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Urbannizer Nov 27, 2014 6:50 PM

More Updates - Texas Medical Center

Methodist Hospital North Campus Expansion: Demolition work continues.

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MD Anderson Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer Care :

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Something's u/c next to the building:

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University of Texas Dental Branch: Building is closed with a fence around the site, will be demolished soon.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center Pavilion:

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Urbannizer Nov 27, 2014 7:13 PM

Updates By Triton - 11/26

Buffalo Bayou Park Revitalization:

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Dog Park:

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Broadstone Skyline:

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Elan Heights:

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Alexan Heights:

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Alexan Yale:

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Urbannizer Nov 30, 2014 4:25 AM

ExxonMobil Chemical Campus Redevelopment: A first look at the site plan. PMRG is evaluating two different options for the $1 Billion-dollar project.

Plan A: Keep the existing office building.

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Plan B: Demolish the existing office building.

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Construction on the first office building and apartment complex is expected to begin in Summer 2015.

toxteth o'grady Nov 30, 2014 6:00 AM

Houston makes the national media again - this time for too much gentrification. And the poster child for this change is the Hanover River Oaks.

How oligarchs destroyed a major American city

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BTW, isn't the real poster child for all of this the Shenzhenification of New York City?

toxteth o'grady Dec 1, 2014 2:13 AM

The Chronicle's story on the Post apartments on 610 near the Galleria was notable not for the announcement of a five-story apartment that's been under construction for a month but for a map highlighting all the projects underway or in the pipeline...

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Dariusb Dec 1, 2014 4:23 AM

Wow, great map! Thanks for sharing that. Btw, that was a very interesting article on gentrification in Houston

jmarchbanks13 Dec 1, 2014 5:13 AM

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Not sure where miscellaneous pics like this would go but we have awesome views of downtown from my office on Canal & Navigation.

Urbannizer Dec 2, 2014 1:22 AM

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady (Post 6826420)
The Chronicle's story on the Post apartments on 610 near the Galleria was notable not for the announcement of a five-story apartment that's been under construction for a month but for a map highlighting all the projects underway or in the pipeline...

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Not a good map as it shows projects that have been completed for a few months, even years now. Another thing is that it only shows a few proposals - there's a lot more than that.

Urbannizer Dec 2, 2014 1:25 AM

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Condo developer responds to market with a bigger building

Demand for units in a condominium building planned along Allen Parkway has been so strong the developer has scrapped the original design and added three stories to the structure.

“Our initial vision was to build a boutique 22-unit condominium on the property, and we projected it would take 6 months to sell half the units,” Chris Sims of developer Sims Luxury Builders said in a statement. “But when we sold the first 4 units within a couple of days and more than half the units within 60 days, it altered our original vision for the location.”

The Sugar Land-based builder is now planning a 10-story structure with 29 units on the site at D’Amico Street near Allen Parkway and Dunlavy. The original plan was for a seven-story building.

The project — Riva at the Park — is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016. Units come in nine floor plans ranging from 2,350 to 3,600 square feet and are priced from $800,000 to $1.6 million.

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Urbannizer Dec 2, 2014 11:05 PM

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$75 million luxury apartment project breaks ground in Houston’s Museum District

A longtime Houston developer has embarked on a $75 million luxury apartment project in the Museum District.

Tema Development Inc. broke ground Dec. 2 on Hermann Park Residences, located at 1699 Hermann Drive. The seven-story, 224-unit building will sit on 2.25 acres across from Hermann Park, between Crawford and Jackson streets.

The project is expected to be completed in late 2016.

Hermann Park Residences will feature 311,000 square feet of studios, one- and two-bedroom units and five penthouse suites. The units, which boast high-end fixtures, millwork materials and stainless steel appliances, will overlook Hermann Park or a courtyard.

The apartment project also features a 12,000-square-foot courtyard with a fountain, and a 9,000-square-foot amenity area. Common amenities include a rooftop sky lounge, cafe bar, club, conference area, fitness center, yoga room, swimming pool with a sunbathing ledge, fire pit, barbecue area, common-area Wi-Fi, bicycle storage and an electric car-charging station.

Tema Development also is building a 144,000-square-foot, five-story structured parking garage behind the apartment project. Residents can drive into the garage, park in one of 351 spaces and enter into the apartment complex at each level.

Houston-based Morganti Group Inc. is the general contractor, Dallas-based Corgan Associates Inc. is the architect and Houston-based Greystar Real Estate is the property manager.
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Tower at Hermann Place: The proposed tower that's mentioned in the article.

