TheNiche Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I was half-kidding, Niche. It's a pipe dream. But you'd have to think that high-salaried workers used to an urban environment like Chicago would be attracted to a place like this, so close to downtown. Kind of like the way Enron workers drove much of the apartment construction in midtown.Well yeah, you're right. ...but they might also be attracted to a place that offers three months of free rent and a free plasma screen TV. It happens. It will happen. Watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Well yeah, you're right. ...but they might also be attracted to a place that offers three months of free rent and a free plasma screen TV. It happens. It will happen. Watch.Don't forget about the Stripper in a bikini with giant sunglasses on a sail boat!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) Don't forget about the Stripper in a bikini with giant sunglasses on a sail boat!!! http://www.watchingyou.com/pollack.html Edited January 25, 2007 by UrbaNerd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Ummm...doesnt W Dallas St runs right through the middle of Allen House E/W? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 That was going to be my question as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) Ummm...doesnt W Dallas St runs right through the middle of Allen House E/W? Yes.. based on the render they provided to the chronicle.. it appears W. Dallas will run through the middle of the development, and that the actual public 'Regent's Square' will be right on W. Dallas. It also appears there are pedestrian bridges over dunlavy... potential phase III maybe. ...least thats what it looks like to me. Edited January 25, 2007 by Highway6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Makes sense. It was very hard for me to pick out a spot where an E/W street was crossing through in the unedited rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lectro Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Is that a rendering of phase I only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuilderGeek Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Soooo...anyway.....Any ideas or rumors about what brand the "boutique hotel" will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Whatever the number, Houston has been overbuilt before and underbuilt. All this (in my humble opinion) will work itself out. The location is awesome for the old Allen House .... my ex-boss lived there (couldn't stand her but she had a great unit at AH). Anyhow, unless I could afford a really nice highrise with all the bells and whistles, I'll keep the house and yard I have. But the younger generation and empty nesters will have a great selection of condos and apartments (close in) and perhaps with this many units being built, it will be a renter's market for a while (rents being affordable). It won't last, of course. Nothing does. But, I'd rather see Houston build than not. Besides, this urban concept reminds me of Greenway Plaza on steroids and up-to-date. Here's to the old Allen House... soon will be gone and forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) This project is still awesome. Edited January 31, 2007 by Montrose1100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 You know, this would be a great chance to put in a small light rail line on allen parkway to this project from downtown. Eventually all the way down kirby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 You know, this would be a great chance to put in a small light rail line on allen parkway to this project from downtown. Eventually all the way down kirby. Man, that would be perfect. (Although it would be even more perfect if it ran down, say, West Dallas to Kirby and then down Kirby to Reliant Park and meet up with the red line.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Man, that would be perfect. (Although it would be even more perfect if it ran down, say, West Dallas to Kirby and then down Kirby to Reliant Park and meet up with the red line.) Just what we need, another stop at Reliant Park...you know, to relieve the inescapable and horrendous 'congestion' caused by foot traffic at the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) It would be nice if something hit the Village. PT sucks out there and there is only one "quick" bus. I say they need to start another line coming from that rail yard at the Fannin South Station and hit Kirby to the Village and try to make its way up Shepherd to Washington to hit the Intermodal Transit Center on the Near Northside. Edited January 31, 2007 by WesternGulf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It would be nice if something hit the Village. PT sucks out there and there is only one "quick" bus. I say they need to start another line coming from that rail yard at the Fannin South Station and hit Kirby to the Village and try to make its way up Shepherd to Washington to hit the Intermodal Transit Center on the Near Northside.Agreed. The village needs rail service. Plus the whole Upper Kirby district is becoming quite urban and would be well-served by a rail line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Agreed. The village needs rail service. Plus the whole Upper Kirby district is becoming quite urban and would be well-served by a rail line.It'll never happen. You think AO's opposition is bad...wait until RO gets a wind of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 wait until RO gets a wind of it!I was thinking the same thing. Kirby is a hell of a lot more narrow than Richmond and Kirby through RO wouldn't have it. Probably even on Shepherd which is too narrow also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 For whatever reason, people just haven't taken to the 18 Kirby. Thus, METRO hasn't been very aggressive about running bus service along the Kirby Corridor, including through the Village. Nevertheless, I agree that the service still sucks and I tend to think the general affluence of the communities lining the northern 2/3 of the strip are the types to use rail transit long before bus transit (if they were to even use public transit at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I became aware of Allen House shortly after my move to Houston ( a few years back) and knew several professional coworkers who lived at Allen House as corporate housing (again, a few years back!)I am sad to see this 'landmark' go, but am excited about the plans for redevelopment. If completed as described, this project will be a great catalyst for similar development in all of the surrounding neighborhoods - helping establish an urban Houston core 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgd Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 It looks like (according to the rendering) that the large the piece of Allen House surround by Dunlavy, West Dallas, Rosine and West Clay is not included. Anyone have a clue about that block? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 despite it's historical value, it's still an aging apartment complex. i'm surprised no one has redeveloped the land where my apartment complex is; creole at yorktown in galleria area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 despite it's historical value, it's still an aging apartment complex. i'm surprised no one has redeveloped the land where my apartment complex is; creole at yorktown in galleria area.In that neighborhood I imagine it is just a matter of time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 It looks like (according to the rendering) that the large the piece of Allen House surround by Dunlavy, West Dallas, Rosine and West Clay is not included. Anyone have a clue about that block?It is included in a later phase of the project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Is that a new park in the upper right-hand corner? I live in a townhouse on Gross Street between W Dallas and W Clay, and I'm trying to figure out what my new neighbor would be. A park would certainly fit well with the historic College Park Cemetery. And let me say my roommate who owns the townhouse was sure happy to hear about this deal... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Yeah, the client wants to keep it under the microscope for now. It's driving me crazy cause I am doing the PR for the local architecture firm. The Houston Chronicle did an exclusive story on January 24 and the HBJ just gave a brief description. Below are the facts.Regent Square General DescriptionA new Houston neighborhood built on the principles of urbanism and smart growth to create an upscale, vibrant community and destination district inside Loop 610 alive with shopping, dining, entertaining, socializing, working, and living 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Regent Square General Description A new Houston neighborhood built on the principles of urbanism and smart growth to create an upscale, vibrant community and destination district "Regent Square"? Where do they come up with these dumb development names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Note:Many posts which originally appeared on this thread have been moved to the Apartment Market thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 "Regent Square"? Where do they come up with these dumb development names? re-gent: 1. One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch. So once the queens have been chased out, the Regent takes their place... Kind of makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 re-gent: 1. One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch.So once the queens have been chased out, the Regent takes their place... Kind of makes sense. If that's the case, shouldn't The Montrose be called, "The Regent" due the flight of the Queens there? Sorry, I'm feeling silly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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