Plans to redevelop the historic former Folgers coffee plant into a charter school and adaptive reuse project are taking shape in Houston’s East End.
An entity tied to Lovett Commercial, the developer behind downtown’s POST Houston, expects to break ground in March on converting the former coffee plant at 235 N. Norwood Street into a 254,808-square-foot adaptive reuse project, according to filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The $10 million project will turn the industrial building into a core and shell, bringing the facility up to code by December 2026, according to the filing, which is subject to change.
The redevelopment is planned at the same site where a new music and arts charter school was approved earlier this year, the Frank Liu Jr. Academy of Music and Arts. The school’s namesake is Frank Liu Jr., a 34-year-old musician who founded a music and arts summer camp. Liu Jr. had dreamed of building a music school before he died in a car crash in 2022…