houstonfella Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 In reality, what does it matter? Uptown Houston is larger than most downtown big cities USA. Good for Uptown. But downtown isn't dormant by any means. Houston can only compete with itself. Eat your heart out Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta .... Houston's Uptown vs. Houston's Downtown .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 In reality, what does it matter? Uptown Houston is larger than most downtown big cities USA. Good for Uptown. But downtown isn't dormant by any means. Houston can only compete with itself. Eat your heart out Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta .... Houston's Uptown vs. Houston's Downtown .... It seems like if development continues the way it is downtown will be mostly business, and Uptown/Galleria will be mostly residential and shopping. Seems like a natural and desirable progression to me. If the density gets high enough on both sides it would seem natural to have some sort of underground mass transit line linking the two neighborhoods without disturbing the quieter neighborhoods between (I dare not use the dreaded "s" word.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 It seems like if development continues the way it is downtown will be mostly business, and Uptown/Galleria will be mostly residential and shopping. Seems like a natural and desirable progression to me. If the density gets high enough on both sides it would seem natural to have some sort of underground mass transit line linking the two neighborhoods without disturbing the quieter neighborhoods between (I dare not use the dreaded "s" word.)Exactly. Can we progress beyond the tunnels of downt's massive towers? It is a win win situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Tower info...Possible twin 30 story condo towers by a NYC based developer. Would rise on the NW corner of Post Oak Blvd and Richmond (old Mason Jar Restaurant site).Second tower proposed by Faulkner USA out of Austin. Site is on McCue Road where the old Marquee Apartments are being torn down. Early reports state it would be a 40 story condo tower.As for me, I would never want to live in a highrise in Uptown. With no rail line connection and unpleasant pedestrian life, I don't quite get the point. I would much rather have a private house/patio home/condo since driving is pretty much required for all daily activities. That said, I am not a 60+ empty nester from Tanglewood nor am I a rich Mexican national. Those are really the only 2 groups I see these towers being marketed too despite the slick ads showing bikini clad strippers sitting poolside and wannabe urban hipsters smoking cigars in the club rooms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 my hopes are that the area becomes extremely pedestrian friendly. it seems to be a great environment for this with the added residential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 my hopes are that the area becomes extremely pedestrian friendly. it seems to be a great environment for this with the added residential.It will be hard with the huge lot sizes, no real street grid, and gigantic strip mall / indoor mall type retail developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Tower info...Is there detailed info for this preliminary news online somewhere or is it still private information?If online, I'd like to know where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Tower info...Possible twin 30 story condo towers by a NYC based developer. Would rise on the NW corner of Post Oak Blvd and Richmond (old Mason Jar Restaurant site).There is a discussion about this project here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Maybe it's just me, but I don't see the appeal of living in Uptown. It's probably the most overrated and overpriced area of town.That being said, I hope these get built. I enjoy looking at the Uptown skyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 There is a discussion about this project here. So we already knew about one of these three? Have we already discussed any of the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I went to the Texans=Dolphins game today... Jeez, the TMC skyline is growing, growing and growing... looks like 7 or more cranes over there.... Houston should rename itself to HUGEton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 all we need is fixed mass transit connecting the med center, downtown and uptown. a triangulation that, i think, would create a pulse of activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 We've got two of the triangular sides coming, right? I doubt we ever get the third connecting the galleria and downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 if the richmond........ehhh university line were approved, there would be a stop two blocks from the galleria, connected to the existing line between downtown and tmc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Here is the full story from HBJUptown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Do they normally become free after so many days? Thanks for the link.But I think this is a good quote to remember:High-rise residences take years from concept to completion, but condo experts seem to think buyers will be in place by the time these proposed homes are ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Do they normally become free after so many days? Thanks for the link.But I think this is a good quote to remember:High-rise residences take years from concept to completion, but condo experts seem to think buyers will be in place by the time these proposed homes are ready.The stories become free usually the 2nd week. You can click on the industry type and get the listings of all the stories in all the cities. This will be the full story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 What about this one? Do you have any idea what project this article is talking about?I wish we had some sort of disposable thread we could ask questions about projects, so we/I wouldn't create duplicates. There's too many projects and I can't remember them all. Plus, the search option doesn't help all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 What about this one? Do you have any idea what project this article is talking about?I wish we had some sort of disposable thread we could ask questions about