http://houstonist.com/2006/11/15/good_times_for_downtowns_residential_market.php All comments for Good times for downtown's residential market en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2006/11/15/good_times_for_downtowns_residential_market.php#comment-689386 http://houstonist.com/2006/11/15/good_times_for_downtowns_residential_market.php#comment-689386 Comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:23:37 -0600 <p>High rise residential can't compete in Houston if your view is blocked by another building across the street - thus the cancellations downtown. It also doesn't help that very affordable and very nice new townhomes are available just minutes away from downtown. I don't understand the constant lamenting of no downtown grocery store. 1) There is the Randall's on the north end of Midtown, which is essentially adjacent to downtown. 2) Everybody still owns a car in Houston, inc. downtown. 3) The one trip you really want to drive rather than walk is *groceries* - so you can like, buy more than 1 or 2 bags. All sorts of trips are amenable to walking, but groceries isn't one of them.</p> http://houstonist.com/2006/11/15/good_times_for_downtowns_residential_market.php#comment-689264 http://houstonist.com/2006/11/15/good_times_for_downtowns_residential_market.php#comment-689264 Comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:44:28 -0600 <p>And yet the new Pavilion development just dumped their plans to include residential in their new downtown development. Something doesn't jibe with one of these stories!</p>