SkylineView Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Sonic Automotive to build a "big beautiful dealership" across the highway from Audi. LINK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I bet it's their EcoPark used car dealership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I want to NIMBY it since this is my exit but it'll be better than that "lumber" yard. That place has become a dump and vagrant hangout. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 12 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: I want to NIMBY it since this is my exit but it'll be better than that "lumber" yard. That place has become a dump and vagrant hangout. Don't forget about the Magic Island building. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I knew the lumber yard's days were numbered and I, for one, will miss it. It was old school and had everything I needed. Home Depot is no substitute. Given the land value, it was only a matter of time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 On 5/11/2017 at 1:31 PM, capnmcbarnacle said: I knew the lumber yard's days were numbered and I, for one, will miss it. It was old school and had everything I needed. Home Depot is no substitute. Given the land value, it was only a matter of time. Theres a lumber yard north of i10 in the heights that has a big variety of specialty woods, etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnmcbarnacle Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 On 5/13/2017 at 3:01 AM, cloud713 said: Theres a lumber yard north of i10 in the heights that has a big variety of specialty woods, etc. Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Any updates on this transaction? From today 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post houstontexasjack Posted March 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) The site is becoming Porsche of River Oaks. Stahlman Lumber closed yesterday (2-28-2020). Saw the sign on the drive home today. Edited March 1, 2020 by houstontexasjack 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 9 hours ago, houstontexasjack said: The site is becoming Porsche of River Oaks. Stahlman Lumber closed yesterday (2-28-2020). Saw the sign on the drive home today. Wow, I had not heard that. There's a million (ok, slight exaggeration... half a million) Porsches in the inner city. I know my wife has to drive to Momentum Porsche way out the SW Fwy. She will be thrilled to hear this. I used to drive by Stahlman at least twice a day when I lived in Southampton. I'll have to make a point and drive by soon. Thanks for sharing and updating us! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Last week I noticed the "marquee" on the front of Stahlman Lumber (facing Greenbriar) read that it was moving to Stafford. It seems appropriate to have a Porsche dealership in that location. There are several Porsche's in West U. and Southampton and many, many Audis. I wonder who patronizes the Porsche dealership way out the North Freeway. People in the Woodlands perhaps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 5/13/2017 at 3:01 AM, cloud713 said: There's a lumber yard north of I10 in the heights that has a big variety of specialty woods, etc. cloud, are you talking about Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co. at 700 E. 5-1/2 Street? There is also Houston Hardwoods at 4910 W. 34th. These are not traditional "lumber stores" where one gets Southern yellow pine 2x4s etc. They have more exotic species generally. Years ago there was another specialty lumber store (also in the Heights IIRC) called All Woods/Schroeder. The corporation was dissolved in July of 1991. I visited All Woods Schroeder and Houston Hardwoods to get certain species for projects. They had/have some wonderful stuff. When I was a child living with my parents a neighbor was a buyer for All Woods Schroeder. He made many trips to South America and a few to Africa. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Specwriter said: Last week I noticed the "marquee" on the front of Stahlman Lumber (facing Greenbriar) read that it was moving to Stafford. It seems appropriate to have a Porsche dealership in that location. There are several Porsche's in West U. and Southampton and many, many Audis. I wonder who patronizes the Porsche dealership way out the North Freeway. People in the Woodlands perhaps. I live in upper Kirby and drive all the way to Porsche north Houston because Sonic dealerships are the worst. I’ve bought 7 Porsches since 2007. Sonic is so bad I’ll drive 15 miles up 45 to avoid them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 12 hours ago, jgriff said: I live in upper Kirby and drive all the way to Porsche north Houston because Sonic dealerships are the worst. I’ve bought 7 Porsches since 2007. Sonic is so bad I’ll drive 15 miles up 45 to avoid them. Also Porsche of North Houston is awesome and now is attached to the Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, McLaren dealership. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Specwriter said: cloud, are you talking about Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co. at 700 E. 5-1/2 Street? There is also Houston Hardwoods at 4910 W. 34th. These are not traditional "lumber stores" where one gets Southern yellow pine 2x4s etc. They have more exotic species generally. Years ago there was another specialty lumber store (also in the Heights IIRC) called All Woods/Schroeder. The corporation was dissolved in July of 1991. I visited All Woods Schroeder and Houston Hardwoods to get certain species for projects. They had/have some wonderful stuff. When I was a child living with my parents a neighbor was a buyer for All Woods Schroeder. He made many trips to South America and a few to Africa. Yeah, Clarks. Ive only been once, but they had what we needed when doing some cabinet work trying to match the right wood/grain. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Article with rendering. https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/impacts/2020/03/11/stahlman-lumber-co-closes-longtime-greenbriar-location-to-make-way-for-porsche-dealership/ Quote Stahlman Lumber Co. closed down its business operations at 4007 Greenbriar Drive, Houston, as of Feb. 28 and was in the process of moving out in early March. The company, based in Houston for over 75 years, operates another lumber yard at 13913 Greenland Drive, Stafford. The lumber company sold its Greenbriar location to North Carolina-based Sonic Automotive in 2017, county records show, and signs posted at the location show renderings of a Porsche River Oaks dealership. A request for comment from Sonic Automotive was not returned. The 2.4-acre site was valued at $9.3 million by the Harris County Appraisal District in 2019. 281-499-1611. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBTX Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 That's a little disappointing. I know most of these dealerships aren't exactly paragons of design, but that she's a little...sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 acres was set aside for sale or lease. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/4007-Greenbriar-Dr-Houston-TX/14606052/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 This will be 5-Stories. Should have a big presence from the freeway. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2020022633 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 This made me think, based on the "River Oaks" spread discussion in the other thread... is this the first recorded use of "River Oaks" in a name/description that is actually south of 59? 🙄😒 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, astrohip said: This made me think, based on the "River Oaks" spread discussion in the other thread... is this the first recorded use of "River Oaks" in a name/description that is actually south of 59? 🙄😒 River Oaks Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge is south of 59 on Kirby. I couldn't tell you when they adopted that name of its always been called that but its been around a while from what I can tell. But yeah, they should have kept the Sonic name as seen in the property flyer hotlinked above. Sonic the Porsh-ah has a better ring to it. Edited August 22, 2020 by zaphod 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 18 hours ago, zaphod said: River Oaks Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge is south of 59 on Kirby. I couldn't tell you when they adopted that name of its always been called that but its been around a while from what I can tell. But yeah, they should have kept the Sonic name as seen in the property flyer hotlinked above. Sonic the Porsh-ah has a better ring to it. Thanks, I forgot about that (don't know how, I drive by it all the time 🙄). They've been there a loooong time, well before the Helfman family owned it. I think it used to be owned by Bud Adams (the Oiler's owner), and in all fairness, is just a short hop down Kirby from RO. Bud lived in RO, and probably wanted to play off that name/location. Not sure if it was ever located anywhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thedistrict84 Posted August 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2020 They’re starting demolition on the Stahlman Lumber main building. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Surprise find of the day, a tower crane base at the Sonic Porsche dealership. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise since they used a tower crane to help build the Audi dealership across the highway. Looks like a built in place parking garage instead of a precast. That timeline seems like it might be hard to keep though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I drove by this the other day. It was from the freeway, so I didn't have much time to look, but I thought I saw part of the old structure still standing. In the back left corner (SE corner). Are they saving part of it? Or were my eyes freeway confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 5/13/2017 at 3:01 AM, cloud713 said: Theres a lumber yard north of i10 in the heights that has a big variety of specialty woods, etc. On 5/14/2017 at 9:02 AM, capnmcbarnacle said: Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out. late reply, and off topic, sorry. Clarks is great for exotics. if you aren't looking for exotic woods, and just want good prices, compare Houston Hardwoods up off 290 and 34th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I didn't want to finish my ride without checking to see if the tower crane has been installed, I wasted the effort. The part of the lumber shed still remaining. I wonder what their plan is for it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 14 hours ago, hindesky said: The part of the lumber shed still remaining. I wonder what their plan is for it? That's what I was referring to, in my post a couple above yours. Curious about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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