lockmat Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 swamplot.com/hines-plans-a-shiny-new-18-story-office-building-across-san-felipe-from-river-oaks/2013-05-16/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 The more Hines focues it energies on projects like this and other cities the more doubt I have they will build anything downtown..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) ^ Not to worry. Hines is very good at multi-tasking. Edited May 16, 2013 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Rendering from Swamplot article... Not a bad looking building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetJ Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Like this.....especially for the location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I'm sure Hines is soooooo relieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 OMG! I have properties on Mimosa. We thought they would be mid rises. There is nothing but old apartments near there. They have build many track mansion from $700-$1,000.000. But we never thought they would build a office building there. I wonder if it will block some views from The Huntingdon? When will he announce the skyscraper on Main? He just sold BG Group Place for $480,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Sorry, in shock. Tract mansions has been sold between $700,000-$1,000,000, some are 4 floors. Now there view will be blocked with a office building. BG Group Place was sold for $480,000,000. Maybe my shipped came in on my rentals on Mimosa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 He just sold BG Group Place for $480,000. Dang...I should have bought a skyscraper instead of a house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 River Oaks folks are gonna hate this one! Watch this turn into Ashby Highrise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Beautiful building. Chron story update says it will be 17 stories. It also has a mid day rendering http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/05/hines-proposes-ritzy-river-oaks-tower/ Edited May 16, 2013 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 i wonder whose back yards the tenants will get to spy on? i would not be a happy camper if it were behind, beside or in front of me.............cool building though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 i wonder whose back yards the tenants will get to spy on? i would not be a happy camper if it were behind, beside or in front of me.............cool building though.why would this building make any difference? the huntington is down the street and is literally twice as tall, in addition to the 12 story BBVA Compass office building right next door. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golyadkin Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 why would this building make any difference? the huntington is down the street and is literally twice as tall, in addition to the 12 story BBVA Compass office building right next door. Exactly. The fact that there are already two big towers a block away is what's going to prevent anything even resembling the Ashby mess from happening here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Here's photos of the site, taken during the weekend by swamplot: http://swamplot.com/a-look-around-san-felipe-at-the-randall-davis-condos-and-planned-hines-office-building-site/2013-05-20/#more-62256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) The nimbys have a website up, trying to stop this tower from being built. The site also says construction begins this fall.Edit: The height of the building is 221 feet.http://stopsanfelipeskyscraper.org/ Edited July 22, 2013 by Urbannizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 It was only a matter of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Nevermind - list was last updated in December.I wonder if the design will change since the height has been lessened to 13 stories:http://www.hines.com/press/documents/ExperienceSummary12-31-12FINAL_000.pdf Edited July 27, 2013 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 7 stories of parking for a six-story office building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 7 stories of parking for a six-story office building.Which is five stories shorter than what was recently reported, so it grew since their initial plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) #4 under "Specific Concerns"Hines proposalis for a multi-use skyscraper. To date, no commercial tenants are named. A probable bank has been proposed as a tenant. The study cites no impact for those commercial tenants, their vendors or customers.http://stopsanfelipeskyscraper.org/uploads/3/3/1/4/3314180/ogg_letter_to_krueger.pdfEdit - Hines has a website up as well for 2229 San Felipe.http://www.2229sanfelipe.com/ Edited July 31, 2013 by Urbannizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 #4 under "Specific Concerns"http://stopsanfelipeskyscraper.org/uploads/3/3/1/4/3314180/ogg_letter_to_krueger.pdfEdit - Hines has a website up as well for 2229 San Felipe.http://www.2229sanfelipe.com/ 8 floor of parking, 9 floors of office space (17). Construction start by end of year 13'. Total height is 223ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Construction set in 60 days. Houston chronicle: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/09/hines-to-break-ground-on-san-felipe-office-tower-in-60-days/?cmpid=staffblogshcat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 A report on 2229 San Felipe will air at 5:30 today on Abc13, the nimbys are holding a meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Can they be blocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Can they be blocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 maybe if you ask 5 more times someone will answer you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I have properties off Mimosa went there yesterday. The land is cleared and ready to go for Hines. We have been through this before with Asbury. I have received a letter that a developer wants to by my properties. They eventually will tear down all those old apartments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 A report on 2229 San Felipe will air at 5:30 today on Abc13, the nimbys are holding a meeting. You know, I don't have a problem with this building at that location at all. That said, while I think their arguments are a tad silly, I don't really have a problem with the nimbys either. Civic involvement is a positive. It's a good thing that people get involved in the development of their neighborhood instead of just remaining passive. After all, if they don't like a development we really can't always expect people to just ignore