What was the controversy over the Ashby high rise? And, what's up with the plans for a new high rise? marissaluck7 breaks it down.
with 134 residential units planned by Dallas-based StreetLights Residential in partnership with El Paso-based Hunt Companies at 1717 Bissonnet in Houston near Rice University and Rice Village. The luxury apartment tower will feature spacious units with an average size at 2,850 square feet, much larger than standard Houston apartments. The classic, timeless design plus the high-end amenities are expected to attract affluent empty nesters who want to downsize but stay within the neighborhood.
Protestors Nancy Proler, left, and Carol Barndollar, right, stood in front of Maryland Manor Apartments as they protest the construction of the Ashby High Rise Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in Houston. Residents opposed the high-rise building in the leafy Southhampton and Boulevard Oaks neighborhood of two-story houses."I'm not against development," Barndollar said in 2012."But it just changes the whole makeup of the neighborhood.
The real estate community closely watched the battle as a test for whether so-called Not-In-My-Backyard protests could squash a project that for appeared to follow all the city’s permitting requirements. A successful block of the project could have ate away at Houston’s pro-development reputation and had a chilling effect on new development, proponents argued.
Attorney Fred Cook, representing Buckhead Investment Partners, delivers his closing arguments in the Ashby Highrise Trial at the Harris County Civil Courthouse on Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, in Houston. There were two major lawsuits tied to the old project. The first when Buckhead sued the city in 2010, arguing the city bowed to neighborhood pressure and exceeded its legal authority in denying the developer's application for building permits numerous times.
Residents, unhappy with the city’s settlement, filed their own lawsuit in a state district court to try to block the project in 2013. A judge agreed with a 2014 jury verdict that neighbors were owed $1.2 million in damages, but said there was
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