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  1. I Found this today, they have an approximate completion date and architect: "Houston Pavilions, a 700,000-sf mixed-use project in downtown Houston is expected to open in late 2007, according to its developers, Geoffrey Jones and William Denton. The $200 million project covering three city blocks, will be bounded by Dallas St. to the north, Polk St. to the south, Main St. to the west and Caroline St. to the east. The project will have 350,000 sf of retail space, 200,000 sf of office and a 12-story condo tower with 140 units. The developers have lined up a $8.8 million development grant from the city and a $5.5 million grant from Harris County. The House of Blues, a Los Angeles-based group, will open a concert venue/nightclub in the project. Other House of Blues locations include Las Vegas and Orlando. Architects for Houston Pavilions include Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK) and Dallas-based retail design architecture group Laguarda.Low. The BlackRock Realty Tower Fund is the principal financial partner of Houston Pavilions"
  2. It would be applicable in any situation. The tanks can stack up to be over 7' tall and placed side by side to accomodate any situation. If you had a subdivision like in Alvin, instead of placing the raintank all in one area like you would a surface pond, you figure out the total cubic feet of water storage needed, and divide it up among the number of houses you have. You place these tanks under each individual driveway and along ditches. The benefit to this is that, if you choose, you can use the stored water for irrigation. All the water that drain off of the road and into the ditch will be treated as it permeates through the soil, and you can eliminate storm drains and expensive inlets. It also gives you the opportuntiy to build 81 more houses on that 27 acres that was once used for a pond. We actually have KB Homes interested in putting these in their subdivisions, and I anticipate others will follow. If you want to sit down and talk about it feel free to give me a call at 281.923.4517. From now on let's move this conversation to the "retention / detention pond" forum so these pavillion guys don't get upset with us. Good luck on your PE exam.
  3. I'm not a CE but I just jumped into this Storm Water Management business and I'm trying to prospect for great opportunities to begin pushing this Atlantis Raintank product into the Houston market. We actually have our first installations in Houston coming up in the next month. One will be at the new Commerica Bank on Gessner and the other being at English & Associates Architects. I am hoping this will springboard this product into the front of C.E., architects, and developers minds. It is a great low cost alternative to surface detention/retention ponds and the traditional underground concrete or pipe system.
  4. Does anyone know who the civil engineer on this project is? Also, do you know if they have began to move dirt on the sight?
  5. This is something new I found today on Houston Pavillions. I'm sorry if it is repetitive but it does give an exact location. City and county officials are planning governmental incentives to induce the development of Houston Pavillions, a $200 million mixed use project proposed for downtown Houston. The project will be bordered by Main, Caroline, Polk and Dallas. It will include 200 condo units, an office tower and almost 400,000 sf of retail. The development group includes William Denton of California and Geoff Jones, a Houston developer who is also affiliated with CB RIchard Ellis.
  6. HOUSTON-A $200-million proposal for a mixed-used development has moved a step closer to reality with city officials' approval of a downtown tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ). The Market Square TIRZ, as it has been named, will be used to float $14.3 million in bonds, of which $8.5 million will come from Harris County and the balance from the City of Houston. Partners William Denton and Geoffrey Jones are proposing to use three city blocks--Main, Caroline and Polk streets--to develop Houston Pavilions. The project is envisioned as having high-class retail, entertainment, condominiums and office space--all packaged in about 360,000 sf. But sources have noted that, due to the high cost of downtown land values and development, a TIRZ creation was necessary to help fund the project and push it forward. "Yesterday, the commissioner's court approved it and last night, the TIRZ's board of directors approved it," says David Turkel, director of community and economic development for Harris County. The city council also has approved the TIRZ creation. "The next step is for the city and the developers to enter into a formal agreement," Turkel tells GlobeSt.com, estimating that TIRZ agreement could be finalized within weeks. Jones, senior vice president and managing director of CB Richard Ellis Inc.'s Houston office, and Denton, president of Entertainment Development Group Inc., based in Agoura Hills, CA have formed the Houston Pavilions LP, to move to the next step of the process. If all goes according to plan, the Houston Pavilions will be similar in scope to Entertainment Development's successful 350,000-sf Denver Pavilions, which opened in 1998.
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