tigereye Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 My Marlowe pic contribution. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Slowly but surely our downtown is reaching it's potential. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Soo much work to be done around Toyota Center but it's moving in the right direction for sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 23 minutes ago, mfastx said: Soo much work to be done around Toyota Center but it's moving in the right direction for sure. If only Ric Campo would build the Camden high rises..... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Damn Root Park looks awesome from above 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Digging post holes 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Wow, is it just me, or did anyone else give little chance of this breaking ground? The promotional stuff seemed kind of goofy, which made me think it was just a ploy. This would be the first new condo development in downtown proper that I'm aware of. I believe all the other residential projects are for lease only. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) You're wrong (but not far off). Downtown has: 1) new construction rental towers ( skyhouse I and OPP) and old ones like Houston House 2) pending rehab 'd building rentals (Texaco) 3) new construction towers pending for lease (catalyst, market square, aris, skyhouse II) and non-towers for lease (334 etc) 4) rehab' buildings that are condos (loft style-- many on or near main) as well as the rice hotel and 5) commerce towers which is a rehab building to resi condos. There is also the condos at the top of the four seasons. yourare correct, I think, that this will be the first, "out of the ground" new condo building in downtown. Edited June 19, 2016 by UtterlyUrban 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I am truly hopeful that this building sells amazingly well and that its success encourages others to build a few new, highrise condo buildings in downtown. Rentals are good. Ownership (and owner occupancy) is also important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KinkaidAlum Posted June 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2016 This will be the first new condo (ownership not rental) tower built in downtown in history. This is a HUGE hurdle to overcome, especially because these are not cheap. It takes half a million to get in the door. If this has sold enough to get out of the ground and/or sells out, this could finally tip the scales in downtown's favor. I am incredibly geeked about this project despite it being my least favorite developer. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tumbleweed_Tx Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 All the girls at HoB say the fountain looks like girl parts. ..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 All the girls at HoB say the fountain looks like girl parts. ..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 So does this take up a half or quarter block. It looks like Dirt Bar is staying. Just happened to be in the general vicinity on Dallas a few blocks East of Main and it's really looking good. Can't wait till its landscaped with new signage. The new lighting looks nice. Having this condo right next door will help entice more retail in the area. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 6 hours ago, bobruss said: So does this take up a half or quarter block. It looks like Dirt Bar is staying. Just happened to be in the general vicinity on Dallas a few blocks East of Main and it's really looking good. Can't wait till its landscaped with new signage. The new lighting looks nice. Having this condo right next door will help entice more retail in the area. I About a quarter block. Dirt bar is staying so, the condo pool will be a few stories above the dirt bar. The little black ticket master building (now the sales office) is also not part of the footprint, I am told. The condo jogs around it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Real life honest-to-god infill! No tear-downs, just building on vacant land. Amazing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Cosmopolitan, Astoria, and Arabella have something in common, which I'm hoping this will too. They all get out of the ground, then next door another tower threatens their view. He builds first, sells the units, and wipes his hands clean. Fingers crossed the remainder of the surface lot sees something else. Even though there's not much of a view that direction anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I always suspected he'd have to wipe his hands clean, with all the trash he builds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 15 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Cosmopolitan, Astoria, and Arabella have something in common, which I'm hoping this will too. They all get out of the ground, then next door another tower threatens their view. He builds first, sells the units, and wipes his hands clean. Fingers crossed the remainder of the surface lot sees something else. Even though there's not much of a view that direction anyways. Where were you drinking tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Were some of the comments deleted here or am I in the wrong thread? Didn't somebody here say the design completely changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 58 minutes ago, Triton said: Were some of the comments deleted here or am I in the wrong thread? Didn't somebody here say the design completely changed? Wrong thread. I believe you're thinking about the Arabella (a.k.a. Dúmpsterella) which did have small (and trashy) tweak to it's design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 8 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Where were you drinking tonight? Drinking at 0900? Of course! What planet do you live on? Seriously he gets out of the ground, once all the units are sold, news breaks of a tower next door, tenants get angry. Arabella hasn't completed yet, but we all know something is cooking on the lot facing the loop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 9 hours ago, Triton said: Were some of the comments deleted here or am I in the wrong thread? Didn't somebody here say the design completely changed? Someone mentioned that in the McNair Post Oak thread yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNathoo Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 6 hours ago, Montrose1100 said: Drinking at 0900? Of course! What planet do you live on? Seriously he gets out of the ground, once all the units are sold, news breaks of a tower next door, tenants get angry. Arabella hasn't completed yet, but we all know something is cooking on the lot facing the loop. The west side of this tower should have protected views for a while. I think you'd be crazy to buy something on the east side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 9 minutes ago, HNathoo said: The west side of this tower should have protected views for a while. I think you'd be crazy to buy something on the east side. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 5 hours ago, BigFootsSocks said: Someone mentioned that in the McNair Post Oak thread yesterday Ah thanks! Could have sworn it was this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 According to the Chronicle, the Marlowe is only half sold Quote "We're almost half sold and we obtained favorable financing that's just hard to walk away from," Davis said of the new project, Marlowe. "We feel like the market will be healed in the next 18 months or so and we'll be delivering product shortly thereafter." ... "We only need 95 customers in city of 4 million people," he said. I didn't realize there were so few units - makes sense when I look at the floor plans. Also another article at HBJ - seems to have the same information 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted July 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2016 Rebar 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 rebar in the dirt next to Dirt Bar... lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) this was the other day. Drilling pylons. Edited July 11, 2016 by Tumbleweed_Tx 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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