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And, as he said, he's working from a different set of criteria than other developers. While it doesn't sound like he'll be putting up any more towers downtown (and to be honest, if we're talking about towers, he already stopped building towers after One Park Place), he kind of suggested others won't necessarily slow down.

Since this is being leased by an arm of the City to be made into a public park, it will surely be tax exempt.

He did sound a bit negative. On the other hand he seems to say One Park Place has been and is very successful and 500 Crawford is at 90% occupancy without giving out deep concessions.

Ah, yes. Macey owns that block and they also have some other parcels that will be taken by the freeway project (including a good portion of the next block to the southwest (presumably block No. 181?)). As you said, none of them are among the Astros lots that were originally suggested as being county-owed and therefore possibly available for swaps for the Pierce Elevated land.

OliverMcMillan, the owner/developer, seems to think it is: <p>The new 3.4-acre site, adjacent to River Oaks District and located at the northwest corner of Westcreek Lane and Westheimer, will be developed as part of Phase II of River Oaks District. The expansion will complement the existing site and the greater Houston-area with a luxury hotel alongside either an office or multi-family residential tower.</p> <br>OOliOl The new 3.4-acre site, adjacent to River Oaks District and located at the northwest corner of Westcreek Lane and Westheimer, will be developed as part of Phase II of River Oaks District. The expansion will complement the existing site and the greater Houston-area with a luxury hotel alongside either an office or multi-family residential tower. http://www.olivermcmillan.com/places/projects/49/river_oaks_district_phase_ii

Which block is Block 182? I cannot find a map that shows the block numbers east of I-69

All of the lots that will be affected by the freeway project are on county records as being owned by the Harris County Houston Sports Authority. Further, all of the Astros lots east of 59/69 are included in the Stadium Lease by which the Authority leased them to the Astros (It should be safe to presume the Authority owns the property that they are leasing to the Astros). Macey does own property in EADO and has for many years (and he may have formerly owned some of the Astros lots and/or the part of the site of BBVA Compass Stadium). In a Chronicle article back in 2015, Macey was quoted as saying he was going to lose two blocks to the highway project. Those holdings appear to be behind the GRB.

That seems like it might be an unenforceable restraint on alienation.

Houston House is almost exactly midway between Phoenicia and Randall's and is a pretty easy walk to both (11-13 minute walks). Even in the most urban of cities, one is unlikely to find grocers or even a bodega much closer than that to every residence. The northern end of downtown seems to be in greater need of grocers than the south end. There are and always will be inherent inconveniences to urban living.

Yes. I think that sums it up pretty well.

A timely story about a new grocery concept being developed by the Giant chain, starting in Center City Philadelphia: a 9,800 square foot store. https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/retail/giant-mini-grocery-store-urban-concept-philadelphia-93732?be=wdm5%40georgetown.edu&email=wdm5%40georgetown.edu&utm_source=MorningBrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181010_houston_morningbrief

No offense, but you kinda sound like you do.

From a recent city presentation regarding a potential feasibility study for projects to create connectivity from the proposed High Speed Rail Station: "Current rail/bus stations are not close enough to fully integrate with High Speed Rail. Better integration with other transportation modes is needed for [the city] to take full advantage of the opportunities from High Speed Rail."

^ Cool shot of the new Greek Orthodox Cathedral too!

The west side of the building faces adjacent lots. You can see it in the picture you took.

The one that runs parallel to Hardy St and Elysian St., just a bit to the east of them.

The few smaller shops and structured parking substituted for some big box space is the minimal difference. It's still a big box with acres of surface parking and some freeway-frontage pad sites.

Yay!

The primary difference is that it does not include the much-hated Sam's Club. Other than that, the differences between the original and this new development proposals are pretty minimal.

Yeah, probably would be overkill to have all three lines go to Hobby. Of course, nobody has proposed such a thing.

The plan would also connect the purple line to Hobby.

Phase 1: ▪ Refresh Old C North Concourse; ▪ Add Sterile Corridor on East Side of Old C-North. ▪ Construct New Pier D3; Demolish Terminal D Garage (the far east end of the parking structure that serves Terminals C and D/E) ▪ New ticketing Hall ▪ New Arrivals / Departures Curbs and Roadway modifications ▪ Modified FIS & Tenants ▪ New Arrivals Hall ▪ Baggage Modifications Phase 2: Construct New Pier D2; and ▪ Construct New Connector Corridors. ▪ Phased Demolition of Terminal D; and ▪ Construct New East Concessions, VIP Lounges Core. Complete IH/FIS Build-Out: ▪ 3rd Ticketing Level (relocated FF Airlines) ▪ 2nd Ticketing Level (relocate and expand UAL); ▪ Domestic Reclaim Belts & Basement Build-Out; ▪ Departures Curb Vertical Circulation & Link Bridge; ▪ Relocated Arrivals Curb. Phase 3: Phased Demolition of Terminal D, C-D Connector and Old C- North; ▪ Construct New Pier D1; and ▪ Construct New West Frontal Gates. The additional 2 levels of new parking will be on top of the parking structure that sits between, and serves, Terminals C and D/E.

As is so often the case, the Chronicle got a lot wrong in that article. There will still be parking at Terminal E. They still plan to completely replace the existing Terminal D and former C North. There are more errors in the article as well, but that's enough for the moment. We will be building a whole new Terminal just as much as under the prior plan.

Not really true. The plan still completely replaces the current Terminal D and former C North.

New shopping center planned for prime site near downtown Dallas: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2018/09/11/new-shopping-center-way-old-sams-club-site-near-dallas-cityplace