Tag: New Construction

New Construction, Parks, River Oaks

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This photo, courtesy of a reader, shows what will eventually hold up the new pedestrian bridge spanning Buffalo Bayou. This view looks south across the muddy water from the Sandy Reed Memorial Trail near Jackson Hill St. and Memorial Dr. toward the Royalton condo tower on Allen Pkwy. Crews have also begun clearing away more trees and brush between this spot and the Adath Yeshurun Cemetery, where the bayou’s master plan shows the Lost Lake will be.

77019, Bridges, Buffalo Bayou, New Construction, Parks, River Oaks

Uncategorized

05/07/13 3:45pm

The Ice House by the Second Ward Switchyard

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This new build on the corner of Navigation Blvd. and Terminal Rd. has aroused the curiosity of a Magnolia Park resident: Though its utilitarian appearance and ballast-sharing trackside location suggest a storage facility — or maybe a roll-byÂ gift shop for forgetful conductors — a neighbor on Terminal Rd. says he heard it’s going to be the new location of Players Ice House.

Houston Heights, New Construction: Residential, Townhomes

77003, 77011, Bars, New Construction, Openings and Closings, Second Ward

Construction Problems

05/03/13 10:00am

Construction Starts Again After Weekend Heights Blvd. Townhome Collapse

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A new stick frame began going up Wednesday on the corner of Heights Blvd. and E. 2nd St., on a concrete slab cleared of the heap of wood studs, trusses, shear walls, and framed staircases that had landed there with a crash last Saturday night. All remnants of the 2 toppled Keystone Classic Homes 4-story townhouses in the Madison Park development just south of White Oak Bayou have been swept away. The site, pictured above in a photo taken by a Swamplot reader this morning, now looks rather different from the way it appeared last Sunday:

77007, Construction Accidents, Disaster Aftermath, Houston Heights, New Construction, Townhomes

05/02/13 10:00am

The Luxury Trackside Apartments Coming to Briar Hollow

Briar Hollow, New Construction

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Even more apartments are going up inside the Loop: This development from Mill Creek Residential is underway behind the St. Regis Hotel on San Felipe and E. Briar Hollow Ln. The complex, south of Memorial Park, appears to provide residents a view of that Welcome W. Wilson, Sr.Â beautification strip there along the Union Pacific railroad tracks. DeveloperÂ Jeb Cox says that there will be 317 units and a parking garage, the construction of which began in August.

77027, Apartments, Briar Hollow, New Construction, Restaurants

Industrial Properties

05/01/13 11:30am

The Pasadena Place Where Beer Will Come From

Land Development, New Construction, Office Space, Pasadena

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Construction has started in Pasadena on one of the largest loading and unloading zones of beer in Texas. Silver Eagle Distributors, whose lookalike company headquarters you can see from I-10 north of Memorial Park, says that the $25 million, 400,000-sq.-ft. distribution center will sit on 50 acres near the Sam Houston Tollway and those Independence Trail scenes painted on the Pasadena Freeway refineries.

Anheuser-Busch distributor breaks ground on Pasadena facility [Houston Business Journal]
Beer wholesaler breaks ground in Pasadena [Prime Property]

Image: Silver Eagle Distributors via Swamplot inbox

77503, Industrial Buildings, Land Development, New Construction, Pasadena

Commercial Real Estate

04/30/13 10:00am

The Montrose Space Space Montrose Will Take

Lower Westheimer, Montrose, New Construction, Retail

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The other tenant in thisÂ new retail center at Westheimer and Dunlavy will be Space Montrose. Owner Leila Peraza says that by August the artsy and crafty retailer at 2608 Dunlavy will be relocating from this spot behind Cafe Brasil into the 4,800-sq.-ft. building under construction at the cornerÂ about 200 ft. away. Space Montrose will take up 1,200 sq. ft. of that and share a wall with what a pending liquor license names Leaven & Earth, aÂ pastry cafe from well-schooled, globe-trotting chef Roy Shvartzapel. Recently, 2608 Dunlavy has been an art gallery and yoga studio; Peraza says she heard a book store is next.

Photos: Allyn West

77006, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, New Construction, Relocations, Retail

Demolitions

04/26/13 3:15pm

Downtown SkyHouse Clearing the Ground First

Downtown, Highrises, Land Development, New Construction

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Another win for Komatsu: This vacant 30,000-sq.-ft. office building in the shadow of the Houston House apartments was reduced to rubble this week on the Downtown lot bound by Fannin, Main, Leeland, and Pease, where construction onÂ the 24-story, 336-unit residential tower SkyHouse is just beginning. (The parking lot in the foreground of the photo at the top is now a hole in the ground.) The project at 1625 Main was announced in March by Atlanta developer Novare Group, which has put up a similar tower in Austin.

