swtsig Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Alliantgroup (Alliant Group) Cooperate Headquarters At 3009 Post Oak Blvd. Late 2010 groundbreaking, delivering in 2012 14 stories 300,000 SF LEED Gold Directly across from Waterwall On proposed METRO Uptown line Developed, built, and self-financed by Skanska i dont know how to post the pic so here's a PDF picture, i'm sure someone much smarter than i can post it. 3009 post oak.pdf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Says this file is corrupt... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Here you go. Edited January 15, 2010 by AtticaFlinch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 gracias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 any more info on this?, and how did you find it would be nice, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) If it's across from the waterwall that would place it where the highrise condo project (can't remember the name) was supposed to sit... Right? Now that I think about it that can't be the spot if it's supposedly sitting on the rail line. Anyone?Edit: Duh... Obviously if it has a Post Oak address it's not the lot I asked about above. I'm assuming it's the lot across from the pocket park on 610/Post Oak. Edited January 15, 2010 by Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It looks nice, I like the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Reminds me when I was fresh out of college in the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Interesting development. Looks slightly Eurpoean but that might just be the Skanska influence.I thought Hines purchased the parcel at 3009 Post Oak in 2007/2008... Did they sell it? Would seem odd to have Skanska develop a project on a Hines owned parcel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Not sure about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Skanska likes building chancesSwedish firm buying key tract for office project Mair expects construction on the Houston building to begin by the end of 2010, whether a tenant has been signed or not. It will take two years to finish the building, giving it a 2012 debut date.He says Skanska selected the development site for its coveted Post Oak address and frontage on the West Loop. In addition, future building tenants will have views of downtown Houston to the east and the Water Wall to the west. Another attraction is the fact that the tract is located on the proposed light rail line.http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/01/25/story2.html Edited January 30, 2010 by citizen4rmptown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Sounds good to me. :_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 More Information on the Tower.http://usa.skanska.com/upload/brochure/3009/3009Postoak.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 So this building looks like it might be "for real". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deut28Thirteen Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 this looks really nice and promising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Pretty exciting seeing something go up amidst this economy, even if it isn't THAT tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 is someone gonna save this before/if they take it down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 is someone gonna save this before/if they take it down? Don't worry. http://www.usa.skanska.com/Brochures/3009-Post-Oak/?lr=true 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Too bad it will never look like this. I've never understood why companies pay architecture firms millions of dollars for new buildings based on renderings that 99.999999% don't show what the building will really look like. Of the thousands of "renderings" I've seen over the years, maybe in one or two cases the finished building looked like the sketch. The worst are the ones that have all kinds of crayon swirls and half-finished lines across them. I don't believe that this building, when it's finished, will have balcony railings and a shade at the top that glow in the dark. More plausible: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJVilla Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Did you all see the bs about efficient cars getting preffered parking? I can see that going well...especially when the primary tenant or manager has some say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Did you all see the bs about efficient cars getting preffered parking? I can see that going well...especially when the primary tenant or manager has some say. Maybe not. I worked one place where there were smaller parking places closer to the entrance. In that case smaller cars had preferred parking and it wasn't a big problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I don't see a problem with encouraging the use of efficient vehicles. But it'll be interesting to see how they go about it. Smaller parking spaces don't really work because drivers of large vehicles will still use them if at all possible. Nobody really enforces the "compact-only" rule. Marking spots for hybrid vehicles doesn't necessarily work either, because there are different kinds of hybrids (mild and full), and some higher-end hybrids are geared for performance over fuel economy. Ikea has a single parking spot reserved for a hybrid vehicle, and I saw a non-hybrid vehicle parked in the spot last time I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 What tickles me is how they talk about the "high speed" elevators. C'mon now, it's not even that high!The Hybrid bit in the newsletter caught my eye as well and called it BS marketing.I do wonder if 3 parking spots per 1000sq ft is standard, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Did you all see the bs about efficient cars getting preffered parking? I can see that going well...especially when the primary tenant or manager has some say. We have reserved spots on each floor that are for small (I mean small) cars only. AFAIK, Minis, Miatas, New Beetles, and Smarts are the only cars in the pool for those spots. They are crammed in corners and other places that used to be wasted space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 The reserved parking spaces for green cars is just marketing hype. Since it's private property, there's no way to enforce it. The head of whatever company leases the most space in that building will be allowed to park wherever he pleases. Just like Steve Jobs is notorious for parking his Mercedes diagonally across one of the handicapped spaces at One Infinite Loop. Who's going to stop him?One building I saw recently did an interesting thing to promote green vehicles. It has a dedicated aisle just for all-electric vehicles, and each space has a plug-in to recharge the batteries. The landlord picks up the electric bill. It supposedly doesn't cost that much more than keeping the flood lights on all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 What tickles me is how they talk about the "high speed" elevators. C'mon now, it's not even that high!The Hybrid bit in the newsletter caught my eye as well and called it BS marketing.I do wonder if 3 parking spots per 1000sq ft is standard, though.It may not be a tall building, but my guess is that high speed is defined more by the elevators and the system itself rather than the height of the building. Hey, I'm sure people always want elevators that are faster than slower. Just think about it when you're in a slow one at a hotel or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 I do wonder if 3 parking spots per 1000sq ft is standard, though.it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) I did not see this in Going Up or Galleria Area sections, I hope this is not a dupe:Skanska USA Commercial Development Inc. closed on a deal this week to buy land for a new 19-story office building in the Galleria area.Construction of the 300,000-square-foot building on Post Oak will proceed — with or without a tenant — according to Michael Mair, Skanska’s executive vice president/regional manager in Houston.The development, which is expected to cost between $60 million and $90 million and is scheduled to open in 2012, will be 100 percent self-financed.Given current economic conditions, some real estate professionals wonder whether the timing is right for another Class A office building in the Galleria area, even though the sector has seen no new office construction in 28 years.http://houston.bizjo...l#ixzz0zo2ykYUeSeems pretty ballsy, right? This can't be good for BLVD Place and Perennial. EDIT: Found this info too... The Skanska office tower will be built on a 2.3 acre tract bordered by Loop 610, Hidalgo Street and Post Oak Boulevard, the Business Journal reported. The land was purchased from Hineshttp://www.realtynewsreport.com/ Edited September 19, 2010 by lockmat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I believe that this is the same thing... Although that thread says 14 stories and this says 19. Maybe it grew 5 floors? That would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I believe that this is the same thing... Although that thread says 14 stories and this says 19. Maybe it grew 5 floors? That would be nice.http://www.houstonar...__1#entry354347Thanks, I just saw that on swamplot. I'll send it to them and maybe they can figure it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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