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  1. 4 points
  2. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/Want-to-boost-your-property-s-value-Send-in-the-5689608.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=5cf09a0517
    3 points
  3. Mat pour is Sunday morning.
    3 points
  4. They're still working 7 days a week on this, starting at 7:30am or so. When I walked by this afternoon (a Sunday!) I counted 36 people on the site. It's astonishing how thick the rebar is -- if you look closely, you can see workers walking around underneath/inside the rebar. Looks like they are getting close to finishing the rebar placement, so I'd think the mat pour can't be far away. It's going to be an insanely long pour, I am sure. (click for higher resolution)
    3 points
  5. That stone/square tile southern facade was the best thing about this building. I really hate to have lost that.
    2 points
  6. Oddly enough, the people who are suing to stop the highrises because of the traffic they cause don't want the bus lanes to the rail line.
    2 points
  7. Rode my bicycle by there on Sunday morning and talked to a supervisor, he said the pour will happen Saturday morning and it will have 3 tower cranes.
    1 point
  8. Best part about the article is that they are adding so much restaurant space. The patio views looking across discovery green towards the growing skyline is gonna be sweet.
    1 point
  9. http://www.conconow.com/breaking-guinness-world-record-largest-continuous-mat-pour/ Here's a pretty big placement that occured in LA a few months ago... some nice pictures. Lots of pump trucks! But make note, " Then came 18 miles of cooling pipes for thermal control"
    1 point
  10. You can control mix design temperatures a multitude of ways. But if that is in fact a monolithic pour...the time of day won't matter much. That pour will push 140 degrees at night. The day time pour will reduce their working time due to heat, but at the bottom of the form, that won't matter. I would opine that theyre timing the start of their pour, so that the end is at night, thus maximizing working time for the crews finishing at the top. Hope we get some good photos of the pour... Thats a massive one. My biggest concrete pour is 500 cubic yards. This looks like 15,000.
    1 point
  11. I'm not against tollways. I think its a better way to speed up road development in places that would probably have to wait 20 years to secure funding. I am against it being used a way to get around a ridiculous anti-tax ideology that ignores the fact that taxes are needed for public works. I'm against it's use when an a project that would normally be non-tolled is developed as a toll so TxDot can use can secure a revenue stream. i'm against an incoherent tolling strategy where for no rhyme or reason, one highway gets tolled expressways and others don't. I'm against building a tollway in the middle of nowhere so that 100 people that happen to live in Katy and work in the Woodlands can get to work in a straight shot. Beltway 8 isn't full b/c Katy drivers are trying to get to the woodlands, its full b/c of all the infill that happened after the Sam Houston's been around for 20+ years and the resulting sprawl. The same will happen to the Grand parkway and in 25 years, TXDOT will be building the Godzilla parkway that connects Rosenberg to Fulshear to Sealy to Prarie View to Magnolia to Conroe b/c company 'x' moved its headquarters there and people need to be able to commute from half way across Texas on a single road to get there.
    1 point
  12. They are very nearly done with the stone work on the Main side. I did not look down Rusk to see what was left. I'd guess that the scaffolding will come down soon and we'll get a look at this thing for real.
    1 point
  13. Feeder roads aren't as necessary as you think.
    1 point
  14. interesting thing happened over the weekend...i went to the kirby Whole Foods and when checking out i mentioned to the clerk, "wow is the whole foods post oak ever going to open? i have been waiting years for that place it seems like as live a block away!" and his comment was "yeah its supposed to now open in november which cant come soon enough since our manager is transferring to that location and he is so evil we all cant wait to have him gone!" DOH!
    1 point
  15. Got to have a thick slab for a 102 storey tower
    1 point
  16. Notice how HInes chooses locations along the Main St. rail line for both its 811 & 609 Main buildings; surely they're an affirmation for rail as a transit option for the workforce. The recent momentum for both residential development and expansion of Metro's rail lines must help the chances for additional highrise construction downtown. Unlike NYC, Boston, Chicago, etc., for a city with few topographic obstacles to inhibit high-density office areas it's already remarkable for downtown Houston to have the skyline that it does. In lieu of earthly features, it's vehicle traffic and severely inadequate mass transit that's increasingly burdening the potential for companies to build/locate/expand downtown. The faster the metropolitan area implements a robust rail network (including commuter rail connecting the burbs), the more barriers might be eliminated for corporate and residential desire to be in the city center.
    1 point
  17. Thanks, JM. That makes me feel much better. I did see the Falcon Landing wording on the site plan and it just didn't register in my mind. Also, I sent you a PM on another topic.
    1 point
  18. I think that's intended, as is the line to Intercontinental. How soon depends on John Culberson getting removed from office.
    1 point
  19. it is unlikely that kirby between rice village and upper kirby will remain craptastic. also, regarding kirby/allen parkway becoming like broadway: good luck getting towers or high density anything built from shepherd to san felipe; not gonna happen.
    1 point
  20. Sorry this is a day late but this was from yesterday: 20140812_125525[1] by brijonmang, on Flickr
    1 point
  21. Most of the articles I've seen state it as a "more than 30 story tower" so maybe the final count isn't solidified yet?
    1 point
  22. The biggest What IF in HTown History! I try so Hard to get over the fact that it wasn't to be in DT HTown. I think it is, undoubtedly the most remarkable supertall slated for Houston. I was moved away from Houston in 1980 to a small rural community. ( the why isn't important ) thank god my parents continued to watch channel 13 news. My view of Htown's boom was through their lens. I tracked this via Franklins library. So sad it wasn't to be. And yes, like earlier posters, I wonder if the ship has sailed OR if we could revamp the design and have it built when space will allow.
    1 point
  23. HAIF has eyes and ears everywhere....it's only a matter of time before exciting things come to light. Way to go Triton!
    1 point
  24. These boxes are entrances to the garage.
    1 point
  25. Can anyone identify the location of this Lewis & Coker? LInk to higher resolution image http://oscarmail.net/photos/lewis_coker.jpg The sign in the distance might say Tanglewood Pharmacy. That could place this on Woodway maybe?
    1 point
  26. Perfect location for highrise residential.
    1 point
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