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[rriojas71]

 

Looks like construction fencing is up:

 

 

With that fence going up last week I'm suddenly curious if we'll watching "dueling" projects going vertical for both this and the project across from the Modern

 

Yes please, I would be totally ok with watching dueling projects.

[Crestline]

Welcome to the forum!

 

 

Groovy logo. Didn't know CBRE was involved. 

Welcome to the Forum!

 

Thanks! I've been reading this forum for a dozen years; having moved back to Fort Worth during COVID I figure I can finally start making some contributions. 

[Austin55]

Site as of the last day of July 2021.
 

[elpingüino]

Fort Worth Report has a long article about the friction between the developers of the new Bowie House hotel and the North Hi Mount Neighborhood Association.
Neighbors, developers clash over hotel on cusp of Cultural District

[gdvanc]

 

They still need to remove this AT&T Yard.  I bet that's going to be a fun job for somebody.  We taking any bets if it is still there in 3-months?

 

 

Does the developer typically pay for any of the cost to move the yard?

[Crestline]

Windy conditions present us with a nice opportunity to see progress from ground level. 

 

[rriojas71]

Yeah I don't think there is any progress.  They officially haven't broken ground yet.

[Crestline]

Progress? 

 

I think the piles of dirt are bigger!

[GenX]

 

Progress? 

 

I think the piles of dirt are bigger!

 

 

It is progress this thread started eight years ago. 

[txbornviking]

Over the past week new utility poles have gone up along the rear of the property and the property line with CVS, I'm guessing the power lines that bisect the site are soon to be rerouted and then real progress can begin

[Crestline]

The more I look at this site, the more I dislike it for this project.  It just seems inappropriately sized for what they want to build.

 

I understand what you mean; the site plan from post 43 in March 2021 looks super dense to me, but I tell myself that this is what we want: dense neighborhoods. I'm crossing my fingers that it will work out well.

[txbornviking]

Umm.....11/28/21:

 

 

 

 

One item to note for this, that isn't clearly visable in this image, on the far eastern property edge, adjacent the CVS parking lot there are 3 power poles that have had new transformer things installed over the last couple of weeks. Driving past this almost daily over the last few weeks it very much looks like they are working on having the power lines moved/rerouted so more ground work can begin

[Crestline]

In my personal fantasyland, they underground the powerlines hanging off the three on-site poles plus the two poles across Camp Bowie to the south, thus eliminating a bunch of overhead wire plus the poles at all five red circles shown here:

 

 

Probably insanely expensive and out of project scope though. 

[Austin55]

M Gooden Design has posted a video rendering of the townhomes on Instagram.

https://www.instagra.../p/CW9rAZKpvnl/

[Austin55]

Im wondering if the alley vacations are part of the delay? Council is voting this week.

https://fortworthgov...BA-A4443B8F19FC

[Crestline]

This week I've seen the construction workers doing tight and intense underground work at the corner of Dorothy and Camp Bowie. Maybe this is utility relocation; a lot of digging and trenching going on.

[youngalum]

Man that is some ugly looking building renderings 

[Doohickie]

ca 1970 Section 8 housing

[johnfwd]

Maybe it will blend in the neighborhood.  Aside from the design, the magnitude of this project is remarkable and, maybe, it's addressing what is thought to be a housing shortage in North Texas.

[elpingüino]

M Gooden Design has posted a video rendering of the townhomes on Instagram.
https://www.instagra.../p/CW9rAZKpvnl/

 
Wasn't "The Seven" at one point eleven townhouses?  Here's a few screen shots from their rendering flythrough video that you posted a link to:
 

Good memory, here's the earlier plan,

Updated siteplan from this week's upcoming UDC
 

[txbornviking]

the reduction in the number of homes was a "compromise" offered to neighborhood NIMBYs to placate some of their opposition to the project

[Crestline]

This week I've seen the construction workers doing tight and intense underground work at the corner of Dorothy and Camp Bowie. Maybe this is utility relocation; a lot of digging and trenching going on.

