HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence Southwood West
4101 Tx. Ave. Ste. B
Bryan, TX 77802
December 17, 2003
City of College Station
Mr. Carl Warren
Re: Southwest Business Center Lots 5 & 6
Dear Mr. Warren,
I am appreciative of your time on Thursday, December 11, 2003 to discuss
parking requirements.
Jeff and I (owners) ran a market analysis in the predevelopment stage, prior to
building design, to attempt, (as was reasonably possible) to determine the mix of possible
tenants. We solicit tenants (sometimes many!) but, as is normal, secure usually a small
percentage. We have to be opened minded and do our best to satisfy all needs and
requirements and as we lease up our mix may change between demands for office,
warehouse and retail.
The bases of our conversation last Thursday was to devise a master plan that
would track our provided parking spaces for the entire project (Buildings A & B) in
relation to the spaces used as we secure new tenants and submit their finish out drawings,
for permitting. You will find attached an 8 '/2 x 11 Parking Analysis and sheet of the
drawings, which shows the leases to date much as we discussed. This format will keep
the parking issue resolved. If we sometime in the future appear to run tight on parking
requirements we will use space on Lots 7 & 8 (i.e., delete a portion or all of the rear
building on these lots, purchase parking land at the rear of Jamison's vacant land to the
north of our Lot #5).
I feel this was a great solution and am appreciative of your thoughts! If there are
any questions or you require additional information please do not hesitate to call.
Kinde`Regards,
V
James H. Woods
Cc: Jeff McDowell
Natalie Ruiz
Southwood West
4101 Tx Ave. Ste. B
Bryan, TX 77802
December 17, 2003
City of College Station
Natalie Ruiz
Please find attached a letter and attachments I just delivered to Carl Warren in
regards to parking. Realizing the need to tract parking furnished with tenant
requirements as leases are secured has prompted the need for this sheet of plans and
parking analysis sheet. This is done to insure that parking questions will not hold up
permits of future lease spaces.
If there are any questions or you have thoughts, please as always do not hesitate to
contact me.
Kindest Regards,
James H. Woods
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Bridgette George, Assistant Development Review
Manager, Development Services
FROM: Brenda Godfrey, Legal Assistant, Legal Department
SUBJECT: Public Utility Easement — 0.14 acre out of Lots 6 and 7,
Block 2, Edelweiss Business Center, City of College
Station, Brazos County, Texas
Southwood West, a General Partnership composed of
Jeffrey L. McDowell and James Woods
DATE: January 4, 2004
Attached for your file is a copy of the Public Utility Easement dated
November 21, 2003 from Southwood West, a General Partnership
composed of Jeffrey L. McDowell and James Woods to the City of College
Station, Texas, recorded in Volume 5775, Page 99, of the Official Records
of Brazos County, Texas.
If you need any additional information, please let me know.
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Jennifer Reeves - RE: S.W. Business Center Page 1
From: "Jeff McDowell" <mcdowell @txcyber.com>
To: "Jennifer Reeves" <JREEVES @cstx.gov>
Date: 12/16/2004 10:05:21 AM
Subject: RE: S.W. Business Center
Thx.
Original Message
From: Jennifer Reeves [mailto:JREEVES @cstx.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:40 AM
To: mcdowell @txcyber.com
Cc: Bridgette George; Chris Haver
Subject: S.W. Business Center
Good Morning Jeff -I was out in the field doing site inspections and
noticed that the Chicken Express is well under way on Wellborn Road. I
just wanted to remind you and Jim that we still need a revised site &
landscape plan turned in for the entire center (all four lots). I just
wanted to make sure that we got all of this taken care of before the
request of the final C.O. Please call or email if you have any
questions.
Thanks,
Jennifer
Jennifer Reeves
Staff Planner
City of College Station
jreeves @cstx.gov
(979) 764 -3570
(979) 764 -3496 FAX
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Jennifer Reeves - Re: Thanks Page 1
From: "Jeff McDowell" <mcdowell @txcyber.com>
To: "Jennifer Reeves" <JREEVES @ci.college - station.tx.us>
Date: 2/13/03 2:42PM
Subject: Re: Thanks
Jennifer, thanks for the info.
Original Message
From: Jennifer Reeves
To: mcdowell @txcyber.com
Cc: Natalie Ruiz
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks
Hi Jeff - My conversation with Jim yesterday we discussed that the office /warehouse would be calculated
on it's own. The warehouse portion would be calculated at 1 -1000 and the office portion of the warehouse
would be calculated at 1 -250. The city would not require a shopping center parking requirement for the
office /warehouse. However, I did tell Jim that in the front portion that the two of you are saying is going to
be developed as strictly offices, that you are restricting yourselves to office or a single physician use. If you
ever intend to have retail uses in this center you will be required to meet the parking requirement for a
shopping center under 75,000 square feet, which is 1- 150.
