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On 1/15/2019 at 6:00 AM, Urbannizer said:

This isn’t the first time high-rises have been proposed for Kingwood.

 

 

A Kingwood company is about to break ground an a 10-story building soon.

Just posted earlier that this building has been bought and slated to be demolished and land sold per Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership newsletter.

I read in the latest edition of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership newsletter that the 12 story building will be demolished and the land will be sold. I believe is used to be called Bank One, but it also had various names at one time or another.

2 hours ago, Reporter said:

It grew since yesterday, got flatter and the building on block 42 appeared out of nowhere.

 

 

 

 

Yesterday

 

 

Today.

and taller

23 hours ago, ArtNsf said:

typical talking points from the wrong direction and wrong side of history, but good luck with that sweetheart.

Sweetheart! That's sexist! 

Not a weather person, but elevation may also play a part. Charlotte sits at 750 feet above see level, but Orlando and Houston are both in the low 80's. 

2 hours ago, ArtNsf said:

NO thank you.  Most do not support Koch and his brother and their ilk.  I'll take another Texas based company over Georgia Pacific any day.  Thanks.

 

 

Well then I am sure the dispenser will get fixed once a committee is appointed to determine the issue. Then they will conduct environmental studies to see if the dispenser is in fact causing issues to the ecosystem. Then they will....well it may be some time before it gets fixed.

1 hour ago, cspwal said:

Step 1.  Renovate the stadium and ensure there's a great view of downtown from inside the stadium

Step 2.  Build a training center that directly blocks that view

This was taken from the 1st row of the upper level. Might still have a decent DT view from the upper rows. I would have taken a pic from there, but those steps are brutal especially with a bone spur in my heel. LOL

From Saturday..would be nice to see some red neon highlights on the edges. Hard to tell, but the UH logo is lighted.

I was watching a local Houston educational channel this past week and they had a program about the Energy Corridor. It looked fairly recent. in the program they had a spokeswoman for BP saying they had plans to build two more buildings, one for the Energy and Gas and one for Worldwide Exploration. I am not sure if the former one was the recent computing center, but I could not find anything about the building for Worldwide Exploration. Anyone have any knowledge on this?

If that is the rendering then we should expect this....

This garage in front at least need to be repainted...

Just curious, I know we have to abide by HOA regulations in my neighborhood, but does downtown have any such entity that would prevent buildings from being allowed to get in this condition? A simple power wash would do the trick.

Fox 26 had interview with developer this morning. ETAs:

Race track - end of year

Waterpark - next spring

Theme park - 2 years

might be. I see a large white structure on the other side of the original rendering.

rendering of the other side

 

 

Yes, I visited the park a few weeks ago and was told they are replacing the turf.

I was just looking at the oxblue construction cam for 609 Main and I zoomed into Minute Maid since the roof is open. 

It looks like they have something covering the outfield. Are they changing out the surface at Minute Maid?

Because it is an interesting development. just because a few can't control themselves should be reason the topic cannot be discussed. not being sarcastic, but if some folks decide to troll one of the hines developments in Houston does it mean we close it and no longer talk about it?

I know it was posted on a closed topic....but this is big for the Dallas skyline if it happens...

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/10/24/exclusive-turkish-developer-to-buy-land-near.html 

Roughly five acres of land behind Dallas City Hall is under contract by Turkish developer Mike Sarimsakci, who has started designing plans to build a $1.2 billion ground-up development to put four mixed-use towers in downtown Dallas.

The four towers include two 80-story towers and two 60-story towers originally conceived by Sarimsakci for the proposed redevelopment of Pacific Plaza Park(except he'd like to double the project). If the deal goes through, the project would be developed at 1701 Cadiz St. and 1502 Canton St., each valued at about $1 million by the Dallas Central Appraisal District.

Terms of the expected land sale were undisclosed.

"These towers would be the tallest west of the Mississippi," Sarimsakci told the Dallas Business Journal in an exclusive interview. "We are going to do it. We have the land under contract and Dallas needs to shine.

"We are under contract and we have the capital ready," he said, adding that he has a number of international capital backers eager to invest in downtown Dallas.

new image?

Here is the pic from Friday. Same as I have seen for last couple of months, at least on the main structure. I do know the cranes are moving as they are in different positions from morning time until I get off work.

I'm not sure why construction has halted. If you took some pics I could definitely give you an answer.

I will try to stop by today and take some.

So I started working in Kingwood In August so I pass by Generation Park daily and it seems like the FMC building with the two cranes has managed to be stuck at 2 1/2 floors since I started. Anyone know why there hasn't been any more vertical movement on the building?