UrbaNerd Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 So has this project already started? If not, when is the estimated construction start date? All I can see from the photo is some fences...As posted above:"The environmental permit mentions an August '08 start date with construction ending in December 2012."4 yrs...Seems kinda slow for a TMC project. Most things are done in less than 2 yrs. It is a massive structure though, and there are probably other issues regarding the construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yeah and if it actually did start back in August, I think we would see more than some fences. But what do I know about construction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yeah and if it actually did start back in August, I think we would see more than some fences. But what do I know about construction?Lol yeah. Of course, you probably know something about Houston's infamous "soil testing" issues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yeah and if it actually did start back in August, I think we would see more than some fences. But what do I know about construction?It's kinda hard to see since the photo is small, but at the center of the photo there is a rather deep excavation site with the perimiter walls already shored up with the piles already driven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Wonder what this crane is for? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) So has this project already started? If not, when is the estimated construction start date? All I can see from the photo is some fences... Yes, construction has started. Here's a pic from December. Theres two cranes in the pic as well that are most likely for the tower. From Photolitherland on www.skyscraperpage.com Edited February 11, 2009 by UpuPUp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Here's some interesting news...Mat Pour at Houston Medical Facility May Be State 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) This thing is massive!It already is a few floors up, and it really is an attention grabber just based on it's width even now. Edited April 29, 2009 by ChannelTwoNews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Where is this located again? I'm wondering if it's the crane I can see part of from my office window, sort of behind the MD Anderson Mays Clinic building... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Wow. Only last week they were announcing the possibility of layoffs at UTMDACC. I wonder how many people will get the boot so they can pay for this monster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Wow. Only last week they were announcing the possibility of layoffs at UTMDACC. I wonder how many people will get the boot so they can pay for this monster.Well, its not like they can just stop buiding the thing. - am sure everything has been taken care of long before UTMD started having issues.Additionally, once this thing is completed, it will be a money maker.Think of it as a capital improvement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 This thing is going to be huge and will really extend the Texas Medical Center skyline to the South. This is South of Main across Brays Bayou from the rest of the cluster of buildings. As of this morning, it appears to be on floor #6. Also, Baylor's Hospital is starting to get covered with the reflective glass. It's going to be a lot nicer than their professional office building (boring box). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Is that the Baylor hospital that they were supposed to be putting on hold?Does anybody know the address or cross street of the MD Anderson construction? What I see from my office looks like it might be Braeswood and Wyndale-ish area (it's a bit hard to tell and I can only see part of the crane). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Baylor will continue to finish the exterior of the hospital but they wont build out the interior spaces. I am betting they are waiting on what will happen with Rice U. If they do indeed merge, look for Rice to try and flip the property. It could easily become a nice research facility since it's so close to the South Campus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Baylor will continue to finish the exterior of the hospital but they wont build out the interior spaces. I am betting they are waiting on what will happen with Rice U. If they do indeed merge, look for Rice to try and flip the property. It could easily become a nice research facility since it's so close to the South Campus.Research facilities (laboratories) have a fundamentally different layout and infrastructure to hospitals (patient rooms, theatres). If the interior build out has gone beyond a certain point it may cost more to reconfigure than to just tear it down and start over. This being H-town, there's even more reason to think that would happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Is that the Baylor hospital that they were supposed to be putting on hold?Does anybody know the address or cross street of the MD Anderson construction? What I see from my office looks like it might be Braeswood and Wyndale-ish area (it's a bit hard to tell and I can only see part of the crane).I remember looking this up recently. If I remember correctly, it's the same street that runs alongside the "Pru", but on the other side of the bayou. Edit: Nope. I was thinking Bertner, but Bertner changes to Cecil South of Braeswood. It looks like it will be east of Selma, between Ave. G, where that parking lot is (was). Edited April 29, 2009 by rsb320 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Research facilities (laboratories) have a fundamentally different layout and infrastructure to hospitals (patient rooms, theatres). If the interior build out has gone beyond a certain point it may cost more to reconfigure than to just tear it down and start over. This being H-town, there's even more reason to think that would happen.From what I can see from my patio, they haven't done anything to the interior other than put up the load bearing walls. Also, from what I remember reading, it's pretty much just being built now as shell space that anyone can come in and fix to their liking later.I'd have to imagine that there might be some interested parties in that property whether it be a VA Expansion (it's right across Cambridge St), a research arm of UT Health Science Center, or even just professional office space ala the gay pride building that just went up at Holcombe (has anyone else seen the night time rainbow lights?