Tag: Montrose

Fly High, Little Ruchi and Roeder

77098, Bars, Demolitions, Montrose, Restaurants, Retail, Upper Kirby

Apartments

12/30/14 3:00pm

Across W. Alabama From the Icehouse, Those 3 2-Story Apartment Complexes Are Now Making Way for One 6-Story Complex

Demolitions, Montrose, Montrose, New Constructon, Proposed Developments, Winlow Place

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Chomp goes the excavator on a portion of the 3 adjacent 1950s and ’60s-era complexes at 1920 W. Alabama St., 1924 Marshall St. (pictured at left), and 2810 McDuffie St., right across the street from the Alabama Icehouse and just south of Admiral Linens.

In late July residents of the 3 complexes were told to move out by September 1, so that new owners City Centre at Midtown, an affiliate of developers Dolce Living, could be begin tearing down the 2-story buildings to clear the 1.58 acre parcel for one 6-story, 258-unit luxury apartment building.

Though it will be situated in the western edge of Montrose’s Winlow Place area, the building will be named City Centre at Midtown.

Here is a rendering released to the media in the days after the 35-day eviction notices went out:

Making Way For Montrose’s CityCentre At Midtown

77006, Apartments, Montrose, Proposed Develoments, Redevelopment, Winlow Place

Apartments

12/24/14 11:00am

Up in the Air and Rotating at the Corner of Montrose and Hawthorne

Montrose, New Construction, Quicklink

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UP IN THE AIR AND ROTATING AT THE CORNER OF MONTROSE AND HAWTHORNE Construction Crane, 3400 Montrose Blvd., Montrose, Houston Here’s your photo proof that the construction crane for Hanover’s new 30-story 3400 Montrose apartment building going up at 3400 Montrose Blvd., on the site of the 3400 Montrose office building torn down earlier this year, went up before Christmas 2014. A reader sends in this shot from the catty-corner corner at cross street Hawthorne. The crane was assembled on site last week. [Previously on Swamplot] Photo: Swamplot inbox

77006, Apartments, Montrose, New Construction

Hyde Park

12/23/14 12:30pm

Who Was Shelley, and Why Is Her Name Inscribed Over the Front Door of My Hyde Park Fourplex?

Montrose

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Hyde Park resident Michael Draper writes: “I live at Maryland and Yupon and my fourplex has the name Shelley inscribed above it. Down the street at Rudyard’s/Next Door Bar it had a similar inscription that read LALA. There are many others including Axelrad and more. My question is what purpose did these serve?”

“Were they family names and perhaps a trend during home construction of that era or is there another purpose? Every amount of research I’ve done had yielded no answers….It is an interesting feature and partially a reason I decided on this property to rent.”

Photo: Michael Draper

The Writing On The Walls

77006, Houston History, Montrose

Homes for Sale

12/23/14 10:00am

End of Year Montrose Home Clearance

Hyde Park, Montrose, Quicklink

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END OF YEAR MONTROSE HOME CLEARANCE 1225 Welch St., Hyde Park, Montrose, Houston Looking for that last-minute, low-cost, blockbuster Christmas gift for a certain someone who has . . . a place to put anything? Over on Craigslist, someone is offering this well-worn, 2-bedroom, 2-bath 1925 bungalow in Hyde Park for the gotta-grab-it-now price of free. What’s the catch? Just explain it to the gift recipient as a New Year’s resolution: The home must be removed from its lot at 1225 Welch St. by January 15th. (Which will certainly end up costing a fair bit more than free.) Meanwhile, the same home is still listed for sale on MLSÂ — with its 5,000-sq.-ft. lot — for a somewhat higher price: $525,000. [Craigslist; HAR]

77006, Homes for Sale, Housemoving, Hyde Park, Montrose

Bars and Clubs

12/15/14 3:30pm

Freshly-Painted Mango’s for Lease on Lower Westheimer

Leasing, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, Nightlife

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A Montrose hang for lovers of live punk, metal and experimental sounds, Mango’s nightclub has sprouted a “for lease” sign.

