KinkaidAlum Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Actually, it would be a PERFECT place for a dog/cat store. More and more people will be moving to downtown and you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a lot of dogs. Unless I am wrong, there's no place to buy pet food, get your pet groomed, have access to a vet, leave your pet at a pet hotel, etc... in downtown. Hmmm..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) There's an article somewhere when it was first announced saying they were hoping to land a grocer. I guess they wanted the building set back from the park so the 40 story tower wasn't as imposing, and also wanted the lower pool to overlook the park. Though they still could of put retail below the carportish thing and had the drive way on the other side or the front entrance, a la JW Marriott. Edited October 7, 2014 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Incidentally, that post card is from before Warren's... IIRC, it was in the white building in the middle. He did not move across the square until forced. FWIW, I was very, very young at the time. My parents brought my pre-adolescent self to Market Square in its heyday, as well as the Quarter in NOLA. No, they weren't giving me and my brothers gin intravenously, they were teaching us responsible fun. Thanks, publicly, Mom and Dad, who I've never been scared of as long as there was no blood or broken bones (actually, they could handle cops... prolly better than was necessary). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 10.7 by Nancy Sarnoff http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/10/downtowns-first-40-story-residential-tower-makes-progress/#26994101=4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 33 months is the estimated completion for this thing. By my count we're down roughly 2 of those, so 31 months remaining. Good to see someone get started on a proposal. This developer wanted to get a jump on some of the other high-rise residential proposed for DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrow Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 According to the Houston Business Journal, a grocery store is indeed what is desired:http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/07/16/new-details-revealed-in-market-square-tower.html?page=all&r=full Wait, I'm confused. In the article Burney says they hope to add a grocery store in 3 to 5 years, implying that would be separate from the 22k retail space they are building now. Perhaps they want to repurpose the existing parking garage in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'm going to make the presumption that the repurposing for the garage will be done over the course of a few years. They have stated that they were going to incorporate the existing garage to the new building, but were going to downsize it. That might mean that whatever other additions to the garage (maybe this market) will be done then. Just pure speculation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted October 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2014 Talked to some of the dirt contractors this morning, 1 tower crane will be going up in the middle of the south side of the building at the end of the month. They were working on building the foundation for it. It will be where the sidewalk was in the middle of the block. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 outstanding illustrations hindesky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Had lunch at Treebeards today and then played Blanket Bingo there later in the afternoon: Market Square Tower by marclongoria, on Flickr Market Square Tower by marclongoria, on Flickr Down to one lane Market Square Tower by marclongoria, on Flickr Market Square Tower by marclongoria, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That was Austin 20 years ago. It worked real well, didn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellez1984 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 10/20/2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That grey wall behind it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple addict Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) it'd be cool if they had a street artist paint a mural over it. could turn a boring grey wall into a destination. Edited October 21, 2014 by apple addict 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hopefully that grey wall won't be there long, there have been rumors floating around for years that a residential tower is planned for that site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hopefully that grey wall won't be there long, there have been rumors floating around for years that a residential tower is planned for that site.Is this a joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Is this a joke? One can never tell. For those that don't know what they are looking at, that grey wall is the side of the Houston Ballet building. Probably 2 -3 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 One can never tell.For those that don't know what they are looking at, that grey wall is the side of the Houston Ballet building. Probably 2 -3 years old.I know.I took it as sarcasm that we already know they are building a 40 story high rise there that will cover up that wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Market Square Tower won't cover that wall. There's a surface parking lot between the new tower and the ballet building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 One can never tell.For those that don't know what they are looking at, that grey wall is the side of the Houston Ballet building. Probably 2 -3 years old.Woah, that wall is the Houston Ballet building? It looks great from the other 3 sides.. What happened here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Woah, that wall is the Houston Ballet building? It looks great from the other 3 sides.. What happened here? Cost benefit douchebaggery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I know.I took it as sarcasm that we already know they are building a 40 story high rise there that will cover up that wall?The 40 story highrise that's going up across the street from the grey wall of the Houston ballet building will only block the view of the wall from the east. I am talking about a residential building being built directly next to the Houston ballet building on the vacant parking lot surrounded by Preston St., Lousiana St., and Congress St. No Sarcasm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Pretty common for buildings on urban lots to have blank walls if built right up to an interior property line. You don't know what someone else might build adjacent to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Woah, that wall is the Houston Ballet building? It looks great from the other 3 sides.. What happened here?Oh, I just realized the ballet center just sits on half a block. do they not own the other half of that block, or have future plans for an expansion or something? I guess that would explain the bare wall facing the parking lot if they can't control what will eventually be built there, or have future plans for that plot themselves.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) The ballet originally owned the entire block. I believe they sold the eastern half to help fund the construction of the Ballet Center. I know there was talk of a residential high-rise on the eastern half, but I think that plan died in the recession. IIRC it was sold to an Atlanta residential developer. Did a little more digging. It turns out that the parcel was indeed sold to an Atlanta residential developer. The Novare Group, developers of the SkyHouses... But it appears that it is now again owned by the Houston Ballet Foundation. Looks like Novare let it go back to the bank from whom they had a mortgage loan. The bank then sold it back to Houston Ballet Foundation. Maybe they'll sell it again and make even more money this time. Edited October 21, 2014 by Houston19514 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Pretty common for buildings on urban lots to have blank walls if built right up to an interior property line. You don't know what someone else might build adjacent to it. True...I should have considered that before posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The 40 story highrise that's going up across the street from the grey wall of the Houston ballet building will only block the view of the wall from the east. I am talking about a residential building being built directly next to the Houston ballet building on the vacant parking lot surrounded by Preston St., Lousiana St., and Congress St. No Sarcasm.Well then. Thats awesome news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Well then. Thats awesome news!Read further down the page... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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