Tag: Apartments

09/23/13 11:05am

A First Look at the Strip Center-and-Apartments Combo That Could Go Up Between UH and TSU

Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Public Transportation, Redevelopment, Restaurants, Retail, Strip Centers, Third Ward, TSU, University of Houston

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Here’s a plan that looks to plug in to Metro’s still-under-construction Southeast Line and redo about 8 blocks along Scott St. in the Third Ward between UH and TSU. Though the plan, drawn up by LAI Design Group and dubbed “University Place Redevelopment,” is provisional, it appears to have in mind something like what the rendering above shows: A reshaped streetscape on Scott St. that would combine apartments, restaurants, shops, offices, and community buildings.

The first phase appears to call for a strip center facing Scott between Holman and Reeves, withÂ 289 1- and 2-bedroom apartmentsÂ and a parking garage in the rear:

77204, Apartments, Light-Rail, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Stadiums, Strip Centers, Third Ward, TSU, University of Houston

09/19/13 10:00am

The Demolition Situation at the Westcreek Apartments

Demolitions, Evictions, Highland Village

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The resident tipster who let us know about the pending evictions at Westcreek at River Oaks Apartments sends in this “makeshift map,” which provides a more accurate view on the changes coming — for now, anyway — to the complex directly behind the so-called River Oaks District. As the map makes clear, the tipster explains that, according to the Westcreek property manager,Â only 2 of the 6 buildings have been sold and are slated for demolition: B and D, right next to the Target on San Felipe. Still, the remaining 4, to which some of the displaced residents have agreed to be relocated, are for sale.

River Oaks District coverage [Swamplot]
Previously on Swamplot: Evictions at Westcreek Apartments Behind So-Called River Oaks District To Make Way for Demolition, Development

Map: Swamplot inbox

77027, Apartments, Demolitions, Evictions, Highland Village, River Oaks District

09/18/13 10:10am

A Look at Plans for a Train-Centric Development on Main St. in Midtown

Midtown, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Here are the first renderings of Mid Main, what appears to be a 2-block, mixed-use development planned to stand along the Red Line in Midtown. And it appears to be an active project, too, though details are still pretty skimpy. Rogers Architects is partnering with Gensler and Rice prof and architect William T. Cannady on the designs. The text accompanying these renderings posted briefly on the architect’s website indicates that 70 percent of the development would comprise studio apartments, and the renderings themselves suggest plenty of parking, pocket parks, young people, and ground-floor retail.

It appears that the development would go in around the Ensemble/HCC light rail station on the 2 blocks bound by Main, Travis, and Holman, most of which are now surface parking lots. A commenter on HAIF asserts that Berry St., which provides access to those lots, would be abandoned.

77002, 77004, Apartments, Light-Rail, Midtown, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

09/17/13 10:00am

Sprucing Up Some Aging Apartments in the Third Ward

Buying and Selling, Renovations, Third Ward

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Frequent flipper and Swamplot commenter Cody Lutsch of Fat Property is upgrading thisÂ apartment complex in the Third Ward. A listing for the remainingÂ 2-bedroom units on HAR describes some of the improvements: “central air, new paint, ceilling fans [sic], windows, blinds, refinished hardwood floors, etc.” Apparently, Lutsch has also found a buyer for the property, who will be closing on the 3-building complex at 3008 Truxillo, just south of Alabama, in October. The photo above shows the northwest face of the complex — right across the street from the Truxillo Washateria — as seen from Ennis St.

77004, Apartments, Buying and Selling, Rails to Trails, Renovations, Texas-Southern-University, Third Ward

09/16/13 11:00am

Cyclone Anaya’s Next To Open on Hanover’s Rice Village Ground Floor

Mixed Use, Openings and Closings, Restaurants, Retail, Rice Village, Shopping Centers, Signage, Southampton

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Retail on the Morningside side of Hanover’s Rice Village mixed-use complex seems to be filling up: A reader sends this photo of signage for Cyclone Anaya’s, the Mexican kitchen named for the Mexican wrestler. It appears that the local chain restaurant will go in a few doors down from the walk-thru pizza window of Coppa Osteria, now open on the corner of Morningside and Dunstan, and, as this photo shows, right next to Chris Leung’s not-quite-readyÂ Cloud 10 Creamery.

