HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[weatherguru18]

This is part of the Regent Square development in Midtown.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by weatherguru18

This is part of the Regent Square development in Midtown.

Regent Square is off of W. Dallas and Dunlavy which is more northern Montrose/Neartown.

[photoLith]

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Yeah, thats for sure not midtown, maybe like the very northern reaches of Montrose.

[Shasta]

Originally Posted by photoLith

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Yeah, thats for sure not midtown, maybe like the very northern reaches of Montrose.

I tend to think of that area as the Allen Parkway corridor. That would include parts of the old 4th ward, the American General complex, and the neighborhoods North of West Gray St. between Waugh and Shepherd.

It's going to be quite the cluster in a few years with the America Tower, Wortham Tower, the Riviana Building twins, the Royalton, and now The Sovereign and the rest of the Regent Square bldgs. I'd throw in the newish apartment tower along Memorial Drive too.

[NYC2ATX]

With the development gravitating towards Allen Parkway specifically, and the general curviness of the roadway itself..this could wind up resembling Condo Canyon along Wilshire Boulevard in LA's Westside.

[photoLith]

Ok, I just got back into town from being gone for a week and on Fannin and Bell St. Skanska has blocked off 2/3rds of that block and has a fence around it. I wasnt aware of any new construction going on downtown, especially by Skanska.

[mfastx]

Originally Posted by photoLith

Ok, I just got back into town from being gone for a week and on Fannin and Bell St. Skanska has blocked off 2/3rds of that block and has a fence around it. I wasnt aware of any new construction going on downtown, especially by Skanska.

It's just a day care center.

[photoLith]

Any renders? Its probably going to have a damned parking lot in front and be like a damned suburban strip mall.

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by photoLith

Any renders? Its probably going to have a damned parking lot in front and be like a damned suburban strip mall.

A daycare will be on a 1/3 the land, surface lot on the rest. Skanska is holding the land for something bigger in the future.

[photoLith]

I totally forgot about this whole project. Im down in Galveston today looking at the historic sites and was pleasantly surprised to see the pleasure pier almost complete.

[Tom In Chicago]

^When is that thing supposed to be completed? Next time I'm in town we'll have to have a forum meetup field-trip to Galveston. . . lots of cool stuff there. . .

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[Trae]

Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

^When is that thing supposed to be completed? Next time I'm in town we'll have to have a forum meetup field-trip to Galveston. . . lots of cool stuff there. . .

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It opened Memorial Day weekend.

[Samwill89]

Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

^When is that thing supposed to be completed? Next time I'm in town we'll have to have a forum meetup field-trip to Galveston. . . lots of cool stuff there. . .

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While it opened for Memorial Day weekend, it will not be completed until July. Many of the rides are still being tested or are under construction.

[TexasPlaya]

BLVD Place
Apache buys land in BLVD Place

Apache Corp (Oil&Gas) bought some land...

The Houston Chronicle reports that Houston-based Apache acquired 6.4 acres of the 20-acre mixed-use development at the corner of Post Oak and San Felipe...on the site of the former Pavilion shopping center, which is being demolished.

So office building(s) along Post Oak with Whole Foods (which I believe will be along Post Oak as well).

More info about the phases:

Construction on the second phase, which includes a 48,500-square-foot Whole Foods Market and more than 150,000 square feet of stores, restaurants and a regional bank headquarters, is scheduled to begin this summer. The third phase could include 1,000 high-rise residential units.

This is with (as the article mentions) Hanover's high rise in the western portion of the property.

[Urbannizer]

New renderings of River Oaks district:













Check out the River Oaks District Sites Plans and the River Oaks District Brochure, both have been updated as well with additional information.

[weatherguru18]

I don't think that's Regent Square. Perhaps High Street?

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by weatherguru18

I don't think that's Regent Square. Perhaps High Street?

Sorry I meant to say River Oaks District.

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by ()_T

Sorry I meant to say River Oaks District.

I really hope this ends up looking like the rendering. I certainly don't mind it being scaled back, but I do wonder how many apartments it will have, the amount of office space, retail space, and if they nixed the hotels.




The High Street development, which was scaled back as well, is well under construction at the bottom in the pic above. This area is about to get a lot of apartments and retail. Growth has really picked up east of 610 and west of River Oaks along Westheimer and San Felipe, not to mention all the new retail added in Highland Village.

[kingkirbythe....]

Too bad this development doesn't acknowledge high street at all. Just a wall of parking garage.

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by orderlychaos

Too bad this development doesn't acknowledge high street at all. Just a wall of parking garage.

It would have been nice if they just mixed it together instead of separating the 2 projects. Anyways does anyone have any updates of the rail expansion?