Hines

[lockmat]

Chronicle has a good article on him in today's paper.

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4876742.html

Just some quotes I found interesting:

Hines raised the bar by showing that quality and financial success can be mutually attainable.

He was one of the first developers to hire world-famous architects, believing tenants would flock to top-quality buildings, even in a down market.

And architects appreciated his vision.

"Many developers just want to tell the architect what they want," said Gyo Obata, a founding partner of HOK, the company that designed the Galleria. ''I think he's one of the few developers that really listens to the architect."

That's not to say he's not a demanding client.

Hines said he rejected Philip Johnson's first four designs for Post Oak Central, an office complex on Post Oak, because "they didn't make sense economically and real estatewise."

"We like problem areas because other people will normally try to avoid those and we'll try to figure it out," Hines said.

I wonder what the best "probelm area" is prime for taking on right now?

Hines' legacy includes setting a standard of quality. He's obsessive over small details, such as the weight of a door, the feel of a handle or the look of a sign.

Breath of fresh air.

He's pleased with the way Houston has developed but thinks more housing would be good for downtown. "I think dead cities at night are dangerous and cause all kinds of problems and lead to rapid deterioration," he said.

Does anyone know if he's had any recent projects here or if he's currently got one going on?

Edited June 11, 2007 by lockmat

[TexasArchitect]

Gerald Hines looks weird without the 'D' Gerald D Hines, lol

anyway, he's a very respectful figure or at least imo he is. the very first firm i used to work for, we did work for him all the time. actually, he was one of our biggest clients. you can check the Kendall-Heaton website and see if he's doing anything with them. i'll ask some of my friends there and see if they are currenlty doing anything with him and pm u the info.

[Houston19514]

According to his website, he currently has nothing "under development" in Houston. Three projects are listed as "under construction": Shell Woodcreek Campus expansion; Sysco Corporate Offices; and Vertias DGC North Building Addition. (of course, there may be many they are working on under the radar at the moment, such as the oft-rumored downtown project.)

[lockmat]

For those familiar, what's one word or a phrase that captures his arhitectual style?

[TxDave]

For those familiar, what's one word or a phrase that captures his arhitectual style?

That is an interesting question, but I don't think you can really capture Hines' style except to say that he had it (style!), at least in Houston.

His development company hired the architects that designed and built his landmarks in the city, and those architects were generally world class.

The company now has an impressive resume around the world, but I think its "style" remains the spectacular accomplishments in Houston.

Other places may be more hit or miss. In Dallas the main Hines project was the Galleria which was mostly an 80's update of the Houston original - still nice, but not spectacular. Although, meanwhile there are many other great successes in Europe and Asia.

[texas911]

I agree, he wasn't an architect but he knew great architecture. Wish he was still doing big projects in Houston, but am proud that he is from here.

[shasta]

He's pleased with the way Houston has developed but thinks more housing would be good for downtown. "I think dead cities at night are dangerous and cause all kinds of problems and lead to rapid deterioration," he said.

Anyone think this might be a tease as to how the new 47 story downtown building will be designed?

Edited July 16, 2007 by shasta

[nmainguy]

For those familiar, what's one word or a phrase that captures his arhitectual style?

Currently I would say the company's style in Houston would be their Main Street garage. I'm not sure how much he's involved with the company any longer even though he owns the majority of it. You would probably have to direct that question to his son.

[editor]

HARVARD DESIGN SCHOOL AWARDS FIRST EVER

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AWARD

TO GERALD D. HINES

(BOSTON) – The Harvard Design School announced today that it has awarded its first ever Visionary Leadership in Real Estate Award to Gerald D. Hines, founder and chairman of the international real estate firm that bears his name. The award was established to honor the lifetime accomplishments of extraordinary leaders in the real estate industry and their contributions to real estate education at Harvard University and the built environment at large.

Mr. Hines was nominated for the award by Richard Peiser, who is the Michael D. Spear Professor in Real Estate Development at Harvard. The International Advisory Board of the Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) enthusiastically approved the nomination of Mr. Hines for this honor. The REAI supports interdisciplinary research at Harvard in the field of real estate and urban development, and helps build the community of faculty, students and alumni who are active in the real estate industry. The five primary schools that participate in the initiative are the Business School, Design School, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which includes the undergraduate college.

To celebrate the award, a student reception at Harvard’s Knafel Building was held. In attendance were real estate organizations from both Harvard and MIT. Students were able to visit one-on-one with Mr. Hines, and received a copy of his biography “Hines: A Legacy of Quality in the Built Environment.” Following the reception was a fireside-chat forum in the Sackler Auditorium, which was open to the public. Professor Peiser prompted Mr. Hines to discuss his career, leadership in bringing great architecture into commercial development, leadership in sustainable development, and also building one of the most successful international real estate organizations in the world. Mr. Hines’ son, Jeff Hines, who is President and CEO of the firm, joined his father on stage and shared memories about his early days working in the Hines organization, taking over the leadership with his father still being a very strong presence, and the addition of fund investment to development in the company’s focus.

As a close to the event, Mr. Hines was presented a crystal sculpture by Joe O’Connor, the first chairman of the REAI and a personal friend. Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Mohsen Mostafavi, presented Mr. Hines with a proclamation on behalf of the University which read: “In recognition of his exceptional contributions to higher education in real estate, his innovations in office buildings and mixed-use development, his commitment to design excellence, his inspiration to generations of real estate professionals, both in his own company and in other organizations, and his unique impact on the built environment throughout the world.”

[editor]

Houston real estate legend Gerald D. Hines (think "Williams Tower" and the "University of Houston School of Architecture" has been given an award by the Harvard School of Design.

Read more about it here.

[TJones]

Could we get a moderator to merge this thread please ?!? Geez, Louise !

[editor]

This isn't happening in Houston, but it's a Houston company and a man closely associated with Houston, so I thought it would be of interest.

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Alumnus completes $11 million drive for Purdue industry-oriented laboratory

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University announced Monday (Sept. 15) a $2 million gift from mechanical engineering alumnus Gerald D. Hines, completing a drive to raise $11 million for a project to expand the university's Ray W. Herrick Laboratories.

The labs - administered by the School of Mechanical Engineering - are a hub of industry-oriented research in areas ranging from advanced automotive technologies to "smart" buildings.

"The Herrick Labs has an impressive legacy of balancing the needs of industry, academics and basic research," said Purdue President France A. C

[editor]

This is mostly a Chicago story, but since it involves one of Houston's biggest developers and reflects the general state of he economy I thought it would be of interest.

Here's the story: Hines has been talking for a couple of years about building a new tower above the Amtrak and Metra tracks next to the Chicago River. But nothing has happened for so long that a lot of people assumed it was dead.

Now we find out from Crain's that the problem is that Hines can't get any banks to lend it money for the new tower, even though (and here's the kicker) Hines already has two big anchor tenants lined up to occupy the place.

Full story here

It's one thing not to be able to get financing for a speculative tower, but this one is on one of only three empty spots left along the river, and has people eager to move in before it's even built. Pretty sad.

Oh, here's a pic:

[Subdude]

Cool-looking building though. The story certainly isn't surprising. If anything you would expect to hear even more stories like these, but developers presumably don't want to publicize it when they can't get financing.

[TheNiche]

Cool-looking building though. The story certainly isn't surprising. If anything you would expect to hear even more stories like these, but developers presumably don't want to publicize it when they can't get financing.

Even in Houston, it just seems like construction timelines are moving sideways. There are very few large new commercial real estate projects still on the radar for a 2009 groundbreaking.

2010 could be a big year, though, if the capital markets improve.

[Jeebus]

Indeed that is a cool looking design, but I swear I've seen it somewhere before..

Oh yeah.. McDonald's Apple Pie:

(Just turn it upright and open the flaps..)

[rbarz]

Wow, its 60% leased and he can't get a loan...

In Houston, the residential projects Sonoma and The Turnberry are side-lined because there has not been enough pre-sold.

[lockmat]

Indeed that is a cool looking design, but I swear I've seen it somewhere before..

(Just turn it upright and open the flaps..)

We talked about it briefly when it was first announced

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...showtopic=12272

[jgriff]

Even in Houston, it just seems like construction timelines are moving sideways. There are very few large new commercial real estate projects still on the radar for a 2009 groundbreaking.

