fatesdisastr Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I come back after almost three hours and we are still waiting for information?!Oy vey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Was the rumor wrong? Can't believe it's not here, culturemap, swamplot, chron.com.... unless it didn't happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 This one disappointed me bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 via Swamplot, could this be the project they announce? Or will it be a 4-story apartment building on the old Turnberry site? lolHines Hines Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company , the homegrown mega-developer of office buildings and all things related to commercial real estate, plans to announce its newest Houston project April 4 at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors’ Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company Commercial Expo 2012.http://www.bizjourna...uston-gets.htmlAccording to bizjournal and lockmat, a Hines development was slated to be announced tonight at least. Wasn't so much of a rumor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 What the…not one media story. Something must have happened, as in nothing happened. Night Haifers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Was looking forward to seeing a new tower rendering today. Maybe tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Most people who know for sure probably don't work evenings. Just us building geeks think it's breaking news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDude Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Could this be it?Hines takes on sprawling industrial complexhttp://www.chron.com/business/article/Hines-takes-on-sprawling-industrial-complex-3460224.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Ugh. I know the building is out there because I've had contacts who've seen it and describe it much the same as SWTsig... was just hoping to catch a glimpse myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Nancy got us good this time.... too funny!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Haha.. Ok, revising my prediction. 1 story, 9 million square feet.Maybe an office tower next year, then. Sounds like Nancy's article is the "big announcement." Or I could wake up and be wrong (a common occurrence.) Edited April 5, 2012 by woolie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 april fools, bitches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 april fools, bitches!Right? If that was the case she was waay off. Who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 This is going to dramatically change some of the views from the I-45/Beltway 8 flyovers. I'm hoping for a really big beige building with a couple of seafoam green windows at one corner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) This is going to dramatically change some of the views from the I-45/Beltway 8 flyovers. I'm hoping for a really big beige building with a couple of seafoam green windows at one corner.I am guessing this is what you are talking about http://www.chron.com...lex-3460224.phpThe commercial real estate developer, whose worldwide portfolio includes office, industrial, residential and mixed-use projects, is partnering with Pinto Realty Partners, a subsidiary of Cockrell Interests of Houston, to complete the development of the Pinto Business Park near Bush Intercontinental Airport.The 1,000-acre parcel at Interstate 45 and the North Belt is largely vacant. In 2010, Sysco built a 585,000-square-foot distribution center there, leaving 970 acres to be developed. Ultimately the park could house 9 million square feet of industrial buildings worth more than $900 million, said W. Palmer Letzerich, managing director of Hines.ahem...Yippee... Edited April 5, 2012 by fatesdisastr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Wow, we got on this deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 …and I wake up to this. I feel cheated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ricco67 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 My god we're a bunch of nerds.I feel so....teased. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I blame it on Jennifer Dawson from HBJ, she is the one who insinuated the announcement could have been a downtown tower. (haha, i'm kidding JD if you're reading this!)I was sorta close on my first prediction (4-story apts); Certainly not a high-rise. But this will be huge for the area. 9 million square feet?! That's huge! I hope it helps Greenspoint and maybe revives that Greenspoint Renaissance project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Yeah, cuz all those warehouses and manufacturing facilities out along McCarty and Beaumont Highway, yeah they support and justify glitzy new shopping centers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I blame it on Jennifer Dawson from HBJ, she is the one who insinuated the announcement could have been a downtown tower. (haha, i'm kidding JD if you're reading this!)I hope she got her page views worth.I was sorta close on my first prediction (4-story apts); Certainly not a high-rise. But this will be huge for the area. 9 million square feet?! That's huge! I hope it helps Greenspoint and maybe revives that Greenspoint Renaissance project.Do we really need more low density industrial office parks?Beltway 8 is loaded with them already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaylorGuy05 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 FYI http://amycanterbury.com/pintopark/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I hope she got her page views worth.Do we really need more low density industrial office parks?Beltway 8 is loaded with them already.The 4.6% vacancy rate quoted in the article suggests the answer is "yes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Do we really need more low density industrial office parks?Beltway 8 is loaded with them already.Houston19514 beat me to it by about 30 seconds. And besides that, what else could realistically be done with the land around there? Nobody wants to live there, given a choice. And from a policy perspective, it's better to have industrial infill than to maintain a perpetually dormant site that leap-frogged over by development decades ago. Better here than Conroe, am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I guess they'll demo the abandoned Sterling Building when block 69 is developed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I hope she got her page views worth. Do we really need more low density industrial office parks? Beltway 8 is loaded with them already. Yes.We all love 50+ story gleaming skyscrapers. But they are filled with useless paper-pushers. (I know - I am one)This is 1000 acres of distribution and light manufacturing right next to the airport. Developed by Hines - should be reasonably well done. And will lead to a bunch of jobs. These are the kinds of jobs Houston needs in order to support the new office towers we all so desparately want. Get a couple of big plants/distribution centers built here on this site - you will need a bunch of paper-pushers to support it and those are who fills those shiny new skyscrapers. So I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Good use of outlying land that will never see anything else except strip malls or apartments that far out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Yes.We all love 50+ story gleaming skyscrapers. But they are filled with useless paper-pushers. (I know - I am one)This is 1000 acres of distribution and light manufacturing right next to the airport. Developed by Hines - should be reasonably well done. And will lead to a bunch of jobs. These are the kinds of jobs Houston needs in order to support the new office towers we all so desparately want. Get a couple of big plants/distribution centers built here on this site - you will need a bunch of paper-pushers to support it and those are who fills those shiny new skyscrapers. So I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Good use of outlying land that will never see anything else except strip malls or apartments that far out.I read on twitter that in the near future, 47% of people will be working from home on at least a part-time basis. That's seems high to me. But if true, that does not bode well for skyscrapers in sprawling places like Houston, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I read on twitter that in the near future, 47% of people will be working from home on at least a part-time basis. That's seems high to me. But if true, that does not bode well for skyscrapers in sprawling places like Houston, imo. I've heard this too but I find it hard to believe. If by part-time they mean once a week... then maybe.There is just so much more you can accomplish in person at the office than teleconference. I think companies know that and will continue to seek out large campuses where mgmt and employees can work collaboratively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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