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  1. Not sure how tearing down an existed structure and replacing it with another is infill when downtown has dozens of entirely empty parcels. The Houston Club wasn't great, but it was an example of mid 1900s architecture which we lack in this town.
    6 points
  2. The negativity here is really quite confusing. This site started as an un-leasable old crappy building. The developer was confident in the market and started construction without ANY LEASING. When the market started to retract they pulled back and finished just the garage. Now the market is turning, they might have an anchor tenant and they are going to wrap that pig of a garage with shinny glass and a tall office building. This project was NEVER about being a signature tall office tower. It is an INFILL project with 5 tunnel connections, a huge lobby that opens up the mole people to the sun and makes a once shitty block into something good. Is it a Hines caliber building? No, but it sure as hell beats the alternative....
    6 points
  3. You're wrong. Clearly they will put a glass face on it, it's a class A LEED Platinum trophy tower.
    6 points
  4. This building is a total disappointment from the original renderings. Blah. Moving on...
    5 points
  5. self-funded definitely doesn't imply that they're forgoing debt, it likely means they are providing all the equity needed to line up construction loans, but that doesn't necessarily soothe over banks' worries on whether or not the loan can be repaid. investors are much easier to win over than banks as they don't have strict guidelines and regulatory hurdles to clear.
    4 points
  6. Fence up, trees coming down, and interior gutting under way...... should be an exciting couple of years for Midtown Development! I think I read that this is self-funded.
    4 points
  7. Even more disappointing is that it doesn't even live up to the revised renderings much less the original ones. I think 75% of my displeasure is with that tired ass beige color.
    3 points
  8. Lots of work going on around the area today.. The lake was having what seemed to be pretty major problems though. But what the heck is going on here..? Looks like a bunch of asphalt was forced up from the bottom of the lake? A flat bottom boat pulled up in the reeds.. Water eventually started gushing out from the pile.. Obligatory Marriott Marquis shot..
    3 points
  9. Enrique's pictures made me want to go get some shots so I decided to drive into town tonight...terrible idea but here's one that came out after I played with the colors some.
    3 points
  10. Does anyone else see a nice home for the Eye of Sauron here?
    2 points
  11. AIEEEEEEEE!!! The sun!!!! oh no, so shiny and bright...
    2 points
  12. Another shot from last night...not as windy as Friday thankfully
    2 points
  13. Article about David Mitzner The Survivor Who Built The Marriott Marquis Informative read.
    2 points
  14. Got to come into Houston for the New Years and spend it in downtown, mostly on Main St. and along the rail. What a difference from when I left almost 3 years ago, glad I will be calling Houston home once more beginning in February! Enjoy the pics
    2 points
  15. Drewery Place, Phase I: Phase II (now known as Laneways Midtown) : https://skyrisecities.com/database/projects/district
    1 point
  16. I just got back from vacation and I'm too lazy to edit the video I shot of this site. You can see a quick peek at the end of this video: or, here's a screenshot from the other video:
    1 point
  17. I drove down 59 earlier during lunch and they were testing the lights. They were changing different colors. Can't wait to see them at night.
    1 point
  18. The Green Line is officially open on Wednesday http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Long-awaited-and-long-delayed-Metro-s-Green-10845438.php
    1 point
  19. ^^^^^ nailed it. i've kept thinking that the "fins" reminded me of something but couldn't put my finger on it. good call.
    1 point
  20. good question. It's a shame this town doesn't have a journalist who can do more than reprint a press release. Do we have many HPE employees in Houston? Does anyone know? I would imagine the bulk of their Houston presence went to HP in the split, not HPE.
    1 point
  21. believe it when a leading tenant is signed.
    1 point
  22. I'll believe it when I see the completed building and not a minute sooner
    1 point
  23. I noticed trees are on site, so they'll be starting landscaping soon.
    1 point
  24. As of a few days ago, I haven't seen any lights on.
    1 point
  25. From the Chronicle: Bank of America reportedly is in talks to move out of its namesake building downtown and into a flashy new tower to be constructed a block away. The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank is negotiating to become the anchor tenant in Capitol Tower, a 35-story building slated for the former site of the Houston Club building, the Houston Business Journal reported late Friday, citing anonymous sources. The bank's longtime home, Bank of America Center, is one of downtown's most iconic buildings. The neo-Gothic tower soars 56 stories and its gabled roofline is a familiar feature on the city skyline. Bank of America, which declined to comment Friday, leases 423,614 square feet in the building, according to Houston-based Enriched Data, a research and data firm. Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana, was developed by the Hines real estate firm and designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee. It opened in 1983. Skanska USA Commercial Development is the developer of Capitol Tower. After Skanska bought the site and the Houston Club building was demolished, the company built a garage on the southern half of the block and poured the foundation for the tower. The property is bounded by Capitol, Rusk, Milam and Travis streets. Skanska has said it would not begin construction on the building until it found a tenant to prelease a significant portion of the space. Skanska could not be reached. CBRE, the real estate brokerage leasing the building, declined to comment late Friday. The Gensler architecture firm designed Capitol Tower, a soaring glass and stone building set to include 750,000 square feet and a tunnel-level lobby visible to pedestrians on the streets above it.
    1 point
  26. Wow. Whole Foods and HEB determined not to lose the edge in the hip urban grocery race. Bad for the overbuilt multi family market, good for armchair urbanists like us.
    1 point
  27. they still don't have their debt lined up as far as i know... they sound motivated to make it happen though so here's hoping.
    1 point
  28. Well Maple Leaf Pub is right across the street...
    1 point
  29. Snow-covered Park District (left) and 1900 Pearl (right):
    1 point
  30. I was never a fan of the capiotl tower design to begin with. Just kind of another glass box.
    1 point
  31. A tower of Syn. (As in Synthetic Stucco - EIFS).
    1 point
  32. new rendering? (relax, just kidding!)
    1 point
  33. Apartment and retail project in the works next to Medical District rail station Project Location
    1 point
  34. Park District, via Facebook:
    1 point
  35. Via CandysDirt: New Oak Lawn residential tower proposed by Toll Brothers. 271 rental units 9 street-level town homes along Welborn underground parking :cheers: The tower's rental units will average 938 square feet, which is 63 larger than required. Project Location Original rendering:
    1 point
  36. http://www.downtowntirz.com/downtownhouston/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/11082016-Signed-DRA-Minutes-FINAL.pdf
    1 point
  37. 1 point
  38. http://www.acumendesign.com/portfolio/studemont/
    1 point
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