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River Oaks

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3024 Del Monte Dr. [HAR]

77019, Home Decor, Homes for Sale, River Oaks

12/18/18 10:30am

The Allen’s Latest Mixed-Use Map Nixes the Pedestrian Bridge Across Allen Pkwy.

Mixed Use, Montrose, North Montrose, Proposed Developments, Quicklink, Redevelopment

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THE ALLEN’S LATEST MIXED-USE MAP NIXES THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS ALLEN PKWY. Remember that pedestrian bridge that previous maps and renderings for The Allen showed crossing Allen Pkwy. in order to link the planned development to Buffalo Bayou Park? Well, it appears to be gone now: New marketing materials put out by Transwestern include no indication of it whatsoever. (Earlier versions of the map above had shown it plugging into the building labeled 1, a lowrise retail structure.) All 6 acres of the site — between Allen Parkway Village and the Federal Reserve building — remain vacant right now, except for a tiny portion near the southwest corner where a newly-poured concrete foundation has given rise to a yet-unidentified wood-framed structure over the past couple of days. [Transwestern (PDF) via HAIF; previously on Swamplot] Map: Transwestern

77019, Mixed Use, Montrose, North Montrose, Proposed Development, Quicklink, Redevelopment

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12/05/18 4:30pm

Comment of the Day: What’s on the Rise at Allen Pkwy. and Gillette?

New Construction, Quicklink

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COMMENT OF THE DAY: WHAT’S ON THE RISE AT ALLEN PKWY. AND GILLETTE? “And as of yesterday, a wood frame has gone up. It definitely does not look like the lower floors of the 11-story-ish building shown in the upper right of the rendering.” [Chris C., commenting onA First Concrete Step Toward Building That Mixed-Use Complex at Allen Pkwy. and Gillette St.] Photo of new concrete pad on Gillette St. south of Allen Pkwy.: Swamplox inbox

77019, Comments, Fourth Ward, New Construction, Quicklink

12/05/18 3:30pm

A First Concrete Step Toward Building That Mixed-Use Complex at Allen Pkwy. and Gillette St.

Fourth Ward, New Construction, Redevelopment

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Perched up in the parking garage of the Ashton on West Dallas apartments, a Swamplot reader has been monitoring recent progress on the empty field once home to a garbage incinerator between Allen Parkway Village and the Federal Reserve building. The new flat work shown at top across Gillette St. is the first man-made addition to the 6-acre site since renderings showed a few mixed-use towers including a Thompson hotel, condos, office space, and retail cropping up on it last year.

Crews began clearing the southwestern corner of the property for the new pad 3 weeks ago by busting up some older concrete that stood in its way. Next, they took their work underground:

The Allen

77019, Fourth Ward, Industrial Sites, New Construction, Redevelopment

Avalon Place

10/24/18 1:15pm

Construction Crews Now Craning Above The Revere at River Oaks, Behind The Huntingdon

Condos, Montrose, New Construction, Redevelopment

A Swamplot reader sends a photo of the crane that’s gone vertical at the corner of Welch and Revere streets just outside River Oaks where Pelican Builders plans to put its 9-story Revere at River Oaks condo midrise. The ’50s-mod condo complex its replacing was torn down last year, leaving an empty patch running lengthwise along Welch St., adjacent to the homes and townhomes that make up the rest of the block. They’re all overlooked by the 34-floor Huntingdon condo tower a few blocks west, shown looming large in the photo at top.

Previously on Swamplot: Southern Portion of Revere at River Oaks’ 16-Ft. Canopy Now Awaiting Approval To Front Condo’s Entrance on Welch St.; Be-Triangled Fifties Mod Condos on Revere St. Get Bent Into All Kinds of Exciting New Angles By Visiting Excavator; Daily Demolition Report: Lowly Revered;Â Fifties Mod Condos Slated for Midrise Swapout on Revere St.

Photo: Swamplox inbox. Rendering: Kirksey Architecture

Spiking the Lot

77019, Avalon Place, Condominiums, Cranes, Montrose, New Construction, Redevelopment

Demolitions

10/15/18 10:15am

Montrose Greased Lightning Burger Zapped by New Owner

Montrose, North Montrose, Restaurants

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The owner of the abandoned restaurant storefront on Taft St. south of W. Gray didn’t waste much time in trashing the place after acquiring it in June. A demo permit filed last month condemned both the street-fronting building shown above and its backyard bungalow. The photo at top shows the state of things on Friday afternoon.

