The Triyar Cannon Group has been threatening to give shopworn Greenspoint Mall a $32 million makeover since 2006. Most of what appears to be planned shows up in this knock-’em-down video: a new outdoor plaza at the mall’s east entrance, and a connected 22-story office building off Greenspoint Dr., designed by Ziegler Cooper. Just last week, demolition began on the vacant JCPenney building, site of a proposed Premiere Cinema multiplex that’s supposed to share a new parking garage with the tower. Not in the plans, but already happened anyway: the closing of Sears.
When will the rest of this happen?
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We haven’t heard any recent announcements from Triyar or from the Greenspoint TIRZ, which is slated to fund some of the improvements. But Triyar, controlled by the Yari family, has had a lot on its plate over the last few years. Yari Film Group recently declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, almost 4 years after family member Bob Yari lost a lawsuit to win a producer credit for Crash, the movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2006. Currently, he’s wrapping up a documentary about The Police (the band, not the cops working in the Greenspoint Mall HPD station).
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Only one new tenant has been announced for the outdoor space, called Renaissance Plaza, so far: a GlennLock’s Sports Bar and Grill.
Here’s a view of the proposed office tower:
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- Sketchup animation of shopping center [YouTube]
- Celebrity owner puts group of local malls on the selling block [Houston Business Journal]
- Greenspoint Mall to get facelift / $32 million project made possible by partnership [Houston Chronicle]
- Bob Yari doesn’t regret Oscar credits battle [Hollywood News]
- Frenchy’s Creates New Concept at the Renaissance at Greenspoint [RealEstateRama]
- Previously on Swamplot: Before the Movies Start: What’s Eating JCPenney at the Greenspoint Mall
Video and mall renderings: Hermes Architects; office tower: Ziegler Cooper Architects