nativehoustonion Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'll believe it when I see the cranes. Emporis removed the two 70 floor proposed buildings. What is going on up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) I'll believe it when I see the cranes. Emporis removed the two 70 floor proposed buildings. What is going on up there? Yes me too. I know what you mean but I dont think those 70-80 floor supertalls every got as far as applying for FAA approval so its fun to get excited about this new one. Is Emporis truly accurate? Because its still showing the 696ft Lexi as proposed.:/ That would be crazy for us to have a 700foot in Uptown. It would be our little "Williams Tower" LOL I opened an account to get more details on developments but it wouldnt let me get more. I think it wanted me to buy some crap to get "researcher" info Edited January 24, 2015 by JasnoDTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totheskies Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Dallas and Houston both... why are all of the new designs so boxy?? UGH someone needs to be more dramatic with our shapes!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Dallas and Houston both... why are all of the new designs so boxy?? UGH someone needs to be more dramatic with our shapes!! I agree. Some I like though like the one Hines is bldg in Victory Park(Victory center) Its on this thread.But yes I want bolder designs like they're doing all over the world. Like Moscow's new ones and many others in Europe and Asia. Maybe we'll get some better ones in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I agree. Some I like though like the one Hines is bldg in Victory Park(Victory center) Its on this thread.But yes I want bolder designs like they're doing all over the world. Like Moscow's new ones and many others in Europe and Asia. Maybe we'll get some better ones in the future.Look at who is driving those developments in Asia. Here in the states we have to have cost conscious design. Developers must of course be able to charge a reasonable fee to tennants. The only time we'll see dazzling architecture is when its a corporate building for XYZ Corporation. See Exxon's new campus in Spring Woods.... the "main" building is an architecturally interesting (and structurally VERY interesting) cantilivered design. Exxon did that. Hines or TrammelCrow wouldn't for speculative purposes. 609 and the new Dallas 20something building are about as much as we can expect. and then there is Amegy's "masterpiece" of architecture! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 So much truth in that post Arche.. Houston missed a big opportunity for an iconic tower when Exxon chose the burbs instead of a new downtown building. Spec buildings aren't about to invest heavily into glamorous designs to appeal to potential tenants. They are going to build a cost effective structure and pour the bulk of the money into adding the amenities that make a building class A. I was hoping Houston would pull a major foreign oil and gas company NA HQ during this boom that wanted to make a big statement/have their presence be known to the city but alas.. No major iconic structures from any corporations. We'll have to see what Zaha Hadid does with that one furniture companies Houston "mixed use HQ" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 So much truth in that post Arche.. Houston missed a big opportunity for an iconic tower when Exxon chose the burbs instead of a new downtown building. Spec buildings aren't about to invest heavily into glamorous designs to appeal to potential tenants. They are going to build a cost effective structure and pour the bulk of the money into adding the amenities that make a building class A. I was hoping Houston would pull a major foreign oil and gas company NA HQ during this boom that wanted to make a big statement/have their presence be known to the city but alas.. No major iconic structures from any corporations. We'll have to see what Zaha Hadid does with that one furniture companies Houston "mixed use HQ"The what?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) The what?!Heh, it's amazing how low profile that project is for how high a profile the architect is.http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/01/zaha-touch-houston/Lmao, just saw.. SHE is the furniture designer, the company is an o&g conglomerate Edited January 29, 2015 by cloud713 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Read it again. Some guy named Vladimer is a furniture designer. She's been hired to design the HQ! So that's another Pritzker Prize winner ...possibly? Though it could end up as nothing with the price of oil what it is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Read it again. Some guy named Vladimer is a furniture designer. She's been hired to design the HQ!So that's another Pritzker Prize winner ...possibly? Though it could end up as nothing with the price of oil what it is?Ok sweet. No idea where this Vladimir guy can't into play but yeah here's to hoping Richland moves forward with the project.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 This part intrigued me..The legendary furniture designer not only tipped AN off about the commission, he was also responsible for introducing Ms. Hadid to Suzanne Klein and Edna Meyer-Nelson, the Richland execs who promptly hired the Pritzker Prize winner to plan their mixed-use HQ.So AN just found out about this through the Vladimir guy..? Who is he and why would he just now be telling them about it if something hasn't been moving forward behind the scenes since last summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Another pretty rendering of the Victory Park area (just imagine a few drunk ppl and it'll be realistic) Not sure the details of development but I like the view of the Hines Victory Center in the background. Edited January 31, 2015 by JasnoDTX 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) New Victory Center website up to check out. Lots of stats,photos and flyover videos. Looks awesome! http://victorycenterdallas.com/ I did notice a typo. On the stats page it says 22 stories. On the official floorplan page it says 23 stories. The building's highest point will be around 25. If the Fountain Place tower ever had a baby this is what it'd look like. Edited February 10, 2015 by JasnoDTX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Huh? I don't see the fountain place resemblance at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Huh? I don't see the fountain place resemblance at all.. Its not a striking resemblance but its the straight lines set at angles.