houstontexasjack Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Damn it, did Jack Easterby step in on this one as well? 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 15 hours ago, tangledwoods said: This project is now on hold. The developer and GC couldnt come to terms on pricing. Damn. Was really looking forward to having a Rosewood, would have probably been one of the top 3-5 nicest hotels in Houston. It was so exciting to think we would have Rosewood, Kimpton, and Thompson all entering the market in a short span, but now Thompson is the only one remaining. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apendido Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Everything McNair turns to crap. No surprise here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Damn, this is almost as bad as the Texan's last season 😆. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thatguysly Posted May 11 Popular Post Share Posted May 11 It is a delay at this point and not a cancelation like the Caydon stuff. I really think it has to do with construction prices. This should rebound with either changes or wait for prices to drop back to normal. 7 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Quote It is a delay at this point and not a cancelation like the Caydon stuff. I really think it has to do with construction prices. This should rebound with either changes or wait for prices to drop back to normal. correcto, they tried to make subcontractors hold numbers and in this market everyone is freaking out. Copper at record highs, lumber is bonkers and steel is through the roof. It is a HORRIBLE time to try and buy anything. We are going to see a lot of projects go on a 3-6mo procurement hold. 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 On hold doesn't mean cancelled. Maybe next year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted May 13 Popular Post Share Posted May 13 I believe the reason the developer and the General Contractor (Harvey) couldn't come to an agreement and the project being put on hold was because of the drawings. They are schematic at best and missing numerous details but they want to contract off of the set. Every contractor is going to add a considerable amount to their proposal just to cover themselves. Hopefully they are putting it on hold because a progressive set is being put together by the architect. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) On 5/12/2021 at 9:46 AM, tangledwoods said: correcto, they tried to make subcontractors hold numbers and in this market everyone is freaking out. Copper at record highs, lumber is bonkers and steel is through the roof. It is a HORRIBLE time to try and buy anything. We are going to see a lot of projects go on a 3-6mo procurement hold. At the same time though demand for construction has shot up through the roof. I do expect to see a lot of projects get the green light this year simply due to general fears of inflation. No better way to secure general wealth than to put it into real estate. Prices for everything in nearly every kind of market will yo-yo for probably the next couple years honestly mostly due to supply chain disruption. This was the worst thing about the lockdowns globally. I like to think of it like Houston traffic. You get that initial disruption, and then a trickle moves along. Finally you reach the part where you think the accident is, but its no longer there, but its effect still lingers. Same works for supply chains. Because of bloated inventory nobody was buying, most cut production radically to empty inventory. Now that everything has opened up again you see supply shortage because of the previous cut back. Edited May 21 by Luminare 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 3202 1/2 Post Oak Blvd permit for a new private street. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 5 hours ago, Highrise Tower said: 3202 1/2 Post Oak Blvd permit for a new private street. What does this mean? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Resident Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Last week I noticed some activity on the site… looks like someone delivered some drainage pipe/culverts. Nothing this week. What a tease! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 From CoStar in an article regarding McNair's recently announced Westchase multifamily/active lifestyle development on the old Dow Chemical site: Quote Elsewhere in Houston in the Uptown-Galleria area, McNair Interests has put a proposed high-rise, mixed-use development on Post Oak Boulevard on hold. The project at 3200 Post Oak Blvd. has secured financing and the design is complete, but McNair Interests is waiting for the right market conditions and timing to proceed, Steffen said. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Makes perfect sense. ON NPR yesterday, it mentioned that it looks like the lumber bubble may be busting and prices coming back down but that lumber prices are still 3x what they were a year ago. China is also releasing more metals into the market and that help other construction costs as well. Seems simple enough to wait a year or two and save millions. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMU1213 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 2 hours ago, thatguysly said: Makes perfect sense. ON NPR yesterday, it mentioned that it looks like the lumber bubble may be busting and prices coming back down but that lumber prices are still 3x what they were a year ago. China is also releasing more metals into the market and that help other construction costs as well. Seems simple enough to wait a year or two and save millions. Except for the fact that carry costs (including pref and or/opportunity costs) on that expensive of land is millions of dollars a year. Heck, the taxes on that property alone are half a million a year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Two of the postings in this thread have been deleted. They included confidential information. I sent the user a message. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Quick search and the most recent rendering can still be found online 👀🤪 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 15 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Quick search and the most recent rendering can still be found online 👀🤪 The "latest rendering" on Pinterest? Interesting.. hadn't seen that one before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Resident Posted June 24 Popular Post Share Posted June 24 Looks like they are doing some site preparation work… 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Resident Posted June 25 Popular Post Share Posted June 25 (edited) Working on the east side of the property today. I keep reading that construction costs are starting to come down. Let’s keep our fingers crossed! Edited June 25 by Mark Resident Sorry for the crappy picture… best I can do with my iPad. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted June 26 Popular Post Share Posted June 26 Stopped by today. Cherry is doing the work. Glad to see some activity! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 One surface lot has been removed. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted July 5 Popular Post Share Posted July 5 https://hrarch.com 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 What is the most current rendering for this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 As I understand… there is a searchable image that’s on Pinterest. Who is the design architect? It isn’t Munoz + Albin still by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 17 minutes ago, HOUCAJUN said: What is the most current rendering for this project? https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9150397&postcount=19 13 minutes ago, arche_757 said: As I understand… there is a searchable image that’s on Pinterest. Who is the design architect? It isn’t Munoz + Albin still by chance? House & Robertson, @hindesky posted a link to their page. Original design was by SOM. Munoz + Albin’s was a concept that was never chosen. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Urbannizer said: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9150397&postcount=19 House & Robertson, @hindesky posted a link to their page. Original design was by SOM. Munoz + Albin’s was a concept that was never chosen. Yes, I went to that website. What I can tell is that House & Robertson specialize in being the architect of record/project architect for many flashy design firms (Jean Nouvelle, Frank Gerhy etc.), as you can see by perusing their website they didn’t actually get accolades for designing some of those structures. They did however make them work - which is an art form into its own right. So, I am sorta thinking that maybe they’re not the designers(?), but the project architect… but hey, if they are good for them! They are similar to a firm here locally - Kendall Heaton. That firm served as the project/architect of record for the Beck Building for Rafael Moneo among others. http://www.kendall-heaton.com Edited July 6 by arche_757 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bategeler Posted July 8 Popular Post Share Posted July 8 (edited) Word on the street is Kohn Pedersen Fox is the design architect. Edited July 8 by bategeler 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Jones Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 On 7/7/2021 at 11:37 PM, bategeler said: Word on the street is Kohn Pedersen Fox is the design architect. They are. House & Robertson are the "Executive Architects". 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I also heard that the "Grand Poobah Architect" is Rem Koolhaas and the "Master Ideation Architect" Renzo Piano. All joking aside KPF are a legit firm, excited to see their name attached. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 So is the latest rendering final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 On 6/16/2021 at 5:44 PM, swtsig said: From CoStar in an article regarding McNair's recently announced Westchase multifamily/active lifestyle development on the old Dow Chemical site: So... is it still "on hold" or have they pulled the trigger? Things seem to be a bit more favorable now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Plan Review Fee permit. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Resident Posted July 23 Popular Post Share Posted July 23 Just now, Mark Resident said: Just now, Mark Resident said: Back at it… 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted July 25 Popular Post Share Posted July 25 The wooden fence around the property has been removed. The road is also being chipped away. I noticed the glass facade mockup has also been removed. Sounds like progress! Looking forward to this one! 19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted August 22 Popular Post Share Posted August 22 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted September 6 Popular Post Share Posted September 6 Utility work has once again started. Fingers crossed this leads to something bigger! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 8 Popular Post Share Posted September 8 https://www.mcnair.com/ The project on the lower right may also be for Houston. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 ^^^ well, heck, we'd all be very happy if they could just move forward, and complete the project on the UPPER LEFT. just sayin... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Waste Water application permit issued for 5000 Richmond Ave. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted September 12 Popular Post Share Posted September 12 Fencing around the whole site is in the works! Sounds like promising news. Everything points to this one starting soon. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted September 19 Popular Post Share Posted September 19 Fence progress. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 That’s an outdated rendering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickEdgar Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 (edited) 4 minutes ago, J Money said: That’s an outdated rendering Thanks for letting me know. I searched back a few pages to see if it had been posted, but didn't see it. Went ahead and deleted it. Edited September 21 by ErickEdgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted September 26 Popular Post Share Posted September 26 Fence is almost complete. We should see a screen covering within the next few weeks. Maybe with rendering graphics! 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted October 10 Popular Post Share Posted October 10 I've never seen this much equipment on site. Sitework is definitely forthcoming! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted October 24 Popular Post Share Posted October 24 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted October 29 Popular Post Share Posted October 29 This is now known as M Square https://www.kpf.com/projects/m-square 22 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Giving the Post Oak a run for it's money 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 KPF huh? That should be a source for optimism for anyone worried about what the end result might look like. KPF is a really good firm. I believe they did one of the newer towers at Hudson Yards. This tower and site is very well within their competence level. I don't know who the Architect of Record is as KPF is based in NYC if I remember correctly. They are a global firm, but I'm not sure if they have any offices in Texas. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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