Tag: Apartments

10/31/13 10:00am

The Apartments That Want ExxonMobil Passage

New Construction, Quicklink, Springwoods Village, Streets, The Woodlands

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THE APARTMENTS THAT WANT EXXONMOBIL PASSAGE Here’s a rendering of the complex Alliance Residential has just started building north of the ExxonMobil campus. The 3-story, 341-unit building will be located on 1615 Sawdust Rd. — which the developer appears to hope might be used as a kind of driveway for thatÂ big new campus in the pines to the southeast: “Alliance said there are plans to extend Sawdust, which will provide an avenue leading directly to the . . . campus without getting on Interstate 45,” reports the Houston Business Journal. “However, this portion of the project is still in the planning stage and is waiting for funding from the city.” Alliance is also building the midrise Broadstone 3800 complex at the corner of Alabama and Main. [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot] Rendering: Alliance Residential Co.

77380, Apartments, ExxonMobil, New Construction, Springwoods Village, Streets, The Woodlands

10/28/13 5:00pm

New Apartments Will Be as Close as They Can Get to the TMC Without Stepping into the Bayou

Bayous and Waterways, New Construction: Residential, Texas Medical Center

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And here, from a reader perched at the top level of MD Anderson’s Braeswood Garage at Braeswood Blvd. and Pressler St., are photos of the land- and tree-clearing going on for the new just-across-the-bayou-from-the-Med Center apartments that Mill Creek Residential is going ahead with — after abandoning plans for a slightly larger complex (as close as it could get to Dynamo Stadium without crossing Dowling) in East Downtown. The photos are taken looking south, over Brays Bayou; the TMC South Extension Lot is behind the site, which fronts Wyndale.

77030, Apartments, Bayous and Waterways, New Construction: Residential, Texas Medical Center

10/28/13 12:30pm

Stadium-Side Apartments in EaDo a No-Go

Cancellations and Delays, East Downtown, Proposed Developments

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Dallas developer Mill Creek Residential has “called off” plans to build a 5-story apartment block across Dowling St. from Dynamo Stadium in East Downtown. Set just south of the soon-to-open light rail stop at Texas Ave. and Dowling, the 315-unit complex was to have been called EaDo Station. The company recently announced a slightly smaller development near the Med Center: 265 apartments at 1755 Wyndale St. near Holcombe and South Braeswood.

Deal of the Week: Mill Creek to put apartments near Medical Center [Houston Chronicle ($)]
Previously on Swamplot: Home Games: Apartments To Go Up Beside Dynamo Stadium, Light Rail in East Downtown

Renderings of EaDo Station: Mill Creek Residential

77003, Apartments, Cancellations and Delays, East Downtown, Proposed Developments

10/28/13 10:00am

Alexan Picks Up Midtown Apartments in Fire Sale

Buying and Selling, Cancellations and Delays, Midtown, Proposed Developments, Quicklink

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ALEXAN PICKS UP MIDTOWN APARTMENTS IN FIRE SALE How, uh . . . successful was the 9-year-long, $9 million fundraising effort for the new Houston Fire Museum exhibit hall planned for the vacant lot on Hadley St. in Midtown, between Main and Travis? Reporters Nancy Sarnoff and Allan Turner explain it this way: “No money will be returned to donors, [Museum board member and treasurer Bill Edge] said, because none was collected.” Plans to turn the 1.44-acre grass-covered site next to the rail line into a fire-themed public park also flamed out. Instead, the museum is giving up and selling off the land — to Trammell Crow Residential, which plans to construct the 7-story, 215-unit Alexan Midtown apartments on the site, beginning in January. [Houston Chronicle ($)] Photo: Ethan Grossman

77002, Apartments, Buying and Selling, Cancellations and Delays, Midtown, Museums, Proposed Developments

10/25/13 4:36pm

State Orders Montrose Apartment Owner To Get Rid of the Crime or Shut the Place Down

Crime, Lawsuits, Montrose, Richwood Place

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Declaring the 42-unit Montrose complex a “common nuisance,” the county attorney’s office and the state of Texas have filed a lawsuit against the owner of the former Skylane Apartments at the corner of Richmond and Hazard St. The suit claims that the apartment complex, now known as 1901 Richmond, “habitually” harbors criminal activity and that the owner has not done enough to fix the problem. Between August 2012 and October 2013, according to the complaint, police were called approximately 100 times to the property, resulting in reports of drug possession and sales,Â aggravated assaults, and the discharge of ï¬rearms. The attorney’s office wants the owner to post a bond and clean up the crime problem, or shut down for a year and forfeit the money.

