Ashby Highrise conflicts.

[MIBS98]

Originally Posted by Truth713

ugh Im not confusing issues , I,m saying say lets build something in third ward and everyone shurgs and says progress, say the same thing about building something in a well to do neighbor and its a problem, its not just limited to highrises , its been the case with many city and private projects, rails, stores etc..The highrise is not the point the point is how things are viewed. The whole displacment thing is my point they are not being asked to give up anything they just dont like the idea of it being there.

Rightly or wrongly, if you take an area like the 3rd ward and stick something like this in then odds are it increases land value around it. Stick Ashby high rise where it has been proposed, there is a good chance that it lowers the value of homes and land around it.

In this country, we tend to determine progress or not based on impact on value. Based on this, Ashby high rise in the 3rd ward is progress. Ashby high rise in an already well developed and well to do area is not.

I think it is natural for people to fight against something that may make their neighborhood worse and pay have a negative impact on home values.

[Lost_In_Translation]

Originally Posted by MIBS98

Rightly or wrongly, if you take an area like the 3rd ward and stick something like this in then odds are it increases land value around it. Stick Ashby high rise where it has been proposed, there is a good chance that it lowers the value of homes and land around it.

In this country, we tend to determine progress or not based on impact on value. Based on this, Ashby high rise in the 3rd ward is progress. Ashby high rise in an already well developed and well to do area is not.

I think it is natural for people to fight against something that may make their neighborhood worse and pay have a negative impact on home values.

I disagree that it increases value of 3rd ward because you would have to convince buyers that the units were worth that much which would be a tough sale. It would have to be built much cheaper to attract the right price point in the 3rd ward and depending how low that price point was could still have a detrimental effect on the surrounding units. But the point is the building is going up because the land values are high enough to justify it and they are because it's a low density urban area. These conflicts can happen then. If the developer wins the area suffers a little (but not as hyperbolized). If the residents win the developer loses out on alot of money, but let's not kid ourselves, this is a battle between two very wealthy groups and taking sides is just being sports fans. It doesn't effect any other area of Houston what the outcome of this fight is.

[Spade]

There are too many clever ways I can think of to say get some zoning, Houston. I don't know where to start. But now, the NIMBY's are getting childish (picking at the developers homes?). For that reason, go Ashby developers.

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by MIBS98

Rightly or wrongly, if you take an area like the 3rd ward and stick something like this in then odds are it increases land value around it. Stick Ashby high rise where it has been proposed, there is a good chance that it lowers the value of homes and land around it.

In this country, we tend to determine progress or not based on impact on value. Based on this, Ashby high rise in the 3rd ward is progress. Ashby high rise in an already well developed and well to do area is not.

I think it is natural for people to fight against something that may make their neighborhood worse and pay have a negative impact on home values.

except , I disagree that it will have neg impact on the area, truth be told highrise attract people of a certain income bracket, which means more likey to spur even more growth in the area which rasies value.. but your statmen speaks to my overall point of if its in a low value area, we should just right it up as good for Houston over all and in the long run, while if its in a high value area now its debatable

[Chicago3rd]

I would love to see how that area voted on the last attempt to have zoning in Houston. Am sure they voted against it. If so...then too bad about your new high rise neighbors.

[CDeb]

The traffic impacts of the high rise have been greatly overstated by project opponents.