{"id":772696,"date":"2026-05-04T13:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/772696\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:57:19","slug":"demolition-begins-on-avenida-south-garage-near-grb-major-road-closures-impact-downtown-houston-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/772696\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition begins on Avenida South Garage near GRB; major road closures impact downtown Houston traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Crews are set to begin demolishing the Avenida South Garage on Monday at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, marking the start of a major redevelopment effort in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The garage officially closed, and drivers should expect significant traffic changes as demolition gets underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to officials, Avenida de las Americas between McKinney and Lamar streets will be restricted to valet access for guests of the Hilton Americas-Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In addition, Polk Street between Chartres and Jackson streets will be completely closed to all traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Visitors staying at the Hilton Americas are encouraged to use valet services, while others heading downtown have several alternative parking options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Drivers can park at the nearby Toyota Center via the Tundra Garage or at the Norton Rose Fulbright Tower garage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">For those visiting the convention center or Discovery Green, officials recommend using the Avenida North Garage, which remains open and is accessible from Capitol and Rusk streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Meanwhile, construction is already underway on a new parking facility that will replace the demolished structure. The new garage, located at Bell and Chenevert streets, will include about 1,000 parking spaces and is expected to be completed in early fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials urge drivers to plan ahead, allow extra travel time, and be mindful of detours as work continues in the busy downtown corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Crews are set to begin demolishing the Avenida South Garage on Monday at the George R.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":772697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[7083,4345,358,314,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-772696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-demolition","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-traffic","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116516660742210626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}