Naviguessor Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 A high end hotel (or two) seems like a natural at that intersection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hopefully they include the Grand Lux into their plans, I really like that place.My wild guess is that those are at least 2-5 years away from even being announced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I hope we get a Loew's Hotel & Resorts in Uptown Park or the Intersection of westhiemer and post oak like the one in Atlanta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/02/amreit-plans-1-billion-redevelopment-of-uptown-park/  The owner of the Uptown Park shopping center at the corner of the West Loop and Post Oak Blvd. is planning a more than $1 billion redevelopment of the retail project that will include multiple new towers, bringing the low-rise retail project into the modern era. The changes will come over the next seven to 10 years and include luxury residential, office, hospitality and additional retail space, according to property owner AmREIT, a Houston-based real estate investment trust that has owned the 17-acre complex for about a decade. In a Wednesday morning earnings call, the developer said it is negotiations with a national developer to build the first tower at the site — a luxury residential building — that would sit atop 20,000 square feet of retail space. It will be developed where the stores Baker, Pelucha Decor and Bella Rinova are now. The deal would be structured as a 99-year ground lease to the developer. AmREIT said it has identified seven potential development sites in Uptown Park.  Edited February 19, 2014 by Mab 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Screenshot from the video. Â Â Edited October 28, 2016 by brijonmang 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 A few more caps & a layout plan from the presentation page...            6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) That's great news. All along Post Oak, the one story retail centers are doomed. That land is just too expensive for low density. Edited February 19, 2014 by Dakota79 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfish Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Also in the earnings release: During the third quarter of 2013, we began the process of terminating leases with or relocating tenants occupying a portion of our Uptown Park property which we refer to as the Baker Site and our Courtyard at Post Oak property at Post Oak and San Felipe in Houston, in order to prepare those sites for vertical re-development. The courtyard post oak is the one right in front of the cosmo http://www.amreit.com/files/property/17/brochure.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) So it looks to me that they have not finalized the design of the resi tower as there are conflicting designs.I'm very excited there is very limited surface parking and it includes green space. But I wonder where retail customers will park.The only disappointing thing for me is only one resi tower, but I'll take it. Edited February 19, 2014 by lockmat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 So it looks to me that they have not finalized the design of the resi tower as there are conflicting designs.I'm very excited there is very limited surface parking and it includes green space. But I wonder where retail customers will park.The only disappointing thing for me is only one resi tower, but I'll take it. You must be looking for something to be disappointed about.  There are 7 identified high-rise/density redevelopment sites. Only one has a specified use and that is this residential high-rise.   It is unkown what the other six will be. They could all end up being residential towers, for all we know at this time. As to parking, the video says they have identified 7 sites that will "accommodated mid- to high-rise buildings and their supporting parking." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfish Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm glad these projects are making uptown more walkable since in 5 years that'll be all you'll be able to do. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 i was just wondering when they would announce details for redeveloping this site.. so is this the million+ sq foot development Urbannizer first linked about or is that separate? i didnt notice anything about 75,000 sq ft of retail in the info for this.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 That curved residential tower looks massive! A lot like The Mark, but slightly better looking. Never quite understood how this land wasn't built more vertically from the get-go? Glad they're finally building it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 i was just wondering when they would announce details for redeveloping this site.. so is this the million+ sq foot development Urbannizer first linked about or is that separate? i didnt notice anything about 75,000 sq ft of retail in the info for this..It's probably too big, especially given how big the buildings are in the conceptual renderings. I doubt they'll actually build something as large as what they show, but 7 sites at only 300-400k each is still 2 mil+. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanitos Superior Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Patrinely is the developer for the Phase I residential tower 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I laughed at this picture. The whole presentation is filled with dozens of CAD renderings that probably took a couple of a hundred work-hours...  Then they insert crayola art sketch.  Anyway, fantastic project--- if it ever gets built.    2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) I laughed at this picture. The whole presentation is filled with dozens of CAD renderings that probably took a couple of a hundred work-hours...  Then they insert crayola art sketch.  Anyway, fantastic project--- if it ever gets built.  [....image....] That's what urban planners (and some architects) do. Every big project has something like this. Nothing new, and while it looks like a crayon sketch it still took time to draw, and in some instances may have been produced by photoshop - still taking many hours....but this probably was not. Still, I'm sure you'll see charette after charette of these drawings at said architectural firm. Edited February 19, 2014 by arche_757 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I think I just soiled myself. HAPPY DANCE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I think I just soiled myself. HAPPY DANCERight.. 7 new towers in what will be one of the biggest mixed use developments in all of Houston?? Hell yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 That's great news. All along Post Oak, the one story retail centers are doomed. That land is just too expensive for low density. I wonder when the one on the northeast corner of Westheimer and Post Oak will bite the dust? That is one I would love to see go away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I wonder when the one on the northeast corner of Westheimer and Post Oak will bite the dust? That is one I would love to see go away. My understanding is that all of the existing leases in that center expire by approximately 2020, so not until then unless they can somehow buy out or terminate all the leases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Here's a rendering of the project from the Houston Chronicle!   Site for the apartment tower:   The changes are expected to come over the next decade and could begin late this year with the first building tentatively scheduled to break ground. AmREIT is in negotiations with a national developer to build a luxury residential tower at the site of perhaps 30 stories with 20,000 square feet of retail space at ground level. It would be developed where the stores Baker, Pelucha Decor and Bella Rinova are now.  The deal would be structured as a 99-year ground lease to the residential developer, but AmREIT would own the retail space and underground parking.  Altogether, the company has identified seven potential development sites in Uptown Park and plans to add significantly to the existing 169,000 square feet of retail space.  Uptown Park expansion When it's completed, Uptown Park could include luxury residential, office space, retail and a hotel. Here are the developer's projections:  Residential: more than 1,000 units in at least three buildings Hotel: more than 300 rooms Retail: an additional 100,000 to 150,000 square feet Office: 850,000 square feet   http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Uptown-Park-to-alter-area-s-skyline-5250104.php#/5     6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 It if comes out looking like that Chronicle rendering, WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I just soiled myself again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (i cant figure out how to turn the italics off..)here are the stats for BLVD Place, from wikipedia, to compare to the Uptown Park stats.. (BLVD Place is planned to have 6 towers)"The development will be the largest in Uptown with over 1.8 million square feet with 205,000 sq. ft.of retail space, 1,400,000 sq. ft. of office space, 275 hotel rooms and 1,000 high rise residential units. "Uptown Park expansion When it's completed, Uptown Park could include luxury residential, office space, retail and a hotel. Here are the developer's projections:Â Residential: more than 1,000 units in at least three buildingsHotel: more than 300 roomsRetail: an additional 100,000 to 150,000 square feet (on top of 169,000)Office: 850,000 square feetso Uptown Park will possibly have 100,000 sq ft more retail than BLVD Place, a few more hotel rooms, about the same amount of residential, and almost 2/3rds the amount of office space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I just soiled myself again.  I think I came across a picture of wxman   I'm just messing man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Nailed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'm all in favor of more fancy housing for rich folk. Has to be better use of the land than general retail, and with the light traffic patterns in that area it will be extremely walkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So is this the actual rendering for the first building going in? Could be another conceptual but it fits the ~30 story height description. Doesn't look too bad.http://swamplot.com/uptown-park-will-go-contemporary-with-new-mixed-use-highrise/2014-02-20/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So is this the actual rendering for the first building going in? Could be another conceptual but it fits the ~30 story height description. Doesn't look too bad.http://swamplot.com/uptown-park-will-go-contemporary-with-new-mixed-use-highrise/2014-02-20/Those are all conceptual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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