The building at 403 Westheimer Rd. next door to Avant Garden has a history as colorful as its newly-painted exterior walls and patio:

The Ever-Changing Face Of Montrose

77006, Bars and Clubs, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, Music, Nightlife

12/12/14 10:30am

The Old Freaky Foods on Richmond Ave Is Boarded Up and Looking Forlorn

Lancaster Place, Montrose

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Is there more change coming to lower Richmond?

The former Shell station and grocery at 1810 Richmond Ave known until recently (formally) known as Richwood Market and (informally) as “Freaky Foods” is boarded up and graffiti-tagged:

Death Knell For The Shell?

77098, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Lancaster Place, Montrose, Richmond Ave.

Bars and Clubs

11/24/14 11:59am

Taking Over for The Fairview at 315 Fairview: A Sushi Bar Called Sushi Bar

Hyde Park, Montrose, Restaurants

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315 fairview st, Hyde Park, Montrose Update: 3:45 p.m. Eater Houston reports that the name of the sushi bar will be Akamaru.

According to the permit in the window at 315 Fairview, the next occupant of the mixed-use building’s downstairs will be a restaurant named Sushi Bar.Â

Most recently that area had been home to a lounge called The Fairview.

Prior to its incarnation as the Fairview, the building had housed the short-lived Montrose outpost of downtown institution Dean’s Credit Clothing.

Sushi Bar will be situated about halfway between Uchi and the Bluefish.

Montrose Eats

77006, Bars, Hyde Park, Montrose, Restaurants

11/19/14 10:45am

Here’s James Harden and a TV Commercial Crew Showing What Montrose’s Siphon Coffee Looks Like as a Pizza Joint

Montrose, Restaurants

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Minus the crew of bearded lookalikes with whom he toured the Galleria earlier this year, Houston Rockets guardÂ James Harden shows off a pizzeria-ized Siphon Coffee in this just-released ad spot for Foot Locker. The coffee shop at 701 W. Alabama St., which normally features no boxed items on its menu, was transformed into a pizza spot for a day-long shoot on November 9th.

Rocket Redo

77006, Cafes, Montrose, Restaurants, TV-Commercials

11/18/14 3:15pm

Here’s the Richmond Ave Bungalow Where Celebrity Chef Wendell Price Hopes To Reboot His Career

Montrose, Restaurants

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Wendell Price has been a Food Network star and a partner with Olympic legend Carl Lewis at Houston’s Cafe Noir. He hasÂ catered Hollywood sets, cooked for the likes of Larry Flynt and O.J. Simpson, and served as executive chef in a restaurant co-owned by Denzel Washington. More recently, after his 2012 conviction on tax-related crimes,Â Price was an inmate in a Memphis jail. And now Price is back in his hometown, trying to get his career back on track via Rustic Oak, a restaurant slated to open at 511 Richmond Ave in January. Rustic Oak is taking root in a restored Montrose home near Spur 527; Price tells Culturemap’s Eric Sandler he “prayed for a unique spot instead of a strip center,”Â — and lo, there appeared this bungalow, right next door to the Brooklyn Athletic Club and directly across Richmond Ave. from the Post 510 apartments.

Comebacks

77006, Montrose, Restaurants

11/17/14 1:00pm

Hollywood Vietnamese Will Be Gone by Black Friday

Montrose, Openings and Closings, Restaurants

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Hollywood Vietnamese and Chinese Cuisine will close down by the end of the month. Back in August plans came to light of a coming Farb Montrose full-block apartment complexÂ at 2409 Montrose Blvd., a one-acre site once home to Cafe Noche but occupied since 2007 by Hollywood. A sign posted on the door last week informs the public of Hollywood’s demise by the end of the month;Â several staff members told Eater Houston’s Jakeisha WilmoreÂ that Thanksgiving Eve will be its final day of service. How will Montrose late-night diners be able to cope without this vital pipeline to much-needed Lotus Delights, tofu spring rolls, and steaming bowls of ginger-laced Mama’s Hangover Chicken Soup? Turns out they won’t have to, at least not for long:

Phogeddabouddit

77006, Montrose, Openings and Closings, Restaurants

Apartments

11/13/14 2:45pm

One Man’s Thriving Gayborhood Is Another’s Montrose Value-Add Portfolio

Avondale East Historic District, Montrose, Quicklink, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Marketing

