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My office overlooks the site.  All four quadrants are being used (extensively) as a holding area for the Post Oak work.  PO @ Richmond is supposed to re-open in May, but I can't imagine they will be able to move all the stuff out of there until the full Blvd is a bit further along.

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5 hours ago, hindesky said:

Talked with a different worker at the Preston demo who seemed to know more details. He said they will start utilities work this summer and Harvey actually has the complete contract for all the buildings.

 

You are certainly stepping up your game! First photos, and now on the ground field reporting?! Thats next level.

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11 hours ago, hindesky said:

I like trying to get some inside info from these guys, hope it doesn't get them in trouble for releasing any insider news.

 

edit: I mentioned I was on HAIF to him and he was impressed how much info on the projects we had.

 

Great reporting and I like that you told him you were on HAIF so they still feel comfortable sharing knowing it'll go more public

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46 minutes ago, CaptainJilliams said:

I can't tell if it's for The Post Oak Blvd project or for McNair, but there is movement on the site.

 

I saw construction equipment moving around dirt, there are some pretty sizable mounds near the road. 

I believe the McNair project starts after Post Oak is complete on the south end.  What’s there now is staging for the Post Oak project.

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3 hours ago, Naviguessor said:

McNair may be dead...I doubt that the project is. 

You have to remember, this the McNair family we are talking about. If they approach this project like they do their football team, it will be mediocre AT BEST.

 

I hope not...but the fact they continue to drag their feet on this one echoes how they run the Texans.

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25 minutes ago, shasta said:

You have to remember, this the McNair family we are talking about. If they approach this project like they do their football team, it will be mediocre AT BEST.

 

I hope not...but the fact they continue to drag their feet on this one echoes how they run the Texans.

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^^^ as a TRUE and VERY SERIOUS TEXANS FAN, i'd have to concur wholeheartedly!  people may say what they please regarding JERRY JONES and his dallas cowboys per se... but this man get things accomplished!  jerry's dallas team, harbors to best training/office facilities within the NFL.  bob mcnair's family seems to suffer from being constantly lethargic throughout... 

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1 hour ago, TheSirDingle said:

Haven't seen anything on construction, but I did find a new rendering on the 3200 post oak section of the McNair website: https://imgur.com/gallery/ZThocxu

 

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^^^ pretty much the same rendering/concept.  perhaps, a bit more high resolution.  definitely will be a GAME CHANGER for this burgeoning district.  let's keep hope alive...

 

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7 hours ago, monarch said:

 

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^^^ pretty much the same rendering/concept.  perhaps, a bit more high resolution.  definitely will be a GAME CHANGER for this burgeoning district.  let's keep hope alive...

 

 

 

Wow, the taller building looks like somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 stories high, if not higher.  Anyone else know the exact height and number of floors ?  This will be a game changer in that area of town.  We'll take what we can get during this economic mess, but I'm still hoping for much higher towers in downtown than everything always being UNDER 50 stories.  Can I go even further to suggest a really supertall tower that Houston and Texas deserves and should have ?  Dare I wish for something higher than 75 floors one day, like say oh, I dunno maybe 115 floors with "shorter" towers around 85 to 95 floors one day in my fantasy future of downtown Houston.  Yes, it's good to dream, especially at this time, as long as we realize it's probably still a big fantasy for the near future.

 

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I actually like the older rendering that looked more like a few 20-35 story towers. It had a better design IMO, but it stayed in its lane.

 

One thing I love about the Transco/Williams tower is how it stands alone. It's so dominating. It's such a beautiful and defining building for the area. Its presence is complimented so well by its design. I'll never forget the impact it had on me the first time my dad drove us by it when I was a kid, and as we went down Westheimer, I remember thinking "this is where I want to live when I grow up." And sure enough, here I am to this day.

 

This would be a nice building in another part of town (Upper Kirby area comes to mind), but it would at least somewhat diminish that commanding presence of the Transco/Williams tower moving forward. Although we've all seen worse (looking at you right up the street, Mercer), this design is nothing special.

 

 

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