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  1. Those views appear to be from last fall/early winter based on the trees and development of other buildings in the shots. Very nice views from the upper floors. Triton, I haven't seen that angle before. Uptown and Greenway kind of merge together and look really cool from that perspective. Thanks for sharing.
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  2. According to the Master Plan, the international arrivals concourse currently under construction can be expanded to a total of 12 gates. The wing on the opposite side of the terminal is beyond the master plan time horizon (i.e., beyond 2030) and there is no indication that it is planned to be for an international concourse (but as it is beyond the master plan horizon, they are probably not even attempting to identify it as either international or domestic). Further info from the Master Plan: They anticipate needing 10 international arrival gates by 2020, and 12 by 2030.
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  3. I disagree. If your largest tenant decides not to renew the lease in full, that's when you start shopping around for interested buyers. You're not so keen on selling when you have a steady revenue stream. But if all of a sudden you need to market to get new tenants, pay commissions and TI allowances, you might as well sell your property.
    2 points
  4. A rendering from a different angle http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=2542
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  5. 2014-07-05 11.29.07 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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  6. Here's another look at the views from the building.
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  7. i get it. i understand that ir occurs, but i don't understand the logic behind it. Naming it Six Flags Fiesta Texas doesn't necessarily mean it's "Texas" themed; I haven't been there however. Do they have western themed things, like cowboy and rodeo motifs? When the "grand texas theme park" was looking at property at crighton road and i-45 in south conroe, nearby established neighborhoods were freaking out a bit. why build or stay in a 400K custom home if you're going to hear rollercoasters until 10 or 11 at night, and share the road with theme park people day and night. i'd be so out of there. theme parks are a hard sell and must be a handful to manage and keep profitable. i'm happy with theme parks in florida...for vacations. i'd rather not have them too close. the pleasure pier in galveston and the kemah boardwalk are more than enough; just passing fertitta's overrated neon abomination downtown turns my stomach.
    2 points
  8. each time i see posts in this thread i get a little queasy; i loathe this project. it's been given way too much press and only because we do not have a theme park in houston and because they are naming it a "theme" park which it isn't.really. it's more like some rich guy's grandiose idea for a playground on a ranch. texas isn't a theme in TEXAS. we are IN TEXAS. japan can have a texas themed park. north dakota could have a texas theme of something, but texas is already what it is. moronic. simple minded (not in a good way). i'm sorry, but i hope this project doesn't happen. i'm sure the neighborhoods nearby are hoping the same thing. the grand parkway is going to breathe life into this part of the region but a "theme" park next door will ensure your home values stay low.
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  9. Will this replace the apartments at the NW corner of Post Oak & Uptown Park Blvd? http://powersbrown.com/urban-design-mixed-use/mixed-use/rd-uptown/#/ http://powersbrown.com/wp-content/gallery-bank/gallery-uploads/o_18prd5h5f132i7012k11idffktc.jpg http://powersbrown.com/wp-content/gallery-bank/gallery-uploads/o_18prd5h5fv5o18kd74j3b71b7ud.jpg http://powersbrown.com/wp-content/gallery-bank/gallery-uploads/o_18prd5h5fiare5nkmb1etq5fge.jpg
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  10. so today was the 6th.. does anyone know if the lot was fenced/closed off or not?
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  11. Oh I forgot about the 5 story. I liked that one too. Is that between the 2007 and the townhouse apartment things? I agree, it's a shame we are losing old homes, but obviously the demand for living in the museum district and near a rail line is desirable. If it weren't Hines building a residential tower on 1/2 a block, it could of been a developer bulldozing multiple blocks to build the equivilent amount of mid rise apartments, similar to the development just west of this (though I don't remember what was on those blocks prior to the midrises).
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  12. Completely agree. I'm going to miss these beautiful homes, whether the owners agreed to it or not. I remember the first day I rode my bike down Caroline years ago and marveled at the massive 5-story home there at Oakdale. I can't even imagine how many rooms the home has. The thing is you can just tell there was so much history in that home that's now going to be gone for a city that could care less about preservation, especially well-maintained beautiful homes such as these. Almost everyone likes Hines here and I certainly do as well, but out of all of the locations for this great tower, I honestly wish they picked somewhere else.