Opening Spring 2014 [Simpson Property Group]
Previously on Swamplot: Where Downtownâ€™s New Residential Tower Will Go

Photos: Swamplot inbox (demolition), Allyn West (building)

77002, Apartments, Demolitions, Downtown, Highrises, New Construction

Lower Westheimer

04/26/13 11:35am

More To Come at the Corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy

Montrose, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Restaurants, Retail

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A rep from Edge Realty Partners says that that new retail centerÂ that’s now under construction at Westheimer and Dunlavy will have 2 tenants. The primary one, occupying 3,600 sq. ft. of the new building’s proposed 4,800, will be aÂ well-bread pastry cafe from Roy Shvartzapel, the globe-trotting chef profiled recently in Eater Houston. A TABC permit application, filed April 17, suggests that the cafe will be called Leaven & Earth.

And the other tenant? The Edge rep says that names can’t yet be named, but that a lease is all but complete for a “boutique” retail shop that’s already in Montrose to relocate inside the remaining 1,200-sq.-ft. suite that’s depicted in the rendering here as right next to Agora.

Images: Edge Realty Partners (rendering); Allyn West (building)

77006, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Restaurants, Retail

Lower Westheimer

04/24/13 3:30pm

Dirt and Flour Moved To Create New Place To Drink at Westheimer and Dunlavy

Montrose, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Restaurants, Retail

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Note: More here.

It looks like that retail center that’s replacing the art gallery that burned down is beginning to shape up. And it looks like at least one of the future tenants intends to serve adult beverages. The sign behind the chain-link at the site names the applicant as Leaven & Earth, and a rep from the TABC confirms that the application, filed on April 17, is pending. The original plans for the site here at 1706 Westheimer describe a 4,829-sq.-ft. building — with 36 parking spaces behind it, accessible from Dunlavy — designed to replace the Galerie Mado Chalvet, which was lost in a fire and immortalized on a backpack in 2012.

Previously on Swamplot: Burned Building Next to Agora on Westheimer Returns â€” As a Backpack, No, Dunkinâ€™ Donuts Is Not Coming to the Corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy, The Commotion at the Corner of Westheimer and Dunlavy

Photos: Allyn West

77006, Bars, Lower Westheimer, Montrose, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Restaurants, Retail

04/23/13 10:15am

The Apartments Instead of the Trees at Tomball Pkwy. and Cypresswood

Land Development, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Trees, Willowbrook

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Before construction can begin next month on this 4-story apartment complex planned for the southwest corner of Cypresswood Dr. and the Tomball Pkwy., some things have to go. Developers Embry and Stonelake Capital appear to have in mind an unscrapedÂ 15.4-acre site that’s thick with trees, and Real Estate Bisnow’s Catie Dixon reports that the demise of an “existing structure” is imminent. But she doesn’t say which one. And neither has Embry. But: The manager at the Arby’s there on Cypresswood says it’s not the Arby’s.

77070, Apartments, Land Development, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Trees, Willowbrook

04/11/13 10:10am

The Apartments Behind the Finger Apartments Behind the Montrose Whole Foods

Land Development, Montrose, New Construction, North Montrose, Proposed Developments

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What’s going on here? From behind a window across W. Dallas, a reader sends this photo and wants to know. According to a construction manager on site, the work to this point has involvedÂ utility excavation for what will be, he says, “Class A apartments.”

77019, Apartments, Land Development, Montrose, New Construction, North Montrose, Proposed Developments

Fort Bend County

04/09/13 10:00am

No Lumps: A Look at Master-Planned Imperial Sugar Land

Land Development, Master-Planned Communities, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Restaurants, Retail, Sugar Land

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First things first: A sign off Hwy. 6 welcoming you to Imperial Sugar Land is so far the only part of theÂ 716-acre master-planned community that’s under construction, touts a press release from the end of March. Up next? Starting this summer, adds the press release, something like theÂ spout-centered roundabout shown here and a 254-unit apartment complex will begin going up around the minor-league Skeeters’ Constellation Field in the so-called Ball Park District. Plans show that that district will be flanked by a mix of uses:

77498, Apartments, Fort Bend County, Land Development, Master-Planned Communities, New Construction, Proposed Developments, Retail, Stadiums, Sugar-Land, Townhomes

Land Development

04/04/13 10:30am

Vintage Marketplace Whole Foods Going Up Soon

Master-Planned Communities, New Construction, Retail, Shopping Centers, The Vintage

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Construction’s expected to begin next week on this Whole Foods at thatÂ once-forested spot near Louetta and Cutten Rd. east of the Tomball Pkwy. The 40,443-sq.-ft. store in the master-planned community The Vintage, south of the path of theÂ Grand Parkway, will be the first Whole Foods in North Houston. Houston Business Journal‘s Shaina Zucker notes that the Gensler-designed store will anchor the 18-acre Vintage Marketplace.

North Houston Whole Foods ground breaking ceremony set for next week [Houston Business Journal]
Previously on Swamplot: Breakfast Bar of Champions

Image: Judy Nichols & Associates, via Houston Business Journal

77070, Grocery Stores, Land Development, New Construction, Retail, Shopping Centers, The Vintage, Whole Foods

04/02/13 11:30am

The Muse Coming to Castle Court