Fortune Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 http://www.chron.com/business/article/20-story-tower-planned-for-Energy-Corridor-3476117.php#photo-2806327 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Cool. I like how these towers keep springing up right along I-10. Can't wait for 10 years or so down the line, it's going to look great from Highway 6 to the Beltway. Although the traffic at this intersection is already pretty awful at quitting time, and this certainly won't help. I think this is also really close to the site that Skanska bought and is planning on redeveloping, although that's slightly further south and not directly on the highway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nice building, but these belong inside the loop. I guess someone forgot to close the gate and all the horses got out? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I like the fact that the market has improved enough (especially in the Energy Corridor) to allow for spec buildings to be built again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nice building, but these belong inside the loop. I guess someone forgot to close the gate and all the horses got out?no they don't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Office bldgs like these are best served by improved freeway corridors. The inner loop is getting the mid-rise density it needs in the current apt. boom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The freeway is a single point of failure. Putting streets a mile apart was probably not a good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nice building, but these belong inside the loop. I guess someone forgot to close the gate and all the horses got out?The second part of your comment is pretty accurate. It seems to me that almost all of the significant office construction is occurring outside the loop at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Nice building, but these belong inside the loop. I guess someone forgot to close the gate and all the horses got out? Yeah, I've said for years that all those office buildings in Dallas belong in Houston. I don't understand how or why people keep building them or why other people keep leasing them up there. It's obviously not about an agglomeration of specialized labor. Perhaps I-45 is to blame? Or perhaps its their proximity to Canada. We could blame Canada. Why not, with their beady little eyes and flapping heads so full of lies... Edited April 13, 2012 by TheNiche 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Dallas has buildings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 they're all igloos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 no they don't.Yes they do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yes they do.The free market appears to disagree with you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 The free market appears to disagree with you.Hahaha, I'll write a reply after I finish laughing. Yes, the free market that built this 64 lane freeway. The invisible hand of the market set all the rebar and poured all the concrete. I wonder what the net tax flow from the loop to Katy is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hahaha, I'll write a reply after I finish laughing. Yes, the free market that built this 64 lane freeway. The invisible hand of the market set all the rebar and poured all the concrete. I wonder what the net tax flow from the loop to Katy is.Interstates are paid for with taxes on gasoline. The gasoline was bought to get people to Katy where they want to live. If you can get everyone to agree to live downtown and ride bikes the funding for highways will disapear. It could be done. Everyone can live inside the loop. If we could just corral them all up in some kind of Katy to downtown forced march then all our problems would be solved. It's always those stuborn people who don't want to obey that get in the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hahaha, I'll write a reply after I finish laughing. Yes, the free market that built this 64 lane freeway. The invisible hand of the market set all the rebar and poured all the concrete. I wonder what the net tax flow from the loop to Katy is.Yes, I would consider building a 20 store building in the location considered best as the free market acting. BTW, the development of the Energy Corridor predates the widening of the Katy Freeway. (BP built a 20 story building there in 1992), so I'm not sure that I understand the relevance of your post. Shame on us for allowing people to live and work where they want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Yes, you've just explained how the government builds freeways. It levies a tax, gets additional funding from other agencies and other taxes, then elected officials get together and direct an agency to put together a plan, then after environmental studies and public comment periods, it's built or enlarged or whatever. Total 100% free market. I believe you. Edited April 16, 2012 by woolie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 No, there's no shame involved. It's just a choice I'll never understand. I don't like sitting in traffic, and I don't care how many fake gables my house has. I get bored in totally homogenized places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Interstates are paid for with taxes on gasoline. The gasoline was bought to get people to Katy where they want to live. If you can get everyone to agree to live downtown and ride bikes the funding for highways will disapear. It could be done. Everyone can live inside the loop. If we could just corral them all up in some kind of Katy to downtown forced march then all our problems would be solved. It's always those stuborn people who don't want to obey that get in the way.No. Partly, yes. Just like public transportation is partly paid for by farebox recovery.LOL, we sure derailed this thread pretty quick didn't we? Edited April 16, 2012 by mfastx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 No, there's no shame involved. It's just a choice I'll never understand. I don't like sitting in traffic, and I don't care how many fake gables my house has. I get bored in totally homogenized places.I understand your personal choice and appreciate that. Still doesn't explain to me why there shouldn't be construction in the Energy Corridor. Many people choose to live outside the loop. Many companies choose to locate their facilities close to those people. Sounds like a win-win to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I'm going to drop out of this conversation, because it's just going to become "your neighborhood is shit." Although I love these conversations, this thread isn't the right venue.I'll just make my point more explicit before I leave, and that is that the idea of a pure free market for real estate is a fiction. The value of a property is deeply entwined in the level of public investment made in an area. It's the real history of any city. The reason any of this dirt has value is infrastructure, and the communities around it built for decades on the back of yet more infrastructure. It's my opinion that high density uses should be clustered together to maximize infrastructure investment. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The free market appears to disagree with you.No they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 No they don't. My lord... Your posts are painful. Is there nothing more you can add to the converstaion?Personally, I think this is great for the city. The continuing emergence of the Katy/energy corridor is a help to the image of the city. At least where freeway asthetics are concerned. Houstons a big damned city, and thinking that it all should remain inside the loop is ludicrous. It's not the natural condition of it's unique layout. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Nice building, but these belong inside the loop. I guess someone forgot to close the gate and all the horses got out?While I would like to agree, at the same time, I sure plot size and cost played a huge role in it's location, as well as it's proximity to the Energy Corridor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 No they don't.My lord... Your posts are painful. Is there nothing more you can add to the conversation?Which is exactly why LTAWACS still has a negative post reputation on his profile page. And we have not had them on HAIF for years.Says something about the person in general. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Wow, the Chronicle had a plethora, no, treasure trove of new developments listed this morning. Here is one of them:Energy Center ThreeDeveloper: Trammell Crow Co./Principal Real Estate InvestorsAddress: 935 N. Eldridge ParkwaySize: 20 stories, 546,000 square feetProject cost: More than $150 millionArchitect: KirkseyStatus: ProposedThere is a rendering, but was couldn't capture it. Here's the link. It's the first rendering in the list. Not much to see honestly...http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2012/07/the-lowdown-on-the-projects-in-the-energy-corridor/#6207-1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 been out for awhile... will have three phases (potentially, of course). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for posting. Wish they would build in midtown instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for posting. Wish they would build in midtown instead.BTW, the irony of this post is priceless since this is right next to the "mugging in Midtown" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for posting. Wish they would build in midtown instead.you border on trolling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Border?Well, since it's just another energy building, I suppose the design of it is all right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 A very nice rendering of Energy Center Three 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Per Bisnow, this one should be starting soon...Another one hits the dirt: Construction of Energy Center Three, Trammell Crow and PrinREI’s latest venture, begins late this month.The Class-AA 20-story tower will be at the SWC of I-10 and North Eldridge Pkwy in the Energy Corridor. (Above, Energy Center One.) It will be 546k SF and is aiming for LEED C&S Gold. Kirksey handled design and Balfour Beatty was selected as GC. Other team members include Haynes Whaley, Wylie Consulting Engineers, Walter P Moore, and TBG partners. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Yes, I would consider building a 20 store building in the location considered best as the free market acting. BTW, the development of the Energy Corridor predates the widening of the Katy Freeway. (BP built a 20 story building there in 1992), so I'm not sure that I understand the relevance of your post. Shame on us for allowing people to live and work where they want!I agree. People should not be allowed to do whatever they want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I agree. People should not be allowed to do whatever they want.I agree. Especially regarding you being allowed to post on HAIF. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 By the way, great news. The West end of town is exploding. Unfortunately it's going to further the traffic problems at I-10 and Eldridge. Oh well, that's progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaga Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 IPhone photo of site prep for Energy Center 3. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Sounds like groundbreaking took place... Also a couple of new renderings.http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/01/trammell-crow-breaks-ground-on-energy-corridor-tower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaga Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Site cleared 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not to bad... West Houston is becoming a beast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 2/2/2013. Moving dirt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) been out for awhile... will have three phases (potentially, of course).At the end of this video it shows the second tower, looking equally as tallhttp://www.kirksey.com/project/energy_center_threeConfirms swtig http://energycenterthree.com/expansion.html Edited February 9, 2013 by lockmat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Someone might want to merge with an earlier, slightly longer thread on the same topic... http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/26334-20-story-office-tower-planned-for-energy-corridor-i-10-and-north-eldridge-pkwy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Someone might want to merge with an earlier, slightly longer thread on the same topic... http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/26334-20-story-office-tower-planned-for-energy-corridor-i-10-and-north-eldridge-pkwy Done, thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Sorry, bad post Edited February 14, 2013 by Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 They started on both cranes today. Very quick progress since groundbreaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carterb Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Here's a better version of that animation if anyone's interested, what a fun project! http://vimeo.com/53188914 Edited February 14, 2013 by Carterb 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Here's a better version of that animation if anyone's interested, what a fun project! http://vimeo.com/53188914 Very cool. (Both the animation and the building.) Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 What was the second building that fell from the sky? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 What was the second building that fell from the sky?EC4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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