus is rapidly rising just beyond the Texas Medical Center as part of effort to turn Houston into a mecca for medical innovation.

Hines, the Houston developer and global real estate player, is on track this year to complete the first phase of Levit Green, a life sciences district that could eventually encompass 4 million square feet spread across nine buildings, outdoor spaces and three lakes.

On Thursday, sounds of hammers banging, boom lifts buzzing and excavators beeping rose over the construction site at the corner of Dixie Drive and Grand Boulevard about one mile east of Texas Medical Center. Contractors working with Harvey Builders topped out on the first five-story building within the project, meaning the 294,000 square-foot structure has reached its highest point.

“This is more than just another project, it’s a building intended to become a very strong component of a city of life sciences,” said John Mooz, senior managing director at Hines, which is developing Levit Green in partnership with the Houston real estate firm 2ML Real Estate and Chicago investment firm Harrison Street.

In spite of supply chain hiccups, the core and shell of the first building are expected to be complete by December . Prospective tenants could then move into their spaces the following year, Mooz said.

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"Oak Park" (Former Halliburton Campus)

Site Plan / Info from HAIFer Paco Jones

I don't know that there is an official name as of yet. It is being referenced to as "Oak Park" right now.

Construction is slated to begin mid July, which will likely just be underground utilities and such. I don't have much information on the actual buildings other than there is going to be multi-family, retail, dining, POB (offices), and parking (in addition to the existing parking garage). Johnson Development and Garden Capital Partners. This development is going forward. Hoping that it is built and completed as proposed.

I would really be happy to see a nice mixed-used development happen in this part of town. I still remember how Park 8 got me excited and then broke my heart.

[llamaorama]

Not bad, Houston needs more developments like that.

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2120 Post Oak Blvd

Selection of new renderings on Ziegler Cooper's website

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1550 On The Green

c/o sapo2367 on HAIF



The Allen

c/o hindesky on HAIF



Houston Methodist Centennial Tower

c/o hindesky on HAIF