HtownWxBoy Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 My old address ... don't miss the bands across the street at the Ice House keeping me awake... lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 Don't think this one is happening anytime soon. Same crowd funding group behind the stalled Regalia at the Park is behind this..their website is now offline. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Property flyer for 1920 Alabama from DMRE. https://dmre.com/properties/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I love how the flyer shows West U home values up to $10.9M, but poor River Oaks only has home values up to $9.5M. And this is now in Upper Kirby! PS: It's not, UK stops at Shepherd. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 3/23/2022 at 9:54 PM, CREguy13 said: Can you say 30 floors with ground floor retail.... Hopefully they can get this financed soon with all the economic activity starting to occur in Houston and the high demand for living in this area. Hope the design fits the neighborhood obviously, but wow does Montrose continue to blow up with great height, density and quality of businesses, restaurants. https://verosade.com/projects/ I'm not trying to derail the thread, but is there a thread on the West Alabama project they have listed on their site? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) This is the W. Alabama render we saw last week. Across from Tacos Tierra Caliente and next to the future Kipling apartments by Allen Harrison. Architects - https://www.theprestonpartnership.com Edited March 30, 2022 by hindesky 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 wow wow wow. This along with AH will be a huge change for the area. The density continues... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 50 minutes ago, hindesky said: This is the W. Alabama render we saw last week. Across from Tacos Tierra Caliente and next to the future Kipling apartments by Allen Harrison. Architects - https://www.theprestonpartnership.com Just to be clear, this rendering is not the design for their West Alabama project. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) The reason I think it might be is that Us Living and Vero Sade are connected. The Vero Sade description in their render and the TDLR description are the same. Of course renders rarely are what is built. https://www.us-living.com Edited March 30, 2022 by hindesky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, hindesky said: The reason I think it might be is that Us Living and Vero Sade are connected. The Vero Sade description in their render and the TDLR description are the same. Of course renders rarely are what is built. https://www.us-living.com The rendering they used is the backside of their Heights project. I take it we’ll see the real thing closer to construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Jones Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Just to add to the confusion... The renderings shown on the Vero Sade website for Heights and W. Alabama are the same renderings and are are for the Heights project. I don't know what the W. Alabama project looks like yet, but perhaps it's similar. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Paco Jones said: Just to add to the confusion... The renderings shown on the Vero Sade website for Heights and W. Alabama are the same renderings and are are for the Heights project. I don't know what the W. Alabama project looks like yet, but perhaps it's similar. Just like the Novare Group who used the same design for all their SkyHouse buildings around the nation. I guess that makes economic sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Designs may be the similar as they share the same architect and number of stories though I doubt it’ll be copy n paste like Novare Group’s Skyhouses- this site is more narrow than the one for The Heights. Preston’s design portfolio is a bit all over the place so who knows. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 3 hours ago, hindesky said: The reason I think it might be is that Us Living and Vero Sade are connected. The Vero Sade description in their render and the TDLR description are the same. Of course renders rarely are what is built. https://www.us-living.com I'd have to push back on that last sentence. Its not rare that renders are rarely are what is built, its that renders that don't convey what is possible are rarely built. I also think this forum is a double edge sword in some ways. Its great that laypeople get a chance to see the evolution of projects, but at the same time the first image that's shown is what ends up being their (the average layperson's) vision of the project, and if they don't keep up with the process then by the time something is built and they see it built for the first time since an initial render in predesign then they ask why something doesn't look like the render. The question is, what render? The render from a week before construction only distributed in-house, or the pre-design render or design documentation render that was floated to city council as a one off to clear a hurdle. Big difference. Most projects actually do look like their renders. Sometimes you can gauge a quality of a project by its render, and sometimes you just can't. Especially with rising costs these days, and with improvements to realtime rendering, the client is not going to begin construction unless they see an updated render on the eve of construction. 3 hours ago, Paco Jones said: Just to add to the confusion... The renderings shown on the Vero Sade website for Heights and W. Alabama are the same renderings and are are for the Heights project. I don't know what the W. Alabama project looks like yet, but perhaps it's similar. I think I said this in a previous post, but if Preston is designing both and Us Living is a partner of Vero Sade then it stands to believe that Preston is the architect for both which owns the instruments of service and design copyright for one which could be used for the other (aka why we can have two copies of Skyhouse). I'd imagine the company wants to do multiples and make it known that they are building these as one type of branded theme, scheme, or idea. The sites are very different, and I'm not a fan of duplicate designs even for the same client, but aesthetics can be the same just the forms would have to be adjusted. I haven't seen anything in the Heights renders that tells me that that design is so specific to the Heights that it can't be transferred over. It certainly can be done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted March 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2022 14 hours ago, Luminare said: I think I said this in a previous post, but if Preston is designing both and Us Living is a partner of Vero Sade then it stands to believe that Preston is the architect for both which owns the instruments of service and design copyright for one which could be used for the other (aka why we can have two copies of Skyhouse). I'd imagine the company wants