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Anthony Bourdain and a man with a bowler hat walk into a bar...

To break ground in 2019, Per HBJ Article this morning: When California-based Spear Street Capital, a commercial real estate investment and development firm, came into the Houston market in 2017, it set off a flurry of office investment activity in the Bayou City. The company has since bought office towers in downtown, Uptown and west Houston, as well as a joint venture with Houston-based Transwestern Development Co. at the site of an old Exxon campus on Buffalo Speedway. The project with Transwestern will be a mixed-use development known as The Ro, which will break ground in 2019, according to marketing materials from Transwestern and Spear Street. Transwestern confirmed the information but declined to comment further. The Ro will be built on 16.88 acres at 3120 Buffalo Speedway, just half a block away from Greenway Plaza and a few blocks away from River Oaks. Tranwestern and Spear Street bought the tract in a partnership in March 2017. Later that month, Spear Street's John Grassi shared more details on the project with the Houston Business Journal. "You can imagine some nice retail users, some nice multifamily users," Grassi said in March 2017. "Even in these tough times, you can imagine a nice office use as well — something a little more creative in appearance and something more boutique-y that would fit with the neighborhood demographics." Grassi also said at the time that the project's development could take a while. Spear Street didn't return requests for comment. The old Exxon campus was comprised of a six-story, 450,000-square-foot, single-tenant office building, a 100,000-square-foot training center, 13 auxiliary buildings and a large parking structure. In January 2017, Spear Street bought the three aforementioned Houston office properties: 5 Houston Center, Energy Center I and 515 Post Oak Boulevard. The 1.2 million-square-foot deal was valued at $272 million, according to a release from seller Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: CXP). Spear Street has since begun renovating 5 Houston Center.

Proposed restaurant for the MFAH http://hsuoffice.com/project/museum-of-fine-arts-houston/

Views from the top: Untitled by o texano, on Flickr Untitled by o texano, on Flickr Untitled by o texano, on Flickr

...or the decapitated white-washed horse carcus, which has been suspended from the ceiling. This place looks a little Saks-Fancy for the Museum. Definitely going for the "Ladies-who-Lunch" look. But...maybe that's just the crowd that mfaH is reaching out to.

Let’s not forget the bartender from “The Shining.”

And a woman out of the Hunger Games...

Here are some reflection coefficent equations if any which to test ArchFan's contention. I for one will take his word on this. Hemispheric Reflectance The hemispherical reflectance of a surface, denoted R, is defined as[1] {\displaystyle R={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} where Φer is the radiant flux reflected by that surface; Φei is the radiant flux received by that surface. Spectral hemispherical reflectance[edit] The spectral hemispherical reflectance in frequency and spectral hemispherical reflectance in wavelength of a surface, denoted Rν and Rλ respectively, are defined as[1] {\displaystyle R_{\nu }={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\nu }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\nu }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} {\displaystyle R_{\lambda }={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} where Φe,νr is the spectral radiant flux in frequency reflected by that surface; Φe,νi is the spectral radiant flux in frequency received by that surface; Φe,λr is the spectral radiant flux in wavelength reflected by that surface; Φe,λi is the spectral radiant flux in wavelength received by that surface. Directional reflectance[edit] The directional reflectance of a surface, denoted RΩ, is defined as[1] {\displaystyle R_{\Omega }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} where Le,Ωr is the radiance reflected by that surface; Le,Ωi is the radiance received by that surface. Spectral directional reflectance[edit] The spectral directional reflectance in frequency and spectral directional reflectance in wavelength of a surface, denoted RΩ,ν and RΩ,λ respectively, are defined as[1] {\displaystyle R_{\Omega ,\nu }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\nu }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\nu }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} {\displaystyle R_{\Omega ,\lambda }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {i} }}},} where Le,Ω,νr is the spectral radiance in frequency reflected by that surface; Le,Ω,νi is the spectral radiance received by that surface; Le,Ω,λr is the spectral radiance in wavelength reflected by that surface; Le,Ω,λi is the spectral radiance in wavelength received by that surface.

Most of these lots are controlled by a Taiwanese Oil Company. They simply don't sell - I believe the Toyota Center land was owned by them and taken via eminent domain.

RodeoWorld. We put you in the middle of shit.®

Yeah agreed, 99% of the artists whose work the museum shows would not have gone near this place. Conservative estimate.

Well, those Paper City ba**ards! I was looking for a date and didn't find one!!

Downtown/EaDo are 330-ft from center of ROW to center of ROW; 250-ft plus 80-ft of ROW. (43% city-owned land area) I think 4th ward is the tightest: 200 x 250, plus 30-ft RoWs. (22% city-owned land area)

I don't think we are over valuing this site, I think it's a matter of complexity. There are a few quasi private public organizations that complicates things. I believe it's a shame such a prime piece of land sits in purgatory.

https://clim2.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/hope-clinic-benefit-luncheon/ New HQ will be located at NW corner of Bellaire and Metro Blvd: https://www.google.com/maps/place/14438+Bellaire+Blvd,+Houston,+TX+77083/@29.7040066,-95.6285115,3a,75y,354.9h,95.95t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sfSaDy-_n05wZtSrDelldIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i45!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640ddd751ff47dd:0x4146402bcb00c859!8m2!3d29.7057384!4d-95.6407511

Correct just the old HC garage goes. Hines is taking a new look at the underground parking (I think getting rid of it all) and will look to begin construction after. This will sit just south of MST and be a little taller. Not sure the amenities will be quite as good as MST but this thing is going to be very nice.

Truck parked on the sidewalk I guess that's an improvement over being parked in the bike lane when I rode by the other day

The Glassell School of Art & The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza by Marc longoria, on Flickr Montrose Area by Marc longoria, on Flickr The Glassell School of Art & The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza by Marc longoria, on Flickr Downtown Houston from The Glassell School of Art by Marc longoria, on Flickr The Glassell School of Art & The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza by Marc longoria, on Flickr

Jigga-what! Just now seeing this, wow!

Guess its time to get a new prescription!

Private party from tonight (I always forget to post here so give me some credit lol) MFAH Expansion Private Party by Marc longoria, on Flickr MFAH Expansion Private Party by Marc longoria, on Flickr

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2018/05/14/285327/glassell-school-of-arts-new-building-unveiled/