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  1. Lennar will begin construction soon on the wood framed 5 story mid-rise that connects to the South face of the garage.
    10 points
  2. Yeah I don't really get the hate on the Arabella - I think it turned out pretty good. I honestly wonder what people would think of it if they had never seen the earlier renderings.
    10 points
  3. This one has been put back out for updated pricing. Design changes have been made to lower construction costs (for example, the terrace at level 2 has been deleted). Still includes underground parking (15,000 SF).
    8 points
  4. Same here, I really have grown to like it and it's large presence in the skyline of the West Loop area. And, the suggestion of replacing the color scheme with blue and grey is just gross and way too "cowboys" for my tastes. This is Houston, we do things a little differently here and don't usually follow the herd mentality. This new 39 story development will definitely be welcome too and will add to an already amazing Galleria Area/Uptown skyline that is very unique in the U.S. in terms of giant cities like Houston in terms of both number of people AND in shear land size of the city and the area. Yes, indeed another reason to get excited about being IMHO the best city in America. No limits.
    7 points
  5. This isn't true, though. Look for D&Q (Houston's best beer shop), Ono Poke (Houston's best poke), Foelber Pottery (a goddamn institution), Chapultepec, BCN, etc. Appearances are deceiving. This is the Houston I love quite frankly. The Houston that's a little less obvious (and, sure, slightly unkempt) but rewarding.
    7 points
  6. https://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/The-Ion-on-track-to-open-in-Q1-in-former-Sears-15382356.php The redevelopment of the former Sears department store in Midtown into a center for innovation is set to open by the end of March 2021, possibly with a full tenant roster, a developer of the project said in a recent interview. "If all negotiations we are in right now end positively, we will have a full building," said Ryan LeVasseur, managing director of direct real estate with Rice Management Co., which is leading and financing the $100 million project called The Ion. The company, which manages Rice University’s $6.3 billion endowment, launched the redevelopment last summer.
    6 points
  7. Chapultepec doesn't quite get the recognition it deserves as a Houston institution. make no mistake, it's not the best Mexican food in Houston, but it is good Mexican food, especially at 3am on a Sunday morning.
    5 points
  8. the Arabella used to bother me because i couldn't figure out any pattern or logic to the thing haha...however now that time has passed i have really grown to like it ALOT...it feels very Miami Beach and i am okay with that for some kooky reason and one note on the Aspire- on the 2 large white panels on each floor facing san felipe but near the corner Post Oak intersection, the right hand panel has the floor number in red printed on it, which i thought was cool just because it's fun to see the number of stories where they are at without having to sit there and try to count at a traffic light (or speeding by on a bike) haha!
    5 points
  9. Decent amount of glass has gone up here. Sorry couldn’t safely get a pic at highway speeds.
    4 points
  10. 4 points
  11. Good catch. Very interesting. I guess they must be getting access through Hess Tower. Kinda surprising.
    3 points
  12. It was doing well while maintained but then the owner obviously wanted the place vacated so stopped maintaining and went downhill. (Not saying good or bad, just answering question)
    3 points
  13. Arabella was such a let down, this project has redeemed the residential high rise in uptown. Arabella is still cool but more of a what if. Sand storm looks wild in this photo.
    3 points
  14. If you squint, you can see the "broken ground" Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr
    3 points
  15. New Tower Crane assembly-Residences at the Allen, I couldn’t stay for the entire assembly of the crane ☹️ but here are some of the pics that I took-ENJOY!😊 🏗https://imgur.com/gallery/y8sL8KI
    3 points
  16. I am about to lose my view of the Upper Kirby District, but since I am both a voyeur and an exhibitionist, having neighbors living behind glass walls is a win/win for me. 😉
    3 points
  17. I like how they perceive people dressing and acting in their rendering. I'd be in sweatpants and a t-shirt...if they are lucky.
    3 points
  18. Well, tech and startups are faring better than other companies during this time so I guess I shouldn't too surprised that they would have a full house but...I'm still pretty surprised that they may indeed be full upon open. That would be incredible and definitely exceeds my expectations for Houston's appetite for this development. Also, from the article it seems that these commitments have been there for a little bit, thus sort of confirming our thoughts that the CEO stepped down because she had gotten them to a positive place and wanted to take on some other challenge. Hats off to Rice, the Ion is on schedule and packed!
    2 points
  19. I used to work at the strip club across the street. the late owner RJ and i used to watch the crackheads steal all the copper out of the Medical Arts building
    2 points
  20. As I drove into town on Tuesday, I saw a few grey and black buses whose banner said "Testing", or something to that effect. I'm thinking these are the new buses for this project.
    2 points
  21. Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr
    2 points
  22. Renderings are rarely spot on, but with Rice University owning the land, I think it's safe to say this area won't get the Hotel Alessandra treatment. I don't really care if residential towers come out of this project as much as the area turning into a destination. It'll take years, no doubt, but this part of town has so much potential and I'm not sure there are any better hands to be in than Rice's.
