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  1. 7 hours ago, Timoric said:

    We need one brash oil CEO to say they hell with it, I am building something big for Houston, no more of this understated campus crap to look humble.

     

    That, and having WTI at around $100 for like 10 years, is our best chance for a supertall.  

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  2. Agree, same as what Skanska did with Capitol Tower, they're doing here.  They will surely post up images of the tower to be built for phase two, to help advertise the site for future development.  Again, as they did for Capitol Tower, and for Six Houston Center for that matter.

     

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    https://tsdrsec.uspto.gov/ts/cd/casedoc/sn86546914/ROA20150624172745/2/webcontent?scale=1

     

    I counted 11 stories, so that means it will be 41 stories?  Sure hope it's taller, as in, 50 floors tall like it was originally.

     

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    Office vacancies are rising in downtown Houston as energy firms, such as Shell Oil, have downsized or relocated altogether. The downtown office availability rate has reached 16.5 percent, according to CBRE, which recently said in its year-end report that it could take “three to five years” for downtown vacancy to subside to a normal level. In addition, Hines is completing its 1 million-SF 609 Main tower this month. And Skanska is expected to begin vertical construction this year on its 750,000-SF Capitol Tower, atop the building’s already built foundation, which is about four blocks from the Six Houston Center site.

     

    http://realtynewsreport.com/2017/02/01/john-goff-six-houston-center-skyscraper-still-planned-but-groundbreaking-not-expected-soon/

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    HOUSTON – Six Houston Center, a proposed downtown skyscraper, is still on the drawing boards, but it’s too soon to start building the new office tower, says the project’s developer, John Goff, chairman of Fort Worth-based Crescent Real Estate Equities.
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    “We have no immediate plans (to build the Six Houston tower). We’d need to see a full recovery before we would consider it, “ Goff told Realty News Report in an exclusive interview.

     

    http://realtynewsreport.com/2017/02/01/john-goff-six-houston-center-skyscraper-still-planned-but-groundbreaking-not-expected-soon/

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    In downtown Houston, Goff has been planning to build 6 Houston Center, a proposed 30-story office tower at Walker and Caroline streets. It’s a follow-up to the 5 Houston Center that Crescent completed in 2002. But it’s likely to be a few years before 6 Houston Center gets going, due to the softness in the Houston office market.

     

    http://realtynewsreport.com/2017/01/06/realty-news-reports-legends-of-real-estate-awards-texan-of-the-year-john-goff-crescent-real-estate/

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  6. http://realtynewsreport.com/2015/10/10/texas-leasing-magnate-the-q-a-with-chip-colvill/

     

    Texas Leasing Magnate: The Q & A with Chip Colvill

     

    Realty News Report: What about downtown Houston? Is it getting better?
     
    Colvill: Actually the downtown market is probably one of the best submarkets in the city right now in terms of market strength.  Unlike west Houston, the CBD has not yet seen any major sublease space hit the market and most of the top tier buildings are over 93% leased with very strong tenant bases.  There is availability in some of the lower tier Class A buildings but some of this space has been known for a while, so it has not impacted the current market either way. Our firm handles the leasing of 33% of the Class A office buildings in the CBD and we are seeing strong leasing activity, particularly at 609 Main, 811 Louisiana, 1415 Louisiana, and 708/712 Main, that have availability.
     
    Realty News Report: Your firm is handling leasing for Hines’ 1 million square foot spec building under construction downtown — 609 Main at Texas. How’s it going? Will you make some big news soon?
     
    Colvill: We are getting close to announcing our first tenant and have strong interest from several mid-size and large tenants.  The building delivers at the end of 2016 and will be unsurpassed in terms of quality and amenities.  It is one of two multi-tenant buildings in the U.S. that is being developed with raised flooring for under floor air distribution, so we are seeing a lot of prospective tenant excitement about that.  Many of the largest corporations that have built headquarters buildings recently like Shell, Devon, and Exxon have structures with raised flooring. This is the wave of the future.  Hines is an awesome client for developing what will be the highest quality office building in downtown Houston; this has been a very fun project.  The building also will have a state-of-the-art fitness center and conference center in prime space on the second floor. We are also seeing extremely positive response to the amenity offerings.
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  7. Hope youre joking but I do get this question a lot. 

     

    The answer is no....

     

    Thank you for your response, very informative.  NIST also agrees that jet fuel does not melt steel, and they adamantly deny that melted steel was found at ground zero, yet we have eyewitnesses who said they saw it, and there is video and photo evidence of it too.

  8. WTC before 911 didn't have a core, it had elevator shafts and stairways. . That's why it collapsed as all the downward force was supported by the outer columns, which were compromised.

     

    Nope, you're wrong.  The twin towers had a strong inner core made up of 47 columns.  It shared the gravity load with the outer columns.   If anything, the top part (above the crash location) should have tipped over.  That actually did happened to the south tower.  However, as the top part tipped over, the lower part collapsed completely onto itself without that downward force you speak of. 

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  9. Fox 26 planning on doing a special on the diverse communities in Houston, which effects Texas & the entire United States next week! Wondering how people like TX Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick [R] will react when they see the Texas or America they know changing into a more racially diverse place ?

    Does this explain why we're seeing Voter ID laws, etc., from the Legislature in order to hold back the inevitably of seeing the Anglo population declining as racial minorities becoming a majority in Texas?

     

    You should get a job as a barista at Starbucks.

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  10. I say it's on life support. Not dead yet. We still have hope people! :)

     

    I agree, this and many others are on life support. 

     

    I was thinking, why not market this tower (and the whole city really) as the place that oil built but couldn't use (because it crashed) and now others in different industries can just step in and reap the benefits of what was laid out.  There will be plenty of office space to choose from, and a vast amount of great professionals (who are unemployed) to hire.  All of it at a discount too!!!

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  11. I think it would be better if you bury 59 and lay on top of it all these recreational things.  A baseball field east of Minute Maid, then a football and soccer field along the east side of the GRB, or a mini-golf course I suppose.  Have it become a sports or recreation district.

     

    But whatever happens, let it spark more highrise development east of 59.

     

    For the GRB roof, make it a private park/garden to keep the foot traffic light up there.

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  12. Right, I came up with the same count (40 when looking at the new renderings), but if you count the rendering below, the count is 34.

     

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    You'll notice it's shorter than the Hess Tower, whereas in the other renderings, they look to be around the same height.  I guess these new renderings were held back from us when it was 40 stories.  Looks better at 40 if you ask me.  Anyways, we'll soon find out in the next quarter, I hope.

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