THE ELLA CREEK Apartments at the corner of Ella and 22nd St. (and just a block of away from a jog in that creek called White Oak Bayou) have beencompletely vacated, a reader tells Swamplot: “On a recent drive by I noticed there were no cars in the parking lots and the complex looked even worse than usual. It is a very large tract, and I’m wondering what the future land use will be.”
Guesses, anyone?
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The 10-building complex on 3 acres, which dates from 1965, was purchased last October by
Light Hill Partners, an investment group that’s renovated a series of smaller apartment complexes in and around the Houston Heights. But Light Hill doesn’t plan to renovate these buildings. Instead, the company is planning to replace them with a 120-unit 3-story courtyard building with open-air corridors. A surface parking lot for the complex will front Ella. Here are a couple sample elevations for the 2121 Ella Apartments from architects Mucasey and Associates, along with a site plan:
