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  1. toxtethogrady
    Apparently something like that happened downtown. I'm not sure if soil sampling caused it.
  2. toxtethogrady
    If not that, then the occupancy rates north of 90% should be a good lure. Houston is going to need new 21,000 apartments a year for the next 5 to 10 years. Some of them are going to have to go downtown.
  3. toxtethogrady
    You mean up in less than a year from groundbreaking?
  4. toxtethogrady
    Some of the early photos of the construction of Kingdom Tower in Jeddah seem to indicate a rather shallow foundation with no piles. Not sure whether piles are being eschewed for other reasons or whether soil in Jeddah is more stable than Dubai. But the gumbo underlying Houston is certainly a design challenge.
  5. toxtethogrady
    And in other news, a city water main was found to have developed a leak...
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    I think they find the redo of the existing buildings is a bit underwhelming. The hotel will definitely be eye-popping.
  7. toxtethogrady
    It sure looks like they filled in the hole. Progress?
  8. toxtethogrady
    Working backwards, I'm guessing this one's still on target to begin construction early in 2015. Three months either side of that timeline aren't going to make a difference.
  9. toxtethogrady
    They'll have to. It's going to be 98 this weekend and not cooling off much overnight. When do the cranes show up?
  10. toxtethogrady
    You can't get 34 units into a lot that small in less than seven floors. The downtown condos with 200+ units are 20 floors tall or more (unless they're a wrap covering two blocks).
  11. toxtethogrady
    Plus a Towne Place Suites, so that the people shopping in Walmart and Micro Center have a place to crash at the end of the day. Probably four levels of suite hotel goodness.
  12. toxtethogrady
    Well, that's Philip Johnson for you. Swamplot says this building is three times the size of the previous design, in part because the developer was able to buy the house next door.
  13. toxtethogrady
    I guess it's Super Bowl in the year 2017.
  14. toxtethogrady
    One project that is not shown on this map is the Hamilton Apartments, which will go up on St. Joseph Parkway (NW of the intersection of I-45 and US 59/I-69). There's a building permit listed in HBJ, which usually doesn't happen until dirt has started moving. The description is apartment units atop a garage structure. No other details, other than it's a $15 million project.
  15. toxtethogrady
    Today's BisNow mentioned this project obliquely, saying Trammell Crow had a 6-story project in the pipeline for Downtown.
  16. toxtethogrady
    Two different articles on two different days. Of course, we may get a third story from BisNow's Future of Downtown conference.
  17. toxtethogrady
    They need to use the original typeface that was used in the class rings.
  18. toxtethogrady
    Banish the thought! We who were in those early classes back in the '70s want nothing to do with "Fame". Better to ask the late Ruth Denney. And the theatre needs a Star of David in the ceiling.
  19. toxtethogrady
    I think that's intended, as is the line to Intercontinental. How soon depends on John Culberson getting removed from office.
  20. toxtethogrady
    Houston did not get Harris Teeter, which became a major fixture in DC (the Teeter in Shirlington is a great example of mixed use combining residential, shops and even a theater and library). Sadly Teeter's been gobbled up by Kroger, so no chance of seeing them in Texas.
  21. toxtethogrady
    At the same time, this one isn't going away. BisNow included a mention of it in today's edition. Along with a 6-story residential also being developed by Trammell Crow but not shown on the development map.
  22. toxtethogrady
    Colliers claims 90% of the A and B product downtown is leased, based on this morning's BisNow (I know - two different people, two different days, two different opinions). And rents are going way up.
  23. toxtethogrady
    Except there is a Broadway and it goes straight to Hobby Airport. (And one day, it might even be nice to look at ).
  24. toxtethogrady
    That reliable source is now BisNow. But demolition comes first.
  25. toxtethogrady
    Is this the Trammell Crow midrise?
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