it. Until there is a political process in place to allow input into local development, Houston is going to be subject to neighborhood nimbyism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 You know, I don't have a problem with this building at that location at all. That said, while I think their arguments are a tad silly, I don't really have a problem with the nimbys either. Civic involvement is a positive. It's a good thing that people get involved in the development of their neighborhood instead of just remaining passive. After all, if they don't like a development we really can't always expect people to just ignore it. Until there is a political process in place to allow input into local development, Houston is going to be subject to neighborhood nimbyism. Having a "process" in place to allow input into local development would do nothing to reduce, let alone eliminate, nimbyism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 It's a good thing that people get involved in the development of their neighborhood instead of just remaining passive.The thing is though, it's not IN their neighborhood it's adjacent to their hood. What's funny about NIMBY's is they never talk about the air rights of the developer or what they would compensate for those air rights. If they did then they would have to acknowledge that they are attempting to get something for nothing. As they say in NYC, "not a good look." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Having a "process" in place to allow input into local development would do nothing to reduce, let alone eliminate, nimbyism. Well I'm not sure that nimbyism can or even should be eliminated. "Nimbyism" implies stopping development for the sake of stopping it, but I think in most cases people are just concerned about the quality of their neighborhood, and that's a good thing. The problem isn't nimbyism per se, it's the lack of a defined means to mediate among various interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Well I'm not sure that nimbyism can or even should be eliminated. "Nimbyism" implies stopping development for the sake of stopping it, but I think in most cases people are just concerned about the quality of their neighborhood, and that's a good thing. The problem isn't nimbyism per se, it's the lack of a defined means to mediate among various interests. But we do have a defined means to mediate among various interests. You just don't seem like the defined means Houston has adopted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) Edited October 14, 2013 by Urbannizer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Wait, the two on the left don't exist right? The small one looks like Randall Davis' Chateau Ten but what about the tall one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblelino Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 That's Ms. Huntingdon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Wait, the two on the left don't exist right? The small one looks like Randall Davis' Chateau Ten but what about the tall one?Pretty sure the huntington exists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 The Huntington exists. The other one on the far left is currently under construction and should be finished soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 From Culturemap: Ashby redux? Well-heeled neighborhood battles iconic Houston developer over San Felipe high-rise With a lawsuit against the Ashby High Rise successfully heading to court in November, a River Oaks-area group is mounting a battle of its own against one of the city's most revered developers.Since spring, a group of residents along San Felipe between Kirby and Shepherd have been taking on the mighty Hines firm with letters, lawn signs and traffic studies, all to thwart the construction of a 17-story boutique office complex at 2229 San Felipe. The building, designed by local architects Ziegler Cooper with an aim of LEED Gold certification, is slated to break ground later this year.While echoes of the Ashby situation are undeniable — well-heeled community fights large new building — the Stop San Filipe Skyscraper group swears on its website that any comparison is "an apples vs. oranges issue," a residential tower as opposed to a commercial one. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_life/10-19-13-ashby-redux-well-heeled-neighborhood-battles-iconic-houston-developer-over-san-felipe-high-rise/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 They should make it a total of 40 floors. Hines could justify this as "hey, we're adding extra levels to avoid future lawsuits!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) What argument do they have when there are 2 other high rises RIGHT there? Not to mention that faux french town house cluster****. It might just be the residences that are directly next to the property. Edit: He should have built it on the west side of Kirby, the back of the houses on San Felipe look like crap... and then BAM, Kept up Mansions and River Oaks Country Club. Edited October 23, 2013 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 The neighbors here don't seem nearly as obnoxious as the Stop Ashby crowd. They won't get nearly as far though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 ^correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I own property on Mimosa and brokers are calling me to sell. Hey it is a River Oaks zip code. I may do it for the right price. I have 4 units there where it dead ends. All those old apartments will be gone soon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Construction set in 60 days. Houston chronicle: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2013/09/hines-to-break-ground-on-san-felipe-office-tower-in-60-days/?cmpid=staffblogshcatShould be breaking ground any day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Should be breaking ground any day now. That's what we seem to be saying about a lot of these projects... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2H Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 The building is really not all that to me, just average. Although it is good to see the development and infill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Should be breaking ground any day now. I wouldn't be surprised to see the angry neighbors slowing down this start some from those 60 days stated in early September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 What can we do to stop the neighbors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 What can we do to stop the neighbors? Ha. Imagine this was the Heights. Would anyone be asking that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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