toxtethogrady

So they added a green band? Same as it ever was...

So how many students does UH-D serve? And are sports teams next?

HBJ has posted construction permits for this. Total of four.

And you got some rain...

Kirby's got a few high-rises, including some that were built in the last five years. I'd think Midtown would have been ripe for all of this but that Australian venture that was supposed to build five residential highrises turned out to have mirage financing and got canceled after the first one.

At least it's not Conroe, but that's bound to happen sooner or later...

Those look pretty nice. It appears things haven't slowed down in Nashville.

I'm seeing nothing online in relation to "Bayou Vista". Marquette's website shows a Forth at Navigation project, which appears to be in their current pipeline (one of their other projects, the Catalyst, is no longer accessible).

How soon is now?

Controversial Inner Loop high-rise gets go-ahead; City Council member decries 'terrible news'

I'm sure it will be extra-special amazing to have a unit on the 9th floor when the elevator craps out...🤪

On 9/30/2022 at 2:41 PM, tigereye said:

Avenida De Las Americas is a mouthful. Could rename it to Richard Kinder Blvd.

Or you rename the Downtown portion of Dallas Street too to avoid confusion with W Dallas St. But that might more work with changing addresses than renaming ADLA. 

Changing both Dallas Streets would enable people to be less perplexed to find a Dallas Street in Houston. Or a Houston Street in Dallas...

On 9/27/2022 at 1:37 PM, Houston19514 said:

Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

That did not sit well with some of the HSPVA alumni. Just as there are people who still gripe that Ronald Reagan's name ended up on National Airport.

17 hours ago, houstontexasjack said:

Almost certainly, no. Asking price is an eye-watering $300+ psf, apparently.  So, probably no buyer for quite some time either.

That suggests not a small development, as that's expensive for a 5-story building. Seems ideal for high-rise residential.

On 3/30/2023 at 10:52 AM, CREguy13 said:

I know this is off topic from MMP, but to expand on my above comment: imagine if there were some movement behind the scenes to build a brand new state-of-the-art downtown arena to officially lure away the NHL Coyotes to Houston? 

Phoenix is trying to block Tempe's plans for a new stadium, as the Coyotes are currently playing in ASU's arena that seats 4600 people... A brand new stadium could close the deal, if things have been quietly progressing.

NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS all downtown? One can dream!

Article from yesterday:

https://frontofficesports.com/phoenix-looks-to-block-tempes-2-1b-deal-with-coyotes/

Don't forget returning the WNBA to Houston. The Comets won four championships in a row when the league started operations. But they couldn't keep the team from moving to Tulsa.

Mass timber construction...
Framework@Block10

"Houston-based Hicks Ventures is preparing to break ground on a six-story, 200,000-square-foot office building in west Houston that the company promises will be among the city’s most sustainable properties.

Patrick Hicks, founder and CEO of Hicks Ventures, said the design for the project — dubbed Framework @ Block 10 — at 10496 Old Katy Road near Memorial City started with the goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions, as well as net-zero operational energy use."

Did the same architect also do the Citadel and the Matrix? This must be Prison Modern....

So how is it the Citadel could pull of the "colored blocks and bands" scheme with aplomb and this thing just looks "blah"?

That street detour is going to remain for a while. They better keep working on this...

My college humor magazine came up with a Mad-Libs parody of lefty Causes du Jour that featured the headline, "This Time, It's _____!" Those signs have the same flavor...

On 3/9/2023 at 3:42 PM, db650 said:

The most recent document posted by Hindesky appears to be for a 5,289 square foot single family residence. This used to be a condo but perhaps they are changing it to a SFH due to lack of demands. They have been trying to sell this condo for many years.

$6 million's a lot to spend on a single-family residential construction. There's more to the story...

So it wasn't enough that they announced the sales center opening? Now we have this "exclusive" that they're going to break ground soon. Okay...🙄

And this from HBJ...
Covenant House Texas breaks ground on new campus to help 50% more homeless youth

Yep - moving forward. And there's this singer named Miley Cyrus, who goes by the name of Hannah Montana, who's on the charts...😁

On 10/14/2022 at 5:03 AM, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

but, OTOH, have you seen Madonna lately? She looks like a hard boiled egg.

Fitting. I think she was a hard-boiled detective in one film. But I could always be wrong...

On 2/26/2023 at 2:59 PM, hindesky said:

The Azalea's are blooming.

 

Yours are starting early. DC doesn't get theirs till April.

On 2/24/2023 at 8:25 PM, MidCenturyMoldy said:

I hope I live long enough to see that building finished. 

It's like watching the dam burst in "The Castle of Fu Manchu".