Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted December 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2019 Impressive speed on this one. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 6, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 This project has a webcam- currently giving us a view of Uptown and Downtown. https://www.metronational.com/properties/in-development-9757-katy-freeway-residential-highrise 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigFootsSocks Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Another crane base was installed where they’re working on foundation close to I-10 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted February 25, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/24/2020 at 7:56 AM, BigFootsSocks said: Another crane base was installed where they’re working on foundation close to I-10 For the office building: https://www.chron.com/business/bizfeed/article/MetroNational-breaks-ground-on-Memorial-City-15081049.php Houston-based MetroNational has started construction on a nine-story office building at 9753 Katy Freeway in its newest Memorial City mixed-use development. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted May 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2020 Looking good. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zaphod Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 It looks like the residential portion above the podium is halfway done, so this is maybe 2/3 of the way to max height? It's got a lot of presence heading down I-10 now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted May 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2020 We lost a tower crane. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tangledwoods Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Quote We lost a tower crane. And it looks like that was the crane for the office building. I guess that means its on hold? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted July 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 Windows are going in. Looking good. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Are you able to tell if they are still working on the office building? I know they took the crane down. Are they using the other cranes for the office building? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Fortune said: Are you able to tell if they are still working on the office building? I know they took the crane down. Are they using the other cranes for the office building? The office building has appeared to stop. No activity in 2 months. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Just now, Highrise Tower said: The office building has appeared to stop. No activity in 2 months. I hate to hear that! Thanks for the quick response. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 10:36 PM, Highrise Tower said: The office building has appeared to stop. No activity in 2 months. Good news (hopefully)... there were quite a few guys working on the office component today, or at least doing something on top of the one floor that has been constructed. I'm wondering if maybe they pushed it back to utilize one of the cranes from the residential component and that way delay completion of the office part a bit until there is more demand? We'll see. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted July 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 2:13 PM, asubrt said: Good news (hopefully)... there were quite a few guys working on the office component today, or at least doing something on top of the one floor that has been constructed. I'm wondering if maybe they pushed it back to utilize one of the cranes from the residential component and that way delay completion of the office part a bit until there is more demand? We'll see. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Residential tower has been topped out for a week or two 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted August 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2020 Topped out. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 MetroNational office project on hold, but President Jason Johnson not worried about Memorial City's future https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2020/08/19/metronational-president-talks-memorial-city.html Quote Houston-based MetroNational's plans to build a nine-story office tower in Memorial City are on hold as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. But company President Jason Johnson said there are reasons to remain optimistic about the prospects for new office buildings in Houston — at least in certain parts of the city. Johnson told the Houston Business Journal that Memorial City in west Houston is ideally positioned to bounce back on the office front, once the pandemic recedes. And he's prepared to put his money where his mouth is. Johnson expects MetroNational’s planned nine-story office tower at 9753 Katy Freeway to move ahead once the building environment returns to a less volatile state. Construction crews broke ground on the project earlier this year, only to put it on hold once Covid-19 hit. “Regarding the office component, we’re taking a pause on that one so we can see what the office environment looks like in the coming months,” Johnson said. “We made that decision because we all agreed that to come out of the ground with a project costing millions at a time when we don’t know what the environment is going to look like was not a prudent decision.” 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Yeah I was just going to post how it looks like they'd stopped again, I guess that week when there were a bunch of guys working on the office component they were just tidying up the site or something. Oh well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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asubrt Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Not sure what's going on, but after rising pretty quickly this seems to have slowed wayyyyy down. They are definitely still working, but I haven't seen any appreciable progress in weeks/months. You would think they would start putting some windows in the tower by now, but nope. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kim Brown Posted November 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2020 www.themckinleyatmemorialcity.com 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Looks like the office component was axed. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 The other tower crane came down today, but there continues to be minimal apparent progress despite continued work. Still lacking most windows except for the lowest floors of the tower. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 https://imgur.com/a/SA87bp7 Back in town and took this shot when I was filling up at the HEB across the freeway. The penthouse floors and maybe the one below it can be seen through still, from what I recall. It does make a mark and obscures much of the Memorial Hermann Tower for some distance from the east, for those who care about that impact. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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asubrt Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 12/5/2020 at 10:04 PM, asubrt said: The other tower crane came down today, but there continues to be minimal apparent progress despite continued work. Still lacking most windows except for the lowest floors of the tower. They are FINALLY up to the top two floors with the windows. This is taking forever, it seemed to be rising quickly at first but now it reminds me of Block 334 downtown that took like 4 years to finish for a midrise apartment complex. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted July 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2021 It looks like the 9753 nine-story office building is slated to start back up the first of quarter 2022. Changes on the exterior, so permits were required. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Paco Jones said: It looks like the 9753 nine-story office building is slated to start back up the first of quarter 2022. Changes on the exterior, so permits were required. Awesome! It's been weird seeing it just sitting there with the first above ground floor poured and rebar sticking out for months. Also they were putting up signage on the top of the east face of the residential high-rise this morning, looked pretty good but they only had "McK" when I drove by so we'll see how the whole thing looks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 this is one of the most refreshingly new glass box tower designs I have seen in the last few years. WOW, nice to see some good architecture in the commercial office space!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 The Lawn will be getting a Common Bond On The Go. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 The Lawn under construction. Bigger site than I thought. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 The Discovery Green of Memorial? How a Houston developer plans to transform The Lawn MetroNational, the Houston developer and owner of Memorial City, aims to create a community space in its plans for expanding The Lawn at Memorial City. Near Interstate 10 and Bunker Hill, The Lawn will serve as a venue for festivals, markets, movies and concerts throughout the year and a place for nearby office workers and apartment dwellers to get some fresh air or have an impromptu meeting. The Lawn is next to Hotel ZaZa Memorial City and The McKinley, MetroNational’s new 25-story apartment tower. MetroNational is using space previously designated for a restaurant to expand The Lawn to 30,000 square feet. Plans call for a covered structure and performance space called The Arbor, seating areas, water features, play equipment, game tables and a restaurant. The space could accommodate about 250 people at live performances and could be rented for private events such as weddings. “With COVID happening and everything else, greenspace was something that just about everyone was clamoring for,” said Jason Johnson, president of MetroNational. “We think it’s going to be something that’s going to last for a long time and going to be utilized by everybody.” The project will feature a series of shaded gathering areas and courtyards. Five live oak trees that were moved off-site to make way for The McKinley apartments nearly four years ago are being returned and used in the expansion, along with smaller elm and oak trees. The work will more than double the size of The Lawn, which opened in 2017. Construction is underway with completion planned in December. MatroNational’s Memorial City development spans 300 acres, with almost 10 million square feet of space in hotels, medical buildings, retail stores, offices and apartments. While MetroNational is still developing a master plan for the Sears site at Memorial City Mall, greenspace will definitely factor in, Johnson said. The mall is being redeveloped after Sears closed and was razed last year. The Lawn is near 1.5 million square feet of newer office buildings in Memorial City, Johnson said. The space, which includes tenants such as Air Liquide, Murphy Exploration and Nexen, is 95 percent leased. Also in the Memorial area, Levcor is redesigning its MarqE retail complex near Interstate 10 at Silber with outdoor gathering areas and shade structures. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Memorial-City-developer-unveils-plans-for-16517499.php 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Wow just catching up on this thread as my friend and co-worker is moving into this development Nov 2nd! I am excited for her...this building and The Lawn look and sound amazing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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