TowerSpotter Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The Master-Planned Community will bring a town center, medical center, offices, multifamily homes, etc to the Porter/New Caney area. Tree's have already been cut down for Grand Parkway (visible to see on 59). The Grand Parkway will split the two sides of the community and will be 2 miles and a half south from the new Grand Texas Theme Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 That's alot of retail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 That's alot of retail. Oh yea I know, I hope we get an in-out-burger over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Here is a picture of the site.( Notice trees have been cut on the left to make way for the Grand Parkway) Edited August 22, 2013 by TowerSpotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Latest Update http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/atascocita/news/construction-projects-continues-to-progress-in-east-montgomery-county/article_924305f8-82ca-5f9b-bfb8-3dbb15b9abad.html Construction crews have already started preparing the area for the new roadway and there are lots of developments like the Valley Ranch Town Center and other entities that are eagerly awaiting more construction to the completed before they continue with their designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 HOK is designing the Medical Center. 300,000 Sq ft of Medical Office Space Alone. http://www.signorellicompany.com/main/vrmedical.html HOK, a global design, architecture, and engineering and firm (www.hok.com), has been hired to design the Medical District project. The process is well underway. HOK brings global expertise with 24 offices around the world including offices in the major population centers of New York, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, and Vancouver.HOK has substantial experience in all facets of the design and development process, delivering over two billion square feet of healthcare space. Among their most notable successes are the Baylor College of Medicine and many of the facilities operated by the HCA and Methodist hospital groups. In 2013 HOK was ranked #2 in Modern Healthcare’s survey for top architectural firms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 HEB signed a lease. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Rendering for the Hospital Rendering of the Town Center 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm very interested to see how the GP/99 extension over to 59 affects the sprawl. An interesting dynamic will play out in what happens to Porter between this and Kingwood. It has a chance to improve a lot. Hope that it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 More Renderings: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 could you provide the link to the booklet and renderings, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 could you provide the link to the booklet and renderings, please? http://paytonwatkins.com/Valley-Ranch-Medical-Center Plans in the Future call for a "Large Hotel and Convention Center." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Convention Center?! Wow! Not every town or suburb needs one, and if every town has one they become far less of an asset. And if you click the link on the above link - there's a bigger book... in that book it lists Exxon Mobil "World Headquarters" on the map of North Houston. Interesting. Probably just marketing, but still interesting to see that. http://issuu.com/hokmarketing/docs/vrmc_bookpdf_pages_highres/1 Edited June 18, 2014 by arche_757 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Looking through Powerbrowns and found these, part of valley ranch master plan. http://powersbrown.com/urban-design-mixed-use/mixed-use/signorelli/#/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Well, I am thoroughly uninspired! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Well, I am thoroughly uninspired!Why so? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Oh yea I know, I hope we get an in-out-burger over here Oh, my friend. I have been praying to the burger gods for that. HTown will go crazy for those burgers!! My son works for them out in LA, while attending college. ( UCLA, yeah i am a proud papa) Great establishment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm very interested to see how the GP/99 extension over to 59 affects the sprawl. An interesting dynamic will play out in what happens to Porter between this and Kingwood. It has a chance to improve a lot. Hope that it does.Well, I have some relatives that live in the Splendora/ Porter area. It's one of my least favorite places in the HTown metroplex; much too country for my taste. ( and not country in the good outdoors sort of way; more like redneck racist haven). Half of them welcome the new development/ Grand Texas Theme Park/ and all that will come with it. The other half are lamenting the Big City Ways about to decent upon their rural utopia. I think, like Katy, in 20 years, those who hold onto a more rural way of life and thinking will have either assimilated or moved away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Well, I have some relatives that live in the Splendora/ Porter area. It's one of my least favorite places in the HTown metroplex; much too country for my taste. ( and not country in the good outdoors sort of way; more like redneck racist haven). Half of them welcome the new development/ Grand Texas Theme Park/ and all that will come with it. The other half are lamenting the Big City Ways about to decent upon their rural utopia. I think, like Katy, in 20 years, those who hold onto a more rural way of life and thinking will have either assimilated or moved away. I recognize clearly what you are describing. Once surrounded by valuable development, one can hope that the trashiness gets priced out. There is some nasty stuff going on in more "rural" areas that most people in cities are not exposed to. Parts of Porter are prime examples of the worst of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Well, I have some relatives that live in the Splendora/ Porter area. It's one of my least favorite places in the HTown metroplex; much too country for my taste. ( and not country in the good outdoors sort of way; more like redneck racist haven). Half of them welcome the new development/ Grand Texas Theme Park/ and all that will come with it. The other half are lamenting the Big City Ways about to decent upon their rural utopia. I think, like Katy, in 20 years, those who hold onto a more rural way of life and thinking will have either assimilated or moved away. I recognize clearly what you are describing. Once surrounded by valuable development, one can hope that the trashiness gets priced out. There is some nasty stuff going on in more "rural" areas that most people in cities are not exposed to. Parts of Porter are prime examples of the worst of it. Among my cronies, we refer to that area as being "behind the Pine Curtain." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Among my cronies, we refer to that area as being "behind the Pine Curtain." I will be shamelessly stealing that phrase, though I will give credit if asked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arndthwrld82 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I recognize clearly what you are describing. Once surrounded by valuable development, one can hope that the trashiness gets priced out. There is some nasty stuff going on in more "rural" areas that most people in cities are not exposed to. Parts of Porter are prime examples of the worst of it. Please elaborate. I'm curious what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Please elaborate. I'm curious what you're talking about.People living in derelict trailer homes that may or may not have utilities hooked up. A lot of petty crime and drugs. Kids dropping out of school, etc. Pathologies of urban ghettos spread out a bit on country dirt instead of city streets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 People living in derelict trailer homes that may or may not have utilities hooked up. A lot of petty crime and drugs. Kids dropping out of school, etc. Pathologies of urban ghettos spread out a bit on country dirt instead of city streets.Not to quibble, but except for the trailer homes, you just described almost every neighborhood in Houston.I kind of understand what y'all are saying, but it also makes me feel a little uneasy, like the phrase "poor white trash" does. Admittedly, something happens when you go northeast of Houston that doesn't happen in quite the same way when you go west or northwest, though with plenty of exceptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Not to quibble, but except for the trailer homes, you just described almost every neighborhood in Houston.I kind of understand what y'all are saying, but it also makes me feel a little uneasy, like the phrase "poor white trash" does. Admittedly, something happens when you go northeast of Houston that doesn't happen in quite the same way when you go west or northwest, though with plenty of exceptions. That was kind of my point. It is a bad neighborhood in spots. I just get the impression that the national debate about bad neighborhoods is limited to those in cities. Everything bad that goes on there, with a few exceptions made possible/impractical by space constraints, goes on out in the wrong part of the sticks too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 This one's going up in Kingwood. http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/10/grand-parkway-expansion-spurs-another-development/ Grand Parkway expansion spurs another development 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) Technically it's Porter, not Kingwood. May help to bring this along to the existing thread : http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28442-porternew-caney-valley-ranch-master-plan-community-to-be-by-highway-59-and-the-new-grand-parkway Edited October 14, 2014 by ChannelTwoNews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 This project should be Hidden. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 obviously the developer is unaware of texans and their hidden valley ranch dressing. you say "valley ranch" and i think baked potato, side salad, or fried zucchini. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It's in a hidden corner of a hidden ranch in the middle of nowhere. Grate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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