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Originally Posted by DCReid
Where's the closest public transit (metro, bus stop)? It's too bad they are not building any more residential towers there (maybe the temporary parking lot will be filled with one or two).
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If I review the map here:
https://map.ridemetro.org/
There are multiple bus stops for three separate lines around the perimeter of the development (028, 291, 297) and two additional ones with a block east and west (060, 084) respectively. Those lines and 13 others serve the TMC Transit Center. That has access to the Red Line of METRORail.
If someone didn't want to take the bus, either the TMC Transit Center or Smith Lands stations stops on the Red Line are within a 10-15 minute walk from the site. I've walked to TMC Transit a few times from MD Anderson's Mid-Campus Tower at Bertner and Braeswood and it's not that bad. Given the plans for development from MD Anderson to build additional facilities immediately north and east of Transit Center, it will probably be a bit more interesting in the next 5-7 years.
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TMC itself has a half-dozen or so shuttles that serve the campus during the week, running on three lines that are free to riders. The Green and OST routes pass directly by the site with two sets of stops on the north side of the project (1MC East & West and McNair North & South). The service stops at lots or hospitals at or adjacent to the Smith Lands and Dryden/TMC stations on the METRORail Red Line. Using the Red shuttle would give access to an additional stop - Memorial Hermann / Houston Zoo station - within a block of a hospital drop-off point.
With regard to adjacent development, I don't think the area immediately west, bound by Bertner, OST, Fannin & S. Braeswood should be overlooked in the near term. There's already a four-star hotel that's opened recently immediately west of the TMC Helix Park site and another dual-branded Hyatt property at Fannin and OST. Given those developments and the potential of more sooner than later, it is likely there will be adjustments to better serve the site and the surrounding area as a whole.