March 25, 2009 – 11:33 am
Sell! Sell! Sell! screams the grand central Living Room of this 6,495-sq.-ft. wonder (seen here from the entry) in pond-spotted but down-to-earth Royal Lakes Manor. And really, it does look like the builder was able to get a rather comprehensive new-home design-cliché package to fire on all cylinders.
Sadly, all the entry melodrama hasn’t been drawing the buyers. The 2-story house — which looks to be about halfway between Sugar Land and Richmond, south of 59 — was completed in 2007, and originally listed for $1.2 million. The following May the price was cut to $1.1 million, then later listed with another broker for $1,025,000. By July, it was down to $949,000. It’s been listed with the current broker — at $899K — since last December.
Continue Reading This Story >
Read more about: 77469, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Price Reductions, Richmond, Royal Lakes Manor, Waterfront
February 18, 2009 – 12:40 pm
The owner of the Lone Star Saloon in Richmond says he’s going to demolish what remains of the 120-year-old building at 102 and 106 S. Third St. and build a “gorgeous” new 4,000-sq.-ft. nightclub in its place. A fire last November gutted the brick structure and destroyed displays of American Indian memorabilia collected and installed by the previous owner. “[Bill] Lindquist, who owns the Lone Star along with his wife, Beverly, said last month he will rebuild the Lone Star as a large one-room nightclub, with a bandstand, dance floor, large modern bar and a kitchen. . . . ‘It’s going to be a metal building, camouflaged not to look like a metal building,’ Lindquist said.” [FortBendNow, via Hair Balls]
Read more about: 77469, Demolitions, Fire, New Construction, Nightlife, Redevelopment, Richmond
A few months after abruptly shutting down operations in the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen-based homebuilder Obra Homes appears to have quietly abandoned its Houston-area business as well, leaving one Rosenberg subdivision littered with empty slabs.
So where the heck is Obra Homes anyway? A model home here at this subdivision is empty and closed, and the company’s attorney tells us no more Obra homes will be built here at the Trails at Seabourne Park subdivision. . . .
The company’s huge showroom on 290 looks like a ghost town. And according to a sign on the window, Obra Homes was locked out for failing to pay rent.
This office building on 290 says “Obra Homes” in big letters. but go inside and there’s no mention of the company.
The homebuilder’s attorney tells Fox 26 reporter Randy Wallace that there is no Obra Homes office. But there is a phone number!
Photo of 5010 Cottage Creek Ln., The Trails at Seabourne Park, Rosenberg: HAR
Read more about: 77469, Homebuilders, Master-Planned Communities, Openings and Closings, Rosenberg, The Trails at Seabourne Park
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday for a $4.5 million yoga center on 60 acres in Rosenberg. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev announced the project on Wednesday during a 4-day-long yoga camp at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
The Press Trust of India reports that $4 million has already been raised for the project, including $2 million in 2 hours at a fundraiser held in Houston on July 18th:
The project includes a clinic to treat chronic ailments, housing for active seniors and retirees; a herbal garden, retreat centre, vedic Gurukul school for young children and a University.
Two people involved with the project said the center will open early next year.
Photo of Swami Ramdev yoga camp at George R. Brown: Keith Plocek, Houston Press
Read more about: 77469, 77471, Institutional Buildings, Proposed Developments, Rosenberg
October 4, 2007 – 12:34 pm
Houston’s middle-age spread continues:
Plan of Grandeur Park: Kickerillo Companies
Read more about: 77441, 77449, 77459, 77469, 77471, 77493, 77494, 77590, Grand Parkway, Land Development, Proposed Developments, Richmond, Senior Living, Sienna-Plantation, Texas-City
