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  1. por favor gracias
    It seems like things are just beginning to ramp up in Houston. As eventful as the next three months are going to be, quite a few more projects seem likely to break ground the first half of next year also...especially downtown. It's going to be great to witness the transformation of our skylines over the next few years. I can't wait to see when all these buildings are complete...and who knows what will be on the drawing boards by then, too.
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    ^^^^^ Passes the mf smell test...
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    Just to be clear..."mf" does stand for "multifamily," right?
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    Still plenty of room in the area for more density/retail options.
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    Periods are supposed to be placed inside quotation marks. I don't like a lot of RD projects, but I really like this building if it looks anything like the renderings.
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    I don't even live anywhere near there, and I don't like it one bit. What a waste of what once was a beautiful oasis.
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    Agree 100% on Target. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the Westcreek project(s).
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    My "expectation" is to delve into a thread that hasn't gone full retard. Consider me "disappointed" this time around...
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    Thanks for the updates and all the great pics, SkylineView.
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    7 stories of parking for a six-story office building.
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    I've always loved how the Williams Tower has "stood alone" in its immediate area in Uptown. It really commands attention and respect. That said, Uptown is large enough in size that something like the once proposed 53 or 55 story Ritz-Carlton would have added some much needed balance without luring very much of that attention away from the Williams Tower IMO.
  12. por favor gracias
    I hate flowers.
  13. por favor gracias
    Now after writing what I just wrote, and reading what you just wrote, I agree with you! It's such a great location, too. I like your use of "baller" as an adjective, too.
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    This is great news. I agree that Houston needs more 800ish footers...I really hope this one will be an 800+ footer, too. It's a great location. I've always thought the surface lot south of Two Shell Plaza would be a great place for an 800-900 footer, too. I'd love for downtown to eventually add four or five 60-69 story buildings in that range (750-950 feet), and then something like three 80-89 story buildings (1,000-1,200 feet) and two 90+ story buildings (1,200-1,400 feet with at least one of them 100+ stories), and have them all blend in well together, and have great lighting at night also. I wonder if any of us will ever live to see something like that here.
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    Well, I read here that "at least three new office towers are in the works for the area, including a sleek and soaring glass structure that commercial property developer Hines says it will break ground on early next year." http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-s-downtown-skyline-to-be-reshaped-4364923.php But now (as of 6/26), I see this saying that the construction start date is "not available." http://downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2013-06-26/dt_current_projects_130626_FOR_PRINT.pdf
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    Uptown, downtown, the Woodlands and the Energy Corridor are booming, and even Greenway Plaza, the TMC and Westchase areas are all filling up with more buildings that are either inevitable or already under construction. And then there's that AWESOME 40 story residential tower going up at 2929 Weslayan...assuming it looks anything like the renderings. Houston is growing like crazy.
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    It should also have a nice impact coming in from the Gulf Freeway.
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    The McDonald's is now open.
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    I think construction is to start 1st quarter 2014.
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    It was Luke's Hamburgers before this, and you're right...it does kind of look like a Pizza Hut.
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    Okay...NOW I see the light, and it is neon!!
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    That's a great perk. I hope they can turn enough people on to justify building it. This is probably my second favorite high-rise building scheduled to go up around town in the foreseeable future, behind the 40-story tower currently going up at W. Alabama & Weslayan.
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    I'll take credit for the funny parts and ONLY the funny parts! I don't know when it reopens but it should be VERY soon. It looks like it's almost ready as of today. The sign in front of the Astoria still says 50% sold. I wonder at what point do they start construction?
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    Again, I absolutely agree that they will do what they think is best for them...and they have every right to do that. I just don't think that this is what's best for that spot in Uptown, and I don't think I'm in the minority on that. That's really all I'm saying. But like I said earlier, there's always that "one in a million" chance that I'm wrong.
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    Am I being naive, or are you being close-minded? Again, there's more than one way to skin a cat. I'm well aware of Houston's zoning and property rights situation. That's not really what I'm talking about, though. As I noted earlier, the city has been giving tax incentives for developers to come downtown...and as citykid09 pointed out in Oklahoma City, McDonald's didn't have a problem scaling back their original plans for their Bricktown location. Why would it be "naive" to think that city could work something out with McDonald's at this location? And what's with the personal stuff? I've been on this forum for a few months now, and I haven't even made 50 posts yet. I made a few posts on the Ashby thread about a month ago, but I honestly don't know what you're talking about here or what "debacle" you're referring to in the first place. I don't post on a lot of threads...and apparently, neither do you. You've apparently been on this site since November 2006. If I've been "living under a rock" for the last month, where exactly have you been "living" over the last six and a half years?
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