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Now named...One Market Square

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/09/18/more-details-unveiled-in-houston-high-rise.html?page=2

 

One Market Square

Location: Travis Street and Preston Street, in downtown Houston
Size: 32 stories, including an eight-story podium garage
Number of units: 274, ranging in size from 650-square-foot studios to 3,000-square-foot units
Average unit size: 1,200 square feet
Amenities: 24/7 concierge, valet and porter service, gym, grand living room, Internet cafe, gourmet cooking kitchen, movie theater and aqua lounge. Granite countertops, Italian cabinets, stainless-steel appliances, gas stoves and hardwood floors inside the units
Rent price: Not yet released, but will be priced higher than Hines’ other two multifamily projects under development
Estimated completion: September 2016

Unique feature: Built in a historic district, the high-rise’s base incorporates historical architectural features, like brick and cast stone, while the tower will be built out of modern glass and steel. The ground level will feature retail — including a restaurant, café and possibly a boutique grocery store — as well as a pocket park,

 

 

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Yeah idk what's with all the "One" namepicks for all the towers. One park pl, One Market Square, etc.

Starting to sound a little cheesy to me.

Only two examples... :P

When developers can't come up with swanky names I prefer just the street address. OPP gets away with it in my eyes because it's focal point of Discovery Green.

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"Amenities: 24/7 concierge, valet and porter service, gym, grand living room, Internet cafe, gourmet cooking kitchen, movie theater and aqua lounge. Granite countertops, Italian cabinets, stainless-steel appliances, gas stoves and hardwood floors inside the units"

What the hell are "Italian cabinets"? And, for the record, why would I, or anyone, care?

Are these "Italian cabinets" better for storing pasta then other cabinets?

Oh, and those appliances. Are they Chinese appliances?

Mexican hardwood floors? And New Hampshire granite?

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They probably didn't like the address given to them (which is given by the power company, btw) to use as the name, so they probably just went with One Market Square. Not unusual to do that especially since it's the park that's really important and something that they should very much identify with. Pretty sure more high rises around key locations in downtown will do the same. Much more catchy than 900 Preston or whatever the address was given to them.

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Interesting that Houston Chron now has this labeled as under construction. It was posted just 4 hours ago.

 

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/slideshow/Highrises-under-construction-in-the-Houston-area-96439/photo-6201255.php

 

 

Hearst ownership and chron.com management seems intent on driving what minimal semblance of journalism that goes on there fully into the ground.  I can't imagine a quality journalist still there who can ameliorate feelings of shame and embarrassment over the daily rounds of celebrity & wealth worship and astounding focus on high-end real estate.  As chron.com increasingly panders content around its evening celebrity gossip show audience and rightwing idealogue commenters, ad profit and page clicks take obvious precedence over high quality media practice. 

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Hearst ownership and chron.com management seems intent on driving what minimal semblance of journalism that goes on there fully into the ground.  I can't imagine a quality journalist still there who can ameliorate feelings of shame and embarrassment over the daily rounds of celebrity & wealth worship and astounding focus on high-end real estate.  As chron.com increasingly panders content around its evening celebrity gossip show audience and rightwing idealogue commenters, ad profit and page clicks take obvious precedence over high quality media practice. 

 

Getting the opinion you expressed above, or really any information, distributed to more than the people standing near you was very difficult more than 20 years ago unless you owned a printing press and a distribution network. Any interesting information is pretty much instantly known by everyone for free now.

 

News websites thrive on clicks. People that are angry, scared or voyeuristic keep coming back for more, so they give 'em what they want. Whatever utility quality journalism served in the past is gone.

 

Oh, and reading any user commentary on an open access general audience website is enough to make anyone want to move to an island and never be heard from again.

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http://marketsquareretail.com/

 

The proposed project is a 24 story, 275 unit residential tower on top of a 7 story garage and a one story retail/ lobby level. There will be an amenity level complete with an exterior swimming pool and a city view terrace on top of the garage. The total construction gross area is 646,000 SF and the total net rentable area is 327,000 SF in addition to 9,300 SF of retail lease space. There will not be a basement and the foundation will be a deep piling system with pile caps under columns and shear walls. The main structure will be cast in place concrete with post tensioned flat slabs. The total height of the building is 349’-5” to the flat roof with additional penthouse and equipment screening above. Many windows will be of a “punched” type while some corners will have floor to ceiling glass. Exterior balconies will be accessed by high-performance sliding glass doors. The building will have many architectural features that reinterpret historical language predominant in the surrounding context. These features include cornices, canopies, a tall retail base, deep set windows, special brick detailing, streetscape elements, and a penthouse expression.

 





The proposed development for a residential tower is situated on half of a block bound by Travis street and Preston street and lies in the heart of Houston’s historic district. It is overlooking Market Square, Houston’s first urban park. The building lobby is located on Travis street alongside a valet drop off and retail space that extends over to Preston street. The design of the proposed structure respects the setback of the two adjacent contributing structures in the historic district, which are the Houston Citizen’s building and the former Cabo building. The new structure is also in compliance with the district’s guidelines of having a well defined pedestrian zone, tree zone and pedestrian paving that reinforces retail activity along Travis and Preston street. Additionally, the design allows for a pocket park fronting main street, which can accommodate outside dining for a restaurant tenant.

