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  1. ClutchCity
    Oh and I don't know if anyone can tell from the pictures but last time I was close to this thing I noticed it had a dent in the top. Looks really weird! I'm loving how this is turning out.
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    ^its already built. They moved into a 10 story, 500k sq ft building that was formerly part of the HP Campus and are having this 20 story, ~500k sq ft project built to accomadate future growth. This part of town is really blowing up every time I'm in the area everything looks completely different.
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    ^ I like the first picture for its diversity of construction! There's a townhome, a mid rise, and a 40 story high rise all under construction at the same time. Amazing times we're in right now!
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    It looks like it's hitting it's stride again after a short breather! First the Hotel/Apartment project, then MemorialHermann, and now Methodist are all proposing new towers that should begin shortly! I also forgot St. Lukes is planning some growth plans although if I recall correctly they are mainly just replacing old space. The primary hospitals as well as TMC's efforts to get some for profit businesses in the area are going to create some good years ahead. Combined with the residential boom that is beginning to happen in the area and the Texas Medical Center is again going to be a very busy part of town! http://www.chron.com/business/medical/article/Houston-Methodist-to-build-Woodlands-hospital-5513231.php#photo-6371297
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    I agree with you if you mean a 600+ foot highrise! PM Realty has a 2nd phase for this one so there will definitely be another highrise especially with all the other development nearby.
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    Wellllll cranes been up on this one for a couple days, bringing downtowns total to 5! I actually like this project in its quirky Houston Uniqueness. It should be in the going up section! Sure it's a parking garage but it's 16 stories! That's more than most apartment buildings going up haha
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    Nate if you don't mind could you get a couple pictures of the site this week? I drove by earlier this morning, but was running some errands so I didn't have time to run up to the top of the garage to get a good view. From what I could see they made some good progress digging and were hard at work as usual. The dang webcam is so high up its hard to get a good look at what's going on on the site. Thanks in advance Nate! :]
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    ^ It's only linked to the tunnel because it has a sky bridge to Hess so it's not technically part of the tunnel system. The only residential project that I recall having tunnel connection is the Texaco renovation at 1111 Rusk. I believe the only reason that one has a connection is for 609 Main to have better tunnel access(I think the plan is to connect to BG Group and 601 Travis).
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    I'm interested to see how Chevron's future contracts with Pemex effect their space needs here. Also happened to see the other week that they had taken down an additional 100k sq ft in 1600 Smith. Anyone know how much space they are renting now? It's got to be over 700k in Brookfield's properties alone! Can't wait for more info on this one. :]
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    ^ It looks like 2 story units are some what of a trend now. If you look at the the Finger's Ballpark(500 Crawford) they have some sections that look like they are 8 stories tall as well as Block 334 looks like it has an extra set of windows crammed in some parts which might be enough room for a small loft space(although who knows how current that rendering is). I'm purely speculating however. Rendering map for reference: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-05-08/140505_Project_Renderings_11_x_17.pdf
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    It's crane day downtown! Just remembered it's Hines on this one and they aren't messing around like usual.
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    This is a frustrating project. I see it is moving forward, but with the city dumping $150 million into this it's not unreasonable to expect it to get going a little quicker right? Haven't they had financing lined up, renderings completed, and contractors picked for months now? They had a big groundbreaking ceremony a month ago, ate their cake, and since have really only erected a fence. Sure it's not Mayor Parker's responsibility and there are other projects that have quietly cancelled or pushed back start dates, but I don't think there is a more reported on project in all of Houston(besides the Exxon aerials for days) while also receiving city money and is still failing to make major progress. I have no doubt it'll pick up soon(probably this Monday to spite me), just a little perturbed something with so many things going for it still cannot start at the announced (April 11th) groundbreaking. Honestly, so they don't ever get it wrong, they should just say it'll start soon and will be finished sometime after that. It would be annoying, but at least they can't be wrong when using vague terms. End /rant. Sorry about that guys. Really anxious for this side of downtown to look completely different in a few years.
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    http://realtynewsreport.com/2014/05/07/misplaying-houstons-finest-redevelopment-site/ I would much rather have a company like Midway have the Post Office site and let them do something visionary with it rather then let the city squander a great opportunity. I don't see why the police station has to be in such a prime spot. Sure it's a central location but having it a half mile north, south, or east of downtown would still give them a central location on (probably) cheaper land, no?
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    You can really start to see the footprint of the building taking shape on the webcam! Awesome seeing this thing come to fruition after all the months of talk. Interesting to see a bunch of trucks on site as Hines is really getting at it, while the Marquis site looks quiet.
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    Aren't they going 2 levels down on the whole block for parking? Maybe they will fill it in while they wait to truck it out since they have a lot of digging to do. Haha and totally misread that. They have a good bit of room on the Fannin side to get an excavator in as well so they have a lot of options.
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    Awesome video Nate! The Texas Tower really did go down fast, it's nice to see Hines is moving along quickly as usual!
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    What makes it worse is that was his 2nd time this series he has lost us a game by poor ball handling when all he has to do is get the ball up court and get fouled. Really disappointed in him and the fans that emphatically defend him no matter how poorly he preforms this season.
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    Hines loves them some water walls. Any idea how high this one is planned to be?
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    There you go again having great information! Great work as always Urbannizer. You already have great sources and you always dig up hidden news. You should look into reporting! You already spend so much time keeping us updated you might as well get paid for it haha. Speaking of the new development map, I noticed the Chron article about the expanded incentive program mentioned 13 new residential developments announced for downtown since the program started. The March 2014 map shows 10, including Fingers' Ballpark(which I thought was announced before), adding the new complex in south downtown it's still only 11. Are there 2 additional developments on the new map? Sorry for going off topic and thanks again!
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    Nice find! Not a very flattering picture of Mayor Parker though haha
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    Well we've heard rumors about a couple a super talls, one for Uptown and one for downtown. There's also Chevron's Tower 3, and the height for that one is in flux so with just another 100 feet or so that one could also be a super tall. Then finally there's the rumored $2B project downtown which may contain a super tall but we don't have that much info on it. Either way that's 4 big projects we've been hearing about for a little while now. I'm optimistic that we will hear more details about at least one of them pretty soon!
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    You can kind of see it in Nates picture but they are starting to wrap the building in metal framing that looks like scaffolding. I can't tell what it is though, because even though it was about 10 floors up on the Travis side it didn't have any decking for workers to perch. This is such an interesting development due to the wacky way they are going about it!
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    They have a red stop line marked somewhere around the 3rd or 4th floors so once they get that low they can probably just smash it with the growing number of excavators on site. Passed by today and they were definitely digging in earnest.
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    Not to get off topic but is it just me or are the "seven office projects planned for downtown are expected to be completed in time for the big event." an overly optimistic number? I can think of 5 which is already a staggering number but does the Chron actually have any concrete information 5AC and IT will get built?
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    I'd reckon it could also get pretty windy 1000 feet in the air.
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