2010 could be a big year, though, if the capital markets improve.

I hope you're right Niche. What are you basing this on though? From what I'm hearing the petrochem industry in Houston is going to almost completely gone in 2010. Won't this put a big crimp in the Houston economy?

[TheNiche]

I hope you're right Niche. What are you basing this on though? From what I'm hearing the petrochem industry in Houston is going to almost completely gone in 2010. Won't this put a big crimp in the Houston economy?

The petrochem industry isn't going to disappear. It's going to stop growing and likely contract some. But E&P firms (upstream) were much more cautious in the last several years than they had been in the 70's and early 80's. They didn't hire or expand nearly as much in this cycle, they didn't speculatively lease a glut of excess office space, and a lot of them have hedged positions to keep speculative projects financially feasible. Refiners (downstream) have expanded plant capacity somewhat in the last several years but have only modestly participated in the increase of regional employment. They may seek to trim the fat a little, but that's a slow bleed as they try to find ways to increase automation and otherwise become more capital-intensive.

Office demand is going to be off for a year or so, and top rents are going to have to come down. It'll be a tenant's market again, possibly well into 2011. Still, we've seen worse and we don't have a glut of empty sublease space (yet). Since large office projects can take up to two years to complete, players like Hines and Trammell Crow will probably try to break ground before the market is prime again. This is part of why I say that 2010 could be a good year, is because they're building for 2012.

Industrial demand still seems to be holding up, but there are a couple submarkets with excessive vacancy and too much under construction; there was an expectation that container terminals would justify many millions of new square feet out in Deer Park, La Porte, and Baytown--and they do, only not all at once. The strengthening of the US Dollar hasn't helped those areas (yet), and it won't in the short term. However it does encourage increased export activity, and that may help us if investors believe that the strong Dollar is more permanent than I personally think it is.

But the big shake-out in commercial real estate is going to be in the retail sector. Way too many unanchored strip centers were developed in neighborhoods where the demographics are still filling in. Developers' projections did not account for such a precipitous decline in new housing starts or closings, especially in lower/middle-class suburban areas.

Houston's 2009 experience is not going to be 1987, or even necessarily as bad as 2001, where we had Enron (and other scandals), TS Allison, the Tech Bust, relatively low energy prices, and a national recession, practically all at once. Most observers could see a light at the end of this tunnel (before Houston even really entered it) and a clear path back to growth.

The caveat, of course, is that the financial markets first need to become functional and efficient.

Edited December 8, 2008 by TheNiche

[jgriff]

The caveat, of course, is that the financial markets first need to become functional and efficient.

I hope you're right Niche. Everyone in downstream is in panic mode. I'm seeing staffing levels at about 15% of what they are now by late 2009. Huge projects are being canceled or delayed and there are zero new ones getting started. The backlog of projects that were started before the financial crisis will last until late 2009. It will start getting really bad in early 2010 unless something changes very quickly. I don't think we'll be seeing any new cranes going up in the Energy Corridor for the next few years.

[swtsig]

I hope you're right Niche. What are you basing this on though? From what I'm hearing the petrochem industry in Houston is going to almost completely gone in 2010. Won't this put a big crimp in the Houston economy?

please tell me you're speaking in hyperbole.

please.

[TheNiche]

I hope you're right Niche. Everyone in downstream is in panic mode. I'm seeing staffing levels at about 15% of what they are now by late 2009. Huge projects are being canceled or delayed and there are zero new ones getting started. The backlog of projects that were started before the financial crisis will last until late 2009. It will start getting really bad in early 2010 unless something changes very quickly. I don't think we'll be seeing any new cranes going up in the Energy Corridor for the next few years.

I hope I'm right too. And you're probably right that the Energy Corridor is getting overbuilt quick. But I think that that was going to happen with or without the decline in energy prices.

Anyone got a good source of 'at a glance' data on refiner margins or crack spreads?

[jgriff]

please tell me you're speaking in hyperbole.

please.

No, I'm not. All the people that wanted lower gas prices have gotten what they wanted. Unfortunatley that is really bad for Houston. There are no downstream projects in the pipeline. Unless the economy turns around quickly the West side of Houston is in for some trouble. The days of 10% raises every year are over. I think I'll be lucky to get any raise at all for the next two years if I can even keep my job.