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ONE MAN’S THRIVING GAYBORHOOD IS ANOTHER’S MONTROSE VALUE-ADD PORTFOLIO montrose-value-add-portfolio What is the Montrose Value-Add Portfolio?Â “48 apartment-units, 13 townhomes, 1 quadraplex and 5 rental homes with 8-units that include 2 garage apartments; for a total of 73 units, 67,960 rentable square feet, with a land tract of 2.09 acres.” Writes a reader who came across the listing: “This is where I live.Â I love the phrase ‘The Montrose Value Add Portfolio,’ it practically screams â€˜knock it down!’ So much for my old gayborhood!” The properties are all within walking distance of the MVAP’s listed address: 409 Stratford St., a stone’s throw from the always-hopping cluster of bars and clubs on Pacific St. to the north and but a little farther from Numbers and Indika to the south. No asking price is indicated in the marketing materials. [Loopnet; brochure (PDF)] Photo: Transwestern.

77006, Avondale East Historic District, Listings, Montrose, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Marketing

Avondale

11/10/14 11:30am

Westheimer Street Clock Stolen from Scott-Day Montrose Paint Store Over the Weekend

Crime, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, Retail

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The hexagonal clock mounted above the front door of the former Cra-Bell Vacuum and Appliance Co. building at 216 Westheimer Rd. was stolen over the weekend. Derek Brotherton of Scott-Day Paint & Supply, the company that’s inhabited the building since 1963, tells Swamplot that he and coworkers noticed the disappearance this morning, and that they are “deeply upset over losing part of the character of the store.” Photos above show the clock in place (above, in an older image) and gone missing (at top, taken this morning). Brotherton says he believes the clock had been in its current position since the building was constructed in 1935Â — or shortly thereafter. Back then, the street was named Hathaway; it now sits on the north side of Westheimer between Helena and Mason.

Did You See Time Fly?

77006, Avondale, Crime, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, Retail

Montrose

11/03/14 10:30am

The Back and Forth on Dunlavy St.

Museum District, Quicklink, Streetscapes

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THE BACK AND FORTH ON DUNLAVY ST. Dunlavy St. at Westheimer Rd., Lower Westheimer, Montrose, Houston Back in May some Montrose urbanists rejoiced at a reportÂ that city traffic planners were hoping to constrict Dunlavy St. from 4 lanes to 2. However, as part of this year’s annual Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan, the city’s planning commission advised widening the Dunlavy corridor’s right-of-wayÂ 10 feet in certain areas. In an e-blast to her constituents, city council’s Ellen Cohen cited a lack of public input on the widening proposal and its potential negative impact on homeowners as key factors in shaping her “grave concerns” over the prospect of a fattened corridor, so thatÂ proposal has been tabled until next year’s review. [Houston Chronicle; Ellen Cohen] Photo: Raj Mankad /OffCite

77005, 77006, 77019, 77098, City Council, Montrose, Planning Commission, Streetscapes

Commercial Real Estate

10/31/14 11:45am

Wandering No More, Classical Theatre Company Snags Former Main Street Theater Spot in Chelsea Market

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Montrose, Museum District

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Finding a seat in the latest round of musical chairs among Houston’s theater crowd is the Classical Theatre Company, which recently announced it is moving operations into the 175-seat Chelsea Market venue vacated by Main Street Theater earlier this year. For the previouslyÂ nomadic CTC, the space means a more permanent home for its artists and audiences — as well as a single spot for its offices, storage, rehearsals, and performances.

Main Street Theater, which has a Rice Village venue on Times Blvd. readying for a long-awaited renovation, had rented the Chelsea Market space for its Theater for Youth and educational programming since 1996. Youth activities shifted recently to the Talento Bilingue de Houston center at 333 S. Jensen Dr. That move had been prompted by the kickoff of work on theÂ recently re-christened 20-story apartment project fronting Chelsea Blvd.Â (The Carter, formerly known as Chelsea Montrose), which took a big bite out of a once-extensive parking area.