HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[Wattleigh]

1550 On The Green

c/o quietstorm on HAIF



c/o cityliving on HAIF



Memorial Park

via Uptown Houston's Twitter

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And for those tracking the Midtown McDonalds / Bus Station Saga, Mickey D's is now gone.

c/o u/mborbey on reddit

[Wattleigh]

Autry Park / Hanover Buffalo Bayou

This one is definitely moving quick - the footprint of the building is now visible and it seems foundation work may be underway. Cranes will likely be on site soon.

c/o hindesky on HAIF

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

And for those tracking the Midtown McDonalds / Bus Station Saga, Mickey D's is now gone.

c/o u/mborbey on reddit

So sad to see that McDonalds go.

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JUST KIDDING!

[Oscarhouston86]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

Pierce Elevated Redevelopment / Possible 'Sky Park'

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...e-17742026.php



Renderings from article

I really hope this becomes to fruition. The city needs something besides another "city center" it needs a major public space. The Post was a good start, and now this project. It will take Downtown to new heights.

[Wattleigh]

https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/city-county/2023/02/07/city-of-houston-moves-forward-with-north-canal-project/

A rendering shows the proposed North Canal channel near the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou. Amenities shown are not part of the flood-control project and would be completed separately. (Courtesy Engage Houston)

City of Houston moves forward with North Canal project

By Leah Foreman | 10:15 AM Feb 9, 2023 CST
Updated 10:14 AM Feb 9, 2023 CST

On Feb. 8, Houston City Council approved an ordinance to grant additional funding for the North Canal Project. The North Canal Project is an extensive flood detention and mitigation plan designed to reduce the risk of flooding.

In addition to the north canal channel, which is to be built at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, the project also entails a south canal channel along Buffalo Bayou's southern side at I-69. In addition, upstream improvements will be made to White Oak Bayou at the Yale Street and Heights Boulevard bridges.

Worth about $131 million, the project will begin in winter 2025 and is expected to be complete in fall 2029, according to Houston Public Works.

[Wattleigh]

Parkside Residences at Discovery Green

c/o cityliving on HAIF




Autry Park / Hanover Buffalo Bayou

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More COH permits going out for construction



Pearl Rosemont

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UNITi Montrose / Fairmont Museum District III

UNITi Montrose closest to the foreground / Fairmont project farther back with red crane

c/o cityliving on HAIF




X Houston / TMC Helix Plaza

X Houston crane closest to the foreground / TMC Helix Plaza cranes in the background

c/o cityliving on HAIF

[Wattleigh]

A piece in the Chronicle contrasts some of the newer structures on the Rice, TSU & UH campuses with their older counterparts.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lif...e-17752131.php

Houston colleges shift away from traditional look with more modern buildings


DIANE COWEN,
STAFF WRITER
Feb. 13, 2023
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 5:56 p.m.

There's no end in sight to the building boom on college campuses in Houston, adding a flurry of new, modernist buildings to campuses that began with traditional architecture 75 to 100 or more years ago.

The contrast between the oldest and newest buildings at Rice University, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University can be stark, but campus planners describe the "then" versus "now" differences as gradual changes that grew over time.

Casual observers may just see them as generational differences, but the architectural style of buildings — especially on a college campus — makes a strong statement about what goes on there: Are they traditional and tied to current ways of thinking, or are they more innovative and forward-thinking in academic pursuits and research?

[Wattleigh]

The Daphne

Initially found by Paco Jones on HAIF last August - it is a reboot of a previously proposed boutique hotel for The Heights at West 20th & Ashland Streets. It looks to be moving ahead now.





https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...hts-hotel.html

Plans for Heights boutique hotel back on after delay, filing says

By Jeff Jeffrey – Senior reporter, Houston Business Journal
Feb 14, 2023

Houston-based Wood Lane Partners appears to be making another attempt at opening a boutique hotel in the city’s Heights area.

A filing submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation said the company plans to build a five-story, 43,306-square-foot hotel at 347 W. 20th St., which will be called The Daphne.

The TDLR filing said the 51-key hotel will have 16 on-site parking spaces, a single-story retail component, an indoor lounge area and an outdoor cabana and pool terrace.

The $24 million project is expected to break ground later this year and to wrap up construction in 2024, the filing said.

Massachusetts-based BlanchardA+D is listed as the project architect, and Austin-based Bunkhouse Hotels has been tapped with managing the property, according to TDLR.

[colemonkee]

^ That looks quite nice, especially if they go with the brick (assuming vaneer) facade as the rendering suggests.

[Wattleigh]

1550 On The Green



https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...Pos=2#cxrecs_s

Skanska USA tops out on 1550 on the Green office tower in downtown Houston

By Jeff Jeffrey – Senior reporter, Houston Business Journal
Feb 15, 2023

New York-based Skanska USA Commerical’s 1550 on the Green project has officially topped out, marking an important milestone for the closely watched 28-story office tower adjacent to Discovery Green downtown.

When it is completed later this year, the 375,000-square-foot building at 1550 Lamar St. will feature 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space with extra-wide pedestrian zones under a canopy of trees, Skanska said.

Above the retail space, the building’s lobby will be outfitted with touchless turnstiles, app-based registration and destination-dispatch elevators.

Tenants will also have access to a fitness center and outdoor terraces on the 12th and 20th floors.