[CandW]

I agree with Niche...we are seeing the same things. The big difference between the Houston economy and the national economy is that we had the petrochem industry to stave off the effects of the housing debacle. Slower growth was learned from the 80's, not just by the petrochem industry but by the housing developers. They tried to keep in check with the growth as closely as they could. The retial sector is in for some major troubles, specifically in the suburban market areas. Yesterday mom and dad couldn't spell developer and then with cheap money and seeing the neighborhoods encroaching on the family homestead someone gave them the idea that their corner lot was main and main in suburbia land. Not the case at all. They took the "build it, they will come" attitude. Slow down in the housing market and next thing you know, free rent is being offered in the mom and pop developers centers with noone able to secure financing to expand or develop any new concepts. The strength in the overall Houston economy is still there, but like Niche said, we need the financial markets to correct and start moving construction dollars back into the developers to keep moving forward. I am optimistic that 2nd half 2009 we will see some rapid movement forward on many new projects. I too see 2010 being a solid year for the commercial real estate community as a whole. Housing and retail will be the slowest moving forward. Don't put too much weight into what the national media is saying as it has not been that bad in Houston...overall.

[editor]

More bad news for this Hines project.

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-...ews.pl?id=33366

Crain's says the lead anchor has bailed because Hines couldn't get financing by deadline. Hines had TWO big tenants lined up for this project and far more commitments than are usually necessary for a tower this size.

So where's the money? Where's the trillion dollars in tax dollars that the banks are supposed to be lending? Oh, right -- they're going to bonuses to the people who ran the companies into the ground for jobs well done.

Commentary from HAIF's sister site, the Chicago Architecture Blog: http://blog.chicagoarchitecture.info/2009/...caled-back.html

[editor]

HINES ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS IN HOUSTON

(HOUSTON) - The Houston office of Hines, the international real estate firm, is pleased to announce the recent promotions of Jerry Lea and Mark Pojar in the firm's corporate office in Williams Tower.

Jerry Lea has been promoted from Senior Vice President - Conceptual Construction to Executive Vice President - Conceptual Construction. Since joining Hines in 1981, Lea has been responsible for consultants selection and contract negotiation, budgeting, scheduling, management of consultants' designs, and contractor and subcontractor bidding and negotiations for 150 million square feet of commercial, office buildings, retail complexes, hotels, sports facilities, clean rooms, performing arts theaters and museums.

Mark Pojar has been promoted from Pre-construction Manager to Vice President -Conceptual Construction. Pojar joined the firm in 2007 and since then, has been responsible for the MEP pre-construction services for projects including: Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. in Deerfield, IL; Dr. P. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, FL; Skyview Corporate Park and Horizon Center in Gurgaon, India; and the ASD project in São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to joining Hines, Pojar was an Engineering Manager with Alvine Engineering for eight years. While with that firm, he worked on numerous Hines projects such as Union Pacific Headquarters in Omaha, NE; One South Dearborn and 300 North LaSalle in Chicago; and 24th at Camelback II in Phoenix, AZ.

Hines is a privately owned real estate firm involved in real estate investment, development and property management worldwide. The firm's historical and current portfolio of projects that are underway, completed, acquired and managed for third parties includes 1,111 properties representing more than 451 million square feet of office, residential, mixed-use, industrial, hotel, medical and sports facilities, as well as large, master-planned communities and land developments. With offices in more than 100 cities in 17 countries, and controlled assets valued at approximately $22.2 billion, Hines is one of the largest real estate organizations in the world.

[Highrise Tower]

Love this company.

 

I was reading their financials the other day.. was in heaven! 

 

They have a new project in Paris’ CBD that amazes me. I'll post photos later

 

Cheers!

 

[Highrise Tower]

HEKLA - Paris-La Défense - Properties – Hines

https://www.hines.com/properties/hekla-paris-la-dfense

 

 

[Highrise Tower]

[ZRFkris]

Wow that’s jaw dropping, I love Hines. I would love to meet with Gerald Hines over lunch. 

