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Not as impressive as the above but... Peekaboo artsy shot

Northwest corner

I think this color combination looks so much better.

Now if we could only get rid of the old Holiday Inn

These waste water permits must be for the hotel.

Looks like they are tearing up the sidewalk.

They have raised that pad about 6'.

I don't see the issue. If some see it as an issue its only like this on high profile, large projects. I'd say keep it how it is.

Did it work? Are we a World Class city now? Also, how long until one of these gets hacked to display pornography?

Workers have moved to other houses to do asbestos abatement. Digco, a contractor for Centerpoint is shutting off the gas for one of the buildings. This same company did the gas shutoff for the Fairfield Waugh.

Down ramp for the basement parking.

Construction fencing is up on the southern lot, all the vegetation is down. North lot already had a fence but they are tearing up the old concrete parking lot.

A contractor is doing the gas disconnect at the Women's Center. I think this project is going to start very soon.

This heavy equipment driveway is brand new.

A friend of mine is a traveling surgical tech who works at Methodist more than anywhere else. He took this shitty pic.

Vero Sade must have done a press release because the Houston Chronicle also has a story about their projects. "A Houston-based development group has acquired prime sites in Houston and other cities for multifamily developments, including proposed projects in the Montrose and Heights neighborhoods. Sade is also chairman of Sade Capital, a company specializing in multifamily and other assets. Daniel Bassichis is co-founder of New York and Texas-based Vero, formerly Admiral Capital Group, where he partners with retired San Antonio Spurs star and Basketball Hall of Famer David Robinson on investments that create value and make a positive social impact." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-developer-announces-2B-pipeline-of-17475225.php#photo-22986376

Brand new pavement.

Weird thing happened here with my drone. The software told me I was near a prison but it let me take off. I took off from the parking lot across the street with no problem. After I took the pics it wouldn't let me land from where I took off. I thought I was going to have to land it in the trees. Then I remembered this parking lot used to be a prison/jail commissary so I had to go forward and land it on the sidewalk right next to this project. Software needs an update.

I think an HAIF meetup there would be hilarious. A bar full of young people loudly Miamiing while 14 old foagies (in spirit, if not universally in age) in a corner argue about parking garages.

North side.

The second tower crane is coming down at the Ralph O'Connor Science building.

I used to be in team “Tear down pierce” until I got to go to POST and spend time on the rooftop. It really gives a unique perspective besides simply being on the ground (or being inside an office building). I’m now on “Team Skypark” because I think it would bring something totally unique to Houston, and I feel like it’s a very “Houston” thing to do. If there were some way to utilize the areas underneath Pierce as well (maybe somehow put in some retail spaces?) that would be really cool. Or even cut holes into the structure to allow natural light through (or both?!?) so it’s less creepy to walk under, that’d make it feel less like a barrier between Downtown and Midtown imho. (You could also expand the sidewalks, too! Win

They have a facebook post from 2 weeks ago but I don't know how to share it, so I just grabbed the pic they posted. The past few days I have seen people in business attire inside and on Tuesday they had a photographer taking pictures. You can see inside and it looks like its about ready to be up and running.

gondolitis, it's most pervasive and distinct in places like Phoenix, or other desert areas though, and rare in a place like Houston. I offer counseling, rates are reasonable considering it is such a rare condition and requires some specialized shock treatment.

Sizing up Vero Sade’s Houston multifamily pipeline Houston-based multifamily developer Vero Sade has $2 billion in projects in its development pipeline spread across Texas and Florida. The company, which was founded just a year ago, has residential developments planned for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, totaling 4,500 units. Braving economic headwinds and rising property tax bills, Vero Sade is a part of a wave of multifamily investors going all in on Texas and Houston. So far, the firm’s Houston acquisitions are all focused on inner-loop properties, including a $130 million mixed-use development project, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, first reported by Community Impact. Construction on the 850,000-square-foot project will start in November 2022 and is expected to finish in February 2025. The development is located in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood adjacent to the Museum District at 3615 Montrose Boulevard on the site of the former Bacco Wine Garden. The development will have a 36-story, 369-unit apartment building with 369 units and a 10-floor parking garage over a single floor of the residents’ entry and 5,000 square feet of retail. There will also be a 12,000-square-foot “amenity space” on the 11th floor of the apartment complex Vero Sade’s other Houston Montrose acquisitions include City Vista Apartments, a 404-unit, wrap-style apartment at 2221 West Dallas Street, a 2.25-acre lot across the street from the West Alabama Ice House, and an empty lot at 911 Kipling Street near the Menil Collection and Rothko Chapel. The firm has also acquired a 2.25-acre lot in Houston’s Heights at 1180 W. 18th Street. Vero Sade also picked up 3700M on McKinney Avenue, a 21-story apartment with 381 in uptown Dallas. The $100 million project was developed by Forest City Enterprises and completed in 2018, according Dallas Morning News report. In San Antonio, Vero Sade has acquired a 20-acre site at 4700 N. Loop 1604 E. and an 18-acre site at 1869-1863 FM 1103 in the suburb of Cibolo. https://therealdeal.com/texas/2022/09/28/sizing-up-vero-sades-houston-multifamily-pipeline/

That reads like a Stefon quote from SNL.

Folks, it’s in-fill