bobruss Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm sure they have good intentions, but this is the same Midtown TIRZ group that has been buying up all of the property in the 3rd ward to supposedly build new housing and help keep the third ward livable. So right out of the box they go out and spend a bunch of money on office space and some community space, and all they can show for housing is 27 units. Looks a little like someone is building themselves a fancy new office building but not much for housing. A little like putting the cart before the horse. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving the 3rd ward, but I cant help but think that Garnet Coleman will probably have an office on the top floor and we won't see much in housing built. I still don't like that they have taken money from the Midtown TIRZ, to do all of this in the 3rd ward. I do like the building over the sphere. The original design would have been out dated before it was finished and I'm sure it would have been value engineered into a poorly crafted project. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, bobruss said: I'm sure they have good intentions, but this is the same Midtown TIRZ group that has been buying up all of the property in the 3rd ward to supposedly build new housing and help keep the third ward livable. So right out of the box they go out and spend a bunch of money on office space and some community space, and all they can show for housing is 27 units. Looks a little like someone is building themselves a fancy new office building but not much for housing. A little like putting the cart before the horse. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving the 3rd ward, but I cant help but think that Garnet Coleman will probably have an office on the top floor and we won't see much in housing built. I still don't like that they have taken money from the Midtown TIRZ, to do all of this in the 3rd ward. I do like the building over the sphere. The original design would have been out dated before it was finished and I'm sure it would have been value engineered into a poorly crafted project. Its almost like....government has a difficult time putting their money where their mouth is. I'm shocked. Completely shocked. (I know this is a strawman, and over simplification, but the point still stands.) Edited January 15, 2019 by Luminare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/01/17/318457/housing-center-hoped-to-balance-tradition-and-gentrification-in-third-ward/ Edited January 19, 2019 by BeerNut 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Foto updates? How far along is this one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 39 minutes ago, Urbannizer said: Foto updates? How far along is this one? Walked this part of the area a few weeks ago and they hadn't even started digging yet. Don't know why. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thedistrict84 Posted June 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2019 @Luminare is right, no activity as of today. You can’t even tell where the ceremonial groundbreaking occurred. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Just now, thedistrict84 said: @Luminare is right, no activity as of today. You can’t even tell where the ceremonial groundbreaking occurred. haha actually you can. Look a little closer at the center behind the sign. See where there is extra tall grass? Thats the fresh dirt/mulch they used for the groundbreaking that caused that. Its the grass growing on top of the mound along with the fresh dirt/soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thedistrict84 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Luminare said: haha actually you can. Look a little closer at the center behind the sign. See where there is extra tall grass? Thats the fresh dirt/mulch they used for the groundbreaking that caused that. Its the grass growing on top of the mound along with the fresh dirt/soil. Good point, didn’t think of that. My avid-gardener mother would be disappointed to know that I missed that detail. Was expecting something a little closer to the street. Huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Dirt being moved now https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/08/29/houstons-first-central-hq-for-affordable-housing.html 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 4, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2019 https://www.arch-con.com/division/affordable-housing-operations-center/ 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Emancipation/Elgin St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bobruss Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Its amazing how much activity is taking place from Elgin to 45 and west of emancipation to 59. Also drove down Gray yesterday and saw the new protected bike lanes. Pretty exciting. They still had some orange barricades around but cyclist were on the trails anyway. Every little bit helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, bobruss said: Its amazing how much activity is taking place from Elgin to 45 and west of emancipation to 59. Also drove down Gray yesterday and saw the new protected bike lanes. Pretty exciting. They still had some orange barricades around but cyclist were on the trails anyway. Every little bit helps! Saw that as well. I hope they finish that all the way to Bagby St. I really wonder what kind of impact this will have. Emancipation has a lot of potential to be the next big thing, but hasn't really taken off like I thought it would. Yeah there has been more residential coming online, but not the retail explosion like we've been seeing in the heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I think they're going to need to see more new residential before we see much growth in retail. I also think that McGowen has a whole lot of promise in the future. The section in Midtown is really developing a nice vibe and I see it moving east. I know it will be a long time before it happens, but keep an eye out for McGowen and Emancipation to come on strong in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 ArchCon is the main contractor so it will get done quickly, these guys seem to do good, quick work on their projects. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Midtown TIRZ has committed to pay to move utilities underground due to setbacks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Seems to be going really slowly but I guess since the contractor is dealing a city/state government funding it may take a while. Edited January 26, 2020 by hindesky 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Hanging steel. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Thanks to beerNut I found this thread. As I was mentioning on another thread this thing is close to topping out and its nice to see a steel structure for a change instead of reinforced concrete. I remember back in the big building boom in the late 70's early eighties there were several skyscrapers that went up built out of steel, including the 70 story Wells Fargo building. Something about steel construction always seemed more interesting, at least to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post wilcal Posted February 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2020 Quite a presence from the street 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BeerNut Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 I obliged and took a picture of him posing 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wilcal Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 This project is Dab-approved evidently. 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 The Crawfish Boil at Emancipation Park sure made me hungry as I rode by, too bad they weren't open yet. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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