The complex containing Midway’s planned H-E-B-and-midrise at the southeast corner of Heights Blvd. and Washington Ave. won’t be named Northbank Buffalo Bayou after all, Nancy Sarnoff reports this week — it’ll be called Buffalo Heights. Above is Ziegler Cooper’s rendering of the proposed structure, which would take up the northwest corner of the old Archstone Memorial Heights apartments property (which was bought in 2014 by the current owners). That development previously gave its moniker to the surrounding neighborhood; it remains to be seen if this latest rebranding attempt will stick.
The new midrise would sit about half a mile south of the official southernmost edge of the Houston Heights (as drawn for voting in last month’s local-option Heights moistening election), and about half a mile north of Buffalo Bayou (though only a quarter mile from the Buffalo Wild Wings a few blocks west down Washington Ave). The new design shows off 5 stories of apartments (tallying up as 232 units) on top of the 2-story H-E-B, with about 37,000 sq. ft. of office space and a couple of other retail spots in the mix.
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The 4-story Memorial Heights Villages complex, which went up on the southwest corner of the Archstone property before Midway purchased the land, can be spotted in the rendering to the right (looking south down Heights towards its trasition to Waugh Dr.). Midway is aiming to start construction on the new midrise some time next year, meaning the next block of apartments will need to be out of the way by then.
- Midway planning new ‘district’ near Buffalo Bayou [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Previously on Swamplot:Â H-E-B’s Leased Washington Ave. Store May Have 6 Stories on Top;Â Yes, H-E-B Really Is Talking About a New Store at Studemont and Washington Ave;Â Look Where an H-E-B Sign Is Showing Up, Amid Washington Ave Turnover
Images: Ziegler Cooper
Thank you HEB for not adding to Katyville Heights and pulling a kroger with your design.
Did HEB even have anything to do with it? Props to Midway for forcing a grocery store to buy into a mixed use development in Houston?
Good thing that food desert is getting filled in. Those poor people have, like, no options at all within a 200 foot radius.
@DAG: You should see the dud HEB has planned for the old Fiesta on N. Shep. Props should go to Midway.
Imagine if such a thing happened in downtown. We might look like a city where people live.
I am holding out for the new H-E-B that will open up in the “Conroe Heights,” affordable city living and only a quick 40 drive to downtown.
Maybe this will be the blueprint for a HEB downtown one day……
Still waiting to see what HEB does on N. Shepherd. Hoping it’s not just a box.