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1 hour ago, Twinsanity02 said:

Any news on this? I understand there was to be an official groundbreaking yesterday. Puzzled since the ground is already broken. Anyone know?

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/10/05/developers-break-ground-on-luxury-residential.html

 

Randall Davis Co. and DC Partners have broken ground on Marlowe, a luxury condominium tower in downtown Houston.



 

The two Houston developers held a groundbreaking event on Oct. 4 for the 20-story, 95-unit condo project located at 1311 Polk St., across the street from the House of Blues and a couple of blocks from the Toyota Center and Discovery Green park. Site work on the project started this summer, but the building will be going vertical this fall.

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21 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

decent sized hole here after all... it's about 8 to 9 feet deep, and looks like the central part of the building.

 

pictures later.

 

the attachment size on this forum software is WAY too small

 

 

 

You start with a fixed amount to upload (I think it's 25MB or something) and it gets used up as you upload more.  So the first upload could be a huge, high res photo, while now my max upload is 950K which is about enough to upload a new avatar.

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1 hour ago, cspwal said:

 

You start with a fixed amount to upload (I think it's 25MB or something) and it gets used up as you upload more.  So the first upload could be a huge, high res photo, while now my max upload is 950K which is about enough to upload a new avatar.

I went in and deleted my really old pics to free up space. I was down to 2KB.

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10 hours ago, MarathonMan said:

What's the deal with the leasing office?  Is it going to stay?  I can't tell if it'll be razed eventually and filled in with the tower or if it'll be an awkward-looking neighbor.  I hope it's the former.

 

At this point I hope it stays and is spruced up. Pocket retail like this could be a much needed source of culture / urbanism / interest 

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21 hours ago, Ctaf said:

does anyone know if Randall owns the other half of the lot? I'm just wondering if he owns it or if some other developer could come in a build a tower right up against the Marlowe

 

An entity that owns many other empty downtown lots and goes by the name, Golconda Venture, owns it.

 

http://arcweb.hcad.org/parcelviewer/

 

Also, I'm not sure how much has changed, but here is a map I made some time back showing which properties they own.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=16VtKhvVZ9-ja1SeB0cfbG3LOhI8&hl=en_US&ll=29.7497960558403%2C-95.36606800000004&z=16

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21 hours ago, Ctaf said:

does anyone know if Randall owns the other half of the lot? I'm just wondering if he owns it or if some other developer could come in a build a tower right up against the Marlowe

At some point, residents of two towers will be passing sugar bowls to each other from their balconies.

 

 

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On 1/23/2017 at 7:12 PM, lockmat said:

 

An entity that owns many other empty downtown lots and goes by the name, Golconda Venture, owns it.

 

http://arcweb.hcad.org/parcelviewer/

 

Also, I'm not sure how much has changed, but here is a map I made some time back showing which properties they own.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=16VtKhvVZ9-ja1SeB0cfbG3LOhI8&hl=en_US&ll=29.7497960558403%2C-95.36606800000004&z=16

 

"Golconda" Ventures sounds like a front for the villain in a Bond movie.  It's possible that the lots will all be filled with tanks of sharks with lasers on them

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The kitchen backsplash is ugly, cabinets fine and quite a common look in a lot of places, floors interesting,  also increasingly common: white Marble countertop.  Hope it's well sealed.  Porous as heck.     and the bedroom.... well, it doesn't come with the bed, mirrors, art, or lamps.  So, all that is left is the walls, grey wall-to-wall carpet and an ugly chandelier.  So, um.....I am wondering how that is much different from elsewhere?

 

 

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