The corner of Travis and Preston street contemplates a welcoming porch for outdoor dining, which would reinforce pedestrian activity at street level. Street level paving complies with the guidelines of the district for a pedestrian zone and a tree zone. Large scale architectural canopies cantilever out from the face of the retail to reinforce the pedestrian zone and compliment similar features of contributing structures along Travis street.

The proportions of the new construction are designed to break down the scale of the building into a classical composition of base, middle and top. The base of the building is a well detailed podium concealing the garage and emphasizing street level retail.


 

 

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Materials

The building is composed of a garage podium with an apartment tower above. The primary facade material for both the tower and the podium is brick veneer with accents of cast stone. The remaining façade features aluminum punched windows, floor to ceiling window wall, high performance sliding glass doors, and aluminum panels. The garage is clad similarly to the apartment tower above but with an emphasis on more traditional language of expression that is compatible with the historic district. The intent is to make the garage podium look like part of the building instead of an exposed open garage. The street R.O.W. paving will be as prescribed for the district with some modifications at the building entrances. Large scale architectural canopies will extend over the R.O.W. and sidewalk area along both Travis and Preston street. These canopies are constructed out of metal or metal and glass.

Design Influence

The proposed development for a residential tower is situated on half of a block bound by Travis street and Preston street and lies in the heart of Houston’s historic district. It is overlooking Market Square, Houston’s first urban park. The building lobby is located on Travis street alongside a valet drop off and retail space that extends over to Preston street. The design of the proposed structure respects the setback of the two adjacent contributing structures in the historic district, which are the Houston Citizen’s building and the former Cabo building. The new structure is also in compliance with the district’s guidelines of having a well defined pedestrian zone, tree zone and pedestrian paving that reinforces retail activity along Travis and Preston street. Additionally, the design allows for a pocket park fronting main street, which can accommodate outside dining for a restaurant tenant.

The design of the proposed structure at podium level reflects the character of the historic district and the two neighboring buildings by incorporating materials and features similar to contributing structures in the district. The base of the podium structure will be articulated with a pilaster expression and expansive storefront glass set deeply into the facade to compliment the retail nature of the historic district.

The corner of Travis and Preston street contemplates a welcoming porch for outdoor dining, which would reinforce pedestrian activity at street level. Street level paving complies with the guidelines of the district for a pedestrian zone and a tree zone. Large scale architectural canopies cantilever out from the face of the retail to reinforce the pedestrian zone and compliment similar features of contributing structures along Travis street. The facade of the residential tower above will be a composition of punched windows in combination with deep set balconies and accents of corner glass to acknowledge views of Market Square.

The proportions of the new construction are designed to break down the scale of the building into a classical composition of base, middle and top. The base of the building is a well detailed podium concealing the garage and emphasizing street level retail. To further break down the scale of the building, the residential tower is separated from the garage podium with glazing and exposed round columns at the amenity level, which is comprised of club, fitness, wifi lounge, morning room, and a pool terrace. As the eye moves around the north east side of the building, the tower steps back from the street to further break down the scale of the building and to reduce the towering effect. This expression suggests that there is another contributing structure on the block and is further reinforced by a change in color of the brick veneer.

Vertically, the mass of the building is composed of tall and narrow forms with varying setbacks and cornice lines that acknowledge similar forms in contributing structures of the district. The top of the building has a step in the penthouse floor to express the notion of a lantern with a cantilevered cornice to give the tower a distinctive top as do other contributing structures in the district.

The height of the eaves of the proposed structure exceeds that of neighboring contributing structures in the district. Compensating design moves have been incorporated into the composition of the façade to acknowledge the character and scale of neighboring buildings. The Rice Hotel, for example has an eaves height of 220 feet and the Commerce Tower has a height of 300 feet. The height of the proposed structure is 349’-5” feet to the flat roof and an additional 5 to 12 feet for penthouse and equipment screening. As one can readily observe from the attached renderings, the composition and organization of the proposed residential tower has given careful thought to designing steps in the building and eaves lines to acknowledge the height and character of contributing structures within the district. The design of the podium for the proposed structure has established a cornice line to acknowledge the height of the adjoining Houston Citizen’s building directly to the east.

It is noteworthy to observe that immediately to the west of the proposed residential tower on Travis street is a proposed office tower. The proposed office tower on block 43 is contemplated to be 46 floors which will likely exceed 600 feet in height and dominate the southern edge of Market Square. Additionally, another residential tower with a height of 35 stories is proposed on block 35. This new residential tower will be immediately to the west of Market Square and is likely to exceed 350 feet in height. With strong interest in both commercial and residential development in Houston’s CBD, there will be increased political pressure placed on the planning department to accommodate reasonable growth for urban living in the historic district.

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