HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The previous Greyhound bus station in Midtown lastly has a brand new proprietor who hopes to draw new companies.
Adam Brackman already owns the favored Midtown beer backyard, Axelrad.
Final month, he and his companions on the Oxberry Group purchased the previous bus station for an undisclosed sum.
It is sat vacant since December 2023, when Greyhound relocated to the East Finish.
“We have been specializing in the Midtown space, and when it grew to become accessible and the worth was proper, we determined to make the transfer,” Brackman mentioned.
The 33,000-square-foot constructing sits on a 62,000-square-foot website only one block from downtown.
Brackman acknowledges that nothing is ready in stone for 2121 Principal Avenue’s future as he strikes ahead with partial inside demolition.
“We do not have concrete plans,” Brackman mentioned.
He is hoping to drum up curiosity in eating places, bars, and even nightclubs.
“A membership consumer may benefit from this ceiling top, the open house,” Brackman mentioned.
He mentioned he’d even be open to promoting to a different developer to tear down and construct one thing solely new down the highway.
“Perhaps a 20 or 30-story residential constructing with some retail on the bottom retailer,” he mentioned.
When the Greyhound station was lively, many in Midtown complained that it attracted crime.
“Greyhound has been holding Midtown again,” Brackman mentioned.
There’s nonetheless some proof of that at the moment. On the blocks surrounding the previous station, you possibly can see individuals loitering in any respect hours.
Simply three blocks away, a person was shot, and a second man was overwhelmed final weekend.
Brackman mentioned bringing extra companies to the realm may go a great distance towards making it safer.
“If someone was strolling 5 blocks and there is exercise, exercise, exercise after which one thing vacant, that basically drops off. It does not really feel secure,” he mentioned.
Brackman mentioned he is nonetheless placing collectively renderings and can then begin promoting the house to potential tenants.
He believes he may have the constructing crammed inside the subsequent two years.
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