Here’s a look at the new HQ that Houston nonprofit Avenue CDC wants to build at 3527 Irvington Blvd. just north of the road’s fork with Fulton St. and east of Moody Park. The rendering emerged yesterday following news that the United Arab Emirates was coughing up $6.5 million of the $10 million it pledged to give Houston after Harvey. After its donation gets disbursed to a handful of local recipients, Avenue CDC will come out with $2.6 million — reports the HBJ’s Olivia Pulsinelli — all of which it plans to put toward the 3-story, 30,500-sq.-ft. building. An additional $8.7 million for the structure will be collected from elsewhere.
According to a press release from the folks set to inhabit the new HQ, their idea is to “conveniently co-locate a variety of vital resources for residents†inside, such as a health clinic, early childhood education center, post-disaster housing counseling offices, and a realty office. The residents they’re talking about include homeowners in the CDC’s nearby Avenue Place development — a neighborhood of 95 three- and four-bedroom homes — as well as Avenue Terrace, an adjacent 192-unit apartment project. Both communities went up on what used to be FedEx’s 20-acre truck depot off Irvington and Weiss St. over the course of the last few years.
- United Arab Emirates Provides $10 Million To Help People Of Texas Recover And Rebuild From Hurricane Harvey [HBJ]
- United Arab Emirates Provides $10 Million To Help People Of Texas Recover And Rebuild From Hurricane Harvey [PRNewswire]
Rendering: Avenue CDC
snarky headline there, eh? the edge i’d expect from s-p, and what keeps me coming back. everyone’s entitled to a decent living ;-)
This is 77009 y’all.
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I get that there are expenses with non-profits, but a $10m+ headquarters just doesn’t sit well. I guess it has additional services but we will see if those ever come about or last