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  1. Too bad that atrocious garage above it looks like one giant A/C condenser.
    8 points
  2. It looks like the set back will not ruin the views too much from the other tower.
    7 points
  3. Would love for Braun to go vertical with the parking here, and use the extra spaces to develop the parking lot south of Torchy's.
    2 points
  4. The Fig & Olive sign is up and they have taken down the boards covering the facade...it is said it could be open as early as March 1st!
    2 points
  5. I am not buying the “office workers stay only in the tunnels” arguement. They don’t. Go to any non-tunnel connected restaraunt at lunch. Lots of people. Walk over to discovery green. Lots of people. Etc. as for retail following rooftops, yes, I understand. However, as I mentioned, there are 100,000 well paid office workers that come to Downtown M-F. There are thousands more that fill hotel rooms/conventions and thousands more that come to downtown to “hangout, entertain, whatever”. Downtown is about one mile x one mile. All those people....... all those walets..... in one square mile..... No retail in a decade of trying........
    2 points
  6. Drove by yesterday and it really is coming together. Its going to be a nice addition and really a nice looking parking garage. Its a welcome change to some of our other new parking garages. Its just goes to show you that if a developer wants to put the money in and encourages his architect to create a more intriguing and attractive garage it can be done.
    2 points
  7. Wow... Montrose is getting taller and denser.
    1 point
  8. http://www.chron.com/life/home/design/article/Highrise-apartments-will-replace-La-Colombe-d-Or-12529317.php#photo-14947399 The historic ballroom of Montrose Boulevard's boutique hotel La Colombe d'Or will see its last waltz at a private party this weekend. Le Grand Salon de la Comtesse, an 18th-century Rococo room with walls of English oak paneling, gild-ed-frame mirrors and grand chandeliers. The salon is named for the French-Belgian princess La Comtesse Elisabeth Greffulhe, who is immortal-ized as a character in Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past." Oil tycoon John Mecom Sr. brought the 45x65 feet room over in pieces in the 1960s. His son sold it to Houston businessman Steve Zimmerman in the 1990s, who ensconced it in a stucco building adjacent to his hotel and restaurant. Starting Monday, it will be dismantled and stored to make way for a new 34-story luxury apartment building. What will happen to the old ballroom? The Zimmerman family is partnering with the global developer Hines and TH Real Estate to build the Residences a La Colombe d'Or, on the spot where the ballroom building currently sits. But La Colombe d'Or will stay at 3410 Montrose. Zimmerman will continue to operate the hotel, which will get a $10 mil-lion makeover and a restaurant upgrade. Residents and hotel guests in both buildings will share a slew of luxury amenities, including the tower's 10th-level swimming pool and the courtyard's sculptures, fountains and an outdoor fireplace. Hines tried to be as sensitive as possible to the property's historical asset, said Kevin Batchelor, senior managing director for Hines' southwest region. "The alternative would be to tear it down and build a bigger, clunkier building. Instead of using every square inch of land, we reduced the footprint and went slightly taller, but left room for parks, which enhances the connectivity."
    1 point
  9. I love our tunnels. I don't think the lack of signage helps though. It's bad enough that the restaurants are below ground but with no signs of you don't know they are there then... I would not discourage new tunnel access but I would definitely discourage new retail in tunnels. The activity underground is crazy. I think if the downtown worker mole people activity was visible on the surface that would entice non mole people to hang around downtown more. The surface is overrun by vagrants. Not until the mole people dilute the visibility of the vagrants will the non mole people enter the maze. New Orleans for example had tons of homeless in their business district. But they are less noticeable because there are so many workers on the street. And signs. We need signs. It's so freaking hard giving people directions to Whataburger. It shouldn't be so hard. You can hardly find a seat in that thing during lunch hour. They would make a killing with a street location in that big Whataburger building on 609 main
    1 point
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  11. There's an element of all that going on, sure, but most people don't care enough to be afraid. They're downtown because someone pays them to be there, and they are going to spend as little time there as they possibly can. If people chose a job downtown when they had a choice to be elsewhere, it's as likely that they did so for the park and ride as it was for anything else. They're not there because they want to be. It's no secret that Houston isn't exactly leading the charge on extra exercise, but even putting that tendency aside, most folks are either going to zap a Lean Cuisine in the office microwave or go to whatever Alonti-esque place is in their building and leave 10 minutes earlier than they otherwise would had they strolled around more. People will choose to live downtown more as some price/commuting pain inflection point. That will get things changing, and it's moving that way.
    1 point
  12. Our downtown workers, for the most part are a bunch of homogenized wimps. I don't understand they're mentality. They willing to risk their lives driving to work for 30- 45 minutes on our freeways, living in the highest rated crime areas - the suburbs, and yet they're either afraid to walk on the streets or maybe have to deal with the weather. They're like gerbils or hamsters in their tube cities. Don't they know that sunshine and vitamin D are good things and a little fresh air never hurt anyone. I don't know of any other city in America that has this kind of a paranoia. I know there are a few brave souls that do get out but its not a very high percentage. I know that if there were more opportunities and things for people to do it might have a positive affect. The city needs to promote outdoor activities at lunch, maybe scavenger hunts pitting companies against one another and force the buggers outside. Outdoor Concerts in Discovery Green or Allen center. This all comes back to the issue of more retail space on the surface that will draw people to them. I bet an Apple store downtown would do great business.
    1 point
  13. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58cc240cbf629aaf4858104e/t/5a6a3a2fe2c4832bc70a699d/1516911160695/Braun+Enterprises+-+Heights+Waterworks.pdf Floyd Barbershop will be next to Hopdoddy
    1 point
  14. Yes. And, I think the property between Washington and Center is seeing some excavation. I recall that being proposed as an apartment complex.
    1 point
  15. 20% parking reduction! Yaaaaasssss!
    1 point
  16. Bishop Arts project with 246 apartments planned in Oak Cliff Project Location
    1 point
  17. I disagree, respectfully. Everything is moving in the right direction and downtown's future is very promising. Most of these new apartment projects have leased up quite well. All of the new hotels being built. The Astros and Rockets continue to have success, so the neighborhoods around them will continue to grow (I'm most excited with the potential around MMP). The wider sidewalks and infrastructure are now there along Dallas and Main which is important. Brookfield acquiring all of Houston Center is a good sign as they will activate the street level with retail/greenspace. The new south downtown park will catalyze the remaining blocks around it. There is a lot going for downtown and I honestly believe we are just scratching the surface for demand to live downtown. The great thing is a lot of the major Multifamily players got in on this first building cycle (TC, TC Residential, Hines, Finger, Camden, Marquette). As they all achieve high occupancy and have actual market data to analyze, I think many will look at second sites and new players will enter. I understand the retail/thriving downtown isn't here yet, but it is coming.
    1 point
  18. Talked with a worker, he said they have 5 floors of office left and 2 above that for utilities. They are working 7 days a week with 2 shifts.
    1 point
  19. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Deal-of-the-Week-6871484.php
    1 point
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