Comments on: Pearland Town Center Ready To Open: Pull on Up! http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: teraflop http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3467 teraflop Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:34:20 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3467 They should rename Pearland to Bitumenland. Imagine driving into Pearland Town from the daily commute consisting of a 30-to-60-minute road-rage fight with angry poor SUV owners/leasers, parking into your miniscule parking spot then going out for a leisurely walk, dodging idiots on cellphones while they dash from store to store. Ah the new heaven! They should rename Pearland to Bitumenland. Imagine driving into Pearland Town from the daily commute consisting of a 30-to-60-minute road-rage fight with angry poor SUV owners/leasers, parking into your miniscule parking spot then going out for a leisurely walk, dodging idiots on cellphones while they dash from store to store. Ah the new heaven!

]]> By: Bobby Hadley http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3219 Bobby Hadley Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:49:40 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3219 "Why do people irrationally freak out over concrete?" LOL. “Why do people irrationally freak out over concrete?”

LOL.

]]> By: Brian http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3218 Brian Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:47:05 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3218 Are you kidding me!?! For 1300 a month, you can have the "downtown feel" in...wait for it... downtown! I live in Midtown (just south of downtown), and traffic here is better than Pearland... and I have access to the best Houston has to offer. Sports venues, bars, restaurants, parks, the zoo, etc. are all within walking/biking distance. Are you kidding me!?! For 1300 a month, you can have the “downtown feel” in…wait for it… downtown! I live in Midtown (just south of downtown), and traffic here is better than Pearland… and I have access to the best Houston has to offer. Sports venues, bars, restaurants, parks, the zoo, etc. are all within walking/biking distance.

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3212 kjb434 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:04:16 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3212 Why do people irrationally freak out over concrete? The act the the world is coming to an end. You know life is pretty damn good when something like this actually bothers you. The reality is that this shopping center resides in the Brazoria County Drainage District No. 4 (a.k.a. Pearland Drainage District). It has some of the strictest storm water requirements in the region. For example: A residential subdivision in Harris County that is 100 acres would provide about 55 acre-feet (2.4 million cubic feet) of storm water detention. In the Pearland Drainage District, the same development would have to provide a minimum of 65 acre-feet (2.8 million cubic feet). This commercial development has less green space than typical residential development, instead of a 55% or 65% storage rates as mentioned above, it is using nearly 75-85%. Outside of that, development like this is what people want... Also, Pearland has extremely strict zoning requirements. Look what development from zoning! Why do people irrationally freak out over concrete?

The act the the world is coming to an end. You know life is pretty damn good when something like this actually bothers you.

The reality is that this shopping center resides in the Brazoria County Drainage District No. 4 (a.k.a. Pearland Drainage District). It has some of the strictest storm water requirements in the region.

For example: A residential subdivision in Harris County that is 100 acres would provide about 55 acre-feet (2.4 million cubic feet) of storm water detention. In the Pearland Drainage District, the same development would have to provide a minimum of 65 acre-feet (2.8 million cubic feet).

This commercial development has less green space than typical residential development, instead of a 55% or 65% storage rates as mentioned above, it is using nearly 75-85%.

Outside of that, development like this is what people want…

Also, Pearland has extremely strict zoning requirements. Look what development from zoning!

]]> By: mamacita http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3197 mamacita Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:20:34 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3197 That's what I was thinking -- who would pay $1300/month to fight traffic in Pearland? I live in a house (with a yard!) in the middle of town for far less. That’s what I was thinking — who would pay $1300/month to fight traffic in Pearland? I live in a house (with a yard!) in the middle of town for far less.

]]> By: Crowner http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3174 Crowner Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:34 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3174 1,300/mo in P-Land? LOL, I hope they mean $300 1,300/mo in P-Land? LOL, I hope they mean $300

]]> By: Bobby Hadley http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3173 Bobby Hadley Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:15:57 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3173 Concrete and chain stores; a surefire recipe for suburban success! I cannot get over the sea of concrete that swallows this "town center." This is horrible. May whoever bankrolled this project be overcome by a balance sheet of bad loans and a run on deposits. This thing may do ok, if only for the fact that Pear Landers(?)will now not have to drive as far to reach mediocre department stores. Concrete and chain stores; a surefire recipe for suburban success! I cannot get over the sea of concrete that swallows this “town center.” This is horrible. May whoever bankrolled this project be overcome by a balance sheet of bad loans and a run on deposits. This thing may do ok, if only for the fact that Pear Landers(?)will now not have to drive as far to reach mediocre department stores.

]]> By: John http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3172 John Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:21:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3172 OMG, it sounds like it will really have that "downtown feel!" I assume the piece from Brazosport Facts is a reprint of a press release. My big question is how anybody talks about the "emotional connection" people will be forming with a shopping mall without giggling. OMG, it sounds like it will really have that “downtown feel!”

I assume the piece from Brazosport Facts is a reprint of a press release. My big question is how anybody talks about the “emotional connection” people will be forming with a shopping mall without giggling.

]]> By: jgriff http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3169 jgriff Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:19:32 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3169 $1300 for a one bedroom in Pearland? Yikes. $1300 for a one bedroom in Pearland? Yikes.

]]> By: Jessie M http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3167 Jessie M Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:01:10 +0000 http://swamplot.com/pearland-town-center-ready-to-open-pull-on-up/2008-07-28/#comment-3167 Residents will love driving/arriving home between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Residents will love driving/arriving home between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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