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On 5/18/2020 at 10:11 AM, wxman said:
I wonder if this will be the 'Heritage Plaza' of today's times--as in the last major office skyscraper downtown for the forseeable future. With the pandemic and so many people working from home, it seems things may 'never' go back to normal and many people will continue working from home. It was a forced experiment that seems to have worked in that people working from their living rooms are equally, if not more, productive than when at the office. Translation: no need for abundant office space.
I'm only talking office skyscrapers, not condo or apartment towers.
Good point.. I had wondered about all the people successfully working from home and hoped more companies might go to telecommuting where it makes sense. The traffic, or lack thereof during quarantine was amazing. Plus the environmental/monetary benefits of working from home..And yeah, as we head into the biggest recession since the Great Depression (I guess they’re going to have to come up with a new name for the Great Recession), it’s likely this will be the last major tower we see for some time..
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On 4/29/2020 at 8:15 PM, Brooklyn173 said:
But I fear that the structure itself may be the question now, especially after the reported contract fell through last year.
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So is it gfr/extending the ground floor out or did we figure out what they’re doing? Seems a little narrow for restaurant space, but I’m just sure what just inside the current walls, so maybe they could bump into there?
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1 hour ago, wxman said:
Those BRT lines are a waste and a blight. The end.
I would have preferred rail, but the boulevard project revamp of post oak is night and day compared to the suburban atmosphere it had before..
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On 4/20/2020 at 8:18 PM, zaphod said:
I mean, they could always improve on it with LED lighting. A nice warm white would look really good at night.
That’s the plan.. I think the design will really shine at night.On 5/10/2020 at 2:23 PM, mkultra25 said:
Ugh, this makes me sad that day for night is no more.. best festival ever.-
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That’s a bummer.. was really hoping to get new tallest for the TMC. It’s basically just another average height rectangle now.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and the economy will collapse before this breaks ground, and they can go back to the drawing board or come back with the original design in a few years when things start picking up again?-
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On 4/14/2020 at 1:31 AM, TheSirDingle said:
Lots of new plans for the empty lots around UH, and OMG the tech annex is getting torn down!!!! 🥳
Confirms that the soul sucking building by the fountain is gone, and they're creating an athletic centered plaza there. Also some interesting plans for Cullen, gonna be a bright future for this part of campus.
Which building is the soul sucking building by the fountain? The one in red that they’re renovating?Itll be interesting to see what new buildings they put in the art/music school parking lot.
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The upper left side looks nice/like a Hanover product. The garage and right side kind of look like a cheap hotel to me though?
Overall it’s a decent addition, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if this never gets built, preserving the Marriotts western skyline view.
A nice strip of retail, bars and restaurants, topped with some co-op/boutique office space that doesn’t go higher than the garage would be ideal IMO, or even some “more affordable” residential micro units, again topping out at the top of the garage. I may be in the minority though of wanting to preserve the Marriotts pool deck view. -
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Oil is in the low $20s, and very likely headed to $14 at some point in the near future. This move, along with the stock market/economic recession has been in the charts since well before Covid19 was ever a thing. It just makes a convenient driver to push a move that’s been set up over the edge of a cliff. Longest bull run in history. The fed has been printing money so fast it’ll make your head spin.. they’re printing another $10 TRILLION through the end of the month. 50% of our current national debt. All of this has led to serious over inflation of pretty much every financial asset in the world, and we were due for a reset. The fed cutting interest rates so early on certainly won’t help anything now that they can’t use that to curtail the economic recession when we continue to fall. Sure if we get lucky we’ll get a bounce this summer and people will claim all is well, but we’ll be far from being out of the woods just because the virus is (hopefully) behind us, and you can thank economic policy for that.
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Yep.. oil is the real black swan for the next major recession, not the coronavirus. I wouldn't be surprised if any projects that aren't about to get out of the ground get put on hold/shelved. We had a good run..
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11 hours ago, CREguy13 said:
Plans for the campus call for 1.5 million square feet of buildings and parks designed to look like a double helix DNA strand from above.
