Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2022 228’ https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=541455555&row=5 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted November 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2022 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I will believe it when dirt actually flies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) On 6/24/2022 at 7:32 AM, aachor said: I get the sentiment. The solution is quite simple, really: don't live in the dead-center of the nation's fourth-largest city. If you can afford to live near Bissonnet and Ashby, you can afford to live just about anywhere else. People have a right to control their own property. But they don't also have a right to control everything else within their eyesight. Especially when they are surrounded by seven million other people who also have their own interests. If property owners consistently come back to car traffic, unshadowed views, unobstructed views, noise level, local character, air quality, drainage, and water quality -- roughly in that order -- when these things arise, then that's a useful hierarchy. If they tend to organize in groups in order to try to externalize those costs in order to get the added market value without being contractually obligated for it, then two solutions present themselves. Concerned citizens might be willing to pay surcharges for offloading each of the local development nuisances to another part of the city, up to the point at which it's not worth it to them to pay another benjamin rather than just accept a little more traffic or high-rise construction in the neighborhood. Those payments will not be spread out over the whole city's tax base, however. They will accrue to the neighborhoods that are accepting the increases in square footage. On the other hand they might acknowledge that they want these resources/nuisances wastefully allocated rather than responsibly allocated because they thought there was a political mechanism to step outside the property value system and game it. If they don't want the allocation management to be rigged, then people who buy property shouldn't expect control over through traffic easement unless some offsite control of it is explicit in the title deed of the property they bought, and expect to explicitly pay more for it in the bidding process. In the long run, whether it's priced in in that way or on an annual basis, this "MAX Lane" approach would streamline and make things simpler in the development process than "move out if you don't like change cuz cities change." In particular, it would directly erase the informal, invisible fee transfers that annually raise the market valuation of access to property in a quiet (but politically vocal) wealthy enclave in the form of offloaded nuisances. It would continue to encourage the property value gains that come from sheer prime location and local growth, without damaging those. And it would lower the lure of free-riding since it uses the development nuisance offset payments to 'net out' that ownership incentive with every other part of the local city or county at the same time. Edited November 22, 2022 by strickn Clarification of free-rider investment gain, at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted November 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2022 Project: The Langley Architect: EDi Information: 134 units with a total SF of approx. 388,000 (excluding garage). Construction to begin in February with a 32-month duration. 25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 As much as I hate the politics with this development (from both sides), it really looks terrific. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 11/29/2022 at 10:14 AM, Paco Jones said: Project: The Langley Architect: EDi Information: 134 units with a total SF of approx. 388,000 (excluding garage). Construction to begin in February with a 32-month duration. Wow those are some giant units! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 3 hours ago, HNathoo said: Wow those are some giant units! That works out to 2800sf per unit, but I'm assuming some of that is common space, so 1500-2000sf per unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Like that this brick and beige stone has become the de facto design for the north/west Museum District. Is it a homage to the First Presbyterian? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 13 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: That works out to 2800sf per unit, but I'm assuming some of that is common space, so 1500-2000sf per unit. Press release on it actually verifies the 2850 sqft per unit, they're gonna be pretty spacious apartments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, hindesky said: Does 33L mean it’s now 33 floors? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Jones Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Does 33L mean it’s now 33 floors? No, it's just an internal code for the city plan review. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted March 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2023 "Almost a year after StreetLights filed updated plans with the city, the developer says it is weeks from breaking ground on the 20-story apartment building. The city of Houston granted StreetLights Residential a permit for site work and foundation work Monday, though it still is waiting approval to start vertical construction. Stephen Meek, developer at Street Lights Residential, said the approved work could begin in early April." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/the-langley-the-ashby-high-rise-permits-houston-17825264.php 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 They are such teases. What's it been - a decade or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 14 hours ago, toxtethogrady said: They are such teases. What's it been - a decade or so? Yep. 2007 (I lived in the neighborhood back then). Sixteen years if my math is correct. I had some pics of the first protests, but can't find them. Need to keep hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yep - moving forward. And there's this singer named Miley Cyrus, who goes by the name of Hannah Montana, who's on the charts...😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 The anti high rise tower signs have quadrupled since the Houston Chronicle story. They no longer say Ashby though. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Houston19514 Posted March 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2023 22 hours ago, hindesky said: The anti high rise tower signs have quadrupled since the Houston Chronicle story. They no longer say Ashby though. IMO, those signs do more damage to the neighborhood than the high-rise will. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 My college humor magazine came up with a Mad-Libs parody of lefty Causes du Jour that featured the headline, "This Time, It's _____!" Those signs have the same flavor... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 7 hours ago, hindesky said: This moment was foretold in the good book, when Moses speaks to the Pharaoh he says "Let my apartment go!"...At least that's what I remember...somebody fact check me. I'm still only on my first cup of coffee in the morning. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Hmmm, the address on the permit is not exactly inspiring Street view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Ross said: Hmmm, the address on the permit is not exactly inspiring Street view That's the address for the company that filed the permits: J.R. Permits (aka Jasmine Rios). They show up on quite a few of the permits that I've seen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 How soon is now? Controversial Inner Loop high-rise gets go-ahead; City Council member decries 'terrible news' 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I'm not opposed to this project, but I do understand the neighbors frustrations. The streets are really narrow, and the area is veryyyy residential with only a few small businesses here and there along Bissonnet. However, this is very much a Houston type project. Massive buildings going up residential/ small streets, with strip centers/ gas stations/ parking lots going up main streets. Wish we could work the other way to put these larger buildings along major streets like Kirby or somewhere in the museum district, but it is what it is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Kirby's got a few high-rises, including some that were built in the last five years. I'd think Midtown would have been ripe for all of this but that Australian venture that was supposed to build five residential highrises turned out to have mirage financing and got canceled after the first one. At least it's not Conroe, but that's bound to happen sooner or later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Houston19514 Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: I'm not opposed to this project, but I do understand the neighbors frustrations. The streets are really narrow, and the area is veryyyy residential with only a few small businesses here and there along Bissonnet. However, this is very much a Houston type project. Massive buildings going up residential/ small streets, with strip centers/ gas stations/ parking lots going up main streets. Wish we could work the other way to put these larger buildings along major streets like Kirby or somewhere in the museum district, but it is what it is. Bissonnet, in addition to not being "really narrow," is categorized as a "Major Collector" street. Across the street from the site are: a massage studio, a law firm, a special events/catering business, Houston Hillel, and other commercial properties. No single-family residential on the entire block. The whole stretch of Bissonnet from Kirby to the Museum District is a mix of residential and commercial. It's quite an understatement to claim there are only a few small businesses here and there. And another reminder: this property has been multifamily residential for decades. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Houston19514 said: Bissonnet, in addition to not being "really narrow," is categorized as a "Major Collector" street. Across the street from the site are: a massage studio, a law firm, a special events/catering business, Houston Hillel, and other commercial properties. No single-family residential on the entire block. The whole stretch of Bissonnet from Kirby to the Museum District is a mix of residential and commercial. It's quite an understatement to claim there are only a few small businesses here and there. And another reminder: this property has been multifamily residential for decades. that's the most important part, it was an apartment complex with (IIRC) 175ish units? the sole purpose for opposition to this was to keep a tall building out of the area, this is brilliantly characterized by calling it the tower of terror, and the scary monster tower in their characterizations of the tower on their yellow signs. however, with no ordinance against tall buildings, given appropriate setbacks, parking, etc, the only thing they had in their pocket for opposition was traffic. anyway, I can't wait until this is a completed building. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I would also add that the streets in the area really aren't narrow at all, at least in my perception. But I do tend to think of most Houston streets (including most quiet residential streets) as shockingly wide. Freedmen's Town is the only part of the city that I would describe as having narrow streets, and even those aren't that narrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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