Tag: 77079

Featured Posts
01/21/16 11:30am

Big Tex Tree Nursery Uprooted from Katy Freeway

by
Memorial, Openings and Closings, Retail, Sugar Land
7 Comments

Big Tex Tree Nursery, 10939 Katy Fwy., Memorial, Houston, 77079

The Memorial Branch of Big Tex Tree Nurseries at 10939 Katy Fwy. is closed for good, and its tree-dealings have moved south to the company’s Sugar Land locale for now. The Christmas trees disappeared after the holiday season, and everything else followed suit: “even the port-a-potty,” writes the reader who sent in photos of the now-bare freeway-side lot at Wycliffe and I-10, just outside Beltway 8. A Big Tex employee says the company is planning to open up another Houston location at some point, but for now the other spots in Sugar Land, Conroe, and Spring will have to do.

The lot is shown below post-faux-forest-departure; meanwhile, someone was out marking up the sidewalk with orange paint last week:

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

Land Cleared on I-10
, , , ,
Energy Corridor
07/08/15 4:45pm

Energy Corridor Freddy’s Taking Over Lucky Village Site on Dairy Ashford Meat Row

by
Memorial, New Construction, Redevelopment, Restaurants
4 Comments

Construction Trailer for Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, 1111 N. Dairy Ashford St., Memorial, Houston

From the street, a Swamplot reader notes, the roll-on vehicle pictured here looks just like your typical construction trailer. But come around the side you can see the banner pinned to it, announcing a new Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers. The latest link in the growing fast-food chain is about to arrive on the former site of the Lucky Village Chinese Buffet that was torn down at 1111 N. Dairy Ashford last year. The new Freddy’s between St. Mary’s Ln. and Barryknoll will join a parade of beef purveyors (Sam’s Burgers, Lynn’s Steakhouse, Hebert’s Specialty Meats) and fast-food joints (Jack-in-the-Box, Sonic, and the Raising Cane’s right next door) lining the west side of Dairy Ashford, roughly opposite Spring Branch ISD’s AstroTurf-lined Darrell Tully Stadium.

Photo: Brian Walz

Steakburgers
, , , , , , ,
Energy Corridor
03/27/15 1:00pm

Site Work Underway for Proposed Mixed Use Center Between BP and Terry Hershey Park

by
Landscape, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments
2 Comments

13501 Katy Fwy., Energy Corridor, Houston

Here are pics of some of the clearing work PM Realty Group has been orchestrating along the south side of I-10 between Eldridge and Hwy. 6. The company bought the headquarters of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company at 13501 Katy Fwy. in late 2013, and announced plans for a mixed-use development including office towers, apartments, a hotel, a fitness center, restaurants, and convenience retail” on the 35-acre site. ExxonMobil was scheduled to exit the building (pictured below) this year:

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

Scrubbing ExxonChemical
, , , ,
Apartments
03/04/15 11:45am

Trammell Crow Planning To Plant Another Alexan Apartment Complex on Former Cornelius Nursery Site on Dairy Ashford

by
Energy Corridor, Redevelopment
11 Comments

Cornelius Nursery, 1200 N. Dairy Ashford Rd., Energy Corridor, Houston

Remember the Cornelius Nursery at 1200 N. Dairy Ashford Rd. just south of I-10, which closed down at the beginning of the year? (The photos here show the establishment, which sat at the corner of St. Mary’s Ln., just before its final uprooting.) The 3-acre property, it turns out, had been bought by an entity set up by Trammell Crow Residential in early December. A new complex called the Alexan Ashford Apartments is slated for the site. At least that’s the plan.

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

Ashes to Ashford
, , , ,
Apartments
01/08/15 2:45pm

Atlanta Company Upgrading Energy Corridor, Woodforest Apartment Complexes from Country to City

by
Buying and Selling, Energy Corridor, Quicklink, Woodforest
No Comments

ATLANTA COMPANY UPGRADING ENERGY CORRIDOR, WOODFOREST APARTMENT COMPLEXES FROM COUNTRY TO CITY Saddle Ridge Apartments, 12800 Woodforest Blvd., Woodforest, HoustonA note on the purchase of 2 Houston apartment complexes by Atlanta’s Radco Companies noted in this morning’s roundup of Headlines: Urbanization — in advance or in recognition of actual changes-on-the-ground — appears to be part of the plan. In taking over the properties from Fannie Mae, Radco has renamed the 122-unit Country Place apartments at 1015 Country Place Dr. in the Energy Corridor to City Terrace. And the 458-unit Saddle Ridge apartments (pictured here) at 12800 Woodforest Blvd. at the northern tip of Riviera East, east of Uvalde Rd., is shedding its rural shadings under new ownership as well: It’s new name is City Crossing Apartments. The company also plans to spend an average of $13,300 per unit in upgrades. [Real Estate Bisnow; more info] Photo: Radco Companies

, , , , , ,
Energy Corridor
12/30/14 10:00am

Cornelius Nursery Uprooting from Energy Corridor Location

by
Openings and Closings
No Comments

cornelius-nursery-exteriorcornelius-nursery-sign300

Last chance for those seeking to buy pansies, raspberry bushes and fig trees near the corner of N. Dairy Ashford Dr. and the Katy Fwy, as the location of Cornelius Nursery that has stood there for decades is closing down in a matter of days. “Most likely on the fourth,” an employee says, but possibly as early as Friday.

