stmkit37 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Spec's was standing this morning, but is now a pile of rubble this evening! I believe this will be the new driveway for the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringShadows Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Spec's was standing this morning, but is now a pile of rubble this evening! I believe this will be the new driveway for the building.Cool thanks for the updates. The new "Think outside the loop" billboard is pretty badass that they just put up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 a quick shot from my phone of the construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 10-11-11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 10-31-11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Does anyone know what the new addition is near Cheesecake Factory? They have cleared the oak trees and taken down the fake tarp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I always thought this was perpetually under construction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know what the new addition is near Cheesecake Factory? They have cleared the oak trees and taken down the fake tarp.Hasn't that tarp been up since, like 2008? Or am I thinking of something else? Edited July 29, 2015 by IronTiger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Expansion. Actually don't know what it is. Memorial City Mall expansion by Marc longoria, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 There used to be a brochure on the edge website that talk about putting some new dining establishments in the mall including Torchy Tacos I Believe that the photo above is where the new tochy will be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Found out through Metro National that it will be the third location for Maggiano's Little Italy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah, but that fenced off dirt patch marks the former outline of the old Mervyn's, which was demolished nearly a decade ago and still hasn't been completely redeveloped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 They now have signs up around the site: Memorial City Mall expansion by Marc longoria, on Flickr 20150803_120251 by Marc longoria, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSGinSpringBranch Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 You're going to have to arrive in that limo pictured because there is never anywhere to park on that side of the mall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Actually, Sears was open in late 64 - early 65, before the rest of the mall was built. Since helicopter parents didn't exist at the time, 3rd grade me would ride my bicycle over there from the other side of what is now BW 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, CrockpotandGravel said: Owner MetroNational announced Thursday it had hired Trademark Property Co. to create a 50-year master plan to re-envision the 1.7-million-square-foot mall. The Fort Worth-based company is tasked with reimagining the former Sears store on the south side of the mall, as well as developing plans for additional public spaces and mixed-use tenants to complement the 265-acre Memorial City campus in west Houston. A second CityCentre right next door? Who tf would want to live at the mall? "Hun, pick me up a cinnabon on your way up from the parking lot" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefmonkey Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, wilcal said: A second CityCentre right next door? Who tf would want to live at the mall? "Hun, pick me up a cinnabon on your way up from the parking lot" I'm not seeing in the article any mention of any plans for anything like that, so don't know where you're getting that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Reefmonkey said: I'm not seeing in the article any mention of any plans for anything like that, so don't know where you're getting that. Is "mixed-use" tenants not residential+commercial? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefmonkey Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, wilcal said: Is "mixed-use" tenants not residential+commercial? Not necessarily: https://www.completecommunitiesde.org/planning/landuse/what-is-mixed-use-development/ Quote While mixed use has become a popular buzz word, the term can be confusing. It is not just limited to a multi-story development that incorporates commercial use on the first floor with residential uses on upper floors. The Urban Land Institute’s Mixed-Use Development Handbook characterizes mixed-use development as one that 1) provides three or more significant revenue-producing uses (such as retail/entertainment, office, residential, hotel, and/or civic/cultural/recreation), 2) fosters integration, density, and compatibility of land uses, and 3) creates a walkable community with uninterrupted pedestrian connections. Also, the Houston Chronicle article uses the term "mixed-use" in regard to Memorial City in the following way: Quote The Fort Worth-based company is tasked with reimagining the former Sears store on the south side of the mall, as well as developing plans for additional public spaces and mixed-use tenants to complement the 265-acre Memorial City campus in west Houston. That comma, followed by "as well as", means that plans for mixed-use tenants (whether residential is part of that or not) is separate from what they are going to do with the former Sears store. And the 265 acre Memorial City campus is more than just the mall and its parking lot, it is also Memorial Herman Hospital and medical/professional buildings, as well as several office buildings and even apartment buildings which are already there: http://www.memorialcity.com/about-us/metronational/ Quote Today, the ‘city within a city’ is 265 acres of Class A office space; retail centers, including Memorial City Mall, a 1.7-million-square-foot super regional center; the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (the region’s second largest medical campus); the 33-story Memorial Hermann Tower; The Westin Memorial City and Hotel ZaZa Memorial City; and highrise and garden residential living. Edited May 16, 2019 by Reefmonkey 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Redevelopment of the former Sears building started today. Demolition permit issued by Cherry for 400 Gessner. Anyone know what’s planned here? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Highrise Tower said: Redevelopment of the former Sears building started today. Demolition permit issued by Cherry for 400 Gessner. Anyone know what’s planned here? Wow, that's surprising they are moving forward with something without any public announcement. Interesting... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 11 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Wow, that's surprising they are moving forward with something without any public announcement. Interesting... Memorial City Mall redevelopment planned, catalyzed by Sears closure https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/05/16/memorial-city-mall-redevelopment-planned-catalyzed.html Quote The former Sears store at Memorial City Mall is set to be the centerpiece of a major redevelopment project that is likely to result in major changes at the west Houston mall. Houston-based real estate investment firm MetroNational announced May 16 that it has hired Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Co. to develop a master plan, outlining ways the mall can increase customer traffic and drive sales, even as more and more shoppers are going online to make retail purchases. “That was really the catalyst,” Miller said. “The mall is very successful. But it’s hard to make big changes when all of the major anchors are in place.” The Sears at Memorial City occupied about 200,000 square feet within the mall, and the adjoining auto garage took up another 13,620 square feet. Together, they were appraised at $27.7 million in 2018 and are owned by Seritage SRC Finance, according to the Harris County Appraisal District. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Fenced. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 unfortunately no designs are shown on their website - https://trademarkproperty.com/property-posts/memorial-city-mall/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 More info about the former Sears. Looks like a large project ahead. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2020021645 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Highrise Tower said: More info about the former Sears. Looks like a large project ahead. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2020021645 That project description makes it sound like they are just going to demolish the Sears building and pave the site over. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mls1202 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 2:45 PM, Houston19514 said: That project description makes it sound like they are just going to demolish the Sears building and pave the site over. I'm putting my faith in the power of that semicolon: "Demo of part of Memorial Cenity Mall and parking lot; then REDO of paving and draining" I take this to menthe demoed part of the mall will not be repaved, but the parking lot area may be reconfigured around it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 This just in from the Houston Business Journal: Developers said that in its place [former Sears building] will stand a new outdoor lifestyle and retail district within Memorial City. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: This just in from the Houston Business Journal: Developers said that in its place [former Sears building] will stand a new outdoor lifestyle and retail district within Memorial City. You were right about the demo and rebuilding. I wonder if they saw the success of city centre/baybrook mall and thought that might be a demand for it especially now with Covid. I have multiple friends with kids who make the trek to city centre just to have them play in that outdoor space while they walk around. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apendido Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Demo was going on yesterday. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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