The new owner also bought the neighboring brick house on Peden St. around the same time:

A Flash in the Pan

77019, Buying and Selling, Demolitions, Montrose, North Montrose, Restaurants

Buying and Selling

10/12/18 10:00am

Hines Picking Up Less Than an Acre Across from Montrose Whole Foods Parking Lot

Montrose, North Montrose, Quicklink

HINES PICKING UP LESS THAN AN ACRE ACROSS FROM MONTROSE WHOLE FOODS PARKING LOT The developer entered into an agreement earlier this year to buy the property at the corner of Waugh Dr. and Dâ€™Amico St., reports the HBJâ€™s Olivia Pulsinelli in her round-up ofÂ recent North Montrose land sales. On-site that nearly three-quarter acre parcel right now: a parking lot, driveways, and 2-story dingbat office building that backs up to the adjacent strip housing Pimlico Irish Pub and others. To the east, BMW-focused auto shop Bavarian Machine Specialties buffers the tract from whatâ€™ll soon be Stages Repertory Theatreâ€™s new theater and green space on Rosine St. [HBJ] Photo: LoopNet

77019, Buying and Selling, Montrose, North Montrose, Office Buildings, Quicklink

Avalon Place

10/05/18 5:30pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Hole in the Wall

Interiors

3007 Reba Dr. [HAR]

77019, Avalon Place, Homes for Sale, Interiors

Homes for Sale

10/03/18 5:30pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: In Bloom

Interiors, River Oaks

3739 Olympia Dr. [HAR]

77019, Homes for Sale, Interiors, River Oaks

Apartments

08/27/18 2:00pm

Khun Kay Thai Cafe’s Second-Gen Owner Now Tracing Out 20-Story Highrise in Its Place

Mixed Use, Montrose, North Montrose, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment

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The outline of a 20-story apartment building called Montrose Gardens made its first public appearance late Friday in the city’s planning commission agenda, where its footprint covers over that of the Khun Kay Thai Cafe on the corner of Montrose Blvd. and W. Clay St. Only 9 of those stories will be for living, so what’s going into the rest? According to the building’s engineer: “A variety of retail stores, restaurants, and coffee shops” — all 24,000 sq.-ft. of which would be buffered from the 150-or-so upstairs apartments by 9 stories of resident-only parking. Underground, a separate 2 floor garage will gobble up retail traffic from an opening on W. Clay.

Also present on the 19,900-sq.-ft. site where the apartment’s staking its claim: the restaurant’s 2 parking lots. The northern one ran over the duplex-turned-psychic-shop directly south of it after the structure — memorialized in the aerial below — was demolished in 2016:

Montrose Gardens

77019, Apartments, Mixed Use, Montrose, North Montrose, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Retail, Variance Requests

08/14/18 1:45pm

Someone Now Has This Morse St. Mermaid House Under Contract

Homes for Sale, Montrose, Park

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No need to knock on your way into 2309 Morse St. — the mer-person standing in the doorway will see you and can even receive envelopes through a crotch-level mail slot. On the other side of the door, the dining room’s decor is less watery, with a peacock perched up on the accent wall shown on the left in the photo above.

Although it’s now under contract, the house is still showing, so here’s a closer look at those wallflowers:

Deep-Sea Listing

77019, Homes for Sale, Montrose, Park

07/19/18 5:00pm

New Laundry Tag Could Soon Hang from Gibbs Boats’ Redone Building as a Sign of Its Pre-Nautical Past

Montrose, North Montrose, Redevelopment, Renovations, Retail, Signage

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Next Saturday, Houston’s historic commission is set to consider a request that new old signage be installed on the former Gibbs Boats building at 1110 W. Gray as part of the renovation to turn it into a new shopping center dubbed RÃªve Montrose. The QUALITY LAUNDRY lettering is a nod to theÂ 1936 structure’s original tenant — pictured above — which turned the place over to Gibbs in 1958. According to the rendering above, the replica sign and accompanying pyramidal support structure are set to be installed in the same location as the originals.

Since the Oxberry Group announced its redo plan for the building in March, some of its W. Gray faÃ§ade has been scratched off, revealing traces of the original brick underneath where the G in Gibbs used to front the street:

W. Gray and Montrose

77019, Historic Preservation, Montrose, North Montrose, Redevelopment, Retail, Signage

Demolitions

07/19/18 4:00pm

Montrose Blvd. Burger King Now Completely Ground Up Ahead of Coming Shake Shack Shakeup

Hyde Park, Montrose, Restaurants

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In other abandoned Montrose restaurant news: crews have finished smashing up the Burger King on Westheimer a block west of Montrose Blvd., leaving the property in fast food limbo ahead of its planned takeover by Houston’s fourth Shake Shack location. Pictured above is the restaurant’s drive-thru lane minus the accompanying drive-thru infrastructure.

A Cherry Demolition excavator is still picking through scraps left behind from the teardown; they’re now spread out atop the former building’s foundation, visible below:

Nothing-Burger

77019, Demolitions, Fast Food, Hyde Park, Montrose, Restaurants

Apartments

07/19/18 10:00am

Excavators Sink Their Teeth into River Oaks Shopping Center’s CafÃ© Ginger Leftovers as Part of the Buildup to 30-Story Highrise Replacement

Demolitions, Montrose, North Montrose, Retail

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It’s crunch time at the vacated original CafÃ© Ginger in the northern portion of the River Oaks Shopping Center, where a new 30-story apartment tower dubbed The Driscoll is planned to rise up over W. Gray St. Views from beyond the blaze orange barricades scattered around the parking lot since site work began in March show the crushing scene.

Since yesterday, the building’s been spilling its guts out onto the pavement in this particular area: