Twinsanity02 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I completely agree with Bobruss. Very well stated. Nevertheless one can have an impressive skyline and a walkable city e.g New York, Chicago, Boston. Houston has over-emphasized skyline and greatly under-emphasized charm and walkability. I remember returning one time from Montreal with its charming old city and parks along the St. Lawrence and my wife and I groaning about Houston. I am expecting (perhaps foolishly) that all the new apartments and condos will attract charming urban amenities seen in many cities. I hope I hope I hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Charm is happening. Will take years. Density money and parks are helping 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 This development will have 14,390 square feet of retail space and mid-main will have 20k square feet. I have high hopes for this part of midtown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I'm not worried about Midtown. They seem to be coming around and there is a lot of available older building stock that is being redeveloped as retail and it seems that many of the developers are of the mindset to create more of it. I just wish Camden was more understanding about the situation they are creating by not putting in more GFR. Like Ive said a million times and I will continue to harp so that maybe it will someday catch on. Once you build these huge developments with nothing on the ground floor to attract pedestrians, residents, or visitors you will stifle the growth of that neighborhood. Neighborhoods are places that people should be able to get around conveniently on foot and not have to depend on the car so much. That does not create an environment that people really want to live in. Who wants to walk for blocks and blocks looking at cars parked in garages. Id rather be able to go out my door and go to a book store or a pharmacy around the corner or below my apartment. Now you still have to get in your car and drive. You can do that in Sharpstown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 They need to start putting grocery stores on the the bottom floor or two. Driving to one is a pain in Midtown and Eastside has no options other than the crummy Kroger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, thatguysly said: They need to start putting grocery stores on the the bottom floor or two. Driving to one is a pain in Midtown and Eastside has no options other than the crummy Kroger. From 3300 Main: Proposed Whole Foods .3 miles Fiesta .6 miles Randalls .8 miles Kroger .9 miles H-E-B 1.6miles Currently Fiesta would be an easy train/bike ride. If Metro and COH can get the Wheeler/Peggy park area in check it would do wonders for this area. Edited July 14, 2016 by BeerNut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I forgot about the proposed Whole Foods in that area. That is going to be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownboy Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 building filed on faa the structure height is at 351' https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=299071011&row=134 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Good height for a building in Midtown! That's taller than the Catalyst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2016 http://vpegcapital.com/%E5%BD%93%E5%89%8D%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE/%E4%BC%91%E6%96%AF%E9%A1%BF-3300-main-%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%82%E5%85%AC%E5%AF%93/ VPEG Capital is pleased to present the outstanding investment opportunity to provide joint venture equity for the development of 3300 Main (“3300” or “Property”) a to-be built, 328- unit luxury high-rise multifamily development in the Midtown district of Houston, TX. The 30+ story project will feature 6 floors of parking (608 spaces) and over 15,000 square feet of retail space at street level. 3300 Main will contain residential units in a variety of floor plans with an average unit size of 1,114 square feet. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phillip_white Posted August 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2016 Get excited people... Demo has started! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 11 hours ago, phillip_white said: Get excited people... Demo has started! In this town, demolision does not mean construction. It only means demolision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibletrees Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 43 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said: In this town, demolision does not mean construction. It only means demolision. He never said construction began. Also neither demolision or demolition means construction. in any town. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, invisibletrees said: He never said construction began. Also neither demolision or demolition means construction. in any town. Spelling, oops. as to the rest, I know what he said. Frankly, I don't get excited about a building being torn down and a vacant lot created. I do get excited about construction though. The point is, as you seem to agree, the one does not infer the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just to be clear, tearing down a building just for the sake of creating a vacant lot in order to lower taxable valuation is not exciting. Tearing down a building when we have renderings, plats, and other information that gives medium to high probability that something better will take its place is definitely exciting. Especially in such an up-and-coming part of Midtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 43 minutes ago, phillip_white said: Just to be clear, tearing down a building