Linbeck out, Pepper-Lawson in.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/n...w-builder.html
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May 6, 2013, 1:56pm CDT
Ashby high-rise gets a new builder
Olivia Pulsinelli
Web producer- Houston Business Journal
A new builder has been selected for the controversial project commonly known as the Ashby high-rise.
Pepper-Lawson Construction LP, the Texas division of Chicago-based Pepper Construction Group LLC, has been named as the replacement for Houston-based Linbeck Group LLC, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Linbeck, a Houston-based general contractor, pulled out of the project in March.
Pepper-Lawson will be the managing partner for the project’s general contracting joint venture, which also includes El Paso-based Hunt Building Co., the Chronicle reports. Hunt is also working to demolish the Maryland Manor apartments, the property currently on the project’s site at 1717 Bissonnet.
Plans for the 21-story tower include 228 upscale apartments and a restaurant.
Last week, a group of residents who live near the project filed a lawsuit against the tower’s developer, Buckhead Investment Partners, which said the project will move forward without delay. Previously, the project was the subject of a lawsuit that was settled last spring.
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The existing Maryland Manor apartments are now being demolished.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=9097369
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Yesterday, crews began knocking down the apartment complex currently on the property. Construction is set to begin next month on the 21-story luxury rental high rise.
Neighbors have protested the project, saying it will bring unnecessary traffic to their community.
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KTRK's Miya Shay took a photo of the demo yesterday...
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