City Parking Garage Next to Omni Hotel
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 08:07 PM
City Parking Garage Next to Omni Hotel (3 MB pdf file)
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 07:49 AM
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 02:46 PM
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 04:33 PM
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 06:05 PM
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 07:17 PM
#12
Posted 30 May 2006 - 04:16 AM
I hope the city will go through with it. But what happens if the cost cutting crowd gets hold of this? I shudder to think.
Also, how will the commercial and restaurant property be managed? I trust we can learn from a few past efforts (Mercado, Rail Market) and keep the city out of it as much as is possible for city-owned property.
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 10:25 AM
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 09:41 PM
In other cities I've started seeing public bus stops, train stations and other public buildings incorporating large transparent multicolored glass sections, usually squares and rectangles. It looks good now but has hints of retro 60's 70's styles many snub at today.... colored paneling has some appeal now when a building is new but may not fit 10 or 15 years from now.
The elevator bank layout will be a critical design component b/c of the constant hotel traffic and during events at the CC. A well-thought exit plan for vehicles will help too. It will be nice to have another parking structure on this end of town esp. if portions are free on weekends and after 6pm.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 06:46 AM
Interesting article in today's Star-Telegram: Wanted: Retail tenants for space near Fort Worth Convention Center
I knew that it had been quiet over on those blocks, but I didn't realize that the ground floor of the garage had sat vacant for *eight* years.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 10:52 AM
Some suggestions I'm going throw out.
- 7-Eleven
- Fuzzy's Taco Shop (still shocked that there's not one anywhere near downtown)
- Vivo 53
- Which Wich?
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 11:01 AM
#18
Posted 18 April 2017 - 11:07 AM
Race Street Fuzzy's location is pretty close to downtown.
I guess I meant in downtown.
But I tend to forget about that one.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 11:28 AM
It would be a good place to go eat after mass. A very short walk from St.Patricks . The drawback is the church wants your vehicles out asap to make room for the next mass. Maybe some sort of deal can be made for Sunday parking ? Some revenue is better than nothing .
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 04:10 PM
This nervousness, be it 8 years for it to build on the part of the City, may be premature.
There is new residential units coming soon to this immediate area that free market demand will resolve.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 04:21 PM
When I've gone to big conventions I typically eat out twice a day, usually a quick, cheap and familiar place for lunch somewhere nearby, and then a more relaxing dinner elsewhere. Sundance has plenty of dinner options, I'd personally like to see some quick & cheap eats at the CC. Even if it's just another subway or something dull. Obviously, there's a lot of room for multiple options here in this location. A small convenience store might do very well too. That section of Houston seems almost exclusively convention goers and Omni guests, along with the occasional T&P or Pinnacle Bank Place resident.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 06:33 PM
It would be great if a Whataburger opened up in the garage. However, a Fuzzy's would do just fine. Personally, I think we have enough Subway locations in downtown. I do agree that a convenience store would also work well there.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 08:38 PM
I'd actually like an urban QuikTrip. No gas pumps, obviously, but the store with a bigger kitchen.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 08:46 PM
Urban QuikTrip? Do they have such a thing?
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 08:53 PM
Urban QuikTrip? Do they have such a thing?
At least one, in Atlanta. Here's an article about it. At 3,500 sqft it should be able to fit in the Houston street side, which is 12,100 GSF according to the PDF in the first post of this thread.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 09:18 PM
That would be a nifty tenant on the Houston Street side. Austin, you never cease to amaze me on all the things you find.
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Posted 18 April 2017 - 10:08 PM
I like that idea of the urban QT, but I wonder if that area is quite there as far as foot traffic goes. On one hand, I know they depend on high traffic (foot or vehicle), but on the other, a QT would drive a lot of its own traffic.
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 07:05 AM
Urban QuikTrip? Do they have such a thing?
At least one, in Atlanta. Here's an article about it. At 3,500 sqft it should be able to fit in the Houston street side, which is 12,100 GSF according to the PDF in the first post of this thread.
Yeah, this is basically what I was talking about, only expanded. Plenty of room for QT to experiment.
If my laptop was up and running, I'd give an example of what I meant.
(Just a few more weeks...)
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#30
Posted 10 January 2019 - 10:30 AM
The International Council of Shopping Centers is hosting a regional convention at the CC across the street this week and the garage retail space has been spruced up, including stringing christmas lights from the building to the trees and banners advertising the space in the windows. Hopefully someone picks up on it and finally gives the space a shot!
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