Moore713

Remeber that condos that were planned for the old Skylane apt, well the termination of lease notices came today, everyone has to be out by april 30

http://swamplot.com/this-ok-greystar-checks-in-with-woodland-heights-neighbors-about-skylane-replacement/2013-08-26/

I hope the color sceme is a just a placer... I hope they follow suit from hines and try to match the area... other than that I love it  and thinks it fits with the area

The only problem I have is that I wish they had more uniformality.. image if 500 Crawford,this project and the other 5,7, and 10 story projects have been constructed along the same block  and all the up coming towers had done the same

This new rendering makes reading all the past comments about prison-looking and anti-retail even more funny.

This exactly what I was trying to say.. We always do this on this tread , calm the F down and wait for more info.. sheesh

New bar opened on main secertly (Barringer) 410 main...now back to the subject at had... the program was ment to be a calatlast so it really is hard to say what effects it will have on the area once it expires.. I think it holds depends   on the market, DT ability to market itself to retail.. really think they should focous the bulk of their effort on mom and pop style places( small business owners) Get the building to rent out spaces to small buiness instead of putting to much into heavy hitter retailers who are actually not very reliable right now... I understand the need to compete with Uptown and other shopping heavy hitters, but baby steps first build up the area and then let the big boys enters when it has become a spot most people go to

So has any stores/boutiques/restaurants/nail salons/bars/cafes opened up in the retail district? Or plan on opening up in the retail district? Has anyone heard any rumblings? Also a strip club in and around Market Square Park would be interesting kind've like scores in NYC a pool hall would be nice too....also an awesome sports bar

hell no to a strip club and I am from from what you would call prudish... A strip club would  ruin the area.. Houston has more than enough parts of town decicated to that

That sort of thing isn't allowed by DT management district

Actually the DT retail task force.. recommended they revise this policy. I dont see this being lifted for DT as a whole but the proposed Retail district may be given a expemtion

Is the prison really a factor , from what I recall the  promaded is futher down the bayou anyway more along the east end of town( I would be more concerned with that park heading toward  east down that seems to have become hobo  camp grounds.)

The Metro relocation is shown on the chart starting Q2 this year.  

 

I'm excited about the canal, but the terraced waterway with restaurants seems a tad fanciful in that area.

I can see how it would work using the sunset coffee house as a base and  ferrying people to that area via the bayou

I have always belived Houston has so little natrual beaty that we should be busting our ass to enhance what little we do have.

That is phenomenal. They will need to move the Metro bus barn if so. The 2003 (?) bayou master plan showed some exciting views of this stretch as a terraced waterway lined with restaurants. I hope the existing powers can team up to do this right, it's a unique opportunity.

 I think I remember what you are talking about it was like the river walk on  roids right ?

Yep. We are a city if people who just settle for anything.

According to Moore we shouldn't B#&$H

No according to me.. bitching and moning about it will not stop it from being built, so we should at least be glad it will be one less parking  lot !!!! or we can hope it fall thu at which point everyone can go back to bitching about how DT is blighted with nothing but parking lots

Why should we? This is our city. We live it and want the best for it.

Who does not ? but link after link its just bitching , bitching , bitching.. one after the other .. am I trilled by some of these no... but i would take them over a damn parking lot anyday... I would love a more uniform design to the area... I would love for all these delveopers to get togther and say lets work  out  some designs that completmet each others buildings, not look like a hudge pod of random thrown toghetr apts.. but on the same hand I welcome thousands of more people , living in DT, which will encourage  more stores to open DT, which will encourage more high end places to open DT .. which will bring more people on the St  of DT.. as the area population grows the fancy apts will follow.

will the sheer bitching never stop

Omg its  a drawing not even a 3D model and the bitching has started...  can we at least wait till the developer releases the offical drawing and not what the city has put up

Really wish people would stop asking if there is any update .. if you click the link and there is no new info.. them clearly there is no new info.. when people know somthing they will post it.. it like asking are we there yet

If it's the same skyline that has slums around town, no thanks

Those are called skylane. not skyline

Not to be a downer, but when I see shovels in the ground for this and the Marriott, then Ill be happy, until then Im just hoping for the best.

Hoping the fools can show real vision for once.. They are suppose to vote on it, but like discovery green their will always be those who are convince it will be a big waste of money.. even discovery green had it distractors on the boards who were sure no one would want to go to a park in downtown Houston... Some people just lack vision

So giant screens playing sports visible from street level are allowed, but jumbotrons arent.

Hoping this is one of the changes the retail task force told Houston they need to make.. I remeber a part in the report where they flat out told the city limiting signs heights and billboards need to be changed...

The GRB 2025 plan called for a another hotel but this was across the highway and would have been linled the the center via a sky bridge wonder if they changed their mind on that

Did the article mention anything about the hotel being on track? It looks like the Chronicle has figured out a way to elude my google searches.

Yes, they will set aside a track of land for a future hotel

There is simply NO WAY that will happen.

 

LOL  Hadn't noticed the mini big tex.  That's a seriously bad idea and needs to be eliminated.

Thuink the biig Tex is just one of those artist things that get thrown in

While I feel its a little victory parkish , I like the overall idea,  but if they are serious about doing this they will need to move fast.. The last thing we need is for a project of this scale to fall behind so close to the super bowl... that would be more embrassing that Dallas storm...Could you image  the streets tore up , The convention center tore up and then Hundreds of thousands of people from out of town flooding in.. Houston would never live it down

what in god's name are you harpnig about? Houston is currently the number one city for real estate investment and development. more companies are relocating here than almost any other city in the country. and do you know why? b/c of these companies who "buy and sit on [land] for decades while twitling their thumps(?)". get a grip.

 

 

 

I was being half serious and half joking dude.. second if you cant reply with a little more respect then dont reply at all

I think Houston should be ready to buy these parc of land .. and place them in the incetive zone of Res development if these projects fall thou... Downtown Houston is trying to do something and I for one am sick of these companies buying land and sitting on them for decades.. while they twitle their thumps.. Ither crap or get off the pot but never again should we let these companies treat Houston like the red headed step child. hindering our developlemt till they decided to grace us with their presence.. Buy the land and place it under a residental tax incetive program

Well all the projects listed under current downtown development map add up to ~3200, but if the rumors of the 2nd Alliance residential on main, the 38 story phase 2 of the Texaco, the possible(but unlikely there just seems to be too little info) residential building behind Hess, and Block 100 behind the Marriott Marquis(sorry for bringing it up so much) we could be looking at 4000+ units which is very impressive. It's amazing how much residential development is possibly coming to downtown!

In regards to this tower, it looks pretty slick but not anything real amazing from the other 20-35 story resi tower renderings floating around(most notably Hines). I think it's cool it got a little height bump even if it is one floor and I think it's not a bad thing it looks similar it just seems to be the architecture of this era.

 3200 in under two years is impressive.. It will strenght the downtown counusel arugement that the program should be extended hard to argue with a  3200 unit jump in under two years... would be even harder to do it aginst 4,000  if those come to fruit... Let give a shout out to Skyhouse who while not the first seemed to be the one that lead the charge and gave other developers the balls to take a chance on ST