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  13. Actually, Monty Galland (the ringleader) told the press that he intends to model Grand Texas after Dollywood and Silver Dollar City. Go online and check out what those parks have to offer if you want to get an idea of what the developers of this project have in mind. I know that both those parks are considered to be very good old west style theme parks from the reviews I've read. But, yes. It's a theme park. Heat, sunburns, mosquito bites, vomit, 4 hour lines, painful rides, screaming babies, incompetent teenage workers who don't know the meaning of the word "service", nasty bathrooms, overpriced tickets, disgusting food, smelly people...ect. - the whole works! The good news is that it's not like there will be any SS Nazis rounding people up and forcing them against their will at gunpoint to be there. If theme parks aren't your bag and you find yourself in the middle of it, you have no one but yourself or your own kids to blame. BTW, I think most parks serve alcohol these days.
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  14. Along those lines, one young sportswriter's near-brush with greatness: http://30daysout.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/rock-moment-fear-loathing-at-the-super-bowl-1974/
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  15. Corgan's website has some nice renderings of the Hobby International terminal.
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  16. more than a little disappointing. no turrets! the roof is different. is that the same property as the rendering?
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  17. I am swept away by the Parisian street scape. The most romantic block in Houston. I eagerly await the headlines around the world, "Houston teleports a block from Palais Royal".Sorry I got carried away. It's not too terrible but in true Houston fashion this project is watered down from rendering.
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  18. i wonder if there will be a house of horrors or a freak show? bearded lady maybe? they will definitely need alcohol for it to be worth taking the kids; "sorry kids, daddy can't handle grand texas theme park without a buzz."
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  19. According to this Disney info site, it has 26,039 spaces, and I think they're only counting theme park parking, and not also resort parking. I would imagine that number will keep growing as well, as they further expand across its 40+ square mile property.http://www.wdwmagic.com/facts!.htm
    1 point
  20. (*sniff...*) oh Gawd I do miss the over the top stereotypical Houston of the sixties. Every now and then. To feel better, I go out and get me some nice 'Nese or tandoor or a big azz CFS or whatever. And I then remember that Hunter S. Thompson came up with "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" at the downtown Hyatt, and realize that all that crazy is still here. FWIW, he was County Judge when it was built - Ed Emmett's job. He freakin' resurrected ​the idea of publicly built sports palaces (from the Romans, of course).
    1 point
  21. Uncivil discourse will be removed. Please use the Off-Topic threads to rant or go off. A simple statement of fact is all that would be necessary to make a point. Cursing politicians and "going off" is not appropriate here.
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  22. http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/07/04/the-guy-that-built-his-house-in-a-sports-stadium/
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  23. Nobody's saying this is going to be a better experience than getting laid on prom night, but I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that shaded areas are a little more comfortable in the southeast Texas summer than unshaded areas unless you are a reptile. As long as GT doesn't clear cut the trees (and they say they won't) it will be shadier, EVER-SO SLIGHTLY cooler and a LITTLE more comfortable than a park that was surrounded by a sea of cement and NOT built under thousands of pine trees. It has nothing to do with the area, but I have some doubts that they can build this park too. They keep delaying construction which sounds depressingly and eerily familiar. My only real point is that IF they build it the way they say they are going to build it, it will probably be a better overall experience than that old, neglected, thin-treed, albeit beloved and much missed park that the Six Flags Corporation ran into the ground 10 years ago - and that there is no reason to hate on the plan.
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  24. (*snort...*) Reminds me of this: "Promotional advertising in 1909 explained that Bellaire was named for the area's Gulf breezes..." But take heart. Houston was once famously described as "a wretched little town composed of about twenty shops, and a hundred huts, dispersed here and there, among trunks of felled trees. It is infested with Methodists and ants." FWIW, I am completely agnostic about the idea of a theme park on the way to Shreveport.
