BigFootsSocks Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I mean, yeah he's gone through with the demo of the current building's, but that's not an immediate indication of a project's 100% confirmation. Plenty of projects come to mind that have Demo'd blocks without starting a project; Camden's towers downtown, the old Houston First building (that's the block next to Chase tower right? It's finally showing signs of life but it sat there for awhile obviously) the current Chronicle demolition... Im almost positive that a successful business person doesn't gather their wealth by ignoring business cycles. I'm sure he does intend to start later this year, if he can get the funding swtsig mentioned a few weeks ago, and by the time this finishes there might not be an apartment glut. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samagon Posted January 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2017 This is great. When a building is conservative: That looks the same as everything else! We need something unique! When a building has bold styling: What is up with that diamond thing on top? So ugly and gaudy! Is that a zipper of lights going down the center? I'd hate to live there! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Houston19514 said: So the midtown apartment glut you've been telling us about will be absorbed by later this year? It looks to me like "hopes to start later this year" is actually more an indication that he does do exactly what he said, to-wit: Proceed with projects without regard to business cycles (and the fact he's proceeded this far rather proves the truth of his comment too.) Umm, where did I say that the midtown apartment glut will be absorbed by later this year? He "hopes" to start later this year. In terms of actual timeline, that means almost nothing. Every developer "hopes" to start sooner rather than later. If he's like most developers, he'll start as soon as market conditions permit. If there is a huge glut in the multi-family market such that landlords are giving multi-month rent abatements, then market conditions do not currently permit new construction. That does not necessarily mean the current glut has to be fully erased, but one needs to see a pace of absorption that would indicate that market vacancy will be low when the new product is scheduled to deliver. And lastly, buying land and clearing the existing improvements don't "prove the truth" of anything as far as construction timeline, as BigFoot pointed out. Edited January 25, 2017 by H-Town Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 25, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 9:08 AM, dml423 said: This looks very similar to the catalyst. Catalyst 2.0 https://caydonusa.com/projects/the-midtown/ 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 1/18/2017 at 6:58 PM, BeerNut said: Temporary parking? Make sense with ESPN and the media needing spaces for all the equipment vans. Along with personal vehicles.Midtown park will be channeling its inner '30 Rock' On 1/18/2017 at 6:58 PM, BeerNut said: Temporary parking? during the Superbowl week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Unfortunately,we live in a copycat world.I prefer to focus on the impact of a major highrise addition to midtown. It's well overdue ,this building may well trigger other similar projects.Boring in appearance that it is,the one thing it will be .Is the pioneer of a vertical Manhattan style skyline. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 26, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2017 https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/01/midtown-spraycan-god-goes-super-bowl.html Preservons la Creation Mural sporting Super Bowl 51 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 ^^^ loving this totally cool/radical mural above. my compliments to the artist. indeed..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 That is a legitimately impressive mural... that thing HUGE. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted January 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2017 https://caydon.com.au/ Across the street 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbs315 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I noticed the Caydon banner today too. Good stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I like that they included the mural in the rendering of the building 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 0:56 AM, Moderators said: Unfortunately,we live in a copycat world.I prefer to focus on the impact of a major highrise addition to midtown. It's well overdue ,this building may well trigger other similar projects.Boring in appearance that it is,the one thing it will be .Is the pioneer of a vertical Manhattan style skyline. Exactly my thoughts. Not every building in a city needs to be some spectacular master work. That would take away from those few that actual merit such a title. While every building isn't going to be amazing every building in a city and subsequent skyline does play its part in the greater whole. A skyline and city in general are the sum of its parts. The urban fabric is a stitching of multiple patch works of various detail and looks. Some plain and some elaborate, but all important. Helps give an area some balance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Pending this project, 3300 Main, and the building proposed across from whole foods, the HCC building would effectively be dwarfed from all sides. That is simply incredible in my opinion. I'll be that old man before too long saying I was around before it was all built. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 38 minutes ago, urbanize713 said: Pending this project, 3300 Main, and the building proposed across from whole foods, the HCC building would effectively be dwarfed from all sides. That is simply incredible in my opinion. I'll be that old man before too long saying I was around before it was all built. Perhaps the Van Loc lot project gets back on the docket with all this new development going up. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) So glad this is going up. These types of projects spur more projects like this. It bothered me for the longest wondering when those buildings on that side of Midtown were going to start coming down for new development. Edited February 11, 2017 by j_cuevas713 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Can only tell from one side where the parking garage is, and it's not ugly. Is it gonna be underground? Or did ZC just did that good a job of hiding it? ZC does nice work, but I wish they would have hired an architect from one of their other projects. Those are very nice buildings. Edited February 11, 2017 by lockmat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 hour ago, lockmat said: Can only tell from one side where the parking garage is, and it's not ugly. Is it gonna be underground? Or did ZC just did that good a job of hiding it? ZC does nice work, but I wish they would have hired an architect from one of their other projects. Those are very nice buildings. Like the catalyst tower, the garage is wrapped in apartments. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrLan34 Posted February 13, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Caydon-bullish-on-Houston-s-apartment-market-10918315.php Edited January 29, 2018 by DrLan34 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Why would they put the pool deck on the north side? It will be in the shade most of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, hindesky said: Why would they put the pool deck on the north side? It will be in the shade most of the year. I've been wondering that too. Downtown views versus sun.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 If I'm at the pool I want the sun and I can view downtown from my apartment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Better views for one and in the summer with Houston's heatmidity, a shaded pool area is actually a bonus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Quote A building on the Caydon site at 2850 Fannin St. was recently demolished to make way for the new tower. That leaves the company to secure construction financing -- "the biggest challenge at the moment," Russo said. "We're ready to turn dirt," he said, "but everyone knows it's a tough financing market at the moment." Here's hoping. Edited February 14, 2017 by H-Town Man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 After looking through the renderings at Ziegler Cooper's site again, I think my initial reaction of "Catalyst 2.0" (to borrower Urbannizer's phrase) was a bit unfair. I quite like the three finned crown of the tower, which in profile looks somewhat different from the Catalyst. There aren't any full-blown nighttime renderings of the tower, and I think this could add a nice light-up feature to the Midtown skyline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Caydon just posted a job on Linked-In for senior legal counsel. From the job description, it looks like it is to oversee all legal aspects of this project. That's just my speculation, but I'm not sure what else Caydon has going on in the Houston area. . . . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted March 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 https://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2017/02/something-big-from-caydon-down-under.html 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted March 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 http://zieglercooper.com/the-midtown-2/ Edit: This is the piazza which was mentioned in the first post. They'll need the city to abandon a stretch of Drew St. 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbs315 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Why go to 10 Celsius when 13 will undoubtedly be better? ;P 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Love it. Build! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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