The 28th floor will be dedicated to an event space with a landscaped outdoor terrace.

“As the name suggests, 1550 on the Green has been designed and built with sustainability at its core, and there’s no better place for the greenest office building in Houston than in Discovery Green,” Matt Damborsky, executive vice president for Skanska USA Commercial Development’s Houston market, said in a statement. “We’re eager to continue the remaining parts of the construction process and begin welcoming tenants and visitors to the building later this year.”

Midtown Redevelopment

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...Pos=1#cxrecs_s

Midtown ripe for development following McDonald's closure, Greyhound station hitting market

By Jeff Jeffrey – Senior reporter, Houston Business Journal
Feb 16, 2023

Long-simmering proposals to reimagine Houston’s Midtown area, including the Pierce Elevated, might have gotten new life recently when a much-maligned McDonald’s on South Main Street was torn down and the adjacent Greyhound bus station went up for sale.

The Midtown Redevelopment Authority is scheduled to hold a public meeting next week to discuss updates to its Midtown Park and Public Space Master Plan. A spokeswoman for the MRA said the Feb. 22 meeting will include conversations about potential redevelopment opportunities related to the Pierce Elevated structure being converted into something that benefits the local community.

“The sale of the Greyhound bus station site and the McDonald’s closure present redevelopment opportunities that will positively impact existing and future developments in Midtown,” the MRA said in a statement.

Theater District / Lynn Wyatt Square

c/o hindesky on HAIF

[MichiganExpress]

Houston is densifying like crazy. Traffic is going to be a nightmare and total gridlock unless something is done to encourage people to take transit. Expanding light rail and/or BRT systems should be a priority. And I am NOT saying stop investing in roads.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

[B]

Theater District / Lynn Wyatt Square

c/o hindesky on HAIF

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! This is the first I’ve seen of this other than renderings.

[Wattleigh]

TMC Helix Park

I will quote Highrise Tower's post on HAIF which summarizes some new findings from a CBRE retail brochure that is current as of last Monday.

This is no longer considered phase one. Phase two includes the hotel, conference center, and multifamily tower. Phase 2 is due to come online in 2025/2026. This means construction should start later this year? Or at the latest early next year.







The Mixed-Use Garage looks better than I thought. wow!! The fitness club that they are calling "Burn Fitness" includes a roof top pool! Look at that unique golden mesh wrap and the curvy ground floor glass facade!!

Even the parking garage is a master piece!

[Wattleigh]

Residences on Westheimer

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...n-17811707.php

The 12-story upscale apartments will feature 209 spacious units near the Upper Kirby/ River Oaks neighborhoods.

Ziegler Cooper/High Street Residential

1960s River Oaks strip center to be replaced by 12-story boutique apartments

High Street Residential breaking ground on luxury project in former Antique Pavilion site

Marissa Luck,
Staff writer
March 2, 2023

The Dallas-based developer behind a new downtown skyscraper is turning its sights to River Oaks-Upper Kirby with a 12-story luxury apartment project replacing a 1960s-era strip center.

High Street Residential, a subsidiary of real estate firm Trammell Crow Co., recently took control of a 1.7-acre site at 2311 Westheimer, where it plans to build 209 apartments and a 2,900-square-foot ground floor cafe. The project is planned for the site of the former Antique Pavilion east of Kirby, near French restaurant a’Bouzy and the French Gourmet Bakery.

Contractors have begun removing hazardous materials from the existing building before clearing the site soon, a High Street Residential spokesperson said. The site has been home to a Randalls’ supermarket, a Hart Galleries auction house and, for the past 30 years, the Antique Pavilion. The collection of antique dealers closed at end of last year, before real estate firm Stanmore Partners transferred its long-term lease on the site to High Street Residential in late January.

High Street Residential and joint venture partner Daiwa House Industry are catering River Oaks on Westheimer to empty-nesters and young professionals seeking spacious units. The first several units will be ready for move in in the first quarter of 2025.

High Street enlisted two Houston companies, architecture firm Ziegler Cooper and interior design firm Rottet Studio, to help envision a new life for the property. Rottet Studio has worked on well-known communities such as La Colombe d’Or., while Ziegler Cooper has a roster of projects including High Street's recent Parkside Residences, a 43-story tower near Discovery Green.

[TexasBoi]

^^ That's a nice development. More of those need to get built.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

Residences on Westheimer

What is with all the nonexistent high rises in the background of this rendering?

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

What is with all the nonexistent high rises in the background of this rendering?

Perhaps they are leaked proposals.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

Perhaps they are leaked proposals.

[Wattleigh]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

What is with all the nonexistent high rises in the background of this rendering?

Especially given there are actual skyscrapers in the opposite direction, thanks to 2727 Kirby, Hanover River Oaks and even Arrive Upper Kirby (if you know where to see it peeking out from). Some of the midrises at Arrive River Oaks add the the skyline of sorts that has started to pop up along Kirby Dr.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

Especially given there are actual skyscrapers in the opposite direction, thanks to 2727 Kirby, Hanover River Oaks and even Arrive Upper Kirby (if you know where to see it peeking out from). Some of the midrises at Arrive River Oaks add the the skyline of sorts that has started to pop up along Kirby Dr.

When did Kirby Collection become Arrive Upper Kirby? (I hate being out of the loop and literally 180 miles outside the Loop.)