Posted Sep 11, 2018, 5:30 PM
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Update on Montrose Gardens:
- 6,000 sq ft (down from 24,000 sq ft), Khun Kai Thai's Cafe will return
- 6 levels of parking (down from nine - one retail; six residential)
- 12 levels of residential (up from 10, 100 condo units)
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The owners of Khun Kay Thai Café want to develop a 20-story tower called Montrose Garden, replacing the longtime restaurant along Montrose Boulevard.
Houston-based CE Engineers & Development Consultants Inc. submitted a variance request for the project to the city of Houston’s Planning & Development Department last month, according to the agenda for the Planning Commission's Sept. 13 meeting. Plans for the tower include “everything from a retail shopping center, multifamily condominiums and parking to pedestrian-friendly walkways, green areas and bike rentals,” per the variance request form included in the agenda. “The owners plan to relocate their 37-year-old landmark restaurant inside the Montrose Garden development.”
Now, the Sumriths are planning the tower because they realized “that a revitalization is underway in Montrose” and aim to start construction in 2019, per the form. In fact, the Montrose Garden site is across the Montrose-West Clay intersection from El Tiempo's 1308 Cantina, which will be replaced by an eight-story apartment project. However, the groundbreaking for that project was delayed shortly after plans resurfaced.
The first story of Montrose Garden is expected to include about 6,000 square feet of retail divided into four 1,500-square-foot spaces. One of those is slated for a restaurant, and another potentially will house a Starbucks. The retail portion of the building will have a dedicated level of parking on the second floor, and the “ground floor will have required bike racks and loading berth per City’s requirements,” the form states.
The form notes that the developer is already negotiating with HoustonBcycle to install the bike-share system.
Five stories of residential parking are planned for the third through seventh floors, with 100 multifamily condo units on floors eight through 20. Plans currently call for 59 one-bedroom units, 28 two-bedroom units and 13 three-bedroom units. Because there are six total stories of parking, screens could be installed to cover those floors, the form notes.
The ground floor will feature a walkway for pedestrians, landscaping and fountain area. However, the developer is requesting permission for a 9-foot building line along Montrose instead of the required 25 feet and a 5-foot building line along West Clay instead of 10 feet because the existing requirements would make one-quarter of the land unusable for the building. Reducing the building’s footprint to meet the existing requirements would leave less than 4,000 square feet for retail and less than 50 residential units, which would make the project financially unfeasible, per the form.
“If granted the variance needed to move forward on this project, we will comply with City’s requirement on the walkway and make it convenient and user-friendly for all the residents in the neighboring and visitors to the area,” the form states. “This project is in-line with the City’s trend and intention of creating additional sidewalk space and we are eager to get it approved.”
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https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...mixed-use.html
Last edited by Urbannizer; Sep 11, 2018 at 5:53 PM.
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