Northgate Projects

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12:09p, 1/7/25
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Creating a new thread to consolidate all of the Northgate projects in one place. I believe these are all the announced current or proposed projects but let me know if I missed one!

Under Construction

Aspire II
Located at Wellborn and University (19-stories)



Permitting Phase

1) 201 Church Ave.
Located at Church and First (23-stories)



2) 303 S. College
The old Hurricane Harrys location (8-stories)



3) 415 College Main
Located at College Main and Cherry (20-stories)



4) 201 Boyett
Located at Boyett and Church (23-stories)

No design plans available that I have seen

Potential Projects

1) 509 University


2) Parking Lot behind Dixie Chicken
TBD

3) Century Square lot at University and College Avenue
Potential project announcement in Q1 of 2025
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12:42p, 1/7/25
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Welcome to "urban" College Station.
Glad I don't live near there, but it makes going to Mass at St. Mary's a lot harder.
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1:40p, 1/7/25
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Info on 201 Boyett plans on Page 9
https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=Z1Y4AaCo

23 Stories, 344,130SF
(Would upload pic but no premium)
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In reply to tu ag • 1:59p, 1/7/25
tu ag said:
Welcome to "urban" College Station.
Glad I don't live near there, but it makes going to Mass at St. Mary's a lot harder.
What makes you think it will be so much harder? If you are talking about the 5:30pm daily, this is going to result in hundreds (thousands?) of cars no longer driving from campus around that time. Students will be more likely to walk/bike/etc. home if it is across University.

If you are talking about vigil or Sunday, there might be more pedestrian traffic at those times. But I don't think it will be that difficult to deal with.

The convenience might lead to more people going to mass and get more people into RCIA, confession, etc. But I suspect the diocese and big givers will be stoked to shift resources to help staff up and add more mass times.
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2:10p, 1/7/25
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Is there a map of that area showing all the highrise developments?
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In reply to Brian Alg • 3:22p, 1/7/25
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Because I have seen it get harder and harder to get to and from there over the last 15 years as NG has exploded.

The idea that they just walk everywhere hasn't proven to be true. The traffic load on University is already at a daily log jam.
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In reply to Tailgate88 • 3:27p, 1/7/25
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Tailgate88 said:
Is there a map of that area showing all the highrise developments?
I previously created a very poor one with a few of the locations

1) Aspire II (in red) at Wellborn and University - currently under construction. 19-stories

2) 201 Boyett (in green) at Boyett and Church - height variance recently approved. 23-stories

3) 201 Church Ave. (in blue) at Church and First. Site plans recently submitted. 23-stories


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In reply to tu ag • 7:17a, 1/8/25
tu ag said:
Because I have seen it get harder and harder to get to and from there over the last 15 years as NG has exploded.

The idea that they just walk everywhere hasn't proven to be true. The traffic load on University is already at a daily log jam.


In the last 15 years. Enrollment has increased 50%, there are 25,000 more students there. Northgate has grown a bunch from what it was. But there has not been 25k more beds.

Why do you believe the additional traffic is the result of growth of Northgate as opposed to the growth in enrollment that dwarfs Northgate growth?

Edit: looking at this, the inclusion of Galveston, Qatar, etc. is probably inflating my number something like 10k. I think my point still holds for a 15k increase. But wanted to correct that.

https://abpa.tamu.edu/getattachment/d341b8a7-7925-46b2-9602-6a10ad79cb13/Overall_Enrollment_Historical.pdf
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In reply to Brian Alg • 8:27a, 1/8/25
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Put a 3 story parking garage that is full on a half acre where there was previously a slow bank and you don't think there are more cars? What about on top of an empty lot or a small one office ministry?
This is what these big projects are replacing. So, yes it is a factor.
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8:57a, 1/8/25
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The old gas station property at University and Boyett is the location that most surprises me. I thought we would see something go up there by now.
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In reply to tu ag • 9:11a, 1/8/25
tu ag said:
Put a 3 story parking garage that is full on a half acre where there was previously a slow bank and you don't think there are more cars? What about on top of an empty lot or a small one office ministry?
This is what these big projects are replacing. So, yes it is a factor.
It might be helpful if you were more specific about the traffic you are concerned about. Are you talking about congestion on University around when you'd be going to the 5:30pm daily mass at St. Mary's (which I believe is the only mass time that sees crazy traffic)?

Edit: the reason I am asking is because your issue seems to be different from the more general degrowth stance that Yancy and Seewald are taking are taking. I suspect you may be misunderstanding what is driving the traffic in that area. The additional rush hour congestion is not caused by additional people driving to Northgate.
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 11:04a, 1/8/25
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Captn_Ag05 said:
Tailgate88 said:
Is there a map of that area showing all the highrise developments?
I previously created a very poor one with a few of the locations

1) Aspire II (in red) at Wellborn and University - currently under construction. 19-stories

2) 201 Boyett (in green) at Boyett and Church - height variance recently approved. 23-stories

3) 201 Church Ave. (in blue) at Church and First. Site plans recently submitted. 23-stories


Isn't something going up where Coyote Lot currently stands too?
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 1:17p, 1/8/25
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Thanks for pulling this together, Capt. Glad to see our little community growing up.
Trump will fix it.
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