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  1. Again, I think you too misread. That's the MO of the wannabe-hip crowd. The ones that can't actually afford the lifestyle they're trying to emulate. You can watch these creatures in the wild at Meteor. Gays are some of the worst.
  2. Reading the post might help. I didn't use code words. I quite blatantly said wannabe rappers and pretend ghetto gangsters. I'm not sure where the code words are in either of those terms. It was brought up earlier in the topic about the and shootings in both downtown Houston and the parking lot at a club in Dallas. Whether its black, white, hispanic, or even Asian, a culture (explained: rap & hip hop) that uses fear, denigration, and hate as a means to control others is not something most "young urban professionals" (explained: self-reliant, financially secure individuals) feel comfortable being around. No one likes being outside of their social group whether it be hipsters, rappers, or countryboys.I mentioned kiddies in reference to the fact that large-scale 21 & up clubs in this area eventually lower their entrance age in order to keep their attendance up. Hence "kiddies" (explained: kiddies = 17 - 20.99 year olds).
  3. I'm looking for an old church building that has great, classic design that is either condemned or abandoned within the city limits (preferably in the midtown area). I saw one once near all those Urban Lofts near PE but haven't been able to find it again. It looked like it was just the walls left. Does anyone have any photos or suggestions? Thanks.
  4. Upon further research there doesn't seem to have been a remodel -- just a name change. Our design of the club cost nearly 8 million dollars -- I doubt they remodeled it again after just 4 years. Guidelive says this: "Downtown
  5. On the nightclubs issue. I'd have to agree with the poster that mentioned the "thug life" element killing downtown. It happened in Dallas with Deep Ellum and even a club my firm helped design (Blue). We created it to be "the" place to go with a restaurant, amazing sound system and light show, and several floors and VIP "levels" that, depending on the membership you purchased, you were given access to. When it was done, it was amazing and billed as one of the downtown destinations to visit. My old business partner still lives there and said the last time he went (a year or so ago), they weren't charging a cover anymore and it was filled to the brim with pretend ghetto gangsters (that probably lived in Frisco or some suburbania) with big asses and boobs all hanging out everywhere. There was a supposed drug related shooting in the parking lot in 2005 which made it all the more thug-like. I looked around and I don't even think the club is open anymore -- their website is down and there's a new one in its place called Cirque.
  6. I found an article (a while ago) that said they weren't going to start on this project until sometime next year.
  7. I hate to point out the obvious, but the naysayers have a foundation for their /our/ skepticism. Orion... Scamrock... both had pretty little sales centers/models/trailers and neither amounted to squat. When the sales offices mysteriously close and will reopen "soon", emails are sent out saying that floorplans and pricing aren't "available", and the website information isn't right and is "being updated", something's up. Websites don't take months to update, brochures don't take months to print, and established pricing that's now being refigured means the plan they had isn't going to work and they're having to make changes. Sure they may be building the apartments and thats great. But I'm not going to buy an apartment/condo conversion. They're usually built on the cheap and I don't want to hear my neighbors walking around upstairs no matter what the view.
  8. Has anyone heard anything about this project lately? I know there are construction cranes, but has anyone seen them DOING anything? I went by there Thursday (around 10am) and Friday (around 3pm), the sales office was locked, no cars in the parking lot, and all the lights were out. I went back this weekend (1pm on Saturday and 3 pm on Sunday) and there's now a sign in the door that says "The Sales Office will open again soon." edit: I just got an email this morning from the marketing director for Phillips saying the Sales Office will reopen again in a few weeks and that brochures, floorplans, and pricing are not currently available but that she'll email me when they are. Which is odd... since the floorplans are already posted on their website. I smell something...
  9. Saturday I was told they said 130psf. They don't have a lender... They are sort of, without going into much detail... government?
  10. hmmm... i'll have to ask who they spoke with and how much they offered (ballpark). last time i spoke with them i was told 145/150
  11. getting this thread back on topic: one of my investors just made an offer on 2727 (a little less than the 160) and was told that Atlas was not selling, but that he had two more projects in the pipeline if they were interested in either of those developments.
  12. i'm considering buying @ Mosaic... beautiful building in a beautiful area. the name's cheesy though. makes me think of some self help group.
  13. Thanks for that info. Does this mean that all of the funding has already been secured and its ready to go and he just wants out? Or that he's having trouble finding financing for the project? Or there are no sales....
  14. i found HCAD listing the owner as Bagby Apartments LLC. I then found another article stating that Urban Lofts, Bagby Apartments (Camden), and Perry Homes own the majority of the property in that area. thanks for the info!
  15. Does anyone know who this belongs to or what they plan on doing with it? Its amazing this much vacant land is still, well, vacant right next to downtown and midtown. I've driven around in it before and I can tell there used to be houses there... but what was it all bulldozed for?
  16. I spoke to a representative with the developer; he said they were SELLING 450/sf and raising the price to 500/550 in Dec05/Jan06. Not beak even. He also said they were justifying these prices by not offering any upgrades to increase the price... everything is already completely finished out top of the line. He further explained that they did not expect many buyers of the individual smaller units. They think that most people will buy two units and combine them into one.
  17. My question is that if the project is still up and running, why have they let everything on the property fall apart. Last time I was at the sales office, which, by the way, was closed on a Saturday afternoon, the water feature was broken and had missing letters from the name, was overgrown and had broken limbs and trash all in the parking lot. It looked like people hadn't been there in months. If its simply being re-designed.... shouldn't they still at least maintain the property and keep a salesperson there? Even if the floorplans weren't finalized, they still have a product. What the hell does "the very best of celestial living" mean? Some of the taglines from that site make me wanna puke.
  18. its obnoxious to see crap like that... especially here. New York did SOHO and now everyone tries it. Oh, its south of downtown? lets call it SODO. Its north Houston? NOHO. North of Washington by the (new) Target? NOWATA-HO. Its cool the first time its done (and works...). Everything afterwards is just unoriginal. Most of the areas in Houston have had names for a long time. Use those instead of jumping on the bandwagon. I'd much rather here Rice Military than some stupid New York knockoff.
  19. thanks for the info h-d. in that case, sounds like i might want to start looking for another real estate advisor for my project.... lol
  20. I didn't know that was the same company as the "skyscraper" people. I lived in Dallas when they announced that crap (seems as though it was right after 9/11). They've bought land in several major cities around the US with the intention of building the "world's tallest skyscraper", all of which the city councils denied for one reason or another. The Dallas area one was axed because of air traffic from DFW airport and the fear that it would pull companies out of the business districts. Seems like they spend all their money on attorneys and buying up useless properties.
  21. i'm just wondering if wulfe has actually bought the building or if they backed out for some reason. i've never heard of a developer announcing a building being built/renod before they've even purchased it.
  22. hmmm... well thats odd. are there different types of office space? he had a developer that wanted to build a structure with retail first floor, 9 floors of office space, and 12 floors of residential. the developer (supposedly) was told he couldn't build something like that in houston...
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