[MidCenturyMoldy]

I'm old enough to remember Gerald Hines working with Philip Johnson and I.M. Pei. Hines and Johnson reputedly had a working relationship that consisted of Hines reining in Johnson's wildest ideas and Johnson wheedling and cajoling Hines into giving him more of a free hand. Good stuff resulted. I wish the current Hines Interests would be more daring in their designs for Houston. 

[MidCenturyMoldy]

On 11/9/2018 at 11:34 PM, ekdrm2d1 said:

HEKLA - Paris-La Défense - Properties – Hines

https://www.hines.com/properties/hekla-paris-la-dfense

 

 

 

I'm not feeling this one. Yeah, Jean Nouvel is definitely a "starchitect," but I don't like this as much as some of his other works.

[ChannelTwoNews]

Saw this in my facebook feed today. Hines put together a "coloring book" of sorts featuring their projects, available in PDF format.

 

https://www.hines.com/coloringbook?fbclid=IwAR2pZz7DXZIhteFapnIa0HHj6_EPsHuXLkQpWk98r6MFJ7-2_tMOJXNJEPI

 

Naturally, Houston is well represented.

Edited April 9, 2020 by ChannelTwoNews

[Montrose1100]

On 4/9/2020 at 6:44 PM, ChannelTwoNews said:

Saw this in my facebook feed today. Hines put together a "coloring book" of sorts featuring their projects, available in PDF format.

 

https://www.hines.com/coloringbook?fbclid=IwAR2pZz7DXZIhteFapnIa0HHj6_EPsHuXLkQpWk98r6MFJ7-2_tMOJXNJEPI

 

Naturally, Houston is well represented.

Too much shade/tones to be a proper coloring book. You might have better luck photo shopping the photos they used. - Choosing Beggar

[hindesky]

https://realtynewsreport.com/happy-birthday-to-the-worlds-most-important-developer/

Happy Birthday to ‘The World’s Most Important Developer’

 

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Gerald D. Hines turned 95 last week.

Mr. Hines, founded his real estate company in Houston in 1957. Today, his skyscrapers decorate skylines around the world. His hotels and residences provide places to rest and dream. His public plazas and retail centers give us places to enjoy life.

A couple of years ago, Houstonian Rusty Bienvenue, executive director of the American Institute of Architects, called Hines the world’s “most important” developer. “We’re fortunate that he calls Houston home and has done some of his best projects here,” Bienvenue said. “Most architects study his Pennzoil Place and the Galleria in architecture school. He understands a commercial building is not just a container. If you make it beautiful, it will draw in a higher rent value.”

Case in point: the Pennzoil Place in downtown Houston. Hines broke the boring mold of architectural sameness. Pennzoil Place consists of two trapezoidal towers wrapped in dark glass. Completed in 1975, the Pennzoil Place, designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, was named Building of the Decade by New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable. Pop artist Andy Warhol traveled to Houston to take Polaroids snapshots of it.

With the Pennzoil building, Mr. Hines proved that corporate tenants would pay more to be located in a building with outstanding architecture. It sent aftershocks around the world and cities became better places because of it.

Hines operates in 205 cities in 24 countries around the world. The company has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,393 properties totaling 459 million square feet.

Gerald Hines

Not bad for an Indiana kid who arrived in Houston with a slide-rule, an engineering degree from Purdue and only a few bucks in his pocket. At first, he lived in the YMCA until he got his feet on the ground.

Mr. Hines built up a portfolio of small buildings around town. About 1970 he tackled two major projects almost simultaneously – The Galleria and the One Shell Plaza office tower. The 50-story One Shell Plaza, now called 910 Louisiana, was far taller than anything he had ever attempted. He passed the double risk-test, receiving acclaim around the world and major commercial success.

Importantly, Houstonians loved the new developments. Ladies and gentlemen, teens and toddlers – everybody wanted to visit the three-level Galleria and its ice skating rink. You heard people brag about working at One Shell Plaza.

The Hines company continues to change Houston. Its 47-story Texas Tower in downtown is about halfway to completion.  Also a new outdoor plaza, designed by HOK, is underway at the 75-story Hines building next door to the city’s theater district.

