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    Surveyors on site this morning.
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    I drive by every morning on my way to work. I'll keep my eye out for any "movements" at the site.
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    districtc@cityofhouston.net - Anne Clutterbuck District C patricia.cotton@cityofhouston.net - Houston Planning Commission mayor@cityofhouston.net - Mayor White https://www.costco.com/CustomerService/EmailUs.aspx?secure=1 Obviously I have no idea how to post links. The point is, it does no good to voice your opinion here. Let the decision makers know how you feel. Let Costco know that you've admired them as a good corporate citizen, but that this store in its current design will erode the neighborhood. Let the city know that the people they represent will not be happy with the design, and that they should use whatever limited power they have to lean on the planners to change the design.
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    mkhourie@trammellcrow.com Matt Khourie - Contact given for Trammell Crow's Houston office. Senior Managing Director. The people do have a voice. I would use it. Tactifully please.
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    Matthew.Keener@cbre.com I guess this is the best contact to voice displeasure? Remember, he's just been hired to lease the building.
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    I'm actually more inclined to think that the most influential project in Midtown will be the intermodal transporatation center North of downtown. I drive past the Pierce elevated daily, and it looks like a third world shanty town. If I were a developer, I wouldn't invest a lot of money until some of the undesirables in the area were shipped out.
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    I honestly have had Cajun food in LA and SE Texas for years, and really can't tell the difference. I think the idea that food is better in NO is like anything else, 99% of it is in the telling and there is only 1% truth in it. I honestly have had Cajun food in LA and SE Texas for years, and really can't tell the difference. I think the idea that food is better in NO is like anything else, 99% of it is in the telling and there is only 1% truth in it.
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    Chevron and Texaco merged in 2001. They've consolidated offices and moved to the Enron buildings. Your friend doesn't work for Texaco anymore, but may work for ChevronTexaco. The Heritage Plaza is undergoing some renovations, and was supposed to be adding parking (according to their leasing manager), but it most certainly isn't vacant. It was bought a couple of years back by an Atlanta firm making its way into the Houston market, and I recall EOG signing a big lease there recently.
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    I'm sick of people from the Sierra Club describing Houston as the most polluted city in the country, when in fact we rank far behind several California cities and closely to other major cities our size (i.e. Dallas). Thank your former Democratic mayor for the perpetuation of the "Houston is dirty" stigma that still hurts to this day.
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    I guess it's always easier to complain, but I kind of like both names. At least it's not the Finger Tower. What's in a name anyway?
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    We could go into a long discussion about the political and world events of the early 80s. The Cold War, Paul Voelker, oil embargos and the shah of Iran, but I guess that's for another discussion. I'm just telling you it's a widely held opinion, and only an opinion, that we aren't going to touch double digit long-term rates for a very long time. Of course, who knows what the future holds. I don't pretend to.
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    "also, you will not see apartments being converted into condos in 3 - 5 years. those days are behind us" And, in front of us. Who knows what interest rates will be doing in 3-5 years? I've got to imagine there will always be enough new money to come in and do condo conversions, depending on interest rates and the overall real estate market.
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    that's gay. who buys property in midtown and protests a wine bar? That's the kind of thing you want in an eclectic in-town neighborhood.
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    I think it could work. It appears that the developers are going after the more "folksy" demographic, soccer moms and nascar dads which have a whole lot more purchasing power than the average haif poster. The "faux" doesn't bother me. When do things become real and faux? Someone explain. Is the small town Texas environment created in the resort not a real environment?
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    I work in oil and gas, so this may be way off. But I know when you change the site use from something industrial you have to mitigate the site from contamination. You are required to do an environmental study, and are required by law to clean anything that the study finds. However, you are not required to do any type of study to determine the contamination as long as the site usage stays the same. In other words, as long as you never know how much contamination is there, then you are never required to clean it (which can be very costly). I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the industrials that are there, but just maybe?
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    back to freeway reforestation. I think the median on Memorial drive through the park is a good example of the end result. At least that's what I think TXDot is going for.
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    Does anyone know about the new development called Washington Point South? It's located adjacent to the Primeway FCU and across from Bank of America close the Heights intersection. I kind of find it peculiar that they call it Washington Point South, since it's on the north side of the street and Washington runs E/W.
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    Post Oak Blvd. This For Lease sign looks pretty new, and it has a picture of a building, but I can't tell if it's a proposed building for that corner or not.
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    I heard they were going to double its height.
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    Does anyone know what's going up at this intersection? There's a new sign up that says "For Lease".
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    I lived in NYC for a short time, but I don't ever remeber GCS being a destination unto itself. It's primary purpose is to be a major transportation hub.
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    I'm completely naive when it comes to large commercial real estate deals. I have to guess though that there is a lot of negotiation going on with lots of money at stake. I don't think satisfying your, or my timetable is priority number 1 right now.
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    I too fear for my life crossing the Studemont bridge. According to Knudson and Associates(http://www.knudsonservices.com/services/public.asp), the management company in charge of the Memorial Heights TIRZ, they have tried to purchase the land abandoned by UP, but to no avail. I've written to UP asking what their plans were for that stretch of land, but got no response. I wish we could put some pressure on these companies to be good corporate citizens.
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    Be a buddy to the bayou Find out what the Buffalo Bayou Partnership is all about and how you can help preserve and revitalize this natural wonder. Come to the Bayou Buddies Happy Hour event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Alden Hotel's a+ Lounge, 1117 Prairie Street at San Jacinto, to view the works of bayou artists John Runnels and Mara Scrupe while enjoying appetizers and sleek drinks in an ultra-hip atmosphere. For more information, contact Trudi Smith. In case anyone here wants to support their cause.
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    http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories.../26/story5.html Second Enron tower beckons as Chevron hunts for space Jennifer Dawson Houston Business Journal Buying the brand-new skyscraper developed by Enron Corp. apparently wasn't enough for Chevron U.S.A. The California-based oil and gas company acquired the downtown office tower last year for the purpose of consolidating employees. But the 1.2 million-square-foot building at 1500 Louisiana isn't big enough to hold the projected number of transplanted workers.
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