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  2. JLWM8609
    The schematics show it mostly unchanged.
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  4. __nevii
    I think HGAC represents another route regarding state and/or federal funding. They have tiers regarding plan priorities for projects (one for 20 year plan, one for 10 year, and then one for 4 year).
  5. wilcal
    Update: * They meet the 50% of fenestration exactly with this new cutout. * Their permit does not trigger necessity of sidewalk improvements. * Street trees removed without a permit 🤬 Edit: to be clear, their approved permit specifically notated that all street trees were staying as well
  6. wilcal
    For one, the city was awarded a federal rail elimination crossing grant for the west belt that was applied for a few years ago, and secondly, they do require matching funds and there are lots of rail crossings in the east end particularly. All of the CIP budgets tended to shift very flooding-focused after Harvey and rail crossings aren't primarily about remediating any flooding concerns.
  7. JClark54
    Yes, we agree. The neighborhood requested for all traffic forms and the only way for METRO to do that is bi-directional traffic. I didn't bother get too deep into the weeds.
  8. wilcal
    I know we are getting a little off-topic, but this is the partial story. The city, union pacific, some east end entities have also requested all traffic. The neighborhood basically said no takings, and the only way for that to be possible while also having all traffic is for BRT to utilize a single lane for bi-directional travel.
  9. hindesky
  10. hindesky
    I'm willing to bet they jump the tower crane at least 2 sections this weekend.
  11. JClark54
    METRO proposed a rail separation for the bus-only BRT lanes. As presented, it did not include passage for personal or commercial freight vehicles. The neighborhood requested the separation to accommodate all traffic forms, if a separation is built.
  12. hindesky
    Affordable multifamily housing near Austin Bergstrom Airport. Architect - https://www.urbanfoundryarchitecture.com Developer - https://foundcom.org
  13. DotCom
    PM for Seabrook Plaza. https://www.agcm.com/seabrook/ "AG|CM was contracted to provide full project management Owner’s representative and cost estimating services for the Seabrook Plaza Mixed-Use Development. This unique, one-of-a-kind project, located on 11 acres with waterfront access, has an on-site marina and boat docks. The project includes a 170‐room hotel, a 10,000 SF event center, 76 hotel/condo residence tower, restaurant row with more than 20,000 SF of retail, and Class A+ multifamily midrise with 260 two- and three-bedroom units. The project has an estimated construction budget of $132 million."
  14. Houston19514
    https://youtu.be/pLPBeJGNIaY
  15. Houston19514
    This is the opposite of a cut. This is adding significant additional elements to the project. Can we tap the brakes on mayor-hate? In yesterday's council meeting, there was a quite encouraging discussion about addressing the long-neglected rail crossings in the east end. The Mayor indicated full support for addressing the issue and merely said he would talk to Metro about the possibility of using some of its funds to help address the issue. There was NO indication of anyone's knowledge of the University BRT underpass, one way or the other. FWIW, the discussion exposed pretty huge failings on the part of the City on this issue. Apparently, the FRA funding from several years ago specifically calls out Houston as being the worst in the nation on the rail-crossing issue, but the City hasn't bothered to apply for grants under that funding.
  16. SecondWardDweller
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  17. ChannelTwoNews
    Grand Cypress Medical Pavilions underway near Grand Parkway - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com) "A group of physician investors broke ground last week on the first building of Grand Cypress Medical Pavilions, a 30-acre medical office campus on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 290 and the Grand Parkway. The physicians are developing the campus under an entity called North Cypress Land Ventures LLC. The first phase includes Grand Cypress Doctors Pavilion One, a three-story, 60,000-square-foot multidisciplinary medical office building with a 12,000-square-foot endoscopy surgery center. It is slated to be completed in June 2025 and is 80% pre-leased, according to the group. Anchor tenants include Keller Surgical Specialists, GastroDoxs and USPI/Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems."
  18. k5jri radio
    As the Galveston motion picture progresses, one of the various "guests" at the seedy motel where Roy Cady and Raquel Arceneaux are staying deduces that Raquel is the same person labeled by the news media label as the prime suspect for the murder of her stepfather. Knowing nothing about Roy's criminal history with the mob, the "guest" mistakenly assumes Roy is no more than a small-time drifter who could be blackmailed (by the threat of reporting Raquel to the police) to participate in one of his petty burglaries. While pretending to cooperate during the initial planning of the proposed burglary, Roy terminates his would-be blackmailer quietly and efficiently without the need for a weapon.
  19. wilcal
    No permits filed that I can find :/ I'm also very glad that there may be some activity.
  20. wilcal
    That is good! They'll be required to provide 50% of fenestration on this face, so it might be that this is enough. Annoying that the street trees were removed, but hopefully they've received permits to do so. I also don't know if they'll be required to bring the pedestrian access up to WP standards, so if they do maybe that is the reason for tree adjustment? I've sent a request for an update to see.
  21. ChannelTwoNews
    Perkins & Will’s New Space in Historic Tower | Realty News Report "The new space, on the tower’s 19th floor, has a unique bonus: access to a private 2,200-square-foot roof terrace where the shoulders of the 24-floor Art Deco skyscraper stack back from its central tower. Completed recently, the two-year project’s 15,300-square-foot footprint blends a core of open plan workstations with a materials library, glass-enclosed multi-media model shop, meeting rooms with adjustable walls, and a series of multi-function spaces. The walls display working drawings and conceptual designs of current projects in the works."
  22. Texasota
    It more than insinuates it. Pretty clearly they're taking two spaces for the patio. Good trade.
  23. clutchcity94
    I’ve been to their Spring Branch location and it’s fantastic.
  24. Urbannizer
    https://www.gsmarchitects.net/portfolio/nhh-avenue-c
  25. Tumbleweed_Tx
    sometimes you don't get what you want, you get what you need
  26. Tumbleweed_Tx
    it's an exact duplicate of Kempner HS in Sugar Land. Elkins was the superintendent of the Ft Bend schools in the 70's and 80's
  27. mattyt36
    I admire the consistency of character for whoever “hearted” this one … the new Mayor fired (sorry, “cleaned house”) the library director who worked there for 20 years EXCLAMATION POINT (No need to note whether the person was competent or not)
  28. sparkanitejewels
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  29. mattyt36
    Uh huh, sure buddy. And Whitmire flat out lied about being a Democrat as plenty of people who voted for him thinking otherwise would now tell you, if “flat out lying” is your standard. Governments run by cash flow. When was there not a surplus, Beavis? Maybe voluntarily throwing your hands up on day one and signing a check for, what, $300 million (I forget the number) and saying the next day “the City is broke and it’s not my fault” means you’re not the best fiscal manager with the balance of the City’s interests at heart. But we all know he’s not that stupid (or smart for that matter)! So the question is why did he do it? Someone must’ve put the idea in his head. From the little I’ve read (Texas Monthly and Texas Tribune articles), he seems to be susceptible to such things as a certain class of politicians intrinsically are. Interesting in Houston we’re experiencing a splintering of the Democratic Party while the country is experiencing a splintering of the Republican Party. However in both cases the only beneficiaries seem to be the more radical of the right wingers. I know why you are cheering, bluey!
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