A few years ago, the late president George H.W. Bush had a word to say about Mr. Hines at an event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

President Bush said: “Gerald Hines envisioned Houston as a city of beautiful buildings.”

And indeed, Gerald D. Hines has built more than a few.

---

Aug 18,. 2020 Realty News Report Copyright 2020

by Realty News ReportAugust 18, 2020

 

[Avossos]

Rest in Peace Mr. Hines.

[corbs315]

Edit: oops I see a thread was started in the right place - please delete

Edited August 24, 2020 by corbs315
mod please delete

[corbs315]

 

[Specwriter]

On 8/22/2020 at 3:42 AM, ernie5823 said:

1964 had vertical headlights. That looks more like a 1962.  

https://www.google.com/search?q=1964+catalina&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjf2OavtK7rAhUCUFMKHWdDDEAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=1964+catalina&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgQIIxAnMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjoICAAQCBAHEB5Qn7MCWOGGA2DvowNoAXAAeACAAUWIAcUBkgEBM5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=ctlAX9_XF4KgzQLnhrGABA&bih=578&biw=1280&hl=en

It is a 1962 Pontiac. My father had a 1964 Catalina in a very attractive turquois blue. Starting in 1963 full size Pontiacs had the headlights arranged vertically. This was the configuration through the 1967 model year. Cadillac did the same with its 1965 through 1968 models.

Edited August 24, 2020 by Specwriter

[Highrise Tower]

 

[H-Town Man]

His impact downtown:

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by H-Town Man

[august948]

12 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

His impact downtown:

 

 

We need to start telling people H-Town means Hines-Town...;)

 

[H-Town Man]

11 hours ago, august948 said:

 

We need to start telling people H-Town means Hines-Town...;)

 

 

Not to be overlooked is Kenneth Schnitzer, who did the green tower (Allied Bank/Wells Fargo), the Texas Heritage Plaza, and some or all of the Allen Center buildings. Also did Greenway Plaza and the Summit, but was doomed to forever play second fiddle to Hines, who picked Post Oak Boulevard to build his edge city (Post Oak Central, Galleria, Transco Tower).

 

[mkultra25]

[hindesky]

Great Article in The NY Times about Gerald Hines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/obituaries/gerald-d-hines-developer-dead.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20200829&instance_id=21739&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=40939456&segment_id=37150&user_id=d0bb2a66ca89fdac33b889f7af7f4c1d

[hindesky]

https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/property-management/hines-unveils-new-multifamily-property-management-firm-willowick-residential-106304?utm_source=outbound_pub_4&utm_campaign=outbound_issue_42752&utm_content=outbound_link_1&utm_medium=email

Hines Unveils New Multifamily Property Management Firm Willowick Residential

 

Hines has launched its own multifamily property management firm called Willowick Residential, which will work in partnership with the firm’s growing multifamily portfolio.

The new company, named after founder Gerald Hines’ first multifamily residential building in the River Oaks area of Houston, was launched earlier this year and, as of October, manages nine of Hines’ multifamily properties in the U.S. So far, the new venture has 35 employees.

Five of the properties are in Houston: Venue Museum District, Tinsley on the Park near Midtown, The Rosemary in Humble, Stone Loch in Tomball and Alys Crossing in Cypress. The other properties are two multifamily complexes in Dallas and two in Chicago.

Hines Senior Vice President of Multifamily Operations Lisa Newton told Bisnow the timing of the launch was predominantly about the scale needed to properly launch an in-house management platform.

“Between existing assets in operations, upcoming development and acquisition activity, 2020 was the right time,” Newton said.

The company, which has historically been known for office product, launched the new division earlier this year but chose to delay the announcement in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Newton. The branding and timing also serve to honor founder Gerald Hines, who died Aug. 23.

“While Willowick Residential was launched earlier in the year before the pandemic, COVID-19 did play a factor in waiting to [publicize] the news until now to ensure we were properly addressing growing health and wellness concerns,” Newton added.

In the long run, the goal is to make Willowick Residential the sole property management firm overseeing all Hines multifamily properties in the U.S., Newton said. However, that will depend on what is most beneficial for each multifamily asset, within its specific market.

