cloud713 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 nah i think that was just a conceptual rendering of what could be done with the site. its called The Perennial, right next to 2200 Post Oak (BBVAsbuilding)no idea if/when its supposed to start though so it may not be finished by 2017. (its the tower on the right, BBVA is on the left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellanious Caesar Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 cloud713, the closest I could find to what your talking about is this: But that's part of the uptown park development, so it isn't near the bbva tower... What building is this? It's huge. Did it get cancelled or is it still proposed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) What building is this? It's huge. Did it get cancelled or is it still proposed?http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28426-uptown-park-converting-to-high-density-mixed-use/here is a link to the thread. unfortunately it seemed to be just a conceptual idea for what could be built there, not whats actually being built. i believe they will sell the land next year and then its up to the new owners how they want to develop it? it was a neat looking tower though.. hopefully whatever they come up with makes a decent impact on the skyline. Edited November 3, 2013 by cloud713 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 This is pretty slick. The Astoria looks a little large to me (2nd row of photos, right hand side). I believe it is only 4 stories higher than the Astoria, though that is just a nit-pick. Nice effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Looks like that phase 2 of the bbva complex might start sooner than I thought. It's gables post oak mixed use tower thread in going up. May be the tallest tower of all the new ones on post oak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Interesting stuff from BisNow's Future of Uptown: Uptown Houston District CEO John Breeding (speaking to our 350 attendees) says development is booming in his submarket across all property types. Residential is the bulk of construction, with over 20 multifamily high-rises in the works. There are eight hotels in discussion that would add 2,000 rooms, with four planning to break ground next year. (It's a good time to be in the mini soap business.) There's 2M SF of office development in the pipeline. TxDOT is reconstructing the 59/610 interchange starting in 2017 and ending 2021, and John says his district's $190M mass transit plan is more than just transportation improvement; it'll remake Uptown. Fun fact: Uptown is the 14th-largest business district in the country. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Interesting stuff from BisNow's Future of Uptown: Uptown Houston District CEO John Breeding (speaking to our 350 attendees) says development is booming in his submarket across all property types. Residential is the bulk of construction, with over 20 multifamily high-rises in the works. There are eight hotels in discussion that would add 2,000 rooms, with four planning to break ground next year. (It's a good time to be in the mini soap business.) There's 2M SF of office development in the pipeline. TxDOT is reconstructing the 59/610 interchange starting in 2017 and ending 2021, and John says his district's $190M mass transit plan is more than just transportation improvement; it'll remake Uptown. Fun fact: Uptown is the 14th-largest business district in the country. Wow. Then that would be around 28 highrises in either residential and hospitality + 4 or so office highrises. Sounds like a boom for sure. But I doubt more than 6-8 of those residential towers get built (if that many). And egads... 4-5 years of construction on the recently reworked interchange by TxDot?! See... you people who want new freeway work don't see the neverending madness that is TxDot and its horribly lengthy construction time frame. And only 190 million for transit, I wonder what we will get for that small amount of money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 28?! Bussssssssst! If half of those go up HAIFers will be fainting. At the same time, I'd like to know his definition of a high rise. Although 14 5-stories would still be pretty cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 28?! Bussssssssst! If half of those go up HAIFers will be fainting. At the same time, I'd like to know his definition of a high rise. Although 14 5-stories would still be pretty cool. Wouldn't this be adding a little more that a 1/3 of highrises there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Just did a quick count off of Bing. Looks like there is somewhere between 79-90 highrises inside the "Uptown" area. I missed a few (I know) but only counted 10+ floor buildings. So that's about 1/3 (like you said) which is a huge growth in the whole area! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Woah I hope all this development will spur a supertall at somepoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 And egads... 4-5 years of construction on the recently reworked interchange by TxDot?! See... you people who want new freeway work don't see the neverending madness that is TxDot and its horribly lengthy construction time frame. My understanding is that TxDot works on a pay-as-you-go system so that it doen't have to take on debt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I thought they only get bids from General Contractors and select the lowest bid (probably also the slowest), and the contractor plays the old game of "Change Orders for a Fool" and submits change order after change order until they make more money than originally quoted [but maybe I'm mistaken? This may be only what happens to the City of Houston?]. Hopefully the length of time wil be because they will work on only 1 segment at a time (and not the whole enchilada) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 That probably goes on as well. My point was that they only do what they get money for from the State in a particular year, so if the State doesn't allocate it doesn't get done that year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 ^Ah yes. Of course. I was missing the forest for the trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I fully understand and support their reasoning on this, but it does suck that projects seem to go on forever. I was on 35 south of Waco last month and it was under construction. Seems like that segment of I35 from Waco to Austin has been under construction ever since at least the mid-80's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Turned out well. From the Williams Tower to 2929 Weslayan. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwaring Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) Quote I fully understand and support support Man Enhanced and their reasoning on this, but it does suck that projects seem to go on forever. I was on 35 south of Waco last month and it was under construction. Seems like that segment of I35 from Waco to Austin has been under construction ever since at least the mid-80's. I like the reflection of the office lights in the window .. It looks like they're floating above the city. Edited June 27, 2022 by Manwaring 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 "jelly fish-like" UFO's....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) That was taken from Greenway Plaza. Here is a River Oaks version Edit: This photo is cloudy. Would have been nicer to have clear skies Edited May 25, 2018 by Twitter1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted July 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2019 Fly over. Uptown is so huge. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thick cluster. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Twinsanity02 Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Went to the Uptown lighting ceremony last night. The lights and fireworks were spectacular. Santa showed up. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/uptownhouston/ 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/29/2019 at 9:01 AM, Twinsanity02 said: Went to the Uptown lighting ceremony last night. The lights and fireworks were spectacular. Santa showed up. amen to that!!!!!!!!!! the fireworks lasted foreeeeeeeeveeeeeeer!!!! It was so awesome! and the new tree light show was great too! loved it so much and made me so proud as well as happy to see my area looking it's best and entertaining so many happy people...especially all the families with kids that were there! AND on top of that I went to watch some friends at the finish line of the Turkey Trot that morning and quite a few people were talking about how great it was and how they loved the new look of Post Oak Blvd (where the finish line was)...such a fun day in Uptown Houston! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 8 hours ago, gene said: amen to that!!!!!!!!!! the fireworks lasted foreeeeeeeeveeeeeeer!!!! It was so awesome! and the new tree light show was great too! loved it so much and made me so proud as well as happy to see my area looking it's best and entertaining so many happy people...especially all the families with kids that were there! AND on top of that I went to watch some friends at the finish line of the Turkey Trot that morning and quite a few people were talking about how great it was and how they loved the new look of Post Oak Blvd (where the finish line was)...such a fun day in Uptown Houston! Just wait until they eventually redevelop those strip centers! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Greenway Plaza looks connected to Uptown. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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