77005, Apartments, Mixed Use, Openings and Closings, Restaurants, Retail, Rice-Village, Shopping Centers, Signage, Southampton

09/16/13 10:00am

Evictions at Westcreek Apartments Behind So-Called River Oaks District To Make Way for Demolition, Development

Demolitions, Evictions, Highland Village, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments

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Note: Story updated below. And read more here.

Though their neighbors at 4444 Westheimer were assigned “move out concierges” to help with their “residence transitions,” it doesn’t appear that the tenants at the Westcreek at River Oaks apartments, just east of the Loop and south of San Felipe, will enjoy the same luxury, now that they’ve been asked to leave, too. (Though they will get their security deposits back!) A tipster explains that eviction notices from property owners Kaplan Management Co. were delivered late last week politely requiring that 2 of the buildings at 2049 Westcreek Ln. be vacated by the end of November, so they can be torn down. Why? The notice explains that “the community is being redeveloped.”

77027, Apartments, Demolitions, Evictions, Highland Village, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, River Oaks District

09/12/13 4:45pm

A Few New Views of the 33-Story Apartment Building Hines Wants To Build in Market Square

Downtown, Highrises, Historic Districts, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

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It appears that Hines and Ziegler Cooper have changedÂ their plans a bit for that 33-story mixed-use tower to go catty-corner from Market Square Park. The new drawing at the top was submitted earlier today to the Historical Commission; the drawing at the bottom, you’ll remember, was the original.

Additionally, the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to build here in the historic Main Street Market Square District also includes 2 full elevations of the building — described as a 25-story, 289-unit apartment tower perched atop an 8-story podium, with 7 levels of parking and ground-floor retail:

77002, Apartments, Downtown, Highrises, Historic Districts, Market Square, Market Square Park, Mixed Use, Proposed Developments, Retail

09/11/13 10:00am

Apartments Could Replace Closing Landry’s on Westheimer

Briarmeadow, Demolitions, Openings and Closings, Proposed Developments, Quicklink, Restaurants

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APARTMENTS COULD REPLACE CLOSING LANDRY’S ON WESTHEIMER The Landry’s Seafood House at 8816 Westheimer Rd. has lost its lease, apparently, and will close: This Sunday, reports Food Chronicles, brings the restaurant’s 20-year run in this spot to an end. But it doesn’t appear that the 4.5-acre site at Westheimer and Fondren will remain without activity for very long:Â “The landlord . . . sold the property to an apartment builder. According to Landryâ€™s, the restaurant and other buildings . . . are slated for demolition.” [Food Chronicles] Photo: Landry’s Seafood

77063, Apartments, Briarmeadow, Demolitions, Openings and Closings, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Restaurants

09/10/13 11:00am

Next Alexan Complex Going Up on Lake-Looking Site in Spring

Land Development, New Construction, Quicklink, Spring

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NEXT ALEXAN COMPLEX GOING UP ON LAKE-LOOKING SITE IN SPRING Most of the Alexan-brand apartment complexes that Trammell Crow is building haven’t strayed too far from I-10 — with ones planned for the Heights, Energy Corridor, and Wilchester — but a new one is being built much farther north on I-45 in Spring. Partnering with Prime Property Investors out of Illinois, Trammell Crow has started construction this week on the 346-unit Alexan at Auburn Lakes at W. Rayford and Gosling. And what comes with this new territory? Residents, reports Nancy Sarnoff, will have access to a “private lake” among otherÂ attractive amenities — a dog park, business center, shared kitchen, billiards room — and shell out an average rent for the 1- and 2-bedroom units of $1,199 a month. [Prime Property; previously on Swamplot] Rendering: Prime Property Investors

77389, Apartments, New Construction, Spring

09/04/13 11:00am

Rising from the Earthman: The First Ground-Floor Tenant at Gables Tanglewood

Mixed Use, Openings and Closings, Restaurants, Tanglewood

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It appears that some of that hallowedÂ ground-floor retail space in the funeral-home-exorcising Gables Tanglewood will be given over to Dish Society, a casual farm-to-table joint. No opening date has been set; apparently, the restaurant just started looking for an executive chef. The photo above shows the construction progress of the Ziegler Cooper-designed 8-story, 304-unit apartment complex at the corner of San Felipe and Bering.

