Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2015 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 ^^^ nice illustration! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sweet, did you get one of these images from the commission report? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Is this a colorless rendering or did they drop the brown from the residential tower? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Def not a colorless rendering 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Def not a colorless renderingSorry "minimalist" rendering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Just Colorless buildings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 http://www.bxtx.com/construction-preview/22783-medistar-defers-on-downtown-houston-tower.html The Houston Planning Commission agreed on Thursday to a request to defer the partial replat of a proposed downtown tower building. Medistar Houston Medical Center Ltd., the developer, still has an incomplete package, according to the city staff report on University Place First.At present, the site is a 1.4-acre parking lot located at the corner of Old Main Street and Travis Street. The replat process is being handled by Vernon G. Henry & Associates Inc. At yesterday's meeting, staff requested and was given a two week deferral to allow time for the applicant to provide revised information "before noon next Wednesday." The revisions must include a revised landscape/site plan, elevations and renderings.  "All submitted pictorial documents must be consistent. Provide information regarding parking count, unit count and mix and floor plans for proposed uses. If tehre is a proposed canopy along Travis Street that encroaches into the 10-foot building line, provide revised variance request." Architectural designs have been a joint effort of HOK, The Preston Partnership, Kimley-Horn, and Kudela & Weinheimer Landscape Architecture.While the project's case file name is University Place First, it is also known as Greystart Multi-Family Residential|Medistar Hotel. Medistar Corp. was seeking a variance for the building line of 15 feet from the curb, rather than 25 feet to allow pedestrian canopies at the building entries that would project 10 feet. This is a proposed high-rise building that would stand immediately across from the Texas Medical Center. It will include a hotel in the eastern portion of the building facing Main Street and an apartment complex in the western portion, adjacent to Travis Street.A garage entry for both will be on Old Main Street. Parking for each use will be separated within the structure and each use will fully satisfy the parking required for that use individually. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Was curious about this one, so actually watched the planning commission meeting on HTV.  Everything was approved The only real item of interest is that the apartment building was stated as 25 floors on top of a 9 floor garage (34 floors) unless the presenter misspoke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Are there any noise concern living in the TMC? I've only spent the night in Texas Children's drugged up (legally), after a car wreck.Helicopters, ambulances... That sort of thing. Edited July 23, 2015 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I lived right across the street from Memorial Hermann in the TMC for several years. Eventually you get used to the helicopters; it's really not that bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2015 Was curious about this one, so actually watched the planning commission meeting on HTV. Everything was approved The only real item of interest is that the apartment building was stated as 25 floors on top of a 9 floor garage (34 floors) unless the presenter misspoke Looking at the final agenda, there's actually 38 floors, and it will stand at 413 feet. Preston Partnership is the architect. The hotel is 22 floors at 243 feet. Edit: Elevations and renders added. I wonder if the hotel will still have apartment units on the top levels? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 This is great. 413 feet is quite high for a rooftop in the TMC. Will really add to the skyline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 So ignoring spires on a few buildings, would this make the 2nd tallest building in the Medical Center? Â Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza is 430'. Â If you count the Spires (426') it would make the 3rd tallest. Â Either way, not bad at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015  once this brilliant high profile TMC development is completed, it shall change the shape of the medical center forever.  houston, is on the cusp.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The rendering suggests the top may have a light-up feature. Delightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Sorry, not specific to this thread but lots coming to TMC...  The Methodist Hospital Tower looks pretty cool. https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/healthcare/four-hospital-systems-investing-billions-into-houston-48242  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Looking at the final agenda, there's actually 38 floors, and it will stand at 413 feet. Preston Partnership is the architect. The hotel is 22 floors at 243 feet. Edit: Elevations and renders added. I wonder if the hotel will still have apartment units on the top levels? Â An adjustment to that. Looks like HOK is doing the shorter building while Preston Partner is doing the taller. They are probably coordinating with each other since they are working with the same owner I imagine, but it looks like they are both completely separate projects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OkieEric Posted July 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2015 I run by this lot every couple of days and noticed some activity this evening - had a large part of the lot marked off and some equipment there     10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 We just need a few more hotels/ residential highrises along this stretch of the TMC along with the ~$1.5 billion in hospital expansion currently going on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Urb, did you say this was going to be an Intercontinental on SSP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 that would be interesting if true. supposedly BP is pushing for an Intercontinental in the Republic Square development PMRG is putting together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 It was listed on the Medistar website as an Intercontinental at one point under developments - it's no longer on their main site but you can google it and still find it elsewhere.  