The nursery and parking lot sprawl across about 3 acres of Energy Corridor land at 1200 N. Dairy Ashford Dr. According to online property records, Calloway’s Inc., the nursery company with which Cornelius merged, sold the property to an entity called 1200 North Dairy Ashford LLC earlier this month.

Two Swamplot readers heard differing tales regarding the property’s fate:

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

Horticultural Institutions
, , ,
Energy Corridor
12/15/14 10:30am

Energy Corridor ConocoPhillips Workers Will Have to Drive Farther to Stay Brand-Loyal at the Pump

by
7 Comments

eldridge-conoco-distanceeldridge-conoco-road-sign-cropped

Tank up and get your real fruit smoothies and other convenience store Kicks while you still can at this ConocoPhillips service station and market at the corner of N. Eldridge Pkwy. and Dairy Ashford Rd., just north of the Omni Hotel Westside and just west of the petrochemical giant’s 62-acre Energy Corridor corporate campus.

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

66 Kicked
, , ,
Featured Posts
11/07/14 3:45pm

A $620K Westchester Home Forecasts Cloudy With a Chance of Gray

by
Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses, Westchester
3 Comments

14706-cindywood-04

14706-cindywood-01

Tauping up a 1969 Westchester home as part of its updates this year seems to have decoratively straddled the great divide between the forces of gray and beige throughout the floor plan. Listed earlier this week at $620,000, the property has upped its game with new paint, roof, heating system, and a remodeled kitchen. Its Memorial West neighborhood lands west of Dairy Ashford and south of Memorial Dr.

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

Crackle Finish
, , , , ,
Construction Problems
10/17/14 3:45pm

Construction Crane Topples at Mac Haik’s Energy Tower IV, Smashing One of Don McGill’s Toyotas

by
Energy Corridor, Office Buildings
9 Comments

Collapsed Crane at Energy Tower IV, 11750 Katy Fwy., Energy Corridor, Houston

A truck-mounted crane at work on Mac Haik Realty’s Energy Tower IV on the north side of the Katy Fwy. just west of Kirkwood fell over earlier this afternoon, damaging scaffolding, a portion of the building’s curtain wall on a few lower floors, a fence separating the construction site from the adjacent Don McGill Toyota dealership at 11800 Katy Fwy., and a truck or 2 parked on the sales lot. No injuries have yet been reported. The 17-story, 450,000-sq.-ft. building began construction last August.

Video still: Click2Houston

Construction Accidents
, , ,
Energy Corridor
10/01/14 10:15am

Christian’s Tailgate Taking Over Former Cattleguard Restaurant Spot on Hwy. 6

by
Openings and Closings, Restaurants
5 Comments

Christian's Tailgate at Former Cattleguard Restaurant, 1010 Hwy. 6 North, Houston

Former Cattleguard Restaurant, 1010 Hwy. 6 North, HoustonThe former Cattleguard Restaurant, an old-western-style wooden facade planted in front of a bundle of metal buildings in the parking lot between the Drury Inn & Suites and the Wyndham Hotel at 1010 Hwy. 6 North, just north of I-10, is being made over as a fourth location for Christian’s Tailgate. Christian’s Mazen Baltagi tells Swamplot the Energy Corridor spot is being outfitted with more than 35 beer taps and more than 50 teevees, and should be ready to open within 5 or 6 weeks. The Cattleguard Restaurant had lasted more than 20 years at the site, but shut down early this year.

Photos: Mazen Baltagi

Energy Corridor Burgers
, , , ,
Featured Posts
09/19/14 3:45pm

This 1970 Thornwood Contemporary Wants Your Attention, and $345K

by
Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses, Thornwood
6 Comments

14919-woodthorpe-01

14919-woodthorpe-11

Despite a series of remodeling tweaks, this 1970 Thornwood contemporary’s rebirthing still has a way to go. Its listing earlier this week pegs the property’s status as ripe for renovation, and sets the ask at $345K. Several rooms already feature updates (and the pool got a redo back in that “watershed” year of 2008), but others show their age, work in progress, or the effects of what’s gently described by the listing agent as “recent moisture and plumbing issues.”

Can the home’s renovations be completed? Should they be? Look for clues in the photos below, or see for yourself at this Sunday’s open house.

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

You Complete Me
, , , , ,
Featured Posts
07/02/14 10:45am

Additional Amazing Details from the Memorial Plaza House of More, Back on the Market for $2.25 Million

by
Home Decor, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Memorial Plaza
30 Comments

12930 Memorial Dr., Memorial Plaza, Houston

12930 Memorial Dr., Memorial Plaza, HoustonA new listing features a new set of decorative delights gleaned from the interior of a Swamplot-reader Memorial Plaza favorite. Put on sale for a spell in 2011 at $1.5 million (without success), the big-windowed stucco home just outside the Beltway at 12930 Memorial Dr. returned to the market over this past weekend at a more au courant price of $2.25 million, accompanied by a set of what appear to be hastily snapped cameraphone photos — which, for the most part, do little justice to the many splendors of its occasionally indescribable furnishings. To appreciate the interior tableau in all its rococo, you’d likely have to tour this spread yourself. Imagine that all the luscious decor featured in the previous listing is still intact, though, and that this new set of snaps merely adds depth to your sense of discovery — maybe that’ll help you get the full picture?

CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

A Fan Favorite Returns
, , , ,
« Previous Page Next Page »