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  25. 2014-07-05 11.10.11 by marclongoria, on Flickr 2014-07-05 11.12.45 by marclongoria, on Flickr 2014-07-05 11.13.20 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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  26. 2014-07-05 11.45.53 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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  27. 2014-07-05 11.43.31 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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  28. 2014-07-05 11.18.09 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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  29. No Comparison? Bob Russ, you are passing on some BAD INFO. Shame on you. I understand that AW can never be replaced in our hearts to those of us who loved it, but Grand Texas certainly has more potential than AW ever did. Here are some facts - all can be verified in a simple google search. If they build GT to the plans they released, it will beat AW in almost every category. AstroWorld had 1 "roller coaster" on opening day (Alpine Sleighs). GT will have 5. It took AW over 10 years to get to 5 roller coasters. Monty Galland has told the press that GT will have a wooden coaster over 150 tall (Texas Cyclone was 92 ft) and one of the tallest loop coasters in the world when it opens. It is also planned to have a runaway mine coaster built into a fake mountain and a modern day version of Greezed Lightnin'. AW had aprrox 15 rides on opening day. GT will have about 25. AW was approx. 50 acres of actual park land on opening day. GT will have 71 AW was built in a shadeless, treeless plot of coastal prairie - just about every tree was planted and rather small. It took DECADES to get what little shade they had. GT will be surrounded by a shady, cooler pine forest. AW was built on a plot of land that was 104 acres (this included the park, the offices, the water park and storage areas. GT is to be built on over 600 acres which will include the park, the offices, the waterpark, storage areas, hotels, baseball fields, shopping areas, r.v. park and a bunch of other things. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE. In the later years AW had no room to expand. GT theme park will have up to 150 acres to expand on. AW was the SMALLEST park in the Six Flags chain. In the last 20 years AW existed, most of the coasters were hand-me-downs with antiquated technology. AW was surrounded by power lines, freeways, giant parking lots, warehouses, car dealerships, big box stores and urban blight - all visible from many places within the park. GT is going to be completely surrounded by a tall pine forest, a more natural environment, streams, lakes and set back from the freeway. Mosquitos? Show me a place in Houston that doesn't have to spray for mosquitos. I really don't get all the hate for this theme park at this website. It's a theme park. It's mostly for kids. If theme parks aren't your bag or if you think an old west theme is too unoriginal for you to enjoy, you should probably stay away. This place IF BUILT will bring a LOT of joy to the public. I really feel sorry for the generation growing up in Houston who didn't have a theme park to escape to. Why try and ruin, trash and bash a place that will put Houston back on the map in the theme park business, and IF BUILT, will do it in a way that AstroWorld was incapable of doing due to it's limitations and HORRENDOUSLY INCOMPETENT upper management. Haters need to go check their facts before they post. It's not that hard to get answers on the internet. If they build this theme park anything close to their plans, Houston will be VERY VERY lucky.
    1 point
  30. I worked at astro world the first year it was open, in rides. There is no comparison to astro. and this new "theme park". this will be a disaster. Second year I worked the crystal palace in live show. I spent three years there and I know how much goes into these kinds of operations. I don't think I get the same feeling from this plan. These parks are on two different levels. From the design team to the management astro world had a much better concept and location. If this site is heavily wooded I can tell you from experience at camp strake, it's not fun to be in those woods in the summer. It's just a bad plan.
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  31. IMG_1017 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr IMG_1015 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr
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  32. Right. Just like how Sears/Fiesta site is being handled. Refresh my memory about that, if you would.
    1 point
  33. I wasn't trying to get you. I was just trying to be factual. You left off quite a bit from Memorial Park's list of amenities. Quite frankly, I love Memorial Park as is. I think it is the perfect balance between nature and activities. But hey, that's just my opinion.
    1 point
  34. I think this is one of those poorly planned projects that we'll be talking about that never comes to much if anything at all. It just sounds a little hokey and from the drawings that I've seen, the whole thing looks like its going to be a second class park with not enough excitement to attract the numbers the need to survive. Besides who wants to spend your day in the summer fighting off giant mosquitoes in the woods in 100 degree temps with 95% humidity. Doesn't sound too inviting.
    1 point
  35. Exterior being bricked up. Looked like cinder block. Looks like I had my phone in square mode, apologies for getting mostly pole.
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  36. Guess this is the best update I can provide... Nada! 2014-06-07 16.52.47 by marclongoria, on Flickr
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