I think that's the only solid piece of info out there Not completely sure what they are doing here as they dug a square hole (maybe 4' deep?).  A lot of workers there yesterday, not that many this morning but they were still digging or doing something with that excavator Still no permits or any sort of announcement that I've seen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 2, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2015 Dirt equipment is on site. Â 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I noticed that they filled back in the hole the other day, and today saw that they had paved it back over (actually poured concrete). Â Equipment is gone as well. Â Maybe not a sure thing just yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Soil testing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Soil testing? Maybe?  The hole was pretty big, though.  I thought perhaps it was related to burying the power lines (which was mentioned in the planning commission meeting) but apparently not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm sorry, but this trend of lego-esque residential is getting old fast. The block of a pedestal parking garage with no continuity of vertical lines and BROWN colors; looks clunky, dated, uninspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm sorry, but this trend of lego-esque residential is getting old fast. The block of a pedestal parking garage with no continuity of vertical lines and BROWN colors; looks clunky, dated, uninspired.I'd prefer the boring over the Randal Davis Gotham City style any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015  I'd prefer the boring over the Randal Davis Gotham City style any day. The pointy thingy (that's a technical term) on the top of the Astoria is pretty nicely visible from my office now and is easily distinguishable from the buildings around it. Boring projects tend to show their age after awhile. The Houstonian Hotel, the Spires, the Parklane, the Huntington, and the Bristol high rise in Uptown all scream generic late 70's/early 80's to me.Randall Davis' style has grown on me. His buildings have a unique signature that that makes them harder to place in any given development era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Â Â The pointy thingy (that's a technical term) on the top of the Astoria is pretty nicely visible from my office now and is easily distinguishable from the buildings around it. Boring projects tend to show their age after awhile. The Houstonian Hotel, the Spires, the Parklane, the Huntington, and the Bristol high rise in Uptown all scream generic late 70's/early 80's to me.Randall Davis' style has grown on me. His buildings have a unique signature that that makes them harder to place in any given development era.They may seem generic, but they have stood the test of time. They don't call for attention other than their height. When one of RD's hug rises scream for attention, it's not a good one IMO. The Cosmopolitan , Marlowe, and Arabella are decent projects. His others, not so much. I know the Astoria has a little ways to go on the facade before we can really judge it. Besides that, the TMC is not the place for his style of projects. The Astoria can sink into the beauty of 1200 Post Oak, Monte-whatever, and the Dominion. I would much prefer another Bristol than a Ticky tacky early 2000's Florida panhandle condo tower. Or worse, a Ticky tacky Art Deco inspired one.Sorry I know some may like his designs but I don't get it. And FWIW the Houstonian Hotel is quite ugly. Luckily it is over shadowed by the condo tower & pine trees.Edit: while this hotel building is boring, at least it doesn't stick out in a negative way. Instead it blends into the environment and provides substance to pieces in the TMC that should stand out. Edited August 6, 2015 by Montrose1100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 looks clunky, dated, uninspired. Completely agree. It looks so dated already and it isn't even built. I guess all glass towers can get boring quickly but most of the glass towers they are building right now like the BHP Billiton tower look grand and modern. As for Randall, his newer projects look a lot better than his older projects. He's matured. The Astoria looks amazing in person but I must admit.... the Marlowe looks dated already as well. I don't know why but it feels very late 70s/80s to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Completely agree. It looks so dated already and it isn't even built. I guess all glass towers can get boring quickly but most of the glass towers they are building right now like the BHP Billiton tower look grand and modern. As for Randall, his newer projects look a lot better than his older projects. He's matured. The Astoria looks amazing in person but I must admit.... the Marlowe looks dated already as well. I don't know why but it feels very late 70s/80s to me. It's all the black and white. Very 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The Cosmopolitan , Marlowe, and Arabella are decent projects.  