HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[colemonkee]

Yes, but do they have state-shaped lazy rivers?

[kingkirbythe....]

Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

In Colorado they have state-shaped pools all over the place.

I prefer my pools Wyoming shaped.

[kingkirbythe....]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

Yes, but do they have state-shaped lazy rivers?

Touché!

[Yackemflaber69]

I'm moving to Houston tomorrow any advice.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69

I'm moving to Houston tomorrow any advice.

About which things in particular?

[TexasPlaya]

Trebly Park in southern downtown off Pease St and San Jacinto

Pic from Sunstar @ HAIF

[TexasPlaya]

Montrose Medical Office Building off Richmond near Dunleavy

Info and pics from Paco Jones @ HAIF

Medical office building to be located on Richmond Avenue, across the street from The Fairmont Museum District. The project will be a podium type building with 5 levels of office space over 8 levels of above-grade parking. The 5th level of the building will be a conference/terrace level. The office levels will provide approximately 94,800 gross square
feet. The parking garage contains approximately 299 parking spaces. Level 1 will be designed to accommodate an Urgent Care and an Medical Imaging tenant.

[TexasPlaya]

Stella Link Mixed-Used Development By Barvin near TMC

Pic and info from Urbannizer @ HAIF


https://f.hubspotusercontent30.net/h...%20Outlook.pdf

Barvin acquired a 3-acre site adjacent to our upcoming 10-acre multi-phase mixed-use development project, Stella & Braes. We plan to break ground on Stella & Braes in 3Q22 and intend to develop the 3-acre adjacent land site into retail or multifamily after the completion of Stella & Braes. Stella & Braes will serve the unmet demands of the area's affluent demographic based on the data that within a 1-mile radius, the average household income is over $170,000 with the average home value at over $700,000. Additionally, the population within a 5-mile radius has grown by 16% in the past decade.

From Highrise Tower @ HAIF

[Double L]

Montrose desperately needs a better urban environment to go along with its cultural character and that doesn’t seem to be happening.

[Wattleigh]

Swift / M-K-T / Heights Area

Info from Triten Partners

Triten Real Estate Partners purchased over four acres of land and three original buildings the Heights neighborhood of Houston. The buildings, first constructed in 1909, were formerly a meat packing and distribution facility for Swift & Company. The Swift site is immediately adjacent to Triten’s m-k-t Heights project and gives Triten 16.5 contiguous acres and over 2,000 linear feet of frontage along the Heights Hike and Bike Trail.

Photos from the website





Rendering and current image per Matt Weidert on Twitter

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Double L

Montrose desperately needs a better urban environment to go along with its cultural character and that doesn’t seem to be happening.

Developers in Houston seem to be, for the most part, cheap, unimaginative, risk-averse, and only out to make a quick buck.

[Wattleigh]

1920 West Alabama - Montrose

New 13-story, 390 unit apartment tower proposed by US Living for a portion of a block along West Alabama near Hazard Street. The site was once proposed for a 6-story project about 6-7 years ago. Current renderings are likely a placeholder and mirror a 13-story project the developer has at 1180 W. 18th in The Heights (seen on the previous page). Timeline for both towers would be 2022-2024.

A rendering of that (and this?) project. Both also from The Preston Partnership architects.



Already drilling for core samples on scene. Photos c/o hindesky on HAIF






McNair / Cockrell Interests Apartments

Per Community Impact Newspaper

Officials with the Houston-based developer and investment firm McNair Interests announced March 29 plans to partner with Cockrell Interests on a new multifamily project in the Timbergrove area.

The 400-unit project will be located at the southeast corner of West 11th and Maxroy streets, said Drew Steffen, senior vice president of real estate with McNair Interests. The 6-acre site has been cleared in preparation for construction, but details on a construction timeline are being finalized, Steffen said. The site once served as the location of Schill Steel Services, which closed in 2019.

[llamaorama]

That huge parking garage with some offices on top is so typical Houston. I think there's another one somewhere in the Memorial area in planning too.

[TexasPlaya]

Office/residential over parking podium/garage is a sunbelt feature. The planned medical office in Montrose will have a ground level tenant per the blurb.

I just wish Houston would do a better job making it's streets pedestrian/bike friendly.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

Office/residential over parking podium/garage is a sunbelt feature.

Yeah, but it doesn't have to be as ugly as that.

[Double L]

One issue is it is so risky to build underground in Houston because of the water table. Rather than put parking underground, we usually have to put it above ground. I mean, I think they do the best they can with the parking garages. They didn’t just make it a concrete slab.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Double L

One issue is it is so risky to build underground in Houston because of the water table. Rather than put parking underground, we usually have to put it above ground.

There are lots of underground garages in Houston. All over Downtown (Library, Tranquility Park, Jones Plaza and all the venues surrounding it, Discovery Green to name a few) and under the Galleria… even under the Whole Foods on Elgin. It just costs money to do it.

Originally Posted by Double L

I mean, I think they do the best they can with the parking garages. They didn’t just make it a concrete slab.

The entire building is an unimaginative eyesore.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

Swift / M-K-T / Heights Area

Info from Triten Partners



Photos from the website

I drove by this last week and was wondering if developer would preserve it, glad they are.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by JManc

I drove by this last week and was wondering if developer would preserve it, glad they are.

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

Yeah, but it doesn't have to be as ugly as that.

I guess, I don't think it's that bad since it's just a medical office.