Pumapayam Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Pics or it didn't happen.Am I going to have to stop by the Westin Galleria on the way home? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Am I going to have to stop by the Westin Galleria on the way home? I'm joking, but yeah, sneak in to the conference with your camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Seriously we need pics! I have a bet riding on the stupid thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I'm joking, but yeah, sneak in to the conference with your camera Am I going to have to stop by the Westin Galleria on the way home? Just remember to take a fast lens. You might have to run after you walk in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 So, I suppose garage floors have less height than office floors? 811 Main is 46 stories (9 parking) and 630ft. This is rumored to be 48 stories (12 parking). So probably net about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Haha... What is the bet and how much?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) Seriously we need pics! I have a bet riding on the stupid thing.Can we get a press release. I Google News, Hines and Houston. . . get nothing.Just checked, it's $50 a pop for a ticket to this thing. *M*e*h*. Edited April 4, 2012 by Pumapayam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I guess we'll get pictures after this thing is over, or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I hope not tomorrow. I want information on this tonight, one way or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 48 stories seems so ''run of the mill.'' Anybody else think that? The block it will be built on will obscure it from almost any vantage point from the north and especially the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I think there is no way it doesn't get leaked tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 48 stories seems so ''run of the mill.'' Anybody else think that? The block it will be built on will obscure it from almost any vantage point from the north and especially the west.I don't think 600+ ft is that common. It would make it #1 or 2 in Houston since the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I think there is no way it doesn't get leaked tonight.I agree with lockmat, if this news is as big as we've been playing it to be. There is no way it won't get leaked tonight.If it doesn't get leaked well, maybe it really wasn't worth the anticipation and rave. But I can't see how that is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'm thinking they stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it. I'm thinking they are stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 48 stories seems so ''run of the mill.'' Anybody else think that? The block it will be built on will obscure it from almost any vantage point from the north and especially the west.The tallest building located north of this block is about 9 or 10 stories. The tallest building northeast of this building is 11 stories. The tallest building east of this building is 20 stories. Depending on the view, some Houston Center buildings might block the view from the southeast. The views from the south, southwest and west are blocked. The view from the northwest may be blocked depending on the vantage point. Given its location on the edge of the skyline, it will be visible from over half of the vantage points around the compass. It will be more visible than BG place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'm thinking they stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it.I'm thinking they are stringing out the attendees, building up anticipation and waiting till close to 8 to reveal it.Unless they are offering free booze (for that 50 buck ticket), I'd want to know what's going on.I just hope a HAIFer is inside there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 No rendering yet. This is a joke of a technological age, isn't it? We shoulda had one yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'm perfectly fine with 48 stories. While we all want a 50-60 story building, 48 is not bad at all. I'm excited to see the rendering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Can't believe it wasn't leaked. There are plenty of folks that have seen the rendering in passing (I haven't but had heard about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Did they make everyone leave their picture phones at the door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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! 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... 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! 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 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. 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. 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. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 NOOOOOO!!!!!!! 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. 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!!!! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 april fools, bitches! 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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/ 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." 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? 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. 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. 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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