Urbannizer Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Still planned to break ground next month according to the HBJ: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/04/new-apartment-high-rise-on-tap-for-downtown.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 And a better look: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 And a better look: Urbannizer......you ARE Haif.......Wayne should pay you for all the content you bring to the site. I salute you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 i really like this project but let's be honest - almost all of these new highrise apartments look exactly the same, which isn't to say i don't like the way they look because i do.... just calling a spade a spade. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I wouldn't say the same but they do resemble each other.Walking around disturb you do see many buildings that do resemble each other.It is just the period that they were built.There are a few Cotton exchange era building, there are a few that resemble the Rice Hotel architecture, the Texas Tower (609 main) looked similar to others etc.Every tower cannot be a signature tower. There are only so many things you can do to stand out. But I agree with you. Handsome buildings but this one, Block 98 And Hines resemble each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 i really like this project but let's be honest - almost all of these new highrise apartments look exactly the same, which isn't to say i don't like the way they look because i do.... just calling a spade a spade.Nah you're right there's no literally no variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 If we have too little of anything downtown...it is residences with balconies. So I say bring them on and the more the merrier...it will help to create a different type of synergy downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 by all accounts, this is an essential, and yet very glamorous component, as per this particular area of downtown. "minute maid park" vs "marquette place" a home run indeed... And a better look: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Oh and if this project is for real, then this along with the Market Square residential is going to be amazing. Is there an exact start date, or can we just expect something next month? Edited April 22, 2014 by j_cuevas713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Oh and if this project is for real, then this along with the Market Square residential is going to be amazing. Is there an exact start date, or can we just expect something next month? Sounds like someone here heard something specific enough to know next month. A few months back I took a picture of the soil sample drill truck doing its thing on this lot, so it is most certainly more than a rumor, whether the rendering is 100% accurate, who knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I just removed 37 childish comments from this thread. In the future please learn to either report, or ignore. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 One big thing I wonder about all of this stuff is the climate. Houston is hot, humid, and rains a lot in the summer. With wide spaces between buildings, lots of asphalt and concrete, maybe some landscaping, trees, etc can be developed at each place to create shade for walkers and city parks etc can help as well. I really like that bricking on the road I saw on another thread. This block actually has a number of oak trees surrounding it. One of the plan views of the rendering shows them attempting to keep a number of them, hope that works. The shaded walk in front of the Rice Hotel is actually fairly decent even in the summer, though perhaps only relatively because you just walked out of blazing direct sun on asphalt. In any case, it would be a nice thing for designers to emulate. It has been said before here, but with this building, 500 Crawford and 609 Main going up, Texas Street will be a really visually unique city street. If something were to go up on the block across from this one, you would have nice stuff from the bayou all the way to the ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) One big thing I wonder about all of this stuff is the climate. Houston is hot, humid, and rains a lot in the summer. With wide spaces between buildings, lots of asphalt and concrete, maybe some landscaping, trees, etc can be developed at each place to create shade for walkers and city parks etc can help as well. I really like that bricking on the road I saw on another thread.If they just put that drive up entrance on the west side on Austin St then they could keep the mature oak trees along Texas and not cut through the sidewalk. Texas probably has the second most potential after Main downtown as a walkable urban street. Shame to see it mistreated. Edited April 22, 2014 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) When I used to walk in downtown daily I just chose the side of the street that had shadows from the surrounding buildings. If there are enough buildings around you can walk a long distance almost never being exposed to the sun. Trees are much better than no trees though. Edited April 22, 2014 by jgriff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yeah I went ahead and checked a couple of development websites and they all say May 2014, lets keep our fingers crossed, this would be huuuuuuuge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) I posted a pic in the wrong residential tower thread. With so many, it's hard to keep them straight. Whodathunkit? Edited April 22, 2014 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Well, we now know why it looks like the other towers. Marquette Cos. has been active in Houston for a while, buying and renovating various smaller apartment complexes, but the Illinois-based developer is closing on a piece of prime downtown property in June to develop its first high-rise multifamily project.Marquette Cos. will break ground this quarter on a 364-unit, 29-story apartment building with approximately 7,700 square feet of ground floor retail space in downtown Houston, a block from the Houston Astro’s Minute Maid Park. Ziegler Cooper is the architect and Pepper-Lawson Construction LP, the Texas division of Chicago-based Pepper Construction Group LLC, is the contractor. The cost of the project was not disclosed. The apartment high-rise, dubbed Block 52, will include a 589-space private parking garage situated above the retail space and below the residential units, as well as two floors of amenities including a resort-style, rooftop pool. Rental prices will range from $2.70 to $2.80 per square foot for apartments ranging in size from approximately 600 to 1,800 square feet. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/04/future-office-construction-inspiration-for-new.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 You'll have to remind me, what over projects has Ziegler Cooper done... or will do, I should say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Google them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm all for using local architects, but it would be nice if they were more creative. Three towers in close proximity from each other (Hines, Marquette and Trammell) and they all look very similar. Fail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Fail? Compare those to what Camden released for that block near root square and that crap that Alliance is throwing up north of skyhouseIf Marquette, Hines MS and block 98 see fails then I don't mind Houston failing that way.All three buildings are lovely. I like the other MS residential tower too. Edited April 23, 2014 by Subdude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I never said the buildings don't look good. The failing is in regards to the creativity of the architects. To come up with one design style and spread it around town is failed creativity. Btw, your examples are mid rises, can't really compare. Sky house, Hanover towers, Chelsea st and OPP are all good looking high rises, yet they have very different styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecar(a.f.f.) Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 it seems many of the trees are planned to remain and there's a generous pedestrian zone at the SW corner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 it seems many of the trees are planned to remain and there's a generous pedestrian zone at the SW corner Now that the project has been officially announced, can you post a new rendering of the building? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I never said the buildings don't look good. The failing is in regards to the creativity of the architects. To come up with one design style and spread it around town is failed creativity. Btw, your examples are mid rises, can't really compare. Sky house, Hanover towers, Chelsea st and OPP are all good looking high rises, yet they have very different styles.I never said you said they were ugly.I offered that they were beautiful, and that if beautiful building are failures then I welcome more failures.And I most certainly can compare midrises. The very fact that those suckers are squat midrises make them much better examples of failures than those you gave. Again, my point is if I were to point out short comings in residential buildings, the two market square buildings, The Marquette and Trammel Crow buildings would be late on my list. Alliance, The early Camden renderings, Fingers and the one on St Joseph would all get a tongue lashing before the other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I wish this was breaking ground tomorrow. Sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Google them.Thanks. For anyone who really wants to answer my question, I'm talking about the Ziegler Cooper designed projects in Houston. Does anyone know the other ones? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Thanks. For anyone who really wants to answer my question, I'm talking about the Ziegler Cooper designed projects in Houston. Does anyone know the other ones? The Sovereign, Residences at Market Square, Block 98 tower, Hanover Southampton, One Lake's Edge in the Woodlands, 2229 San Felipe, and 800 Bell Redevelopment. There are probably a few more I'm missing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I was re-reading this thread, and on the first page, it mentions that Marquette has plans to build a couple of high-rise projects in Downtown. Does anyone know where their second project could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecar(a.f.f.) Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I'm pretty sure ZC also designed Highland Tower and 2727 Kirby....among others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks. For anyone who really wants to answer my question, I'm talking about the Ziegler Cooper designed projects in Houston. Does anyone know the other ones? No really, look them up. Ziegler Cooper actually has a website. You would have found the buildings listed below (or above) if you had done that already. It would have taken you ~1 minute to look that up. I figured most people on here usually do look up Houston firms frequently just to see what each office is doing. http://zieglercooper.com/urban-residential/ Edited April 23, 2014 by arche_757 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I figured most people on here usually do look up Houston firms frequently just to see what each office is doing. Why do that when we have you to do it for us? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) The Sovereign, Residences at Market Square, Block 98 tower, Hanover Southampton, One Lake's Edge in the Woodlands, 2229 San Felipe, and 800 Bell Redevelopment. There are probably a few more I'm missing.As far as high-rises, you can add Montebello, Villa d'Este, the upcoming Belfiore, Highland Tower, off the top of my head. I think there are others going up, too. Also The Austonian in Austin, which amazingly is not clad in beige brick like so many of the rest. As for mid-rises, The Gables Tanglewood, The Briarglen, and the development off Weslayan @ West Alabama (I forget the name). Apologies for not just pointing to their web page (which I've visited in the past) ... but I'm just trying to demonstrate how highlight they seem to have captured that market in Houston. Edited April 24, 2014 by ArchFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Belfiore is Kirksey's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://zieglercooper.com/block-52/Working with Naperville, Illinois-based Marquette Company, Ziegler Cooper has designed a 28-story 361-unit apartment tower that encompasses a full city block on the northeast side of the Houston’s Central Business District. Situated one block from the Houston Astros Minute Maid Park, the project, currently referred to as “Block 52”, is planning to break ground in the second quarter of 2014. Block 52 will include over 6,800 s.f. of retail and restaurant space at the buildings base along with a 552-space private parking garage situated above the retail space and below the residential units. The property will be a combination of high-rise and low-rise apartments with the low-rise units forming an active streetscape, concealing the garage. Block 52 encourages walkability by being only one block from Houston’s light rail system. Additionally, a large bike storage and maintenance area are provided on level 2 for residents who prefer a bicycle over a car.The exterior architecture will be punctuated with a modern combination of brick, stone and metal accents. Floor to-ceiling windows and glass balconies preserve priceless views of Houston and the surrounding areas. A well-appointed porte-cochère incorporates dramatic water features and lighting to welcome residents and guests to the main lobby complete with concierge services.Resident amenities are included on multiple floors throughout the property. Level 9 will feature an indoor fitness and yoga studio with an outdoor yoga “Fusion Lawn.” A Guest Suite is also included for residents with overnight guests. Also on level 9, is over 20,000 s.f. of outdoor amenities with panoramic views into Minute Maid Park. A large resort style pool boasts soaking ledges, fountains, private cabanas and covered trellis lounge areas to keep residents cool on those hot Houston days. Residents and guests can also enjoy the outdoor living room area, featuring a full kitchen, fireplace and gas grill. The game lawn will include a beach volleyball court and fire pit. Level 7 will include a dog park and pet friendly amenities. The Sky Club on the 26th floor features a Club Kitchen with spectacular views of downtown Houston. An exclusive Ballpark Club room on level 28 includes an exterior terrace for residents living on the Penthouse and Summit levels to enjoy watching the Astros baseball game.Rental prices will range from $2.70 to $2.80 per square foot for apartments ranging in size from approximately 600 to 1,800 square feet. Marquette is utilizing the Downtown Living Initiative (Chapter 380), which is effectively a development grant provided to the first 5,000 units to be developed in downtown Houston and this project will receive a $5.5 million benefit from the grant. The building is being built by Pepper-Lawson Construction LP, the Texas division of Chicago-based Pepper Construction Group LLC. and will be delivered in Summer 2015. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestUdweller Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nooiicceee!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Wow, that sounds like the downtown project dreams are made off. Bike storage and maintenance area! Awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) This is going to be really good for Downtown. Vancouver has a lot of those ground-level units and I always thought those were pretty neat. I think the Sovereign is going to have them too. Edited May 14, 2014 by fkp5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Whenever I hear the construction general contractor has been chosen, I get excited. They're serious about starting this one soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Damn, one year til delivery. Damn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 That area around the ballpark is shaping up nicely. Marvy Finger's place is going up next door. There's that other residential development on the other side of the street on the downtown development map. The Marriott Marquis will be very close, as will that parking garage with Ground Floor Retail. Now, if only the Astros could on track by the time these are finished.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 How long has skyhouse taken? This would be less than a year, sheesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 This and the Market Square project are my favorites right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Skyhouse was just about a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 How long has skyhouse taken? This would be less than a year, sheeshSkyhouse took a little over a year, I think. I seem to recall the crane go up right about this time last year.This project: "q2 2014 to summer 2015" would be, say 15 -16 months? Assuming they started in June and finished in say, September (still feels like "summer" in Houston)! Doable? I have no idea. But it sounds like about what skyhouse did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted June 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2014 http://polizzottodevelopment.com/portfolio/block-52/ 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 When does this one start construction? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarosurf Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Awesome, I'm glad this "gap" between the ballpark and the business district is filling in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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