An updated view of what the Aspire Reserve should look like when completed

I predict there will be a lot of wrecks from people zipping around the curve from University to Wellborn and hitting a car slowing down to turn into that garage.

Captn_Ag05 said:

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I predict there will be a lot of wrecks from people zipping around the curve from University to Wellborn and hitting a car slowing down to turn into that garage.

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There would be much bigger issues since I think that opening in the middle of the building is a pedestrian-only breezeway.

I am sure it will be heavily used by parents and their small kids after shopping at all the Northgate shops.

So how do you remove the old "look and feel" from the famous Northgate area? Give city council a run at it (it will be "better"). Lol

The Ever and The Verve have been registered with TDLR.

Work on the Ever is set to start in June and work on the Verve is set to start in January.





Ever on the left and the Verve on the right.

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https://www.cstx.gov/common/pages/GetFile.ashx?key=Svo9AYgE

College Station' draft of their long term Northgate plans. Final plan to be released later this summer. Lots of good talking points within it.

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We were on the Small Area Plan committee from where this plan was derived by staff. It was a very interesting confluence of ideas and feedback from a varied group of stakeholders and interested citizens.

I would like to commend staff for their engagement and work with us on this. I think often the citizenry/municipal relationship auto defaults to one of contention before getting out of the starting gate. That was not the case here. We as stakeholders and citizens felt empowered by the engagement and our hope is that all this work translates to pragmatic future decisions by council that hold our input in high regard, given that we are the "boots on the ground" in the area.

Demolition permits were issued this week for 403 and 411 Stasney (portion of the Casa del sol apartments and a duplex next to it). This will be the site of the Ever project.

Also, a permit was issued for the View at 203 (203 Church Ave) to pour the foundation.

legalbird said:

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No parking in Northgate
Lanes have been eliminated (temporarily) for construction with fencing.
Interesting.

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There's a minimum of 900 parking spots within 150 yards of the chicken

Aspire II's construction company posted an update on their socials. They have two stories to go before they top out.

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Saw this on Facebook. Looks like the 350 Church Ave project by Parallel is getting underway. The permits for the cranes were recently issued, so I'd expect to see them sometime in the next couple of weeks.

The road is in such bad condition, I hope they repave it when all this work is done. I also never realized how the back of Tipsy Turtle looks so much like a seedy motel.

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The back of Tipsy Turtle is actually after improvements. (A few years ago it looked quite different). But a studio apartment above Tipsy Turtle/Paddock and right across from Northgate sounds like hell to me.

The View at 203 posted a new image of their building that is about to go vertical, saying it will transform the College Station skyline.

Omitted from the skyline is the Aspire II building, which just topped out construction at 19 floors and Parallel's newest project at 250 Church Ave. which is also about to go vertical and will be 23-stories.

A couple more cranes shoould be appearing soon in Northgate as the helper crane permit approval for the Verve project at 550 Cross St (previously 311 Stasny) was approved. The construction crane was previously approved.

A few progress pictures of the Penny project. One-story down, 19 to go.

https://www.kbtx.com/2025/10/03/college-station-city-leaders-approve-next-step-culpepper-development/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=organicclicks&tbref=hp

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The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission voted to greenlight the next step for a major housing and retail project across from Texas A&M's campus.

At a planning and development meeting, a preliminary plan and waiver request for the Culpepper project on the corner of University Drive and South College Avenue was approved.

What that means is, a road they needed to develop is longer than the city allows, and they needed permission to proceed with their plans.

Currently, cranes stand where Hurricane Harry's once was. The first phase of the 10-acre student housing and retail project is already under construction and will add nearly 1,000 student beds.

The development, also called "Legacy Point," will eventually connect Century Square to the Northgate area. To do so, city planning staff presented a waiver request at Thursday's meeting that would make the connection of Church Ave. off University Dr. to South College Ave. possible.

"The next steps are that the property will have to go through the subdivision process and then through the site plan as well as the non-residential architectural application prior to building permits being approved for this development," said College Station Senior Planner Jeff Howell.

In total, the project is expected to bring more than 2,800 beds and 50,000 square feet of new retail and entertainment space over the next several years.

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