Within the city limits of Houston, detention is not required if the increased impervious cover of the new development does not exceed the previous impervious cover of the existing site. Simply put, if you don’t cover the earthen portion of the tract with more than what was covered before, no detention is required.

The Allen House Apartments (torn down and remaining properties) are essentially wall to wall pavement and buildings. Very little pervious ground exists. On top of that, Regent Square is throwing in that grass plaza which will potentially add impervious cover.

P.S. Underground Detention has made little in-roads in the Houston market because it is very cost prohibitive here unless the detention amount is obscenely small (which does happen within the city limits). The shear amount of storm water we have to store compared to northeastern and midwestern cities is staggering. I’ve worked with several commercial land development clients from the aforementioned markets that bought tracks assuming they would do underground detention. When they realized the volume of detention they needed to provide, their projects either died or they went ahead and bought a neighboring track to provide normal exposed detention.

Trust me, this project will not be providing detention, but they will have to provide storm water quality.

2. I, too, thought elevated pools were the bomb. They’re not - really. For one thing, the wind up there is pretty stout unless it is a windy day - then, just stay away. Elevated pools save space and look cool, but if you are a swimmer, sunbather or cocktail drinker, the “breeze” is usually oppressive. That’s from 8th floor pool experience.

3. They may be hitting a planning sweet spot. Recession will be over; surely there will be some absorption elsewhere
and they will have a shiny new project.
If the doors were to open this year - a disaster. Any news on presales/presale
requirements?

4. Very cool building design. Sleek.
Hope it will fly.

Other than basing this on the general climate of the current financial market, what other information you have regarding this?

I figured this project was done too with the current financial climate, but the move to annex the project boundaries into TIRZ #5 to move the utilities construction forward makes me think some portion of this project is going forward.

The condo tower possibly not going up right way may be one thing, but he apartment market is another. Anybody clued into the apartment market want to discuss how it’s fairing? There are a lot of apartment units coming online this year and more are planned. My only basis for the apartment market being healthy is that this usually happens when there is some kind of housing kerfuffle.

The “North Montrose” name comes from the “North Montrose Civic Assocation,” which has been around for almost 30 years.
http://www.northmontrose.com

S of Allen Parkway; N of W.Gray/Peden; W of Taft; E of Shepherd

Call it whatever you want, but this isn’t just a case of trying to stretch boundaries. There are signs for the Civic Association, and people have called it that for years.

GID was about a year too late to the party. You snooze. You lose.

It isn’t Museum, it isn’t Montrose, it isn’t upper Kirby, it isn’t Southhampton, it isn’t River Oaks.

What is it: Between Shepherd, W. Alabama, Dunlavy and Richmond.

We are orphans.