BCS Coming & Going: Retail, Restaurants, Businesses, etc (2017)

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rc_cat
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nought said:

Looks like Bea's Alterations (over by TJ Maxx) has closed or is relocating. Anyone have more info?
Bea's has moved "around the corner" and is now located near/next to Al's Formal Wear according to the other half.
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Out of the corner of my eye, I caught what looked like a "coming soon" sign with a picture of a burger on it on the side of one of the new spaces in Caprock Crossing (heading East on Fitch towards Highway 6 -- first of the newest buildings in the section before Zaxby's). My eyes are old and might have fooled me. Anyone check out what's going in there?
Scruffy
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Abu Omar Shawarma and Kabobs has applied for permits.
As soon as they have those they will open.
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Where?
ChampsAg
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Four Down Sports Bar coming to University near Tarrow
FlyRod
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Sign up for Honolulu Poke House, in shopping center where the new ramen place is opening.

Hope they make it...pretty far from the bypass.
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nought said:

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught what looked like a "coming soon" sign with a picture of a burger on it on the side of one of the new spaces in Caprock Crossing (heading East on Fitch towards Highway 6 -- first of the newest buildings in the section before Zaxby's). My eyes are old and might have fooled me. Anyone check out what's going in there?
Wayback Burgers, I saw the sign at lunch
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gas station parking lot corner of Boyett and University.
Where the Peru truck had been.
abuomarhalal.com
Menu looks good and the prices seem reasonable.
Costa and Andreas
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La Bodega Express coming to 4401 S Texas Ave next to
Cafe Eccell. (I couldn't help myself!)

Also, we are working on something pretty big that we can hopefully announce soon. I will post as soon as we have signed docs.
Scruffy
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Costa and Andreas said:

La Bodega Express coming to 4401 S Texas Ave next to
Cafe Eccell. (I couldn't help myself!)

Also, we are working on something pretty big that we can hopefully announce soon. I will post as soon as we have signed docs.
Nice.
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Costa and Andreas said:

La Bodega Express coming to 4401 S Texas Ave next to
Cafe Eccell. (I couldn't help myself!)

Also, we are working on something pretty big that we can hopefully announce soon. I will post as soon as we have signed docs.
Love these guys! Hope it is south of town.
ranh1
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Looks like an apt complex going up on Crescent Pointe by Ridgeway Townhouses. Not sure how big or anything.
Costa and Andreas
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Thanks Mike!

The location I'm referring to for our announcement is not south of town, it's as central as it gets.

However, we do have an LOI submitted for a location down south for something.
Cyp0111
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Something in Century Square?
Costa and Andreas
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No not Century Square. I really can't say where yet, but not there. It's not far from there though
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Video promo for the A&M hotel and conference room.



Scruffy
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Quote:

Sign up today to receive exclusive updates about opportunities to purchase

guest room licenses for the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center.
So just like the stadium, you will have to purchase the ability to rent a room?

Thats not a hotel, thats a time-share.
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Scruffy said:

Quote:

Sign up today to receive exclusive updates about opportunities to purchase

guest room licenses for the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center.
So just like the stadium, you will have to purchase the ability to rent a room?

Thats not a hotel, thats a time-share.


There's going to be the people that will rent suites through the season, but I assume most will be open during the main year. A few hotels, including the late "tower" Ramada Inn had rooms that were sold essentially as condos.
Cyp0111
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I mean...there are super aggies out there. However, this hotel likely overshoots the market.
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ChampsAg said:

Four Down Sports Bar coming to University near Tarrow


What's this place?
PS3D
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Cyp0111 said:

I mean...there are super aggies out there. However, this hotel likely overshoots the market.

Given all the new hotels, the market still seems to be hot. Personally, I think this hotel is probably the functional replacement to the MSC hotel.
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A 150+ room hotel as a functional replacement for a 7 room hotel? hmm.

No- I imagine Gilbane/A&M were looking for a flag carrier but unable to get Starwood/Marriott type deal.

If the deal is structured truly similar to a timeshare property it may have a chance, however, with such a concentrated window of dates it could prove difficult to optimize.

The city will have 3 more higher end hotels (not including the A&M hotel) that have hit the market in the last year. That is an absorption of 500 rooms/nt.
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Cyp0111 said:

A 150+ room hotel as a functional replacement for a 7 room hotel? hmm.




The old MSC hotel had 40 rooms, not 7.
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2006_1st/Jan06_TexasAMHotel.html
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Cyp0111 said:

A 150+ room hotel as a functional replacement for a 7 room hotel? hmm.

No- I imagine Gilbane/A&M were looking for a flag carrier but unable to get Starwood/Marriott type deal.

If the deal is structured truly similar to a timeshare property it may have a chance, however, with such a concentrated window of dates it could prove difficult to optimize.

The city will have 3 more higher end hotels (not including the A&M hotel) that have hit the market in the last year. That is an absorption of 500 rooms/nt.
Not only that, but there's not necessarily a lot of walk-to dining/going out in the vicinity of A&M's proposed hotel. Century Square and the existing hotels over near University Drive like the Hilton are going to provide a lot of competition on everything but game days (and they'll continue to sell out on game days as well of course).
Cyp0111
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Fair enough. I thought we were talking about current MSC.
Cyp0111
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Yes- I think the hotel will fit a small niche. The university will try and push visitors to the hotel as well. I've stayed at a similar Hotel in South Bend, Indiana on the ND Campus. The big difference is that most people want to avoid SB.
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I imagine they will do pretty well with conferences. I've attended several conferences back on campus that were great events. I'm sure people will like the option of staying where they are meeting.

Also, need to bring some new business and business travelers to town to fill these hotels. Still waiting on that "secret deal" that has been rumored.
ChampsAg
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Louie has been talking about it on the radio. They have a Facebook page but can't link since I'm at work.
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Denny's in CS has reopened. A nice renovation uses space better. But it's still...... Denny's.
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Is Four Downs Sports Bar going into the old Fast Eddie's site? That would make it P.O.E.T.S. new venture in that space.
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Yes.
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nought said:

Cyp0111 said:

A 150+ room hotel as a functional replacement for a 7 room hotel? hmm.

No- I imagine Gilbane/A&M were looking for a flag carrier but unable to get Starwood/Marriott type deal.

If the deal is structured truly similar to a timeshare property it may have a chance, however, with such a concentrated window of dates it could prove difficult to optimize.

The city will have 3 more higher end hotels (not including the A&M hotel) that have hit the market in the last year. That is an absorption of 500 rooms/nt.
Not only that, but there's not necessarily a lot of walk-to dining/going out in the vicinity of A&M's proposed hotel. Century Square and the existing hotels over near University Drive like the Hilton are going to provide a lot of competition on everything but game days (and they'll continue to sell out on game days as well of course).
Probably. While we're on the MSC Hotel comparison, it was losing money by the end and rarely got more than 50% occupancy. Especially considering its proximity to the railroad crossing, I expect that the new TAMU Hotel will be losing money hand over fist within a year of its completion. Mark my words.

CJHajda said:

https://www.transwestern.com/propertylisting/data/Files/Flyers/806cbe1a-583a-e711-b407-00155d0a270e/Northpoint-Crossing-Marketing-Flyer.pdf

Scroll to the second to last page. It has a map of planned and under lease restaurants.

A bit late on the draw, but what's the space marked as "2nd Gen Retail"? Usually that implies something already went in and failed (the "2nd Gen Restaurant" next to Minuti Coffee is of course Toasties Subs) but I don't remember anything going in on the inner portion?

It sounds like something got close to opening but pulled out for whatever reason.
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The Walnut Cafe or Black Walnut (whatever it is) was rumored there then backed off, there have been several rumored places back off the past year. It's not terribly uncommon.
Petsmart was headed to the new Bryan Walmart area then decided Towerpoint was the place to be.
Cyp0111
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The A&M hotel feels like a John Sharp special.
 
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