\|\ Similar diamond cut theme.No curves. I dont know any other bldg that would look like its related to FPJust a subjective observation. Different colored glass though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Four more towers for Victory Park http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/four-more-towers-in-the-works-for-dallas-victory-park-project.html/ And it looks like Houston is leading the attack on Dallas! lol The biggest of the new developments in the works at Victory Park is a 28-story apartment tower planned at the north end of the development at Hi Line Drive and Houston Street.Called Katy Station, the building is being designed by Houston-based architect EDI International, according to filings with the Federal Aviation Administration. The apartment tower would be built a block north of where Houston-based Camden Property Trust is now building a 423-unit apartment community on the north side of the American Airlines Center arena. Further south at Victory Avenue and Museum Way, Victory Park manager Estein & Associates and Florida-based Lennar Multifamily Communities are expected to announce plans soon for a building with a movie theater and retail on the lower levels and apartments above. The project will be close to 20 stories and will occupy a block now used for parking. The planned apartment tower will be right across the street from where Houston-based developer Hines and Cousins Properties are about to break ground on a 23-story office building called Victory Center. The 466,000-square-foot high-rise will take almost two years to build. And Atlanta-based Novare Group – which just completed its 24-story, 336-unit SkyHouse Dallas apartments at at 2320 N. Houston St. – has filed plans with the city that show it wants to build a second, similar building at Victory Park. The next Novare building would be constructed next to the American Airlines Center parking garage at Houston and Payne streets. Together all these new projects will be the largest addition to Victory Park since construction started on the 75-acre mixed-use development in 1999. This all sounds great to me but Im still waiting to hear news about the 600ft Victory Tower. Here's hoping the market will be strong enough to get that sucker built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) Perot will tap top talent for downtown Dallas skyscraper.http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/perot-will-tap-top-talent-for-downtown-dallas-skyscraper-project.html/ Edited February 17, 2015 by D F W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Perot will tap top talent for downtown Dallas skyscraper. http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/perot-will-tap-top-talent-for-downtown-dallas-skyscraper-project.html/ Saw this on SSC. People going crazy over there. Its good to finally hear some info on this. You think this thing deserves its own thread as the wheels start turning? “That site is totally tied to an anchor tenant" Does this mean he already has a tenant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slfunk Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Four more towers for Victory Park http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/four-more-towers-in-the-works-for-dallas-victory-park-project.html/ And it looks like Houston is leading the attack on Dallas! lol Only one of the four firms designing work in Victory is from Houston, and it would be a coin toss if the EDI designed tower were to kick off first or the office tower. Two of the current four projects are designed in Dallas, and the other is a firm out of Raleigh, NC. We don't see too many Houston named firms here in Dallas, but only a couple like Ziegler Cooper and Kirksey. Any major firm has an office here and uses its Dallas people. Likewise in Houston or any big city market..... Edited February 18, 2015 by slfunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Perot will tap top talent for downtown Dallas skyscraper.http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/perot-will-tap-top-talent-for-downtown-dallas-skyscraper-project.html/ If this gets built, I hope that it puts more pressure on Houston to get a new supertall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 If this gets built, I hope that it puts more pressure on Houston to get a new supertall. But there is no "this". There is no real building proposal yet and more to the point ... Perot has never talked about building a super-tall or said anything about height at all. Perot has used words like "landmark" and "iconic" but I'm pretty sure he's never said anything at all about height. This latest Dallas Morning News article is truly a "bottom story of the day". It merely rehashes what the same reporter wrote back in October with almost zero new information. Steve Brown is infamous for re-running developer marketing pieces every 4-6 months. That's all this one is... Perot looking for office tenants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) If this gets built, I hope that it puts more pressure on Houston to get a new supertall.I don't. Houston doesn't need a supernal right now. supply is soon going to hit demand, if it hasn't already. Building a supertall wouldn't help the city in any way. Look at what happened the last time we overbuilt.I think some of the developments being built in Dallas are really amazing for their city, but it should not, for any reason, influence whats being built down here in Houston. Edited February 22, 2015 by Sky-guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 If this gets built, I hope that it puts more pressure on Houston to get a new supertall. Why? Is there some sort of keeping up with the Jones thing going on? If someone wants a supertall here, it will be built. No one is going to build one just because some other city has one going up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 It sure looks like it snowed. Ross Perot has been promoting an office tower of undetermined height in downtown Dallas, saying there are prospects from out of town he's trying to entice. If they're looking for new buildings, this one's as good as any. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Ross Perot!? I didnt realize he was still around. Great Photos Howard & Nate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Ross Perot Jr.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 ah, that makes more sense Cloud! Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't know if Junior's got the same magic touch as Dad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lospringer Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think Ross Perot Jr is doing just fine. He's Chairman of Hillwood which owns a fairly substantial amount of real estate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowdy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I don't know if Junior's got the same magic touch as Dad.http://www.forbes.com/profile/h-ross-perot-jr/ He is worth $1.75 billion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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