Dish Society [Facebook]
Previously on Swamplot: Funeral for a Funeral Home: Earthman Hits the Dirt on San Felipe

Photo: Going Up! City

77057, Apartments, Mixed Use, New Construction, Openings and Closings, Restaurants, Tanglewood

08/30/13 10:00am

Texaco Redo a Go: The Next Residential Highrise Downtown To Begin Construction Soon

Buying and Selling, Downtown, Highrises, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Provident Realty closed yesterday on the formerÂ Texaco Building at 1111 Rusk, catty-corner from BG Group Place, and says it will begin renovations and new construction on this Hnedak Bobo Group-designed residential highrise just as soon as it can get the permits.

Yesterday’s announcement doesn’t specify how high the new highrise will rise, but info that Swamplot published in May suggest that it could stand as tall as 38 stories. Houston Business Journal reports that the project, on the block bound by Fannin, San Jacinto, Capitol, and Rusk, will tap into the tunnels, and there will be 309 units in all, with a 550-car parking garage and 8,000-sq.-ft. of ground-floor retail.

77002, Apartments, Downtown, Downtown Tunnels, Highrises, Proposed Developments, Retail

08/26/13 12:00pm

This OK? Greystar Checks In with Woodland Heights Neighbors About Skylane Replacement

Neighborhood Disputes, Proposed Developments, Quicklink, Woodland Heights

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THIS OK? GREYSTAR CHECKS IN WITH WOODLAND HEIGHTS NEIGHBORS ABOUT SKYLANE REPLACEMENT Motivated to avoid some of the same blowback that developers of the Ashby Highrise, Morrison Heights condos and apartments, and 17-storyÂ San Felipe office building have received from sign-making neighbors, Greystar has been busy meeting with folks inÂ Woodland Heights to discuss Elan Heights, the 8-story, 276-unit complex that will be replacing the ’60sÂ Skylane on Taylor St. And what are those neighbors worried about? The usual suspects, writesÂ the Houston Chronicle’s Erin Mulvaney: “. . . [S]pecifics of entry and exit at certain streets, plans for sidewalks, availability of bicycle parking, sewage and the preservation of existing oak trees . . . [and] the implications of the traffic analysis required by the city.” A rep explains why Greystar’s doing what it’s doing: “People more than anything else want to be informed and know what’s happening in their community. . . . The reality is that we are not required to do that. . . . We do it because we want to be good neighbors.” Greystar says it will close on the property next month, and the demo of the Skylane will follow in early 2014. [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot] Rendering: Meeks + Partners

77007, Apartments, Demolitions, Neighborhood Disputes, Proposed Developments, Woodland Heights

08/22/13 4:30pm

A First Look at Some of the 33-Story Apartment Tower Hines Wants To Build in Market Square

Commercial Real Estate, Downtown, Highrises, Historic Districts, Proposed Developments, Retail

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Hines and Ziegler Cooper have presented this drawing (and several maps and site plans) to the Historical Commission in their bid to build a 33-story residential tower on the Downtown block bound by Preston, Prairie, Main, and Travis, catty-corner from Market Square Park. Unfortunately, there’s no image available of the whole thing. (You’ll have to extrapolate upward, as they say.) But the application materials for a Certificate of Appropriateness to build in the Main Street Market Square historic district show that the once-rumored tower would comprise 25 stories and 289 residential units atop a 7-level podium parking garage atop 1 level of retail on the street.

That parking garage would be accessed from Travis St., right next to Frank’s Pizza and the former Cabo spot. (Which will become El Big Bad soon enough.) The tower, as drawn, appears to inch toward this block’s other buildings: There’s Georgia’s Market in the old Byrd’s Department Store on the corner, the 1924 Alfred C. Finn-designed State National Bank Building and the 1925 Public National Bank Building, all of which face Main St.

After the jump, you can see a site plan:

77002, Apartments, Downtown, Highrises, Historic Districts, Market Square, Market Square Park, Proposed Developments, Retail

08/20/13 3:15pm

Another Highrise Squeezing Into the Med Center?