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Urbannizer Dec 3, 2014 1:11 AM

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Housing project planned for old flea market property

A developer is planning a major upgrade to a worn-out corner of south Houston with a new apartment and retail project where an empty flea market now stands.

With help from more than $15 million in public funding, the ITEX Group is preparing to remake the almost 10-acre site at the southwest corner of Griggs and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard with a $41 million project called the Village at Palm Center.

The new development, which was designed by prominent multifamily architecture firm Humphreys & Partners, will have 222 rentals, including 154 apartments and 68 townhouse-style units. Some commercial space is also planned.

Most of the apartments will be affordable housing for low- and moderate-income renters, but a portion will be priced at market rents.

"This will preserve the ability for people living in the community to continue living in their community," said Clark Colvin, executive vice president of the ITEX Group, which is planning to hold a ground breaking ceremony at the site Wednesday afternoon.

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rellott Dec 3, 2014 2:16 PM

Man, wouldn't the Downtown post office serve better as the High Speed Rail Station? It seems like the perfect spot besides Hardy Rail Yards which is also doing something similar to the post office. I just feel both are missed opportunities for the city to find land and proximity that the HSR needs.

toxteth o'grady Dec 3, 2014 3:55 PM

It's good that some attention is finally being given to parts of the city that haven't been part of the boom. It's also encouraging that it is aimed at renters who can't afford to pay $2.80/sf for a living space.

TexasPlaya Dec 3, 2014 4:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rellott (Post 6829456)
Man, wouldn't the Downtown post office serve better as the High Speed Rail Station? It seems like the perfect spot besides Hardy Rail Yards which is also doing something similar to the post office. I just feel both are missed opportunities for the city to find land and proximity that the HSR needs.

Did they select another site?

Double L Dec 3, 2014 5:19 PM

I disagree that the post office would be a good location for the High Speed Rail Station. It's too small, in a back corner of downtown that doesn't get much development and is surrounded by highways. Because there is only so much space downtown to work with and we can't get a line to the center of downtown, I propose some vacant lots around Minute Maid Field as the prime location for future high speed rail transit.

Urbannizer Dec 4, 2014 4:13 AM

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Rice-owned Village Arcade shedding its suburban skin

Along University Boulevard a half-mile west of the Rice campus, a Spanish tapas bar with outdoor seating is flanked on one side by a women's boutique painted a warm shade of pink and on the other by a cavernous Urban Outfitters. They blend in both with the quirky mix of cafes, local boutiques and ice cream shops that give Rice Village its traditional urban vibe and the hot new restaurants and luxury apartments recently added to the shopping district.

But across the street, a set of buildings known as the Village Arcade looks more like it was plucked out of a master-planned community. It's a collection of hulking red brick buildings erected 25 years ago and defined by such suburban touches as a fountain centered in the middle of a plaza, monument signs and bulky architectural columns.

"They contrast greatly with the rest of the Village and what people think the Rice Village is: an eclectic, funky, hodgepodge urban district," said Tommy Miller, managing director and chief investment office of Trademark Property Co., a Fort Worth-based real estate firm recently hired to manage and revive the outdated Village Arcade.

That's all about to change. The Village Arcade was recently turned over to new management by its landlord, Rice University, and a plan is in place to transform the property from a staid suburban-style shopping center to a place with a hip, urban vibe has a similar character to the shops around it.

The changes, still being planned, are expected to include adding to and upgrading the common spaces, widening the sidewalks and removing dated architectural features like the heavy columns that block the storefronts.

Shoppers will start seeing some of the physical changes next year, but they won't happen all at once.

Full Article: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/busi...5933655.php#/5


toxteth o'grady Dec 5, 2014 3:43 PM

Kavac LLC (better known as Fisher Homes) has been issued a permit for a multifamily "midrise" at 1011 Studemont. No details, other than these are podium type apartments. Permit was listed in this week's Houston Business Journal.

toxteth o'grady Dec 5, 2014 8:24 PM

Another update on the Tema project for Hermann Park/Museum District, from Swamplot. First, here's the site plan:

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The first two projects are 7 stories and horizontally oriented.

Second, there is the encouraging word that the helix is still the helix. But it is 4-6 years away from being built:

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Dariusb Dec 5, 2014 10:45 PM

^Why will it take that long to get built?

TexasPlaya Dec 6, 2014 1:51 AM

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^Why will it take that long to get built?

Probably a timing thing and financing thing.


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