Construction of a 33-story co-living apartment project in the Museum District has stopped, leaving the project, called X Houston, partially complete and dormant with no clear indication of when work will continue.
X Co., its Chicago-based developer, did not respond to multiple requests for comment about why the 750,000-square-foot project between La Branch and Crawford north of Binz has paused. Neighbors say construction activity at the site stopped two to three weeks ago.
That timeline would align with when X Co. halted construction on a co-living project in Phoenix. Noah Gottlieb, the developer’s CEO, told the Phoenix Business Journal that he expected work on X Phoenix would resume “very soon,” adding that company was still planning to break ground on a separate apartment tower in downtown Phoenix called X Roosevelt.
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Work appears stopped at X Houston on Oct. 18, 2023, in Houston’s Museum District.
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The general contractor for X Houston, Hoar Construction, did not say when construction might resume. The project, estimated to cost $107 million in state permit filings, was expected to open in late 2024.
“Due to circumstances unrelated to Hoar, work on site has been suspended. We are working closely with the X Co. to get the project restarted,” a Hoar spokesperson said in a statement.
This week a crane was still suspended over the high-rise, which reaches several stories into the air. On Thursday, a security car could be seen parked outside the construction site, where a handful of workers appeared to be removing a concrete pump.
X Co. has built co-living projects in Chicago and Denver, and earlier this year had about 5,300 co-living units in its pipeline.
Plans for X Houston included 646 beds in 475 units, including studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
Jon Shapley contributed.
