techno-ag said:No worse than Midtown Bryan and Midtown College Station.Garhett_W said:
Well that ain't gonna be confusing with The Cottages of College Station and Woodlands of College Station.
How about North Navasota.bcstx06 said:techno-ag said:No worse than Midtown Bryan and Midtown College Station.Garhett_W said:
Well that ain't gonna be confusing with The Cottages of College Station and Woodlands of College Station.
College Station's Midtown should have been called Uptown.
Why? If anything the University Drive - Harvey Rd area should be Uptown.bcstx06 said:techno-ag said:No worse than Midtown Bryan and Midtown College Station.Garhett_W said:
Well that ain't gonna be confusing with The Cottages of College Station and Woodlands of College Station.
College Station's Midtown should have been called Uptown.
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Captn_Ag05 said:
From TDLR, a development called Woodland Cottages of College Station is going to be located at 1850 Arnold Road.Quote:
Multifamily development with 10 multifamily buildings and 1 clubhouse building with leasing office, fitness room, and outdoor pool
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Carbon Companies is heading into 2023 by expanding its multifamily portfolio in The Texas Triangle with a sprawling senior living development in College Station.
Dubbed Woodland Cottages College Station, the project will include 10 buildings with 60 independent living units across a 99,000-square-foot gated community, Carbon Companies told TRD. It will cost nearly $12 million to construct, or about $200,000 per unit, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing.
The development will be located at 1850 Arnold Road, next to Bachmann Park, College Station Middle School and a number of single-family neighborhoods. Construction is expected to begin next month and last until mid-2024. A fitness room and a pool are among the project's amenities.
The firm identified a unique need for a specific type of senior housing in the city, Carbon Companies partner Mark Matise said.
The date is 2022? Anyone know what's going on?CWIsom said:
Bones2012 said:
The gas station across from shiner park was demolished last week. Any info on the new development there? I'm assuming a hi rise? The small size of that lot makes me think this one will go straight up.
australopithecus robustus said:
No way that's not bankable. It's going vertical without a doubt. Developer from Houston known for that
Unless you know something I don't, they never selected a developer for the site (Oldham Goodwin is real estate agency, not a developer), and the tight layout makes it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to fit both any streetside retail in AND have a parking garage.Expert Analysis said:
Student housing was the plan. Haven't seen the actual development yet.
https://www.kbtx.com/2022/09/22/more-student-housing-could-be-coming-northgate-district/
I'd like to see a comparable building with what you're describing, because the Rise is on a bigger lot, the Central Parking Garage is on a bigger lot, and as is most Houston mid-rises.BiochemAg97 said:
It is a 1/2 acre lot. You could do 1st floor retail. I think it would be small, (~10000 sqft?) Maybe a convenience store or a bar. Then you need a ramp up to parking on 2nd+ floors, plus stairs and elevators separate from retail. Maybe have parking entrance off Patricia St.
Retail doesn't need parking given the city parking lot and mostly foot traffic in northgate area, so whole lot can basically be building with some minimal setbacks for sidewalks.
And then do residential above the parking. Need to balance parking and residential but that is just a matter of getting the ratio of floors right.
PS3D said:Unless you know something I don't, they never selected a developer for the site (Oldham Goodwin is real estate agency, not a developer), and the tight layout makes it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to fit both any streetside retail in AND have a parking garage.Expert Analysis said:
Student housing was the plan. Haven't seen the actual development yet.
https://www.kbtx.com/2022/09/22/more-student-housing-could-be-coming-northgate-district/
It could be done if they bought out The Backyard and/or converted the Northgate parking lot into a garage with resident-designated spots but both of those sound like unfeasible options.
From what I can find, it was purchased by Will and Reagan Swinbank, the sons of Joe Swinbank (as in the Shirley and Joe Swinbank '74 AgriLife Center). At some point within the past few years they sold the company they co-owned, Sprint Waste Services.Captn_Ag05 said:
It did sell quickly. It was off the Oldham Goodwin listings within about a week of going up. So, there was/is clearly interest from some developer. The city manager said in an interview that more mid-rises will be coming in Northgate soon.
AG81 said:PS3D said:Unless you know something I don't, they never selected a developer for the site (Oldham Goodwin is real estate agency, not a developer), and the tight layout makes it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to fit both any streetside retail in AND have a parking garage.Expert Analysis said:
Student housing was the plan. Haven't seen the actual development yet.
https://www.kbtx.com/2022/09/22/more-student-housing-could-be-coming-northgate-district/
It could be done if they bought out The Backyard and/or converted the Northgate parking lot into a garage with resident-designated spots but both of those sound like unfeasible options.
Uh, might want to check out Oldham Goodwin's web page. Perhaps you can explain how they're NOT a developer despite having an entire "Development" division with multiple projects.
Expert Analysis said:
They marketed the land and quickly sold it as high density student housing. Until we have final plans then that is the likely use of the land.
They could build it without parking. The parking garage is near by and tons of foreign students don't even have cars.
They're not going to build without parking or some sort of waiver agreement. And foreign students without cars are definitely not the target audience.Expert Analysis said:
They marketed the land and quickly sold it as high density student housing. Until we have final plans then that is the likely use of the land.
They could build it without parking. The parking garage is near by and tons of foreign students don't even have cars.
The Rise, Aspire, and whatever's replacing the Lutheran Center were announced before their respective previous buildings were demolished and construction began immediately, as well as the Lutheran center on College Main. If there was a real plan, the gas station would've operated until everything was signed off on.Captn_Ag05 said:
I am confused as to why you think it has been some long period of time without any announcement. The property went on the market in the fall of 2022. We are in January of 2023. The gas station on the land has already been cleared. It usually takes months if not years to develop plans, announce them, start construction, etc. There is nothing about the timing so far that would make me think there is some significant roadblock preventing development. I don't think it has even been long enough to hit a roadblock.
