Hines

[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.

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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

[quietstorm]

13 hours ago, hindesky said:

"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.

That was amazing.

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

"Much of how Houston’s skyline looks today can be traced back to Hines, a pioneering global real estate powerhouse that will celebrate its 66th anniversary in February 2023. Since launching in Houston in the late 1950s, Hines has grown to oversee about $92 billion in properties spread across 28 countries."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/real-estate/hines-timeline/?utm_campaign=centerpiece
 

[BeerNut]

https://www.papercitymag.com/real-estate/houston-downtown-new-hines-district-texas-tower-brava-skyscrapers-skyline-legacy/

"Calling a shopping mall or a mixed-use development a “district” has become something of a marketing gimmick. With many developers, it means little except branding. Everyone wants to tell you about their “district” these days. But Hines actually created a real-life district within the city, not some artificial environment that wouldn’t otherwise exist."

 

[hindesky]

[Highrise Tower]

We had a medical emergency on the floor this week.  I'm so thankful Hines Property Management is located in the tunnel. Hines came up to the floor within minutes to assist.  I called 911 and downstairs security helped guide them upstairs.

You can tell Hines has decades of experience in office management and are prepared. Kudos to Hines for a fantastic job this week!