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  1. livincinco
    Yes, please tear out those trees and replace them with apartments immediately.
  2. livincinco
    Thank you, zen master. I will ponder the wisdom of your words.
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    You mean like Bubba's burger shack? Maybe they'd be interested in opening another location.
  4. livincinco
    Darn right. Someone needs to stand up for the poor and oppressed.
  5. livincinco
    Just a poster who can't understand why everything doesn't get built in his/her particular neighborhood.
  6. livincinco
    The street level restaurants in this area probably has more to do with the proximity to the park.
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    Actually it seems like every company that is building new offices is missing on the opportunity to build something nice in Midtown. Too bad, they don't listen to you.
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    As I've mentioned before, I think that it's a nice idea, I'm just not sure that I would put it high enough to justify the required funding. For example, I'd prefer to see funding provide to complete the Buffalo Bayou Master Plan and to complete the proposed network of hike/bike trails along the bayous instead. I think that both of those projects would have a much bigger positive impact on the quality of life around the city than burying the Pierce elevated.
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    I agree that they will de hub PHL, but I'm not so sure that they would eliminate PHX. LAX is pretty capacity constrained and I don't think that they have the room to address the additional PHX volume there. You might be right about DOJ, but it's a stretch to me to buy into an overall loss of competitiveness in the US airline market by dropping to four major airlines. I totally agree that there are certain markets that will have a loss of competitiveness and that those have to be addressed. It would be interesting to see what would happen if US Airways really did cut way back in PHL. I think that SWA still has a lot of potential upside in the Northeast and PHL could be a portal for them to expand internationally if they really are interested in heading that way. Besides, a US Airways/American partnership is a lot better for my personal mileage!
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    To your point, this is about certain concessions. I expect them to negotiate with DOJ and the suit to get withdrawn after concessions are reached. I'd be surprised if a deal isn't reached before the end of the year.
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    I'd be very happy to see the dome stay, but I also hope that they proceed with the overall plan for all of Reliant Park and I'm concerned that this plan might reduce the willingness to complete. Reliant Arena really needs to get replaced.
  12. livincinco
    Wow! 15 words! That's like a whole novel from you. You're a changed man/woman/child!
  13. livincinco
    I agree and I wouldn't be surprised if the next supertall gets built in Uptown for that very reason. Assuming that the reason for building it would be to make a statement, you could argue that it would be a bigger statement by building it there.
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    Possibly, but I would think that there would be a lot of neighborhood resistance to that. Personally, I expect that kind of development will continue along the I-10 corridor heading toward Memorial Hermann.
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    I agree with your point, but I don't think that it's particularly a suburban thing. Look at West Ave, which is the closest thing to City Centre inside the loop. That's pretty much a protected product as well.
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    I'm specifically talking about the lack of sidewalk continuity between the two developments and the signs at Town & Country that say essentially - if you park here and go to CityCentre, you will get towed.
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    That's definitely the biggest disappointment with CityCentre. They could have done a better job integrating it with Town & Country.
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    I was actually just looking at some numbers on this and 25 years may have been conservative. As of Q1 2013, the CBD had 38.5 million sq ft of office space with nothing under construction (but a lot planned). The combined Katy Freeway and Westchase submarkets have 33.0 million sq ft of office space with 3.1 million under construction. Granted that covers a lot bigger space, but those areas are close to having the same amount of office space as the CBD already. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51808118/ColliersAttachments/Research/Q1_2013_Office_Market_Research_Report.pdf
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    I would say that the odds are pretty good that Memorial City becomes a companion city to Houston (similar to Uptown) within the next 25 years. If you look at the way the corridor between Memorial City and the Energy Corridor is densifying along with all the growth in the Westchase area, it makes it a pretty logical town center. There's already talk about another large mixed use going in next to City Centre.
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    You keep talking about the damage that this building has caused, but other than offending your own personal taste, exactly what "damage" are you talking about? That area is thriving, so it hasn't exactly driven away new construction. I agree that politicians shouldn't make design decisions, but I'm not aware of any political input on the design of the MH building either. So, other than making sure that everyone knows that you don't like the MH building, I'm not sure what your point is.
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    From Real Estate Biznow - " A new redevelopment listing, 6.4 acres fronting I-10 in Town and Country (adjacent to City Centre). Currently, the site holds three office towers totaling 202k SF, which are 98% occupied. But the site could turn into 1.3M SF of mixed-use...Muñoz Albin (world-renowned designer of CityCentre) is on board to come up with several schemes for mixed-use possibilities ranging up to 1.3M SF of development. Once those are complete in the next week, the site will come to market. (The anticipation is almost too much.) Kevin tells us they're already talking to developers all over the country, and are getting lots of interest from groups that have never developed in Houston."
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    Interestingly enough, if you look at the current deal that is being discussed - the new Costco in Katy - you could argue that the city has learned its lesson because that is a mixed use development of the kind that is generally craved in this forum (although it compensates for car usage not just walkability) and is at a lower price tag than the Walmart deal.
  23. livincinco
    Understand your point, but I don't think that the number of posts in an architecture forum is what OP was talking about in terms of buzz.
  24. livincinco
    Apache is building in Uptown. I wouldn't exactly consider that suburban sprawl.
  25. livincinco
    Ground floor internet kiosks?
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