The Cosmopolitan is a train wreck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The Cosmopolitan is a train wreck.The parking podium is, the facade is cute and looks really spectacular in the early morning/late afternoon light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The parking podium is, the facade is cute and looks really spectacular in the early morning/late afternoon light. Personally, I think that the facade is nearly as bad as the podium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Personally, I think that the facade is nearly as bad as the podium.Is it the color choice? Size of the panels? Shape?Edit: or perhaps the Cosmopolitan PAC? Edited August 6, 2015 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I guess a mix of all of that?  I can't really pick out one thing, I just don't like it at all.   It's an all glass facade with curves and shapes as opposed to a box but I still hate it. I would liken it to Donna from That 70s Show.  Not a fan.  Some people say it is just the obvious flaw, her James Earl Jones deep manly voice (podium).  I agree her voice is terrible and one of the worst parts but I just dislike the whole package.  She has aspects that should make her hot; red hair (glass facade), boobs (curves), good body (I don't know, balconies?).  Together they just suck on her though.  Some pictures of her may look alright, and maybe she looks OK at night in the dark, but she just doesn't do it for me.    5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I guess a mix of all of that? I can't really pick out one thing, I just don't like it at all. It's an all glass facade with curves and shapes as opposed to a box but I still hate it.I would liken it to Donna from That 70s Show. Not a fan. Some people say it is just the obvious flaw, her James Earl Jones deep manly voice (podium). I agree her voice is terrible and one of the worst parts but I just dislike the whole package. She has aspects that should make her hot; red hair (glass facade), boobs (curves), good body (I don't know, balconies?). Together they just suck on her though. Some pictures of her may look alright, and maybe she looks OK at night in the dark, but she just doesn't do it for me.Wow...this is at least top 3 most sexist comments I've seen here. Good one, bud. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I'll top that.... someone hasn't seen Orange Is The New Black... first thing you see his her boobies.... they're real and spectacular. heh  #onwaytickettohellplease... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Timoric Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 9, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Do you ever think a skyscraper is masculine or feminine? Only once on here they had a pink stone accented building with goofy little pyramids that I thought would look for Mary Kay HQ.  There was a fictitious skyscraper designed by fictitious architect "Ted Mosby" (portrayed by actor Josh Radnor) in a episode of the TV show How I Met Your Mother that was definitely masculine, or at least sexually unconvinced.  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Purify Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I guess a mix of all of that?  I can't really pick out one thing, I just don't like it at all.   It's an all glass facade with curves and shapes as opposed to a box but I still hate it. I would liken it to Donna from That 70s Show.  Not a fan.  Some people say it is just the obvious flaw, her James Earl Jones deep manly voice (podium).  I agree her voice is terrible and one of the worst parts but I just dislike the whole package.  She has aspects that should make her hot; red hair (glass facade), boobs (curves), good body (I don't know, balconies?).  Together they just suck on her though.  Some pictures of her may look alright, and maybe she looks OK at night in the dark, but she just doesn't do it for me.   Wow, I never knew it was possible to not be attracted to Laura Prepon. You can do waaaaay worse than her. She was incendiary on That 70s Show, if you ask me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 A permit came through.  It's just for "sitework" but glad to see this is still moving roject Details  Project No: 15083597 Date : 2015/08/31 00:00:00 USE : SITEWORK-UTILITIES-PAVING FOR FUTURE APT Owner/Occupant : *GREYSTAR-TMC Job Address : 1850 1/2 OLD MAIN ST 77030 Valuation : $ 0 Permit Type : PX FCC Group : Structures Other than Buildings Buyer : *PERMITS PLUS * Address : 5380 W 34TH ST 240 77092 Phone : (713) 686-1728  7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015  A permit came through.  It's just for "sitework" but glad to see this is still movingroject Details  Project No: 15083597 Date : 2015/08/31 00:00:00 USE : SITEWORK-UTILITIES-PAVING FOR FUTURE APT Owner/Occupant : *GREYSTAR-TMC Job Address : 1850 1/2 OLD MAIN ST 77030 Valuation : $ 0 Permit Type : PX FCC Group : Structures Other than Buildings Buyer : *PERMITS PLUS * Address : 5380 W 34TH ST 240 77092 Phone : (713) 686-1728  Whoa? Wait....you telling me we had a someone working in the permit office in our gang here at HAIF this whole time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Whoa? Wait....you telling me we had a someone working in the permit office in our gang here at HAIF this whole time? Nope, just a dork that does Houston online permit searches in his zip code every few days.  I just like knowing what's being torn down and built around me for some reason 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Nope, just a dork that does Houston online permit searches in his zip code every few days.  I just like knowing what's being torn down and built around me for some reason Knowledge is power! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 385' and 423' on FAA site. Â Very little info but they just showed up... Â Not quite sure how to link this but hopefully it works-Â https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=266937198&row=272https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=266937197&row=279 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 38' for 16 stories difference? The heights listed on page 3 are 413 and 243.Some changes have occurred since the renderings? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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