77006, Apartments, Crime, Lawsuits, Montrose, Richwood Place

10/24/13 4:15pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The High Bike Line

Condos, Home Decor, Interiors, Midtown

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2000 Bagby St. Unit 7412 [HAR]

77002, Apartments, Condos, Home Decor, Interiors, Lofts, Midtown

10/18/13 12:20pm

No Longer So Possessive: The Vargos Apartments Replacing Vargo’s Restaurant

Piney Point Village, Townhomes

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Construction could start by the end of the month on this apartment building on the site of the demolished Vargo’s Restaurant in Piney Point. The rendering and plans for the complex, to be located at 2411 Fondren near Woodway, show no signs of the azaleas and starving peacocks that had been on the former fancy steakhouse’s land — nor its apostrophe: The complex, dubbed Vargos on the Lake, will have 276 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and 13 3-bedroom townhomes, explains a PR rep. Buying the 8.71-acre property out of bankruptcy, developer Sandy Aron appears to be going all out with the perks:

[Vargos] will offer active recreation via the Fit Flicks Theater; which will feature a projection wall and cardio equipment such as rowers, bikes, treadmills and Stairmaster. Fit Flicks Theater will screen movies on a daily basis.

Additional top-of-the-line amenities include two leash-free dog parks, resident clubhouse and demonstration kitchen, conference/private dining room, evening concierge, cold food delivery storage, kickboxing station, three outdoor kitchens, active pool with stainless steel tree sculpture and water feature, poolside event cabana, outdoor fire lounge, Zen pool, global gaming room, yoga studio and two massage rooms.

Opening Summer 2014 [Vargos on the Lake]
Vargos on the Lake to break ground [Houston Business Journal]
Previously on Swamplot: Replacing Vargoâ€™s Restaurant with Vargoâ€™s Apartments, The Messy End of Vargoâ€™s Restaurant

Rendering: Hunington Properties

77063, Apartments, New Construction, Piney-Point-Village, Townhomes

10/18/13 10:00am

The 25-Story Apartment Tower Hines Plans To Build in the Museum District

Highrises, Museum District, Parks, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Here’s a rendering of that 25-story residential highrise Hines says it plans to start building in the Museum District in July. Designed by Munoz + Albin, the 259-unit, 301,000-sq.-ft. apartment building and parking garage will stand next to the Asia Society Texas Center on most of the block bound by Caroline, Oakdale, Southmore, and San Jacinto.

What’s missing from this rendering is that historic home on the corner of Caroline and Southmore whose owners chose not to sell. It appears that the property immediately west of the holdouts’ and next to the light rail line will become a 10,000-sq.-ft. “public-access park,” reports the Houston Business Journal: “In addition, there is potential for small retail space adjacent to the park, such as a cafÃ© or light food services.”

Rendering: Hines

77004, Apartments, Highrises, Museum District, Parks, Proposed Developments, Retail

10/17/13 12:10pm

A Look at the Hughes Landing Apartments Going Up in The Woodlands

Mixed Use, New Construction, Retail, The Woodlands

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Here’s a rendering of the apartment complex that’s now under construction at Hughes Landing, the 66-acre pedestrian-focused development situated on Lake Woodlands and named for the rich recluse. The 8-story complex, appropriately dubbed One Lake’s Edge, will have 390 units and storage available for tenants’ bikes andÂ kayaks. Also, there will be 22,000 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail. And that retail goes along with the nearbyÂ Restaurant Row, which has 2 tenants a-coming: Escalanteâ€™s Fine Tex-Mex and Tequila and Whiskey Cake.

