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Sellanious Caesar

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  1. This project is in a suburban business district, in Uptown Houston. It's not downtown, Greenway Plaza, nor Texas Medical Center and its outside the loop. Although I would like to see less parking lots between sidewalks and storefronts and more garages or parking lots behind the shops, it wont be taking place in Uptown. Uptown is primarily suburban, you know it and Houston knows it. I do like this project though, I'd support shopping there over the Galleria if I were to be in the neighborhood to shop.
  2. I like this development best of all the Houston projects and even though I'm pulling for it to happen as it is now in the renderings, I am prepared for the worst. This project even without the high rises is still a great one and urban neighborhoods and walkable areas like this would be exactly what Houston needs. Infill, Houston's getting plenty of that and more to come.
  3. Honestly I never had high hopes for this project from the start and I think of it as just infill, its neither good nor bad from my point of view. I don't care how upscale it is or even if they get the best stores I wouldn't ever shop there. It looks bland, tacky, and replaceable. I knew the high rises would be cut out from the final plans but I have to say that I'm still very disappointed regardless. Oh well haha, you win some, you lose some. Houston is still a maturing city and will be getting lots of nice and also not so nice high rises in the coming 20 years, many will make up for the loss on this and many will make you wish they left it as a vacant plot. Just my $0.02 anyway.
  4. How old would this link be? The link you posted yesterday about the project coming out of the "on hold" phase didn't seem to mention the hotels and high rises at all. Safe to assume they're cancelled? Haha.
  5. New Office Building Development in The Woodlands: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/04/29/newfield-hq-move-prompts-new-office.html News about 4 Waterway Square:
  6. http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/Clear-Lake-Hospital.jpg?v=1 Bay Area Houston Regional Medical Center Hospital Development: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/04/29/new-hospital-coming-to-webster.html
  7. Dinerstein cracks Galleria area with first multifamily complex: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/04/29/dinerstein-cracks-galleria-area-with.htmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/04/29/dinerstein-cracks-galleria-area-with.html
  8. Some more information, will quote in pieces to address points separately. Updated to 22 floors from previously stated 20 floors: Ground Floor to feature restaurants: Construction details: The rest: Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/2011/04/other-changes-planned-around-new-bbva.html
  9. Here is another source, this one is from Bizjournal- Houston and it states that the other tower, the residential's, and the hotel will also get built too along with this tower. From Bizjournals.com/Houston: Read here: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/04/13/bbva.html
  10. Negotiations for a new (much needed) grocery store and another restaurant most likely. I' very impressed how in 2 years (roundabout) they drew a residence population of 1,200 yet at the same time saddened how our downtown only has slightly double that number with 2,500 residences. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/2011/03/citycentre-grocer-to-help-feed-masses.html
  11. Lockmat, in your first post did you find those renderings or did you make them yourself with autocad? If you made them yourself why in that design instead of one or maybe two 25-32 story towers?
  12. I've been reading HAIF for well over 3 years now, long time reader, first time poster. I don't like to post very often and when I do, it's only on something I find exceptionally interesting. The redevelopment of East End/East Downtown (I wont ever call it that horrid name EaDo) is possibly one of my main interests in Houston, alongside with Regent Square, Jennings Island Towers, & Snow Mountain Texas Indoor Ski Resort/Earth Quest Adventures. Now I haven't ever seen the renderings to Dan Nip's developments before, but I am hoping for something original. He's been trying to redevelop "Old Chinatown" for so long now and I like where his ideas are headed, to make it seem more authentic and not so bland and un cultural. April 18th, 2009: The meeting to discuss their visions of where East End/East Downtown should be headed: http://www.houstonlwsforum.org/designCompetition/Urban%20Redevelopment/TIRZ15Perspective.pdf
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