Five Oaks Place/Woodside: Office Tower At 1500 Post Oak Bvd.

[ArchFan]

On Friday, there were some workers inside the old 24-Hour Fitness building.  Could be they're finally getting things ready for demolition work.

[SkylineView]

New fence around the site, dumpster out front. 

[wxman]

I've been anxiously awaiting this project. This will be a great addition to uptown.

[cloud713]

I had no idea how close this tower will be to the Astoria. It will be neat to watch these rise together along with the towers at blvd place just down the road.

[Houston?]

When is this thing going to start construction?

[cloud713]

Great question.. Supposedly workers have been at the site prepping for demo of the gym. I'll drive by tomorrow and check it out

Edited September 27, 2013 by cloud713

[Urbannizer]

Construction will begin in November, before Thanksgiving.

[Houston?]

Thanks!

Thanks!

[SkylineView]

2013 09 28:

 

 

 

[Triton]

Two towers across from each other. This is going to be awesome.

[ArchFan]

Before the recession, it was rumored that Willie G's just across the street would be demolished, perhaps to be replaced by a highrise.  Along with the ones going up, that would certainly make for a canyon-like effect on Post Oak!

[Sky-guy]

Construction will begin in November, before Thanksgiving.

So this should break ground in about six weeks?

[Urbannizer]

Transwestern breaks ground on 1500 Post Oak tower:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/10/photos-developers-break-ground-on-bhp.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2013 by Urbannizer

[TowerSpotter]

Hooray! It's finally happening!

[ClutchCity]

Hooray! It's finally happening!

And quite a bit faster than expected! Nice to see some developers are chomping at the bit to get their developments going.

[Pumapayam]

This along with the two new condos (Astoria and Hanover) and the Apache tower, 4 cranes will be up within a 1/2 mile of each other.

 

Raise your hand if you are excited.

[cloud713]

^^ my thoughts exactly... good to hear construction has started and nice new renders urbannizer!

[swtsig]

don't forget belfiore one block over on south post oak - there should be a sea of cranes for at least several months.

[LarryDierker]

What's up with the skybridge of death?

 

[cloud713]

skybridge of death, LOL.. just a cut out/side view of the interior i would assume. any idea when Belfiore is supposed to start swtsig? i knew there was a 5th building supposed to go up somewhere around there.

this picture makes it look a good bit taller than the other Oaks..

Edited October 8, 2013 by cloud713

[infinite_jim]

skybridge of death? maybe if it was an exploded axo 

[Urbannizer]

 

[fatesdisastr]

Working on sidewalks today moving them closer to the street. Astoria site is in the background.

 

 

Astoria site diagonally across the street.

[mfastx]

I never understood why they always have to leave that 6 inches of grass between the sidewalk and the street.  Looks so weird. 

[cloud713]

I never understood why they always have to leave that 6 inches of grass between the sidewalk and the street.  Looks so weird. 

i prefer it over concrete sidewalk right on the edge of a concrete street curb. why are they moving the sidewalk closer to the street? a) isnt that awfully close to the street, especially a busy street like Post Oak? and b ) arent they widening Post Oak some for the BRT?

Edited October 9, 2013 by cloud713

[cloud713]

here is a quote from the BRT plans.. so this sidewalk will have to be rebuilt again in the near future?

"The exclusive bus lanes are accommodated by acquiring additional right-of-way. The existing 120’ right-of-way will be expanded to 136’ by acquiring approximately 8’ on each side of Post Oak Boulevard. (See illustrations.)"

[mfastx]

i prefer it over concrete sidewalk right on the edge of a concrete street curb. why are they moving the sidewalk closer to the street? a) isnt that awfully close to the street, especially a busy street like Post Oak? and b ) arent they widening Post Oak some for the BRT?

 

That's interesting.  I prefer a nice, wide sidewalk all the way to the street, like this.

 

Kinda wish every sidewalk in Houston were standardized like this, it'd make the city a lot more walkable.

[TowerSpotter]

That's interesting.  I prefer a nice, wide sidewalk all the way to the street, like this.

 

Kinda wish every sidewalk in Houston were standardized like this, it'd make the city a lot more walkable.

 

 

I agree with you on that, I really hate those thin sidewalks, especially in a real urban area. 

[ArchFan]

 

here is a quote from the BRT plans.. so this sidewalk will have to be rebuilt again in the near future?

"The exclusive bus lanes are accommodated by acquiring additional right-of-way. The existing 120’ right-of-way will be expanded to 136’ by acquiring approximately 8’ on each side of Post Oak Boulevard. (See illustrations.)"

 

 

Yeah, I walked by yesterday and wondered about that, too.  Personally, I've started to feel kind of uncomfortable walking on sidewalks that put me just a few inches from the speed demons on Post Oak.  I once saw a red Lamborghini that must've been pushing 70 on the curve right by the construction site.  In turn, that reminded me of the two Animal Planet TV producers who were sent flying by a doped-up driver who went up over the curb nearby a few years ago.  At least they're alive, but one of them was said to be damaged for life.

['Stonian]

That's interesting.  I prefer a nice, wide sidewalk all the way to the street, like this.

 

Kinda wish every sidewalk in Houston were standardized like this, it'd make the city a lot more walkable.

 

While I prefer wide side walks (min 8ft) that invite walking, there really should be a grass and tree buffer between the sidewalk and the street curb for pedestrians - especially on major thoroughfares or higher speed traffic streets like Post Oak.

 

Sidewalks should NEVER be placed right up against the street curb. Sure this makes for easy landscape maintenance since there's no little strip to maintain but the grass and tree buffer provide a perceived safety zone for pedestrians. That's Urban Planning 101!