Woodlands Development Company breaks ground on Hughes Landing apartments [Community Impact Newspaper]
Previously on Swamplot: Hughes Landing in The Woodlands Lands Whiskey Cake, The Woodlands Landing Huge New Pedestrian Complex

Rendering: The Woodlands Development Company

77380, Apartments, Hughes Landing, Mixed Use, New Construction, Retail, The Woodlands

10/10/13 11:45am

Another Apartment Complex in East Downtown?

Development Strategies, East Downtown, Land Development, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Here are some drawings of an apartment building that appears to be aimed for an empty lot in East Downtown. As drawn, the concept shows the 216-unit EaDo Place standing on the block bound by Bell, Clay, Chartres, and St. Emanuel — that’s right beside the former Meridian Club, where the food trucks idle and generators hum at the Houston Food Park. And it’s just 2 blocks from Bastrop St., where that pedestrian promenade leading to BBVA Compass Stadium is to be put into place. If built, the apartments would stand at 2616 Clay, just on the other side of the Southwest Fwy. from the George R. Brown Convention Center, and would top off some ground-floor retail, with a 30,938-sq.-ft. grocery store facing Bell and St. Emanuel.

77003, Apartments, East Downtown, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

10/09/13 4:05pm

The First Look at That 25-Story Residential Highrise Hines Might Build in the Museum District

Highrises, Museum Park, Proposed Developments

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Here are a pair of early drawings and the site plan for that apartment tower Hines has said it’s considering putting up across the street from the Asia Society Texas Center in the Museum District. Previous reports and rumors pegged the building at 20 or 22 stories, but these elevations appear to show a 25-story structure, with 19 floors of apartments perched atop a 6-level parking garage. This drawing shows the north faÃ§ade. The block Hines has in mind is bound by Caroline, Oakdale, Southmore, and San Jacinto, where the light rail runs. But it appears that the building won’t take up thatÂ whole block: The site plan shows that the tower has been drawn around that home on the corner of Southmore and Caroline, whose owners have been rumored to have refused to sell.

77004, Apartments, Highrises, Museum District, Proposed Developments

10/08/13 10:15am

Home Games: Apartments To Go Up Beside Dynamo Stadium, Light Rail in East Downtown

East Downtown, Proposed Developments

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Here are the renderings of the apartments that Mill Creek wants to build right across the street from the gamedayÂ roar and glare and incessant rhythmic drumming that goes on atÂ BBVA Compass Stadium. Dubbed EaDo Station, the 5-story, 315-unit complex will sit at the corner of Dowling and Texas. Mill Creek tells the Houston Chronicle that the goal is to have these apartments ready to go to coincide with the running of the light rail, still under construction itself, next August.

77003, Apartments, Dynamo Stadium, East Downtown, Light-Rail, Proposed Developments

10/07/13 12:00pm

A New Mixture of Uses for the Old Spring Branch Med Center

Buying and Selling, Medical Buildings, Proposed Developments, Quicklink, Redevelopment, Retail, Spring Branch

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A NEW MIXTURE OF USES FOR THE OLD SPRING BRANCH MED CENTER The proud new owners of the 300,000-sq.-ft. Spring Branch Medical Center say they plan to flip the 18-acre property on Long Point Rd. into a residential and retail development. Investor Bruce Phillips tells the Houston Chronicle that the old medical buildings, most of which were built in the ’80s, might not have to come down to make the change happen and could be repurposed. The purchase was led by BlackSwan, which is also developing with Stream Realty that 25-story office tower near Washington on Waugh and Barnes. [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot] Photo: MAM Jobs Network

77055, Apartments, Buying and Selling, Medical Buildings, Proposed Developments, Retail, Spring-Branch

10/01/13 10:00am

Big Plans Around That Rail-Riding Midtown Development Emerge

Midtown, Mixed Use, Office Buildings, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Here are a couple of new renderings from Gensler and more of the details for that pedestrian- and transit-friendly development proposed to go up beside the light rail in Midtown: The Houston Chronicle reports that RHS Interests is planning for the west side of the 3500 and 3600 blocks of Main St. a 363-unit apartment building dubbed the Lofts of Mid Main, a 773-space parking garage, and 30,000 sq. ft. of retail.

And that huge garage would be shared by the cool cats coming to and from the MATCH, the Ensemble Theater, and those other restaurants, bars, and shops there around the Ensemble/HCC station between Alabama and Holman.