houstonsemipro Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Looking for lotsTurnberry, a Florida-based developer, is sniffing around Houston for a site to build a swanky high-rise residential tower. A spokeswoman from the company said there is talk about a Houston project, but there was "no information to give out."A look at the company's most recent brochure, however, reveals a lot more.It says Turnberry is planning a 42-story tower for the Uptown/Galleria area.Sources said the company may be looking at a site owned by Walton Street Capital near the Williams Tower.Founded by Donald Soffer, the company has such developments as the Aventura Mall in southern Florida and the Residences condominium hotel at MGM Grand Las Vegas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Looking for lotsTurnberry, a Florida-based developer, is sniffing around Houston for a site to build a swanky high-rise residential tower. A spokeswoman from the company said there is talk about a Houston project, but there was "no information to give out."A look at the company's most recent brochure, however, reveals a lot more.It says Turnberry is planning a 42-story tower for the Uptown/Galleria area.Sources said the company may be looking at a site owned by Walton Street Capital near the Williams Tower.Founded by Donald Soffer, the company has such developments as the Aventura Mall in southern Florida and the Residences condominium hotel at MGM Grand Las Vegas.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>What's your source on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 The Chronicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guess Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 From Turnberry's website:check page eight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 cool, hopefully we see some renderings soon, if everything works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Thats going to be a tall building. How old is this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 This is today's article from the Houston Chronicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 For those who dont like to open PDFs: Im not sure if that is going to be it, though. Will it be taller than The Spires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thanks for posting the info urbanerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 For those who dont like to open PDFs: Im not sure if that is going to be it, though. Will it be taller than The Spires? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for that........also....... I have been searching Emporis and Skyscraperpage in order to see what is new for Houston skyscrapers. Yes, there seems to be a lot of residential construction occuring, but nothing really over 300-400 feet. Let's get another eye popping, trend setting, skyline altering (for the better of course) high rise. Anybody have any info. about a 750'+ highrise going up anytime soon in Houston? m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I really wonder are they over building these loft towers. The prices of these are so high. When are they going to build something that's not $300K and up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 They'll stop building $300k residences in towers when the market can't handle it.Most of the professional residential tower builders (orion is one, turnberry is another one) have the financial side of building these things laid out and planned.Right now, a large part of the demand for this residencies is in the middle and higher end market.I too would love a cheaper high rise residence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I would rather have more midrise projects than this, plus they suport ground level retail better, but imo for uptown to be successful, they need to start from scratch again. Talk about suburban. From malls, strip malls, gated highrise condos, huge parking lots. Ugh, I give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Two of the strip malls near San Felipe and Post Oak or under consideratio for demolition to be rebuilt into highrise residential, commercial, and retail projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Two of the strip malls near San Felipe and Post Oak or under consideratio for demolition to be rebuilt into highrise residential, commercial, and retail projects.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes I heard about that, which I am really looking forward to. IMO, a lot of Uptown needs to be re-done to get a true urban experience. Especially on Post Oak Boulevard. How are you going to have a Hermes of Paris boutique, Bailey Banks and Biddle, and a Maggianos, or whatevr it is called, in a strip center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Looking for lotsTurnberry, a Florida-based developer, is sniffing around Houston for a site to build a swanky high-rise residential tower. A spokeswoman from the company said there is talk about a Houston project, but there was "no information to give out." A look at the company's most recent brochure, however, reveals a lot more. It says Turnberry is planning a 42-story tower for the Uptown/Galleria area. Sources said the company may be looking at a site owned by Walton Street Capital near the Williams Tower. Founded by Donald Soffer, the company has such developments as the Aventura Mall in southern Florida and the Residences condominium hotel at MGM Grand Las Vegas. http://www.turnberry.com/imgdir/Turnberry.pdf Any new news on this building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 It just in the list at turnberry's website.They have a ton of projects. I don't see this going anywhere until they get some land for it. If they can't get a land deal that appeals to him, it could kill the project.Right now I thing that project is just too early in concept to really make any projections. This would be there first high-rise residential development in Houston. They have a strong presence in Miami and Las Vegas. And since Las Vegas has grown out as much as it can (it abuts all government owned land and can't sprawl out eventhough the geography will allow them too), they are seeing a high-rise boom for residences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzseattle Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 It just in the list at turnberry's website.They have a ton of projects. I don't see this going anywhere until they get some land for it. If they can't get a land deal that appeals to him, it could kill the project. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They can't find land in Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Well, in Uptown. It's fairly expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 That's true, relatively speaking for the area, but they've paid a lot more for land in south Florida. The difference is whether they think they can make "x" amount over the dollar-for-dollar return and be satisfied with it. I actually think it's the opposite in that you want to jump on land now before it really becomes scarce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 Is this the same project?A mixed-use, multimillion dollar, high-rise complex will change the skyline along the city's Westchase District when construction begins later this year on Park 8 Grand. The project is set to include retail space, medical offices and luxury condominiums. Stephen Schorr, also with NAI 's Houston office, says groundbreaking on the 11.5-acre site at Beltway 8 between Bellaire Boulevard and Beechnut Street is expected to occur within the next few months. The project will include high-rise residential towers featuring luxury condominiums along with 130,000 square feet of retail space and about 20,000 square feet of medical offices. The retail phase of the project should be completed by fall 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 ^Where is the source for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Is this the same project?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't think so. This sounds kind of like the mem. city project, but it is too far south it seems. There is some empty land there though. I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westender Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Nah that sounds like the corner of Westheimer and Beltway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Turnberry specifically said Uptown on their Website. The only thing is that the last time I went on their website I couldn't find the Houston project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR3985 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 It sounds like this project is dead in the water if it is not on their website!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Well, it was in a Turnberry news letter. Not really on the website per se. Only their active projects show up. They had tons of possible new projects on the newsletter which included Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 They should build this in downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 They should build this in downtown. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's your reply to everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 That's your reply to everything! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Silly boi. Not everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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