Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Downtown-residential-towers-approved-for-6084117.php#/1 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Damn, you're good. Not a big fan of the base but I'll definitely take it. I thought glass sheets were fairly expensive at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 They are trying to trick us. This is a rendering of the days Inn with a brown bedskirt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Chron article says 28 stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 That doesn't look like it takes up the whole block. And I'm just gonna assume all that brown is perforated cor-ten. Nobody crush my dreams please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 That doesn't look like it takes up the whole block. And I'm just gonna assume all that brown is perforated cor-ten. Nobody crush my dreams please. You might not be too far off! If that is Corten steel then I approve! Your other observation is interesting as well. It looks like it only takes up maybe 1/3 of the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This looks very similar to the Chicago Catalyst, but with a different base. I like that we're getting a glass tower over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Construction planned to begin in October. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Infill is infill. I'll take a boring glass balcony wall over stucco any day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 gorgeous rendering! we're getting our groove back... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Chron article says 28 stories.Knowing the Chron they are already confusing this building with the Catalyst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moore713 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ball park village....has a nice ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ball park village....has a nice ring to itI think Downtown has a better ring to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Downtown-residential-towers-approved-for-6084117.php#/1 So before we get to excited with this rendering, what was Marquettes track record of scaling back when it came the the Catalyst?I remember there being some pretty big change that happened from the initial rendering to the whats currently being built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Was there? I thought the drastic change was to Trammel Crows 40 story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 So before we get to excited with this rendering, what was Marquettes track record of scaling back when it came the the Catalyst?I remember there being some pretty big change that happened from the initial rendering to the whats currently being built. There was a different design for the project, but the Catalyst was only scaled back by one floor. Block 98 began as a 30+ story tower, but was later increased to 40-floors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONYHTOWN Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'll take it!!! plust i hope maybe somewhere on top some good lighting to be some what of a crown can be added, hopefully more renderings will come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 There was a different design for the project, but the Catalyst was only scaled back by one floor.Block 98 began as a 30+ story tower, but was later increased to 40-floors.Yea thats right, it shrank one floor, so then Marquette is pretty solid with their initial renderings, what you see is what the final product will be, plus or minus a floor or two.Looks pretty good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKB9 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I really like it.Thank you Marquette, you're my new hero 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Very Austin..... I like it. I'd be surprised if the finished product incorporated that much glass, though. Of course it's also not hard to imagine construction pricing for material and labor coming back down to earth later this year so who knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Very Austin..... I like it. I'd be surprised if the finished product incorporated that much glass, though. Of course it's also not hard to imagine construction pricing for material and labor coming back down to earth later this year so who knows. That's what I was wondering too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Pragmatist Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sort of looks like a modernized Houston House to me. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I can totally see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I hope the 40 story apt tower gets built because all of these new towers and mid-rises will compliment each other and the baseball stadium well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Isn’t the head of Marquette the guy who said they were considering multiple towers in Houston? I believe it was something along the lines of Houston reminding him of Chicago in the 90's. If so I’m glad to see a developer put his money where his mouth is. I just hope he spreads around the love to midtown as well. One can dream right? p.s. if someone has the link to that video/interview I’d love to see it again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 So what's the latest on the Crow building? You don't hear much about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 The base fits in with that part of downtown, a contemporary and industrial look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple addict Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 does that article mention retail at all? it looks like that glass extends along the entire block. that'd be a pretty big lobby.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 does that article mention retail at all? it looks like that glass extends along the entire block. that'd be a pretty big lobby..This project is taking advantage of the DLI. In order to qualify for the DLI there has to be retail. So yes there will be retail. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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