Subdude Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Note dupe topics merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 In reference to Spanish Steps, I think the architect was trying to communicate how the stairwells will become an integral sectional aspect of the sunken lobby/tunnel entrance. A more apt reference would be the Prada store in NYC. Overall I think this is most exciting major development in downtown and once it's done I'm sure many will be in awe (not by it's height but by it's lighting effects, voyeuristic street face, and lobby design). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Here is another article on the project. This thing is starting to get more and more interesting. It sounds like the tunnels are going to get a big boost from this project. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/realestate/06-01-13-progress-historic-houston-club-building-gives-way-for-a-gleaming-new-giant-office-tower/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Boring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKB9 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Oh yes, this will look amazing. We need more infill projects like this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Infill? I wish this were going up on a vacant lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Infill? I wish this were going up on a vacant lot. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerNspace Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 really like this building. looks classy and energetic. imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Ill just post what i did on swamplot:Even though Skanska’s tower is the least sexy of the three major ones proposed for downtown, I hope it gets built because I would really love for this street level interaction with the tunnels thinking to catch fire. Hopefully they can lead the way in this area.Skylines are nice but when people actually visit downtown I think they're experience at the street level is more important than what the building looks like. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Three dudes in Skanska hardhats were out by the corner of Milam and Capitol around lunch today. I walked by to eavesdrop, but all I could make out was something to the effect that the city rent-a-bike rck right there would have to stay due to a 30 day notice requirement. From that I would guess that they are about to start clearing out the area. There were guys clearing out some interior stuff too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Interior demolition is definitely going on. They are filling up and switching out dumpsters on the Capitol side with what looked like metal bits. Many upper floor windows are open as well.Interior demolition is definitely going on. They are filling up and switching out dumpsters on the Capitol side with what looked like metal bits. Many upper floor windows are open as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Keep us posted as they get closer to the demo! Witnessed the Compass Bank on Post Oak implosion and it was a blast (pun intended)! Can't imagine how they can take down a building between others. Anyone know how the building will come down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 If I recall it will be taken down floor by floor similar to 1200 Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heightsite Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hope they save facades, etc. Knowing Houston, that's a SWAW ( silly wild ass wish). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Hope they save facades, etc. Knowing Houston, that's a SWAW ( silly wild ass wish). For this building, I can’t really think of anything that would be worth any extraordinary effort to save for aesthetic reasons, apart from the mural, but that’s just my opinion. It seemed like a perfectly usable building, but rather plain externally. I figured that it must need some fairly heavy retrofits in the infrastructure in the near term for it not to bring in good money as it sat, as compared to what the cost of a complete tear down and Class AA rebuild would net back to a developer like Skanska, but I have no more insight in to the particular economics of this project than my dog does, so take all that for what it’s worth. I’ll take pics once they get going, I walk by there fairly regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Three dudes in Skanska hardhats were out by the corner of Milam and Capitol around lunch today. I walked by to eavesdrop, but all I could make out was something to the effect that the city rent-a-bike rck right there would have to stay due to a 30 day notice requirement. From that I would guess that they are about to start clearing out the area. There were guys clearing out some interior stuff too. That was some high quality snoopage nate, if I do say so myself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Edited July 13, 2013 by Urbannizer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 This is the exact same rendering we have been seeing in the past right, nothings changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsatyr Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) This is the exact same rendering we have been seeing in the past right, nothings changed? The building is the same; the time of day changed though. Edited July 13, 2013 by xsatyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Demo of the daycare playground in action. I reached up and snapped one of these pics over the wall. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 They also look to be framing up walls around the now abandoned Skyline deli in the tunnels. Not sure what to make of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Looks like some cleaning is being done. (getting closer for demolition) By Swamplot: http://swamplot.com/the-clubbing-of-the-houston-club-building-begins/2013-07-24/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityMan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Progress! That building really wasn't worth saving architecturally. I kinda like what they've proposed with the whole light box effect. I know there are a lot of "glass box" designs around or on the drawing boards but something tells me this will stand out a little more than the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) The specific thing that a like about this tower is that its a box within a box and that it looks like its been sliced forming rectangles. Edited July 27, 2013 by TowerSpotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 From Bisnow today: Capitol Tower is prepping for interior demolition, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 A bit more about the building, and different options for it (I like facade #1). Link (pg. 