Triton Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I heard they are lifting this concrete base and moving it to Conroe to compete with the Exxon and Chevron campus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 ^^ That was terrible sarcasm by the way. lol Just reading the other comments on the other page was too much. Annnnyway, is this Hilcorp tower planned for Q1 2014? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) Doubt it. My buddies dad just bid on it recently.. I assume it takes longer than that to finalize everything Edited January 1, 2014 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 excuse the lack of quality on the picture, my LG phone's camera is worthless. So, the last of the digging and cleaning machines have been removed, the walls of the 'bathtub' have been shored up, and the tunnel entrance is sealed. We now have the future home of Hilcorp, sans building. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Look's good to me. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It seems progress is fast on this or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 they blew it up Sept 22, so it took them almost 120 days to clean out the hole and get it to where it is now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hold on, so we have an idea of whats going here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsatyr Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hold on, so we have an idea of whats going here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 WOW! So this is the beginning of construction I assume after the demo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 WOW! So this is the beginning of construction I assume after the demo? I think most of us are hoping so, but as we have seen time after time, things don't tend to go according to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think most of us are hoping so, but as we have seen time after time, things don't tend to go according to plan.I know. I hope that this bucks the trend of construction grinding to a halt just as the economy pulls the rug out from under projects suvh as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) ^What "economy" are you referring to? I keep seeing this posted - you people are clueless (no offense meant). We've not yet reached the peak of the current "boom" so quit worrying. We'll hear about several other large projects soon - no doubt. Residential/retail will be hot in 2014, office highrises (except ones like this one where the developer IS the tenant) may slow down in the city core, but we'll still thrive. Quit worrying! Enjoy life. Its Friday!!! Edited January 17, 2014 by arche_757 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 There is now a Harvey Builders sign on the fence at Dallas and Travis. This means that site control has likely transitioned from Cherry (demolition) to Harvey (construction), so I'd wager that you should start seeing work on the tower soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 There is now a Harvey Builders sign on the fence at Dallas and Travis. This means that site control has likely transitioned from Cherry (demolition) to Harvey (construction), so I'd wager that you should start seeing work on the tower soon. I noticed that the other day and was hoping that was the meaning of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 They are busy down in the hole... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Will the tunnel entrance be reopened after construction is complete? Edited January 28, 2014 by IronTiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Will the tunnel entrance be reopened after construction is complete?Would be stupid not to 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Will the tunnel entrance be reopened after construction is complete? Would be stupid not to Yeah, pretty hard to imagine that they wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) I went to the Main St. public meeting tonight and they said they're considering closing the west side of Main only at this block because of the plans a "project" has to include it. I don't know why he didn't just say Macy's because he referenced it multiple times during the meeting.The other big proposal they're considering is having cafe seating next to the curb, with walking space between the seating and buildings, as opposed to having the cafe seating directly next to the building as it is right now. Everyone that spoke up there was in favor of that change. No other major proposals were presented. They mainly want to declutter the area without changing the current feel.Two people spoke up wanting to totally close off traffic on Main, but Christof said there isn't the critical mass of pedestrians to do that just yet. He said it doesn't mean they can't do it on special occasions, but that they've done that before and stopped, apparently because it wasn't successful enough.I was kinda surprised no business stake holders were there, but then again, they're probably busy working. Edited February 4, 2014 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Even though we know what's going up, I still find it odd that they remain quiet on this when it's now under construction. The address for the building is 1111 Travis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 ...maybe they read some of our prior post. just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 they should close that part of Main because you can't drive on it anyway- there's nowhere where yo can take a right turn to get onto that block, and you legally can't turn left onto that block after crossing the tracks, anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Awesome, so is this building U/C? Edited February 6, 2014 by JoninATX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Awesome, so is this building U/C? Not sure you can consider it U/C yet since they haven't started any kind of foundation work but it is imminent. PS - I enjoy all of your photo threads over on SSP. I like seeing all the changes going on in Austin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Something is going on over there- there are at least four backhoes there, and the bottom of the old foundation is either gone or covered with dirt piles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks brijonmang, I try to keep up on what's happening, but there is just to much . Also from Tumbleweed TX picture it looks like they are starting site work, I can't think of anything else that they could be doing if they were still clearing the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Damn that's a lot of excavators... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Reminds me of playing in a sandbox when I was a kid: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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