just for the sake of creating a vacant lot in order to lower taxable valuation is not exciting. Tearing down a building when we have renderings, plats, and other information that gives medium to high probability that something better will take its place is definitely exciting. Especially in such an up-and-coming part of Midtown. I agree. unfortunately, as Camden did over a years ago in downtown next to the Toyota Center, lovely renderings are published, PR announcements are made, existing buildings on the site are flattened, and then...... Nothing but a parking lot materializes. We shall see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 On 8/20/2016 at 8:23 PM, phillip_white said: Get excited people... Demo has started! On todays daily demo report http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-no-code/2016-08-22/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/24/developer-these-are-the-possible-tenants-for-new.html Quote What kind of retail tenants do you see for this project? Along Main Street, we would like to have a restaurant or possibly a coffee shop. It's a little early to tell exactly what’ll go there. The space along Travis could easily be office space, or it could also be more traditional retail. What most attracted PMRG to this property? Was it the property's proximity to the rail line? There are many different attributes that led us to developing in Midtown, (such as) retail, bars and restaurants, transit, easy access to mass transit, proximity to grocery stores such as the new Whole Foods, proximity to the new park. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibletrees Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 No demo pics?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 19 hours ago, Urbannizer said: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/24/developer-these-are-the-possible-tenants-for-new.html One retail space along Main Street? A restaurant space or a coffee shop? Don't get carried away, guys. I know Mid-Main raised the bar, and you're only two blocks from a park, but... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rechlin Posted August 26, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2016 Here's a photo of the demolition as of last night. I apologize for the poor quality, but I took it from a moving train: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 What was this building originally? The arches suggest something more interesting than your typical office block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 This was a very ugly concrete building and this is the best thing that could have happened to it. It wasn't old and I believe its was one of those aggregate and concrete tilt up buildings. The city of Houston used it for their permits building for a while. Glad to see it go and exited that this project is still moving forward! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 1 hour ago, cspwal said: What was this building originally? The arches suggest something more interesting than your typical office block Considering how Main St. used to be a big commercial strip before the freeways were built, this might have been a '60's era bank building, back when banks used to be all about large lobbies and lots of tellers (think hold-up scene in Point Break). Haven't been inside so can't speak to the lobby. Or the city might have built it originally and this was their attempt at some so-so architecture to ennoble the public service, but I doubt the city would have paid for Main Street frontage for a public building. If it was a bank, I bet Subdude will have a postcard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 One) Nice reference, H-Town Man. Two) I have to say, I've always liked the archways. Of all the "Brazil" government-style buildings in Houston, this one I'll miss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) OR it could have been a post office. The 1962 view at historicaerials.com shows trucks pulled up to some loading docks on the north side towards the rear, where the parking garage was later built, which says post office to me. It has a very solid, post office-y type of construction (usually hell to demolish), but again I don't know why a government building would have such expensive frontage, unless they were just going for civic pride. This would have been fairly progressive architecture for c. 1960 when it was built... and interesting that the architecture is Islamic in inspiration. Edited August 26, 2016 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Or it could have been a bank. On Arch-ive.org it is called the Southwestern Savings Association Building http://arch-ive.org/archive/3300-main/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Or it could have been a bank. On Arch-ive.org it is called the Southwestern Savings Association Building http://arch-ive.org/archive/3300-main/ And, seemingly, in 1960 this Savings and Loan had offices at 3401. By 1967, it looks like they built and likely occupied 3300 main. http://www.allcourtdata.com/law/case/southwestern-sav-l-assn-of-houston-v-falkner/cw0JalfE Edited August 27, 2016 by UtterlyUrban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_white Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 From earlier today. Almost identical to rechlin's shot, but a little brighter and taken from my car. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 On 8/26/2016 at 11:23 PM, Houston19514 said: Or it could have been a bank. On Arch-ive.org it is called the Southwestern Savings Association Building http://arch-ive.org/archive/3300-main/ Which was my first guess, if you noticed a few posts above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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