projects, so we/I wouldn't create duplicates. There's too many projects and I can't remember them all. Plus, the search option doesn't help all the time.That one, is referring to the project that Boymelgreen is proposing for Post Oak & Richmond Avenue. I think it was mentioned in another Post Oak/residential thread somewhere around here... Good news that they're starting to actually talk about what they have planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 That one, is referring to the project that Boymelgreen is proposing for Post Oak & Richmond Avenue. Good news that they're starting to actually talk about what they have planned.Really, I don't remember any proposals for two 30-story towers going up as one development? I'll search for it on google. So far, no luck. Plus, it says it's on san felipe. Is that close to that intersection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Really, I don't remember any proposals for two 30-story towers going up as one development? I'll search for it on google. So far, no luck. Plus, it says it's on san felipe. Is that close to that intersection?I think that "San Felipe" may be the name of the project, or at least the preliminary one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 I think that "San Felipe" may be the name of the project, or at least the preliminary one.It seems as if this Boymelgreen doesn't play. Their history makes me feel pretty comfortable that these have a very good chance of going up.-----Emporis has a link up for it:http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=120502More Info:Nix all that info I guess. Bad news:http://globes-online.com/serveen/globes/do...88&fid=1124-----Well, that initial article from yesterday was from a St. Louis paper. It's more recently dated than this globes-online article. They are talking about the same thing, right? They seem to contradict each other, unless news happened in the time between the two articles but the news was never reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 The original Windsor Plaza shopping center spanned the north side of Richmond Ave. from Sage Rd. to S. Post Oak Rd. The western section included an A&P grocery store, a TG&Y variety store, washateria, barber shop, hobby shop, photo studio, and other like tenants. I think I even remember a karati school in there for awhile. The eastern section, closer to Post Oak did not actually get built with the first section. The parking lot, however, was built all the way to Post Oak. This parking lot became a frequent location for travelling carnivals, hot rodders and skate boarders (yes, we had those back then too!). The Windsor Theater openned aroung 1963 and was the only thing on the eastern part of the shopping center for several years. I remember the premiere movie was "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. This was the first "Panoramic View" style theater in Houston. A large amusement slide was built and operated on the eastern part, near Post Oak, for a few years in the mid 60's. It wasn't until the Galleria openned in 1970 that things started to be built out in that section. "Cooters" (Anybody remember that place?) eventually took the tenant space formerly occuppied by the A&P on the westwern end. And of course the "Mens Club" made successfull use of the Windsor Plaza Bowling Alley building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonartstudent Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I just noticed today a billboard about a new development in the same area with a mixed development, didn't get much time to see it as traffic was heavy. It appears to have more built around the "lakes" and it seemed like a pretty large area that was planned. You could see the billboard going down McCue Road at Hidalgo. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow when I go in to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I just noticed today a billboard about a new development in the same area with a mixed development, didn't get much time to see it as traffic was heavy. It appears to have more built around the "lakes" and it seemed like a pretty large area that was planned. You could see the billboard going down McCue Road at Hidalgo. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow when I go in to workwelcome to the forum houstonartstudent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonartstudent Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I just noticed today a billboard about a new development in the same area with a mixed development, didn't get much time to see it as traffic was heavy. It appears to have more built around the "lakes" and it seemed like a pretty large area that was planned. You could see the billboard going down McCue Road at Hidalgo. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow when I go in to workokay so when i said "large"...I meant somewhat small scale. I started a new post since it appears to be a different development Lakes on Post Oak Retail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston-development Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I think that "San Felipe" may be the name of the project, or at least the preliminary one.allegedly they own another site on san felipe, a couple miles west of the galleria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 The mystery grows...I'm trying to get an idea of what property that might be, though. Seems a couple of miles west of the Galleria on San Felipe would be about Voss. There's already a pretty good amount of activity underway at that intersection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 The mystery grows...I'm trying to get an idea of what property that might be, though. Seems a couple of miles west of the Galleria on San Felipe would be about Voss. There's already a pretty good amount of activity underway at that intersection. not gonna be that senior living highrise, is it? i thought that was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greystone08(returns) Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 The only land that i see available for a project of this magnitude is where the AD theater player thing is supposed to go.Sorry to get slightly off topic but is that still a go? We haven't heard any update on that in the last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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