    2 points
  23. Good news! The long vacant Republic Building (originally the Paul Building) at the corner of Fannin and Preston has been purchased and will be renovated and occupied by a division of MVL Group, a contractor that does government work worldwide. It sounds like they are doing this the right way: “We will be immediately implementing a series of beautification projects such as replacing the missing cornice, artwork on the walled up exterior sides of the building, and removing the entrance, as well as a complete overhaul of the HVAC system and elevator,” said Abie Musa, founder of MVL Group, a global defense contractor and construction management firm. This is in contrast to other nearby renovation projects, such as the State National building (412 Main) a few years ago where the developer ran out of money for the cornice and just took it off instead of repairing it, severely compromising the architecture. The Scanlan Building (405 Main) next door also lost a cornice at some point. Just think, a renovation project that restores a cornice instead of taking it off - we're almost starting to get civilized around here! They are also adding murals to the blank walls on the south and west sides, which will be visible from a wide area along Main and Prairie. Here is hoping that the new cornice will be made from quality materials, and that the GFR, currently housing the Fannin Corner Store, will get some love. https://realtynewsreport.com/2020/06/26/the-historic-republic-building-in-downtown-houston-has-been-sold/
    1 point
  24. Hi all, was wondering if anyone had schematics of the Hempstead Rd rebuild near 11th street. They are clearly rebuilding the rail road system overhead. The only thing I can find it from TXDOT but has no schematics that I can find: https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/houston/hempstead-road.html https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2019/11/10/transportation-update-txdot-makes-progress-on-hempstead-road-reconstruction/ Anything would be great!
    1 point
  25. I think the building turned out well, but the podium is the focal point for the criticism. Glad it's going to be Cosmo'd, but kinda wish the Bowen was a mid rise so Arabella would stand out from all angles looking somewhat east. I liked the original renderings more, but I guess it's my fault that I don't have enough money to sculpt the world to my liking.
    1 point
  26. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/bike-lanes-shepherd-durham-rebuild-40-million-15377889.php
    1 point
  27. Going to be hard to do a drive-thru in that area. Somewhere off Richmond/610 is probably their best bet. Something like: https://www.naipartners.com/media-center/press-releases/nai-partners-arranges-retail-lease-for-clutch-city-espresso-at-4733-richmond-avenue/
    1 point
  28. I think Arabella would be a completely different tower if it wasn't painted white. Right now the contrast between the white and the glass is too jarring and makes the tower look unfinished/cheap. I think it'd be a real plus if it was painted a darker grey/blue mix.
    1 point
  29. Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr
    1 point
  30. Two more construction trailers are arriving as we speak! And worth noting on the new rendering compared to the one Luminare posted back in early November; the building heights and designs have stayed the same. The biggest and only Design change I can see seems to be in Parcel 3 with the restaurant and retail section.
    1 point
  31. I played for the Mustangs in 69-70. The toughest team we played was the red devil's my varsity year. Seems they were from Angleton. Years later I played at Dulles against Angleton and Brazoswood. Those were fun times but 2 a day practice was a real eye opener. I rember the night practice after daylight savings time like around October. That was about the time Monday football started and we would get so pumped up when the stadium lights started flickering as they came on like they would at the start of Monday night football.
    1 point
  32. The progress over the last 5 years is impressive.
    1 point
  33. Just think, if Randall Davis were building this we could look forward to a checkerboard of stucco panels in the final product.
    1 point
  34. Surprising to me too. And disturbing. How can our housing authority be sitting on boarded-up units and letting them be vandalized. It's a small step from this to the whole complex being an unoccupiable dead zone. And from there, the whole neighborhood . . . FWIW, I don't think these are "mixed-income". I think these are purely subsidized public housing.
    1 point
  35. Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr
    1 point
  36. although this looks great and is very nice. it won't be long until mother nature reclaims that part of the trail to herself. this bayou, like most in Texas meanders on it's own and changes with each big flooding cycle. It would be nice for them to put our bike trails much higher or further away from the water's edge so that all that incredible work wouldn't go to waste with a constant barrage of 500 year and 1000 year floods that seem to keep happening at an increased rate. for some reason, mankind, and especially the agency controlling this waterway within Houston, always seems to think we can wrestle, reign in, and generally control our natural habitats and waterways without regard to future consequences. It is a complicated ecosystem and would serve all of us well to better understand what mother nature has taken hundreds of thousands of years to put in place, for our enjoyment and use. Yes, if we could only get rid of stuff like concrete lining of the bayou, cutting off sharp turns whenever it suits us, throwing rip rap on the sides to "shore it up" all the time knowing because of past events that all these things do after a number of years is worsen flooding and bank erosion. I know for sure there is a way to put the bike trails safely at a certain sustainable distance and/or elevation so that we aren't having to tear down and recreate the trails after every big flood event in Houston and Harris County. But then again, I don't believe working with nature is one of this agency's priorities in the least. If it were, we wouldn't have bad decision after bad decision create worse flooding and the need for more and more money to "fix" the problems over the long run. But I digest...
    1 point
  37. The idea is that medicine needs more engineers in the field to make treatment more advanced and cheaper. (Aggie engineer here, student when this all was announced although I'm in aerospace, not medicine) They pitched it to us that in engineering school our way of thinking is changed to a creative problem solving capacity and that we seek to understand instead of just memorize (I've been told by friends that med school professors love having engineers in their classes for this reason). Rather than just knowing what the body does, in med school engineers seek to understand the how and why. They say this would allow us to use that creative problem solving ability to attack the problems head on. Instead of just providing treatment, physician engineers would constantly come up with new solutions- hardware, using data, or otherwise- to treat patients. Essentially, applying the problem solving ability of engineers to the medical field. Really what it is is broadening the pool that medicine pulls from, adding people of new backgrounds, which will definitely make the field better.
    1 point
  38. The fields and track are taking shape
    1 point
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