Hines’ multifamily portfolio consists of 63 projects across 38 U.S. cities, including luxury towers, urban mid-rises and traditional garden-style apartments.

“Rooted in the expertise of our regional offices, our growing and successful multifamily division has expanded for-rent apartment development activity throughout the United States,” Hines President and CEO Jeff Hines said in a statement. 

“Willowick Residential seeks to deliver a superior level of resident service, above-industry retention rates, cost-effective building management and superior engineering and maintenance of the physical asset.”

Contact Christie Moffat at christie.moffat@bisnow.com

[hindesky]

I was riding through UH Main campus on Sunday. I found a bag on the ground with hundreds of clip on pins commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Hines School of Architecture in a temporary tent near the school. Rode through again a few days later and gave them to a UH Police officers to turn in to lost and found. This is what had gone on the day before.....

https://www.papercitymag.com/society/gerald-d-hines-slide-rules-sells-50000-75th-anniversary-uh-college-architecture/#362357

City Changing Houston Developer’s Slide Rule Sells for $50,000 — Gerald D. Hines’ Legacy Honored in 75th Anniversary of UH College

Working With Young Architects Inspired This Visionary

BY SHELBY HODGE // 10.13.21

lthough esteemed international real estate developer Gerald D. Hines passed away a year before he was to be honored on the 75th anniversary of the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, the spirit of the real estate legend was joyously celebrated during the gala evening held at the college.

Architecture graduates, design firm leaders, professors and architects from across the area joined together 300 strong in the dinner evening that saluted the man whom the New York Times called the “architects’ Medici.” Hines’ legacy led to an impressive bottom line for the gala, which raised close to $430,000 for the college‘s new Advanced Media Technology Lab and for student scholarships. Major sponsors contributing to the bottom line were Aramco, Hines and Page/.

And then there was the silent auction, highlight of which was Hines’ personal slide rule that he was said to have carried with him throughout his career. Kendall/Heaton made the winning $50,000 bid in a nod to the firm’s close relationship with Hines, his namesake company and the college.

 

The evening was led by gala chair Arturo Chavez, senior principal at Page/, and college Dean Patricia Oliver, who thanked guests for helping the dreams of UH architecture and design students a reality through their support of the gala.

“His whole life, Opah was inspired by meaningful architecture,” Hines’ grandson Matthew Hines told the gathering. “I know how much the College of Architecture here at UH meant to him. He was inspired and invigorated to be able to work with young architects and I know that this school held a special place in his heart.”

The relationship between Hines and the college was reiterated in a video that included remarks from the developer’s son Jeff Hines and granddaughter Laura Hines-Pierce.

“It was always such a pleasure for him to have the opportunity to spend time with students in the college,” Hines-Pierce said. “He might have been three to four times older than them, but he carried a sort of rock star status among them and what seemed to make them click was his dedicated interest in their projects and designs.”

 

The buffet dinner evening began in a tented party space, washed in UH red, where The PANtagonists, the UH steel drum band, entertained. It continued with the program that included City Councilman and architect David Robinson declaring it Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Day in Houston, And concluded with a second line band leading guests into the Philip Johnson-designed college for dessert and a reveal.

The gala unveiled the much-anticipated “Airscape,” a one-of-a-kind, floating installation by architecture professors Peter Jay Zweig and Rafael Benytez-Duran.

The installation is described as “the dynamic pneumatic structure challenges the values of the past by using the ecology of air, the turbulence of our times, the rising temperature of those viewing and interacting with the ‘Airscape,’ which is tempered by the ever-changing surrounding atmosphere.”

----The two guys have the pins on.........

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by hindesky

[hindesky]

Laura Hines-Pierce, granddaughter of Hines founder joins her father as co-CEO.

"Hines, the real estate development firm that began in Houston 65 years ago, enters a new era as Laura Hines-Pierce joins her father, Jeffrey Hines, as the firm’s new co-CEO."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/hines-granddaughter-ceo-father-laura-16847394.php

[hindesky]

"Houston-based real estate developer Hines lit up the downtown Houston skyline with a drone light show."

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/10/watch-live-dazzling-drone-light-show-descends-on-downtown-houston/

 

Edit: Watch it in full screen mode.

Edited May 10, 2022 by hindesky