Please feel free to give me a call if you have anymore questions, I can be reached @ (979) 764 -3570.
Thank you
Jennifer
»> "Jeff McDowell" <mcdowell @txcyber.com> 02/13/03 08:38AM »>
Natalie: Jim visited with Jennifer yesterday and I believe the front building parking issues are resolved.
Jim still has concerns about the phase 11 with the office /warehouse building behind the front building being
lumped into the strip idea, thus creating parking issues again when we come back for a permit. What do
we do?
Jeff McDowell
Commercial Broker
RE /Max Texas Heritage
4101 Texas Ave. Ste. B
Bryan, Texas 77802
979 - 846 -4500 (Office)
979 - 846 -9378 (Fax)
979 - 229 -4956 (Mobile)
Company Web http : / /www2.txcyber.com /mcdowell
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Jennifer Reeves - Re: Southwood West/Jim Woods Page 1
From: Natalie Ruiz
To: Jeff McDowell
Date: 2/12/03 12:54PM
Subject: Re: Southwood West/Jim Woods
Good afternoon! Jennifer and I talked about this case quite a bit this morning and it sounds like there's
some miscommunication. Let me follow -up with Jennifer and one of us will get back with you. It will
probably be Friday.
Talk to you soon!
Natalie Thomas Ruiz, AICP
Development Manager
City of College Station
Phone (979) 764 -3570
Fax (979) 764 -3496
nruiz @ci.college - station.tx.us
www.ci.college - station.tx.us
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»> "Jeff McDowell" <mcdowell @txcyber.com> 02/12/03 09:50AM »>
Natalie: Jim and I are back again. Sorry for the inconvenience but I think we have a staff poor
interpretation issue again.
The Facts:
Jim and I are developing a 2.5 acre parcel along Wellborn Road under the name of James H.
Woods /Southwood West. The plan encompasses two buildings, each of approximately 18,000 square
feet. The intent is to develop a front building paralleling Wellborn Road as a mixed use office /quasi retail
facility of approximately 18,000 square feet and the back building, which will also parallel Wellborn road,
but not be largely visible from Wellborn Road. A drive will separate the two buildings, with parking on the
rear of the front building and the front of the rear building. (I have attached a rendering of the front
building and the site plan for your review)
The issue is parking. We are being told that the front building will be classified as retail. The present mix
of tenants in the front building committed is: Physical Therapy office, Offices for the County Constables, a
meat market (with a drive -thru) and a dry cleaners drop off point (1,200 square feet with a drive - thru). We
have anticipated a 1/150' square feet for the retail as is outlined in your codes and 1/250'. Now we are
being told we because of staff classifying this as retail, the parking requirements have significantly
increased, thereby jeopardizing the viability of the project.
As the project is laid out, it will accommodate the combination of both retail and office, which of course is
allowed under the C -1 zoning.
Further, staff has indicated that they will designate the back building as a retail facility, which it is not nor is
it anticipated that it will be. Three tenants that are very close to signing leases are: a car detail shop,
cabinet construction /showroom tenant (10,000 sf) and a print shop (10,000 sf).
If we utilize what staff has proposed, we may be able to accommodate an 18,000 square foot project on
2.5 acres with a sea of parking. This is not economically feasible and we feel that the plans we took to the
city were in compliance with zoning guidelines.
To summarize, parking is the issue. The site will be a mixture of office /retail and the back building will be
office /warehouse. Market forces will not allow the back building to be anything but office /warehouse and
the front building will never be 100% retail. We anticipate 25 -30% retail and the remainder office. With
Jennifer Reeves - Re: Southwood West/Jim Woods Page 2
the staff arbitrarily assigning a "retail" designation to the development, it renders the present layout
unusable. Our differences lie in the blanket assignment of retail.
As expected, we have deadlines to meet and the dollars continue to stream out the window until this is
resolved.
Can you look into this? Jim has handled the meetings and the players involved have been Jennifer
Reese, Carol and Bridgette.
Thanks!!!
Jeff McDowell
Commercial Broker
RE /Max Texas Heritage
4101 Texas Ave. Ste. B
Bryan, Texas 77802
979 - 846 -4500 (Office)
979 - 846 -9378 (Fax)
979 - 229 -4956 (Mobile)
Company Web http : / /www2.txcyber.com /--mcdowell
CC: Jennifer Reeves
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Tammy Macik - PDMT: Lot 5 & Lot 6 of Edelweiss Block 2 and
From: Tammy Macik
To: Pre b Group
Date: 02/10/2003
Time: 3:00 PM -5:00P
Subject: PDMT: 5 & Lot 6 of Edelweiss Bloc nd
Place: Administ Con koom
Corner of Luther and Jones Butler.
Jim Woods 693 -1617
Both of these have been visited before
Thanks,
Tammy Macik o<
Secretary
City of College Station
-979- 764 -6254-
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