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NIIICE! This is the main component of building I've been waiting to see. 

That is some seriously clear glass they are installing.  I wonder how many mole people will be accidentally walking into that!

What's crazy is that for a long time the design was to have a green roof but for it not to be accessible to anyone but maintenance people.  This is at least a 2-3 million dollar amenity that they are adding, I am curious if BOA is chipping in or if this is what they needed to include to get BOA signed as a tenant.  Regardless, this going to be one hell of a feature and will likely have one of the best downtown views. 

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Will Gensler get selected for this project? Another thought would be HOK

This will be a public RFP so the Gensler's of this world probably wouldn't even pursue it.  PGAL, EYP (formerly WHR), Kirksey, etc will be in the hunt for this.

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Any word when they will start developing this site?

I would put good money on NOTHING happening until the I-45 realignment is either done or well on its way.  Who would want to office or live right in the armpit of 10 years worth of freeway construction....

before Chevron got put on hold it was going to be 55 ish floors.  The master plan even included a second matching tower, no one has appetite to go much higher when you have so much un-developed real estate. 

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Edit:  In giving the article a closer read, it appears 5 HC was not part of the deal.  I therefore am not sure if the proposed 6 HC site would have been part of the deal.

Six Houston was NOT part of the brookfield deal.

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Now that is Glass with Class

Its nice to see the four sided silicon glazing at the corners contrasting with the vertical fins on the main elevations.  This thing is looking sharp.

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Again, as someone pointed out earlier, the plan for this plot of land is highway....so why build on it? Get extra money when TXDOT plans to buy it?

Brilliant Idea:  Form a shell company called "freeway view builders". Build a 1 story cheapo building but pay your contractor $50 million to build it citing "hurricane material escalation" as the cost driver.  Then negotiate the sale to TXDOT for "fair value" and then you make a killing......  On second thought that's probably against the rules.

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You see that wood wall on the all deep foundations, does it stay or go away?

What you are looking at is a Solider Pile with Timber Lagging retaining wall.  These systems are a common way of doing soil retention on deep excavations.  They are almost always left in place once construction is complete.  Sometimes they are used as the backside of form work for concrete placement (if that is where your permanent wall goes).  Other times the permanent wall is formed away from the lagging and the open void is back filled with soil or gravel.

If you would like to continue to nerd out on deep foundations check out two of the big contractors that play in this space:

https://www.berkelandcompany.com/sheeting-and-shoring

http://www.haywardbaker.com/solutions/earth-retention-shoring

WOW, bringing back the reflective glass!  I wonder how stark the transition will be from garage to office floors.  Good thing about this is that you definitely won't see any cars.....

This roof garden gives you a front row seat to some of downtown's best architecture.  I'm glad to see they turned this into a true amenity.  Until now the green roof was sold as a pretty thing but not accessible to tenants.  Looks like they decided to pony up the extra cash for what will be a really cool space.

Is that pink stone or weird lighting?  And do I spy brass handrails???  Please tell me this is some weird renovation and not a photo of new construction......

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Lovely in a vacuum. Not so much in this context.

 Like this

Couldnt have said it better, this is a uptown style design... doesnt exactly translate.  I look at what has gone up recently in Montrose / Med Center as much more responsive to the surrounding environment.  its hard to tell in the rendering but it looks mostly metal panel and glass.  If they went with cast stone or UHPC panels they could probably get closer to the neighborhood vibe...

There are 3 EMPTY lots on Post Oak that would be much more likely to build a tower on than 2121 Sage.  I could easily see that property getting torn down for a mid-high rise residential but I cant believe this would go commercial.......

those are some nice FEMA tarps they have going there.  Really ties the design aesthetic together!

wow, this building looks like it was designed by a child playing with a communist beige lego set.

Is it possible to rename a thread?  I would vote that we remove the "demolishing the houston club" part of the title.  That building is done an dusted!!!!

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10 of the 14 penthouses

I think it looses a bit of the allure if your "penthouse" is one of 14 in a building....  I am pretty sure by definition there should only be one penthouse, but i guess that would make me a pretty terrible developer! 

Potential leaseable office space prior to demolition, not exactly class a.....

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Unless it's a rainy day, I would expect those surface spaces will be the first ones filled.

Or any day in May - September.  I LOVE parking in a garage so my car doesn't bake in the Texas summer heat!

God that rendering is AWFUL. It looks like a game map from GoldenEye on N64.  

the proportions on this building seem really weird.  From now on when I am stuck in traffic I plan to just look at the Amegy building!