41): http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/siggraph/2013/presentation/SG3131-Gensler-Maximizing-Client-Engagement-Design.pdf 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mental RayStone Option 03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Three dudes in Skanska hardhats were out by the corner of Milam and Capitol around lunch today.I walked by to eavesdrop, but all I could make out was something to the effect that the city rent-a-bike rck right there would have to stay due to a 30 day notice requirement. From that I would guess that they are about to start clearing out the area.There were guys clearing out some interior stuff too.That was some high quality snoopage nate, if I do say so myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 "Capitol Tower, the former Houston Club building, is on schedule and is currently undergoing interior abatement and demolition. For those wondering, the tower’s design officially calls for 35 stories and will have a direct linkage to the tunnel system." http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/09/three-top-real-estate-professionals.html?page=2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 "Capitol Tower, the former Houston Club building, is on schedule and is currently undergoing interior abatement and demolition. For those wondering, the tower’s design officially calls for 35 stories and will have a direct linkage to the tunnel system." http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/09/three-top-real-estate-professionals.html?page=2 Yay 2 more floors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Avison Young 3Q report for office development in Houston says Capitol Tower will be 37-floors, complete in Nov. 2017.. http://www.avisonyoung.com/sites/default/files/market-intelligence/3Q13%20Houston%20Office%20Development%20Update.pdf Edited October 21, 2013 by Urbannizer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) It keeps growing while 5AC keeps shrinking! They sure are dragging their feet, but it's good to see that it looks like they're going to go through with the project. I like the building even if it is a little boxy. :] Edited October 21, 2013 by ClutchCity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Hopefully, this will reach 40/45 stories. At least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) lol. In a way I kind of hope it stays shorter so Hines and international tower are more likely to get built to their full size. A tower on that plot won't have any impact on the skyline unless it's 50+ stories anyways, so 35, 37, 40+, doesn't matter. Edited October 22, 2013 by cloud713 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 lol. In a way I kind of hope it stays shorter so Hines and international tower are more likely to get built to their full size. A tower on that plot won't have any impact on the skyline unless it's 50+ stories anyways, so 35, 37, 40+, doesn't matter.I don't think the height of another building makes the chances for the others to be scaled down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I don't think the height of another building makes the chances for the others to be scaled down. I think he's referring to the height because a taller building generally equals (dependent on floor to ceiling height) more floors which means more office space that would have to be absorbed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 ^^ exactly. only so much space can be absorbed into the market at once and with all of these new towers IMO we have more than enough space available for at least a few years (unless some big time corporate headquarter relocations happen demanding whole new towers).. remember when international tower shrunk after Hines increased their building? may have just been a coincidence but who knows.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) By JohnMe on Skyscraperpage Edited October 23, 2013 by Urbannizer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 This is a prime spot for some 40+ high rise or maybe 102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 This is a prime spot for some 40+ high rise or maybe 102 There are renderings on here somewhere. Try searching Skanska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 The trucks and Bobcats hauling stuff out by the Milam/Capitol corner has slowed signifiicantly. I walked by the Travis side this morning, and they pretty much have the interior down to bare concrete at this point, at least in that part. There is a fair amount of neat looking maroonish marble around the entrance and into the lobby there that still needs to be salvaged (and I'm sure it will be, if only in the back of pickup trucks driven by the demo crews). The parking garage is still operating, not sure when they will start tearing down the structure. The plans announced for the site had 35-ish stories IIRC. With 609 Main getting the jump and the Market Square office tower, there is a lot of space yet to sell in the area before everything is a go. Hope it all happens and they all stay full. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 are they going to implode it, or deconstruct it like the old Sheraton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Looks about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 The upper portion looks dated. Like 1000 Main. Oh well. Not everything is a masterpiece. I am interested to see how they address the tunnel connections - that could be potentially big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 The upper portion looks dated. Like 1000 Main. Oh well. Not everything is a masterpiece. I am interested to see how they address the tunnel connections - that could be potentially big. Yeah, my guess is that there will be a substantial tunnel footprint here. The block has good connections to the Gulf Building, Pennzoil, and the main north-south tunnel. The tower lobby on the north side has broad steps going down to the tunnel level, so my guess is that the steps will lead down to a large food court/retail area, not unlike the concept at the Reliant Building on Main. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I don't think anyone really has an idea what the floor count on this thing will be but an interesting bit of information saying they might go spec. International Tower needs to get the hint!http://downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2013-11-19/CassidyTurley_Sneak_Peek_3Q_2013.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Intl tower has zero chance of going spec. Truth be told I'd be shocked if Skanska went spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Intl tower has zero chance of going spec. Truth be told I'd be shocked if Skanska went spec.Yea after reading all of that report thoroughly they have a lot of information that doesn't seem correct... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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