houstontexasjack Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Triton said: Right. Sounds like they are going to build a bunch of Related buildings. I have an idea for building one’s name: “The Oedipus” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Not "The Edifice"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Building I and II? I could settle for something like this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texan Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, hindesky said: Building I and II? I could settle for something like this. I wouldn't mind that. Especially if it came with that color water in the background. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) We've had a number of buildings go up, particularly around the Galleria (and I guess Allen Parkway too?), that incorporate in some way those...fins? Naked-looking balconies? Is that what's all the rage? They make the building look like what we thought, in films, was futuristic back in the 1960s. I don't dislike it, I'm just trying to figure it out. Can we all pour one out for that medical building before we move on to the towers? Everyone and their mother in the healthcare community kicked the tires on that one. In the end the building was just a tad bit too old, and the price of land was just a tad bit too high. And a lot of people tried to make it work. It was kind of in the in-between: too big to be an ASC/specialty hospital and too small/weirdly put together to fit the ambitions of the mid-major healthcare people looking for a signature hospital without a good amount of reno. So when we're wondering about what it will be, it will most certainly be something big and tall otherwise private equity-type pockets would have gutted it and it would be some type of medical space by now. Edited August 19, 2022 by X.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Fins like in the towers above put me in the mind of Chicago's Aqua which was very popular. And then Houston had a little version of the Aqua in 2929 Weslayan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, X.R. said: Can we all pour one out for that medical building before we move on to the towers? Everyone and their mother in the healthcare community kicked the tires on that one. In the end the building was just a tad bit too old, and the price of land was just a tad bit too high. And a lot of people tried to make it work. It was kind of in the in-between: too big to be an ASC/specialty hospital and too small/weirdly put together to fit the ambitions of the mid-major healthcare people looking for a signature hospital without a good amount of reno. So when we're wondering about what it will be, it will most certainly be something big and tall otherwise private equity-type pockets would have gutted it and it would be some type of medical space by now. As long as it’s not the good stuff we’re pouring out, sure. The old spine hospital on Calumet between Crawford and La Branch (just to the north of the X Houston site) is in a a similar boat, I think. My understanding is the OR’s are too small to realistically be used for much of anything other than injections, which limits the buyer pool to pain management and cosmetic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I saw concrete trucks and utility workers on Hermann Drive out front of this site today. Gosh knows Hermann Drive could use some smoothing out in that area. I’m not sure if it would be associated with Related’s project in some way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toxtethogrady Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 8/19/2022 at 4:58 PM, texan said: I wouldn't mind that. Especially if it came with that color water in the background. The only way Biscayne Bay is going to be duplicated is if one of those artificial lagoons gets built in Hermann Park, complete with an artificial blue bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 58 minutes ago, toxtethogrady said: The only way Biscayne Bay is going to be duplicated is if one of those artificial lagoons gets built in Hermann Park, complete with an artificial blue bottom. Sounds like a better use of the golf course space to me. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 To help muddy the crystal lagoon waters, Related Companies and Related Group are now competitors. Source: https://therealdeal.com/miami/2022/12/07/billionaire-ross-confirms-split-with-perez-as-both-firms-expand-in-south-florida/ On 2/14/2022 at 12:42 PM, houstontexasjack said: But yes, it looks like Related Group is the particular company looking in Texas. A fellow named Kevin Wisdom signed the “Notice to Purchaser,” and the article below indicates he’s part of Related Group: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/12/15/miami-real-estate-billionaire-with-trump-ties-opens-dallas-office/?outputType=amp Edit: @Urbannizer - I guess a more appropriate title would be “Related Group” not “Related Companies,” because although the entities are related, they apparently are not closely related. 😆 Unrelated! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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