kbates2 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Rich people are on average more attractive. Fact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 My sources say it will be highrise residential.props to jdbaker for the inside scoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Finally some good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 So many white people.Rich people are on average more attractive. Fact.Since attraction is subjective, I don't think that qualifies as a fact. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The Skyhouse will be a good addition to the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like this project will break ground next month.http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/03/development-team-to-break-ground-on.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Great news! I passed by the site on the way to work this morning and was wondering when it would break ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Awesome news. I've got an excellent view of the site from my office too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I guess you'll be the one to provide construction picture updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/03/downtown-high-rise-gets-going/ Nancy says it's already broken ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Another surface parking lot bites the dust! As of right now, they are busy removing all of the parking meters in the lot. There's no way they'd close a cash cow lot down unless this thing if for realZ. Hopefully this thing is successful and will spur further apartment development in downtown. I'm surprised it has taken this long given the success of the Humble Tower and One Park Place (build new and the people will come) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 I wonder if the high visibility of this one and one park place from the freeway are good for changing the perception of downtown of people driving by?If they were buried between the business skyscrapers i wonder if they would make less of an impact on people's ideas. Maybe not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTX Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Can't wait to see the ad that touts the benefit of being close to the a major transportation hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 This is great news, Novare does not mess around. The one in Austin is adding a floor every 4 or 5 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Man this is getting crazy awesome! I expect to hear about a few more of these filling the south side of downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Good project Looks like the tower only takes up a portion of the lot. maybe 1/2 to 1/4 with the rest being parking garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golyadkin Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Good project Looks like the tower only takes up a portion of the lot. maybe 1/2 to 1/4 with the rest being parking garage. The first one is a photograph of SkyHouse Midtown in Atlanta, and I believe the second in a rendering for the same structure. The firm building this one say they haven't released a rendering for it yet, although it will probably be very similar to this one. Edited March 12, 2013 by Golyadkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The first one is a photograph of SkyHouse Midtown in Atlanta, and I believe the second in a rendering for the same structure. The firm building this one say they haven't released a rendering for it yet, although it will probably be very similar to this one. oh. HAHA- now I feel silly. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golyadkin Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 oh. HAHA- now I feel silly. Thanks Well, seeing as Chron seems to be using the same picture and calling it a rendering for this tower, I don't think anyone can blame you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/downtown-residential-high-rise-gears-up/ Simpson Housing, Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development, and Pete Dienna are ready to go on SkyHouse Houston (no relation to SkyMall), a 336-unit multifamily tower in the CBD. At $70M, it'll be the first project to take advantage of the City's Downtown residential tax abatement incentive, and the first Downtown high-rise on the light rail. Edited March 14, 2013 by DrLan34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 the first Downtown high-rise on the light rail. ?? Post Rice, Commerce Towers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 ?? Post Rice, Commerce Towers word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Probably speaking of a new build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) I'm hoping the hbj print edition is not the true rendering. Check out this awful parking garage. Edited March 17, 2013 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Probably speaking of a new build wouldn't the new apartment building on the rail line in the museum district qualify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 wouldn't the new apartment building on the rail line in the museum district qualify?It was only referencing downtown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'm hoping the hbj print edition is not the true rendering. Check out this awful parking garage. I agree. It's like a whole other building just wasting space...and not exactly density/pedestrian friendly or pleasing to look at, either. So many parking garages in Houston are built away from their respective buildings, and Houston also might have the largest parking-garage-size-to-building-size ratio in the world. Some of our parking garages are almost the same size as their respective buildings. *Maybe* the "energy capital of the world" needs to upgrade its transportation system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Interesting... so the parking garage has retail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 That's how the parking garage looks on the other Skyhouse buildings, I'm not sure why you would expect anything different for the one here in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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