McKeon said the TMC3 project is sparking interest and investment from private companies. He already has a letter-of-intent with a major industry player for a 500,000-square-foot-building in the complex.
"We’ll be announcing deal after deal after deal with the industry. It’s amazing the speed and the appetite they’ve had," McKeon said. "The sleeping giant has awoken and now we’re open for business."
1.5 million square feet of buildings in the TMC3, and a "major industry player" is taking up 1/3rd of it? Add in the university facilities, and I have to wonder where is the room left for all this co-op collaborative innovation work that the TMC3 is supposed to support? Kind of seems like they're not building this big enough..-
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13 hours ago, Specwriter said:
cloud, are you talking about Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co. at 700 E. 5-1/2 Street? There is also Houston Hardwoods at 4910 W. 34th. These are not traditional "lumber stores" where one gets Southern yellow pine 2x4s etc. They have more exotic species generally. Years ago there was another specialty lumber store (also in the Heights IIRC) called All Woods/Schroeder. The corporation was dissolved in July of 1991.
I visited All Woods Schroeder and Houston Hardwoods to get certain species for projects. They had/have some wonderful stuff. When I was a child living with my parents a neighbor was a buyer for All Woods Schroeder. He made many trips to South America and a few to Africa.
Yeah, Clarks. Ive only been once, but they had what we needed when doing some cabinet work trying to match the right wood/grain.-
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Assuming the layout linked in the post right above yours is the new/current design, it shows it crossing OST.
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On 1/30/2020 at 9:12 AM, Twinsanity02 said:
The residence would have a great skyline view, a park, and close access to the Theater district.
And connect the amenity deck to the roof top park for direct access for the residents
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1 hour ago, bobruss said:
Well if anyone knows about vision it would be Mike Mann.
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19 hours ago, Moore713 said:
They pushed so hard for this... That you would think they will only accept something signature. I glad we are getting infill but when do we get to the part where they want their buildings to standout?
Agreed.. I know we've beat a dead horse over this boring design, but even if they just played off of the balcony of the office portion somewhere up the hotel, it would be better than a plain rectangle. Im in Barcelona right now, and the W hotel here on the coast is quite a stark difference from our design.-
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5 hours ago, X.R. said:
Krispy Kreme! Yes! Big Gulps! The best!
The Midtown/Museum District is where its at baby, we're coming up! Best surprise of the year on HAIF.
Don't forget the free slurpees on 7/11 day..-
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16 hours ago, Urbannizer said:
The residential high-rise can be seen in the background. Design looks the same.
https://www.faithgraphicdesigns.com/img/PDFS/Museo_Medical_Brochure.pdf
Financing was obtained in Jan. 2019 for the office building. Link below mentions the residential tower as 58-stories.
https://www.greenwichgrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Austin-and-Houston-Deals-January-2019.pdf
Bummer that they waited so long.. by the time this is ready to go we’ll be in a recession and it’ll be shelved.-
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On 10/9/2019 at 10:16 PM, Urbannizer said:
This project has grown in size, latest idea:
The layout/style of this reminds me a bit of The Pearl in San Antonio.
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Wow, that looks nice.. Hopefully this gets going within the next year.
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18 hours ago, Urbannizer said:
Guess I need to visit the Marriott/pool deck before this breaks ground.
Hopefully we see something like this on the strip of land next to the embassy suites.
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Been a while since I’ve visited this thread.. glad to see a more competent owner took over the property, and development is finally underway on a pedestrian upgrade!
(The original plans i was referring to when I posted about the potential redevelopment back in 2015 were by Page.)
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Thanks for the updates! Seeing the progress makes me so happy, after all the years of discussion.. this will be a nice place to take my son.
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Drewery Place: Multifamily High-Rise At 2850 Fannin St.
in Midtown
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From possibly 48 stories, down to 31.. at least it looks like they're still keeping the design. But Q1 2021 groundbreaking? Ouch.. not holding my breath.