{"id":380126,"date":"2026-07-20T22:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380126\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:07:09","slug":"artis-montrose-disco-kroger-site-multifamily-redevelopment-tops-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380126\/","title":{"rendered":"Artis Montrose, Disco Kroger Site Multifamily Redevelopment, Tops Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The seven-story, 330-unit apartment project at 3300 <a class=\"tag tag-6087\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/montrose\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"6087\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Montrose<\/a> Blvd. reached its topping-out milestone nine months after breaking ground, general contractor <a class=\"tag tag-6459\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/arch-con\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"6459\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arch-Con<\/a> Corp. announced.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/placeholder.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n      Courtesy of Arch-Con Corp.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      Artis Montrose\n    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Artis Montrose is under construction at the site of the former 24-hour grocery store affectionately nicknamed \u201cDisco Kroger.\u201d The longstanding LGBTQIA+ late-night hangout spot permanently closed in January 2021 and was demolished shortly after.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Southeastern, the Augusta, Georgia-based developer of the project, said the complex\u2019s name is a play on the words \u201cArt is Montrose.\u201d The name and design incorporate the site\u2019s history and Montrose\u2019s \u201crich tapestry of culture and art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/deal-sheet\/disco-kroger-site-redevelopment-breaks-ground-the-houston-deal-sheet-131538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Construction began<\/a>\u00a0on the 529K SF podium building in October. The complex is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/montrose-disco-kroger-apartments-21109747.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly slated<\/a>\u00a0to open in late 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The project\u2019s construction includes five stories of wood frame apartments totaling 361K SF. They sit above two floors of cast-in-place concrete parking. Arch-Con utilized 112 subcontractors during the wood frame construction, with 46 workers dedicated to framing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s a remarkable achievement for our team and trade partners to be topped out and completing the roof installation since breaking ground in October,\u201d Arch-Con Senior Vice President Michael Vaughn said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The complex will include 14K SF of interior amenity space. A second-floor pet spa and cyberlounge with work-from-home spaces will overlook the double-height first-floor office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The fourth floor will include a fitness suite overlooking the third-floor club and game room. A 20K SF outdoor center courtyard will be on the third-floor deck with a pool, event lawn, outdoor kitchens, workspaces, grilling areas, a garden and a fire pit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The project team also includes Virginia-based <a class=\"tag tag-174189\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/dcs-design\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"174189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DCS Design<\/a> as lead architect, Walter P Moore as civil engineer, ParkerRodriguez as landscape design architect, Virginia-based Focus Design Interiors as interior designer, CMTA as mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer, and SK&amp;A as the structural engineer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/construction-development\/southern-land-co-breaks-ground-270m-mixed-use-project-upper-kirby-134132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hit its lowest level<\/a> of multifamily starts since 2011 in the first quarter, according to CoStar data. Another multifamily project under construction is Lily River Oaks at <a class=\"tag tag-38209\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/southern-land-co\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"38209\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southern Land Co<\/a>.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/construction-development\/southern-land-co-breaks-ground-270m-mixed-use-project-upper-kirby-134132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mixed-use development in Upper Kirby<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"tag tag-807\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/streetlights-residential\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"807\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">StreetLights Residential<\/a> and Hunt Real Estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/deal-sheet\/pharmaceutical-manufacturing-project-coming-to-sugar-land-the-houston-deal-sheet-135376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this month completed construction <\/a>on The Langley, a 20-story luxury residential building at 1717 Bissonnet St., the former Ashby high-rise site.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/fairfield-residential\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"42323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fairfield Residential<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/ktgy\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"2937\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KTGY<\/a> Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/deal-sheet\/new-high-rise-apartments-open-in-montrose-the-houston-deal-sheet-135159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last month announced<\/a>\u00a0the opening of 1010 Waugh, a 340-unit multifamily high-rise that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/houston\/news\/construction-development\/high-rise-residential-planned-for-former-womens-center-location-on-waugh-drive-117591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">replaces a single-story commercial building<\/a> in Montrose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The seven-story, 330-unit apartment project at 3300 Montrose Blvd. reached its topping-out milestone nine months after breaking ground,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[73079,16175,16178,56,58,62758,134271,57,134270,1987,16177],"class_list":["post-380126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arch-con","tag-arch-con-corp","tag-artis-montrose","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-multifamily","tag-houston-multifamily-development","tag-houston-news","tag-michael-vaughn","tag-montrose","tag-southeastern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}