kbates2
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That got me pretty amped.
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There has to be degrees to the argument that you do what you want with a building you own. On one end you can have somebody buy the land the Coliseum is on and tear it down for a coffee shop. On the other end you have people clamoring to save an insignificant eyesore in a great location simply because it’s old. This is an architecture board so a great place to discuss those degrees.
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I only knew of one collapsed section which is just west of Spaghetti Warehouse and on the south side of the bayou. That section has not been repaired yet.
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Such a key project. Are they saying that the full $100m was approved, the $80m partnership portion or the $20m local match?
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Drewery Place: Multifamily High-Rise At 2850 Fannin St.
kbates2 replied to Urbannizer's topic in Midtown
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Uptown Park: Shopping Center At 1121 Uptown Park Blvd.
kbates2 replied to Sunstar's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
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It was the northeast corner that came down the slowest. If I remember correctly, it was due to a problem during the implosion. This corner held up to the implosion and posed a safety risk thus requiring the wrecking ball. As downtown residency was still below 4K, they did everything after business hours.
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They imploded part of the Houston Club but took the rest down slowly with a wrecking ball starting at like 9 pm each night.
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Amy, did you live in that unit during the demolition of the Houston Club? They took that building down with a wrecking ball and would run into the am hours. I was in unit 713 at the time and pretty close to where it appears your unit is. With white noise machines you can cover a lot of it up.
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Kirby Mansion: Proposed 15-Story High-Rise At 2000 Smith St.
kbates2 replied to Urbannizer's topic in Going Up!
So we will lose the mansion and likely get another lot to store cars?- 107 replies
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Downtown has tons of hobos and can be trashy. Uptown is boring with little life. I would choose the lively area over the dead.
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Don’t forget the large open block along Main at Prarie. The International Tower is also far from certain and that block could support grocery.
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Very solid post. My thought is not that we are down in the dumps though, I am just wondering if Austin’s 13k residents is close to a critical mass that we can shoot for in terms of reaching a level of recreational downtown to where it feels like a completely different place.
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So I spent the day in downtown Austin last weekend. It was super packed and felt like a different city than it did even 3 or 4 years ago. It was prior to pride festival which likely helped but either way, they are still WAY ahead of us. I think that they have about 5,000 more people living downtown and that they are at about 13k. I wonder as we reach that number in the future if that alone will drive the type of retail development that Austin has here.
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With those two, I don’t know that there is too much of a difference. Both are in the same location and winners. I am not sure of the amenity difference so it may just be a price question.
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At least on the scale needed to be used by the masses.
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True full driverless cars are just very far out at this point.
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I think Trammell Crow’s tower is still not proposed to start until Q1 2019.
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Well there you go, thank you for the explanation.
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Catalyst. Pool deck and views (maybe even inside Minute Maid).
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But it’s not splitting hairs is it? Is the reinvestment of taxes in the zone not supposed to be done within that zone?
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So is this in the Midtown TIRZ? Low income housing obviously doesn’t make any money so this can’t be the investment of midtown tax money. Ifthis is in the TIRZ I understand the reasoning but if not wouldn’t this be misuse of funds?
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100%. Or another residential. Or mixed with office and hotel/residential. Just not a stand-alone office.
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612 for residential would be awesome.
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