Moore713 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Well all the projects listed under current downtown development map add up to ~3200, but if the rumors of the 2nd Alliance residential on main, the 38 story phase 2 of the Texaco, the possible(but unlikely there just seems to be too little info) residential building behind Hess, and Block 100 behind the Marriott Marquis(sorry for bringing it up so much) we could be looking at 4000+ units which is very impressive. It's amazing how much residential development is possibly coming to downtown!In regards to this tower, it looks pretty slick but not anything real amazing from the other 20-35 story resi tower renderings floating around(most notably Hines). I think it's cool it got a little height bump even if it is one floor and I think it's not a bad thing it looks similar it just seems to be the architecture of this era. 3200 in under two years is impressive.. It will strenght the downtown counusel arugement that the program should be extended hard to argue with a 3200 unit jump in under two years... would be even harder to do it aginst 4,000 if those come to fruit... Let give a shout out to Skyhouse who while not the first seemed to be the one that lead the charge and gave other developers the balls to take a chance on ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It does look very much like the Hines market square tower. Does anyone know who is the architect for this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Very nice, thanks Urbannizer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) I see MMP in the background! Edit: So this is the block right next to the Finger 7 story? Edited January 25, 2014 by ChrisPHous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Good question because Texas Ave. dead ends at MMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I see MMP in the background! Edit: So this is the block right next to the Finger 7 story? Yes. Good question because Texas Ave. dead ends at MMP. No it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 i wonder if Zeigler Cooper is the architect as it does look similar to his designs for other residential towers planned around the city.. anyways i think it looks nice and certainly dont mind this current architectural trend, but yeah a little variety would be nice.so it will have a rooftop pool.. that will have incredible views and is sure to be the highest pool in the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It looks like it will extend the skyline pretty significantly coming in from the North Freeway (amongst other views). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Oh so Texas Ave. goes though the Ballpark? I have never seen an elevated road over the MMP. LOL! I think it is west of the MMP behind Fingers midrise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Oh so Texas Ave. goes though the Ballpark? I have never seen an elevated road over the MMP. LOL! I think it is west of the MMP behind Fingers midrise. ??? No. Texas Ave goes past MinuteMaid Park, adjoining it on the south side. Ever heard of Google Maps? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Texas Avenue goes between Annunciation Catholic Church on the south and the old train station in front of the south end of minute maid park. It continues under 59 and past BBVA Compass stadium on the east side and turns into harrisburg which runs all the way out to 225. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great location across the street from the building that the restaurant Irma's is. I think it is the Great Southwest Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The ballpark hotel, Vic and Anthony's and Fingers project are right around there also, so there will be a great deal of pedestrian traffic, not to mention game days when the area is full of people. This will significantly change the east side.Service oriented businesses will start to pop up, followed by maybe a convenience store and grocery store, which is probably the most glaring necessity missing on that side. I know the Phoenicia is in the Fingers condo tower that faces Discovery Green but they are mostly import products. This side of town desperately needs a good grocery store and with all of these new projects along with the growth on the east side of 59 perhaps the numbers will justify one of the chains building on the East side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 What is the closest grocery store to downtown in general? Randall's in midtown, Kroger on grey, or maybe the Kroger on studemont? I think a store near SkyHouse on main st. would be my wet dream. Underground parking lot too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Would you include Pheonicia's in One Park Place....? It's just a few blocks away from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Would you include Pheonicia's in One Park Place....? It's just a few blocks away from this. Yea that counts for sure, but it isn't an everyday store. Phoenicia isn't very pricey for the regular items, people just see it as a specialty only store. Pro Tip: buy all of your spices there! They are very cheap and very good! Edited January 25, 2014 by ChrisPHous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks like they're gonna construct this quickly. Begin Q2 2014 and be ready by summer 2015? Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 What is the closest grocery store to downtown in general? Randall's in midtown, Kroger on grey, or maybe the Kroger on studemont?On the east side there is also a Kroger on Cullen/Polk, which is close to downtown as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblelino Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself.You should try to build your own tower on a random parking lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (bss) hilarious! So many buildings ABOUT to break ground downtown I can hardly stand it, I've got Bank of the Southwest Syndrome (BSS), keep thinking a dire economic crash is going to derail everything right before it happens. Feel like walking the streets like a madman with a shovel and breaking ground everywhere myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Construction starts Q2 2014? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We should be seeing construction start very soon. That area is going to be unrecognizable here in the next few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well I guess they are doing soil samples right now? I didn't capture it in this photo but if you look to the lower left side, there is actually a large mound of dirt there which I honestly can't tell where it came from... Would be cool if they started early on this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 IConstruction starts Q2 2014? Wait, a 28 story tower is going up here? I thought this was the Fingers Apartments location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Fingers Apartments are going up across the way. If you look closely you can see the green fence wrapped around the block as well a track hoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Fingers Apartments are going up across the way. If you look closely you can see the green fence wrapped around the block as well a track hoe. What he said. You can actually see the excavator for the Fingers apartments near the center. This one is supposed to go up in Q2, but they may be starting early...? My theory though is that they are simply taking soil samples for the engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! I would credit Discovery green more so than the ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I would credit Discovery green more so than the ballpark. I would credit downtown residential incentives more so than Discovery Green. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 What he said. You can actually see the excavator for the Fingers apartments near the center. This one is supposed to go up in Q2, but they may be starting early...? My theory though is that they are simply taking soil samples for the engineers. Yes just soil samples, usually done a few months before construction. They pulled up the pavement last month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I would credit downtown residential incentives more so than Discovery Green.You're absolutely right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Wow, I didn't catch that. It took over a decade but look what a downtown ballpark brought! Do NOT assume that this is going up just because there's a ballpark. Ballparks do NOT attract new development, they simply (at best) cause development that would have happened somewhere else to be relocated. More than likely this would have just happened someplace else if the ballpark wasn't there. Look at all the other residential towers proposed for downtown, were THEY because of the ballpark??? Stop trying to connect this to the ballpark. Ballparks have never inspired development and never will. This has happened over and over in U.S. cities, and every ballpark has lost money. Next you'll be telling me that it's because of the toy train over left field. The $250 million spent on this should have gone toward creating a bunch of little ballparks all over the suburbs, which would have served a lot more baseball players than the few who use the downtown ballpark. Did you know that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Do NOT assume that this is going up just because there's a ballpark. Ballparks do NOT attract new development, they simply (at best) cause development that would have happened somewhere else to be relocated. More than likely this would have just happened someplace else if the ballpark wasn't there. Look at all the other residential towers proposed for downtown, were THEY because of the ballpark??? Stop trying to connect this to the ballpark. Ballparks have never inspired development and never will. This has happened over and over in U.S. cities, and every ballpark has lost money. Next you'll be telling me that it's because of the toy train over left field. The $250 million spent on this should have gone toward creating a bunch of little ballparks all over the suburbs, which would have served a lot more baseball players than the few who use the downtown ballpark. Did you know that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown? Someone forgot to turn on their sarcasm meter...That said, MMP is still a destination and having three major league stadiums all within walking distance of each other is still a good thing if you ask me. It makes sense for development to happen between these venues. The parks downtown only reinforce that point. It has taken longer than many ever thought, but with the downtown initiative people are going to be moving into these areas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Someone forgot to turn on their sarcasm meter...That said, MMP is still a destination and having three major league stadiums all within walking distance of each other is still a good thing if you ask me. It makes sense for development to happen between these venues. The parks downtown only reinforce that point. It has taken longer than many ever thought, but with the downtown initiative people are going to be moving into these areas. I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. Fair enough, Monday strikes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think you forgot to turn it on. Pretty obvious that I was lampooning the Metro haters, esp. with the "toy train" reference. i couldn't tell if you were being facetious or not either. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) i couldn't tell if you were being facetious or not either.I think the complaint that only 1% of baseball jobs are located downtown should have tipped the scales on this. Oh well, I guess sarcasm isn't always apparent. Edited February 11, 2014 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Soil test: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Can someone change the name of the thread? Urbannizer's post from January 24th (post #45) says 29 floors, not 28. Edited February 22, 2014 by Sky-guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 New Design? Probably not, I think this was the design at an early stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I wonder if we are looking at Prairie and Austin or Texas and La Branch? If Texas and La Branch, those are significant shade trees on the Texas side that would be lost so they can have a suburban-style entrance drive. If Prairie and Austin, I just hope they don't leave a dull façade on Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I wonder if we are looking at Prairie and Austin or Texas and La Branch? If Texas and La Branch, those are significant shade trees on the Texas side that would be lost so they can have a suburban-style entrance drive. If Prairie and Austin, I just hope they don't leave a dull façade on Texas. Would the circles be the existing trees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Would the circles be the existing trees? Yes, but some are removed for the entrance drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I wonder if we are looking at Prairie and Austin or Texas and La Branch? If Texas and La Branch, those are significant shade trees on the Texas side that would be lost so they can have a suburban-style entrance drive. If Prairie and Austin, I just hope they don't leave a dull façade on Texas. The other rendering shows the orientation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ok thanks. Very nice building, but there should be an ordinance against curb cuts on a signature street like Texas, let alone access drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 There also seems to be a car entrance on the east side. Maybe the drop off on the south is because the tower portion is a hotel? Any chance there's truth in that statement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 The podium is a garage(with retail) so I don't know where the hotel comes in. It's 350+ units so it's a good sized project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 SubdivisionPlatPDF_Marquette Place_plat_04-07-2014.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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