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 From what I can see from my patio, they haven't done anything to the interior other than put up the load bearing walls. Also, from what I remember reading, it's pretty much just being built now as shell space that anyone can come in and fix to their liking later.I'd have to imagine that there might be some interested parties in that property whether it be a VA Expansion (it's right across Cambridge St), a research arm of UT Health Science Center, or even just professional office space ala the gay pride building that just went up at Holcombe (has anyone else seen the night time rainbow lights?).Are you referring to the new Life Science center by Kirksey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstrosFreak Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) I'd have to imagine that there might be some interested parties in that property whether it be a VA Expansion (it's right across Cambridge St), a research arm of UT Health Science Center, or even just professional office space ala the gay pride building that just went up at Holcombe (has anyone else seen the night time rainbow lights?). You mean this Memorial Hermann building? I wish the lights would just slowly change through all of those colors, but it's been pretty crazy looking every time I've seen it. I just noticed that this building was also by Kirksey. Edited April 30, 2009 by AstrosFreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I think the Hermann building + lights is really cool, personally... and not "gay" in any way.There's a rumor that St. Luke's might be interested in the Baylor hospital, but there are all sorts of issues that may make it impossible. There's no way the VA would expand, especially into a facility that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Wow. Only last week they were announcing the possibility of layoffs at UTMDACC. I wonder how many people will get the boot so they can pay for this monster.Both Anderson and UTMB got to be made part of the Permanent University Fund, which lately has declined as steeply as any other chunk of equity. The promises being made to bring UTMB back from the dead would probably be better spent on keeping other units' budgets out of predicaments as far as possible.The one use I have yet to hear suggested for the Astrodome is to become a giant field of medical administrator cubicles. It really begs for illustration and publicity, but let's leave it at imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) The Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza building is not on Holcombe, it's at Fannin/Main and McGregor. Edited April 30, 2009 by Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Jax is right. I am not talking about the Memorial Hermann Tower.I am talking about Kirksey's new project that just opened at 2130 (?) Holcombe Blvd. It houses a garage and LA Fitness on the bottom floors and office space above. At night, there are what I will call light sticks (since I don't know the technical term) that adorn the side of the building. They are all different colors and appear to be the colors of the rainbow. I actually like them but the first thing that crossed my mind was some float in the nighttime gay pride parade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Here are a couple of photos from yesterday afternoon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihop Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I'm guessing that part of the unpaved part below is where they are going to extend Bertner through to OST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I've a feeling this is going to be another sorta signature building for Houston perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 just skimmed through the thread, but i can see the title says 20+ stories, do we know how high this will end up?apologize in advance if its been posted before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I'm guessing that part of the unpaved part below is where they are going to extend Bertner through to OST.You are correct, ihop... it will feed directly into UT/MD Anderson's South Campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Stephens Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 just skimmed through the thread, but i can see the title says 20+ stories, do we know how high this will end up?apologize in advance if its been posted before.It's 25 floors on the tall half, 20 or so on the short half if I remember correctly. I worked on it through SD phase at WHR. Not sure if that changed any since I left, the rendering looks about the same. I believe there should also be a 12-13 floor parking garage going in next to it eventually. The Revit file setup for this monster was fun. Over a dozen files for one building. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Here are a few photos from yesterday afternoon. Can already see the cranes from a distance, can't wait until the building starts to make an impact in the same way. Bertner St. Expansion -Southbound Northbound 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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