feufoma Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 This is big news! The renderings look pretty decent. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4270485.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalkj Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) Texas Children Edited October 19, 2006 by Kevin Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 This is big news! The renderings look pretty decent. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4270485.htmlWow! 1.32 million square feet of new space is a lot to have come in all at once. According to Texas Medical Center, Inc., the gross physical plant space of the TMC is about 26 million square feet (old number, though, so there is probably a bit more). As many projects as are now in the pipeline for that area, I'm betting that there's a good four to five million square feet either proposed or under construction.In comparison, according to Grubb & Ellis' third quarter office report, the CBD has about 41.9 million square feet of office space. They don't count the Pavilions as being under construction yet, so they show zero construction of new office space. And to my knowledge, the Pavilions will only add about 220,000sf of loft offices...a drop in the bucket compared to the TMC's growth rate. So if we could expect for the TMC to have the equivalent of about 75% of downtown's office space by about 2010, and we allow for the TMC's current rate of growth to be sustainable and downtown's continues to be erratic, I'd entertain bets that by 2020 or 2025, the TMC could be of equal or greater size compared to downtown Houston.Wouldn't that be odd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I heard Roger Clements donated $3 million of the $12 million he got this year for playing with the Astros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I heard Roger Clements donated $3 million of the $12 million he got this year for playing with the Astros.yup, i heard that, and that he got his agents to donate a significant amount as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexAmerican_Moose Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 that skybride is going to look nice...will make the TMC look futuristic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberCyco Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Found this today while in the med center. Love the design of the neurological institute. The maternity center rendering looks updated as well. They also comment in the attached article that Fiegin center is already topped out and shoule be ready by fall 2008. The Maternity center site was cleared with the recent crown plaza implosion, and groundbreaking is scheduled for January 31, 2008. They say it will take 7 months to dig the hole beneath the bulding, and then another 7 months to build to street level! I did not realize it took that long to put in foundations for such buildings. The neurological institute groundbreaking is December 11, 2007. There will be a 2 story underground garage in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Wow, cool! I'm sitting in an office right now in TCH looking out the window at the rubble from the old Crowne Plaza. It's clear that the Maternity center is going to be across the street from where I am, closer to the St. Luke's tower (the one with the two spires), but where is the neuro center going to be? It looks like there is a lot of room between St. Lukes and Texas Women's University, and from that rendering, the maternity center is only going to take up a fraction of it. So maybe the neuro center will be between the maternity center and Teaxs Women's University in the other half of the ex Crowne Plaza lot.It's amazing how long it takes to dig some of those foundations and build the parking garages. The Methodist construction took an incredibly long time before they got up to ground level. Same with the Rice CRC. Edited November 22, 2007 by Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 The Research Center is being built on the JJ lot, between the Commons and the dental school on Moursund. This peice of property was first promised to Baylor by TMC, but Baylor gave it up when they decided to build a over next to the veteran's hospital on OST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I see. I wonder then what will happen to the space between the maternity center and Texas Women's Uni. It's prime space so I can't imagine it staying empty for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 The whole site will be excavated from property line to property line with 4 floors of below grade parking and 5 levels of mixed use medical above. Circular crosswalks on levels 3 and 4 will connect to the TCH campus across Fannin. The maternity tower (16 levels) will be built on the north end of the base with future plans for a pediatric tower on the south. Both towers are designed to be extended 28 floors each. It's colossal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Considering the past history of construction in the TMC, I wonder what the foundations are going to be rated for as far as the number of floors goes? There has been a number of buildings in the past that have had floors added years after completion, so it's not TOO far fetched that they might tack on 5 stories in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 You're right Ricco. Methodsit Hospital Dunn Tower, for example, was designed to be 20 floors, even though they only built 10 floors in 1988. The columns, elevator shafts and plumbing risers are all oversized for future vertical expansion, however, I don't see it happening to that particular building any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Looks like the Feigin center expansion is almost done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I was in the garage overlooking the site earlier today and took some quick shots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 http://www.tchvision2010.org/web/2010/01Neuro.htm http://swamplot.com/twist-and-whisper-texa...ret/2008-06-05/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 http://www.tchvision2010.org/web/2010/01Neuro.htmhttp://swamplot.com/twist-and-whisper-texa...ret/2008-06-05/ Thank You Jan and Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) Thank You Jan and Dan.Yea... I wish I was a billionaire and could give millions to good causes that help the Houston community. The Duncan's do seem to be very prolific philanthropists. EDIT: Just when I was having such good thoughts about Dan Duncan, I find out he is hosting Dick Cheney to raise funds for the Republican Party: Cheney to Visit Billionaire's Home. Edited June 6, 2008 by wernicke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Yea... I wish I was a billionaire and could give millions to good causes that help the Houston community. The Duncan's do seem to be very prolific philanthropists. EDIT: Just when I was having such good thoughts about Dan Duncan, I find out he is hosting Dick Cheney to raise funds for the Republican Party: Cheney to Visit Billionaire's Home. Dan's good deeds is going to rub off on Cheney. He will be a better person after the visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 A crane was installed this weekend for the Texas Children's Project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The signs are amusing. They say that the project is in its first trimester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The signs are amusing. They say that the project is in its first trimester.I hope they don't abort it then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I hope its growth is not stunted due to economic stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 With Obama as president, it just might be used for stem cell research... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 They deliver high-risk babies in there. this "baby" will have his scheduled delivery on time and in good health, as long as there are those 1 in a million pediatric diseases milling around.When I have the time to learn how to post pictures here, I will visually update you on this fetus' milestones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 A couple of photos from yesterday overlooking the Maternity Center site. A third tower crane was being installed on the southwest side of the site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 That first photo rocks. I love how the Rice Collaborative Bldg and Sid Richardson College Dorm creates a mini-canyon effect with the downtown view.There is so much going on at the med center. I noticed the other night how much I like the Feigin Center addition at night. For all of those worrying about downtown being dark, the TMC seems to be the opposite as far as night time lighting goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute is topped out now, email says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 New Renderings of the Texas Childrens Maternity Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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