to do multiples and make it known that they are building these as one type of branded theme, scheme, or idea. The sites are very different, and I'm not a fan of duplicate designs even for the same client, but aesthetics can be the same just the forms would have to be adjusted. I haven't seen anything in the Heights renders that tells me that that design is so specific to the Heights that it can't be transferred over. It certainly can be done. Hello and thank you for your reply. You make very good points and I don't disagree with you. I would like to add some clarification, though. The renderings that I shared for the Heights project are true to the Heights project itself. They are part of the DD drawings (5th progressive set) and are reflective of the Architectural and Structural plan sets. I thought this information might be helpful so that others would know that the renderings were not found by themselves somewhere and are part of the construction documents. It is very possible that the renderings could be used as a basis of design for future developments, though. There are a few additional elevations for the Heights project that are provided as cost saving alternate pricing deductions to the base construction cost (and schedule). So it would make sense to start with a base conception for future developments and then simply make changes on the overall building to accommodate the site and location. It would give the developer a good price point to work with when establishing the overall cost budget Thank you. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Core drilling. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Paco Jones said: Hello and thank you for your reply. You make very good points and I don't disagree with you. I would like to add some clarification, though. The renderings that I shared for the Heights project are true to the Heights project itself. They are part of the DD drawings (5th progressive set) and are reflective of the Architectural and Structural plan sets. I thought this information might be helpful so that others would know that the renderings were not found by themselves somewhere and are part of the construction documents. It is very possible that the renderings could be used as a basis of design for future developments, though. There are a few additional elevations for the Heights project that are provided as cost saving alternate pricing deductions to the base construction cost (and schedule). So it would make sense to start with a base conception for future developments and then simply make changes on the overall building to accommodate the site and location. It would give the developer a good price point to work with when establishing the overall cost budget Thank you. That all makes sense to me. Good clarification on your part. Definitely the Heights project was developed first, and probably during discussions they said, we like this project hey by the way we have this other property that we would like to develop as well. Can we use this as a base for the next project? This happens a lot. In fact I'm currently working on a project where we are taking a basic apartment layout from a previous job and moving it to another job, but just doing a reskin. It is what it is. If a form or aesthetic works and is profitable then its something worth repeating. Alexan, Pearl, Hanover do this as well. Its just how the market works especially when margins are tight, but you want to pump out a lot of units and projects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I think this front end loader operator was getting tacos at Tierra Caliente and was actually from the S. Shepherd street construction. I also saw a pick up from an inspection company parked on site. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 More core drilling on site, talked to one of the workers filling up his water truck down the street. He didn't know what was being built so I told him. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 Project Name: Us Living W. Alabama Architect: Preston Partnership Information: 13-story residential building. 9 Levels of residential over 4 Levels of parking. 385 units totaling 372,211 S.F. A total building area (garage not included) of 387,801 S.F. Garage has a total of 518 parking spaces. There is a 2,838 S.F. makerspace/art room with a 894 S.F. outdoor terrace at Level 3. Outdoor amenity terrace including pool, yoga lawn, zen garden, fire pit and grilling area totaling 16,634 S.F. at Level 5. Fitness, solarium, kitchen and dinning, bar/pub, and meeting spaces also at Level 5. 15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Goddamn, that looks fun and that amenity list is insane. The whole boxy designs with aggressively designed balconies is a thing in Houston now, huh. Plus the "lets put this on pillars and make show them off like midriff." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Oh hell yes. Put it into my veins. Nextdoor comments are going to be as spicy as Tierra Caliente's hot sauce. I have to think that the "open" portion of the building is going to face west and not into the neighborhood. I'm surprised the render doesn't include a banner that says "Trader Joe's one block away!". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aachor Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 hours ago, X.R. said: The whole boxy designs with aggressively designed balconies is a thing in Houston now, huh. Plus the "lets put this on pillars and make show them off like midriff." I love it. It's modern without being overly trendy. I love the pillars separating the residences from the garage- it breaks up the visual massing. And, generally I hate stucco in mid/high-rise construction. But in the instances when it's been used in this kind of building, I think it works. Regardless, it's a million times better than building massive city block-sized buildings with cheap post-modern bastardized takes on Italian or Spanish architecture. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Fence guys have moved over here now. They told me they are still waiting on the gates for the 3615 Montrose project. I told them about the Allen Harrison Kipling project going up next to this, I wonder which one will break ground sooner? A separate crew is marking the boundaries. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Post are in and a little of the chainlink. Edited July 22, 2022 by hindesky 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Most of the chainlink fencing is up but no gates yet. One gate on W. Alabama St and one on Kipling St. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Updated renderings. 21 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Paco Jones said: Updated renderings. This is an improvement! imo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityliving Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Paco Jones said: Updated renderings. Love the updated renderings. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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