richfish Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 This is quickly becoming a very serious question with all of the development uptown and suburban style street grid that is already gridlocked. It seems like something will have to change with the streets at some point. I live in Uptown and really don't think the traffic situation actually within Uptown is really that bad. It's mostly getting out of Uptown (San Felipe and Westheimer eastbound toward 610) in the afternoons that is insane. 610 backs up and then all the feeders to it back up as well and it starts to affect the roads in Uptown. It amazes me how well the Uptown district has managed do traffic management consider what a giant cluster it all is. At the end of the day, the only real options are 1. to make more road segments in uptown one way to reduce traffic light cycles (i.e. west alabama between sage and post oak) and 2. reduce/remove cutout in the median on post oak/westheimer that allow left turns at non-traffic lights (this will happen on post oak in conjunction with the BRT) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I live in Uptown and really don't think the traffic situation actually within Uptown is really that bad. It's mostly getting out of Uptown (San Felipe and Westheimer eastbound toward 610) in the afternoons that is insane. 610 backs up and then all the feeders to it back up as well and it starts to affect the roads in Uptown. It amazes me how well the Uptown district has managed do traffic management consider what a giant cluster it all is. At the end of the day, the only real options are 1. to make more road segments in uptown one way to reduce traffic light cycles (i.e. west alabama between sage and post oak) and 2. reduce/remove cutout in the median on post oak/westheimer that allow left turns at non-traffic lights (this will happen on post oak in conjunction with the BRT) I agree. I live in the Memorial Villages area and worked in the Galleria for 2 years. I rarely had any problems with traffic. I think it's people commuting on the freeways that have the most trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I live in Uptown and really don't think the traffic situation actually within Uptown is really that bad. It's mostly getting out of Uptown (San Felipe and Westheimer eastbound toward 610) in the afternoons that is insane. 610 backs up and then all the feeders to it back up as well and it starts to affect the roads in Uptown. It amazes me how well the Uptown district has managed do traffic management consider what a giant cluster it all is. At the end of the day, the only real options are 1. to make more road segments in uptown one way to reduce traffic light cycles (i.e. west alabama between sage and post oak) and 2. reduce/remove cutout in the median on post oak/westheimer that allow left turns at non-traffic lights (this will happen on post oak in conjunction with the BRT) That's why it's so great that mass transit will be built in Uptown, but not connecting to it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The variance request was approved, looking to break ground 2Q 2015. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Nice. I suppose the Astoria laydown site can be readily changed to a laydown site for the hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The variance request was approved, looking to break ground 2Q 2015. Nine months away. We'll see if it sticks to schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 https://www.bidclerk.com/project/2920160.html Site work and new construction of a mixed-use development in Houston. Design plans call for the construction of a new two-story conference center, construction of a new 30-story hotel, construction of a new parking garage, and construction of two new office buildings.Plans for office building 1 call for construction of a two-story, 10,000-square-foot building, and plans for building two call for construction of a new one-story, 8,000-square-foot office building. A firm scope for the conference center have not yet been released, however the hotel will have two levels below grade. The parking garage will contain a total of 672 stalls. Plans also call for associated paving for 249 new surface parking stalls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 https://www.bidclerk.com/project/2920160.html Site work and new construction of a mixed-use development in Houston. Design plans call for the construction of a new two-story conference center, construction of a new 30-story hotel, construction of a new parking garage, and construction of two new office buildings.Plans for office building 1 call for construction of a two-story, 10,000-square-foot building, and plans for building two call for construction of a new one-story, 8,000-square-foot office building. A firm scope for the conference center have not yet been released, however the hotel will have two levels below grade. The parking garage will contain a total of 672 stalls. Plans also call for associated paving for 249 new surface parking stalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Interesting regarding the two office buildings. Landry's has begun leasing space here at 1700 W. Loop South. I wonder if they wish to consolidate everything back onto their property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 10,000 and 8,000 sf? Those are shacks. What's going in them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The Master Plan lists a Willie G's on the site. I could also see Landry's putting up a restaurant concept or two near their hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Pad sites for those make sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Did anyone see the Tilman Fertitta downer of an interview on Bloomberg? Based on what Swamplot's reporting ("national real estate crash starts in Houston", "inflation is huge", blah, blah, blah...), I have to wonder if this project is headed for the back burner. http://swamplot.com/tilman-fertitta-sees-and-smells-a-nationwide-real-estate-crash-starting-in-houston/2014-11-14/ Edited November 15, 2014 by toxtethogrady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Or maybe he's talking out two sides of his mouth? Seemed like he had a rough morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Here's the Bloomberg interview: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/tilman-fertitta-real-estate-crash-like-1986-coming-j2rFvvu~Rbq87Gyv1G9Ryw.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Or maybe he's talking out two sides of his mouth? Seemed like he had a rough morning.I think it's crazy for him to talk like that. He's got some ulterior motive is my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 He's complaining about inflation as if it's a national thing, when the likely truth is it's just the local conditions in Houston. Which I guess are being duplicated in Dallas, Austin, New York, San Francisco and anywhere else where construction labor and materials are in short supply (in other words, the boom towns). I doubt this is happening in Detroit. After all, gasoline's down to $2.29 a gallon somewhere in Spring, Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 There is an excavator on site moving big concrete squares about. I am not sure for what these might be used. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Q: A few details recently came out about a major hotel and conference center project you're planning near your headquarters. If there's so much building going on, why add to it?A: I haven't 100 percent confirmed it. But I'm very bullish on Houston long-term. I'm a long-term player in Houston. I'm not a seller. I'm building for the next 30 years. I'm not building to flip a property, and I don't put high leverage on my real estate. Q: What would keep you from starting the project?A: The only thing that would keep me from building it is if there would be a crash in the economy next 60 days. Oil going to $60 doesn't affect me. This is me doing this project. I look at things from a long-term standpoint.Q: Willie G's on Post Oak Boulevard?A: I'll be moving it. I'll disclose that a little bit later.http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-billionaire-plans-expansion-even-as-5917677.php Edited November 26, 2014 by Mab 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Tillman Fertitta is such a contradiction. He says one thing then he back doors it with something else. It's ridiculous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Tillman Fertitta is such a contradiction. He says one thing then he back doors it with something else. It's ridiculous.He's just playing the game. If he can come out and put a little extra fear in the market it benefits him (potentially). Always consider what someone has to gain and take very little at face value. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Dirt has been moved around on this site the past few days. An excavator is piling it into a dump truck. It is out of view in the photo below, but a portapotty has been set up on site. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 They are definitely doing doing something over there. Since they have a giant pile of sewer pipe on site... I'm assuming utilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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houstontexasjack Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I spoke to who appeared to be a foreman and workers on site. This work is indeed related to utilities necessary for the 3-story hotel. Of course, just because utilities are being installed does not necessarily follow that excavation for construction on the main tower will immediately follow thereafter. However, it is nice to see this site move forward in some fashion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I spoke to who appeared to be a foreman and workers on site. This work is indeed related to utilities necessary for the 3-story hotel. Of course, just because utilities are being installed does not necessarily follow that excavation for construction on the main tower will immediately follow thereafter. However, it is nice to see this site move forward in some fashion.A 3 story hotel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Sorry, that was a typo. Meant to say "30 story hotel." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie21love Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 What is the pouring at the far end??? 2015 01 10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The pour was for the foundation of Amegy's new headquarters across the freeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 What is the pouring at the far end??? Amegy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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