 

Seems like some of this work was putting in a new curb? I think it sticks out further into the street than the old curb.

 

[txbornviking]

I pass this site daily and am about 98% positive yesterday is the day those electrical lines that bisect the property were officially removed.

[Austin55]

There is a dirt truck every few minutes going down Watonga.

[txbornviking]

 

 

There is a dirt truck every few minutes going down Watonga.

 

I bet the neighbors love that.  Couldn't they use Camp Bowie to Montgomery instead?

 

 

 

Now that I think about it, I seem to recall reading about that route in order to protect the bricks.

 

 

The problem with going down Camp Bowie is the damage the heavy trucks would inflict on the bricks

[Austin55]

Overhead 1/22/22. No powerlines on-site.

[Crestline]

That phone company cabinet sure is stubborn. 

[Austin55]

Ceremonial groundbreaking will take place Jan 31.

[Austin55]

Austin Commercial shared some photos from the groundbreaking. 
https://twitter.com/...601056602955781

[george84]

I drove by this today and they are now well underway. Theyve dug a pretty deep hole, it seems that they are making up for lost time.

[rriojas71]

I drove by this today and they are now well underway. Theyve dug a pretty deep hole, it seems that they are making up for lost time.

I remember once here on the Forum we had discussed making a bet on which project would break ground first between this project, Museum Place and Deco 969.  At that point this property was getting already getting cleared.

[Crestline]

Crane is up:

 

[Austin55]

3/19/22

[Crestline]

That phone company cabinet sure is stubborn. 

 

I guess it's permanent!

[Austin55]

About half of the ground floor is poured it looks like. On the East end they've started to go vertical, including the valet lane V columns. 

[Austin55]

That phone company cabinet sure is stubborn. 

 

It's still there!

[elpingüino]

Star-Telegram reports that Bowie House will open in Q4 2023. https://www.star-tel...e264096861.html

[Austin55]

Topped out.

 

[Austin55]

Auberge Resorts Collection will manage the Bowie House. That puts Fort Worth in some pretty exclusive company.

[txbornviking]

 

Auberge Resorts Collection will manage the Bowie House. That puts Fort Worth in some pretty exclusive company.

 

They had a couple new renderings on the hotel's website (at least new to my eyes): https://aubergeresorts.com/bowiehouse/

 

(this looks like the one they used on the banner behind the ground breaking ceremony)

 

 

 

The price point for other Auberge resorts looks to put Bowie House in the the realm of the Drover.

[rriojas71]

 

 

Auberge Resorts Collection will manage the Bowie House. That puts Fort Worth in some pretty exclusive company.

 

They had a couple new renderings on the hotel's website (at least new to my eyes): https://aubergeresorts.com/bowiehouse/

 

(this looks like the one they used on the banner behind the ground breaking ceremony)

 

 

The price point for other Auberge resorts looks to put Bowie House in the the realm of the Drover.

 

I do think that was their intended market

[youngalum]

Auberge Resorts Collection will manage the Bowie House. That puts Fort Worth in some pretty exclusive company.

I'm shocked that FW is getting a brand of this caliber. That is very big time to say the least.

[Crestline]

Photos taken Tuesday, November 8th:

 

[JBB]

I'm gonna speculate that your reason for asking about all these restaurants is that you skipped lunch and you're hungry.

[rriojas71]

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021009496

120 Key Hotel with Restaurant, Bar, 181 Car Below Grade Parking Garage and Related Site Work

 

 

Any word on what restaurant is going in the Bowie House Hotel?

 

They most likely don't have a planned restaurant but instead have a space for said hotel for lease to any restauranteurs

[Austin55]

A lot of the brick is on, but scaffolding still obscures the view.

[John T Roberts]

I'm anxious to see how this will look when it is completed.

[JBB]

It looks like the tower crane is coming down this morning.

[Crestline]

Pictures taken yesterday:

 

[Crestline]

I had the same thought! On the left side of the second photo you can see a similar metal staircase, at the north edge of the building.