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14 minutes ago, houstontexasjack said:

The circular space at the base of the lobby looks as though it could be used for a restaurant.  From the larger view renderings, it appears as though it will be catty-corner from Jones Hall.  I think this would make for a very cool addition to the options for the theater district if it could be opened up on weekends.  Downtown's no longer just for the lunch crowd.

 

“An elliptical space tentatively being called the Urban Pavilion will face Jones Hall at the corner of Texas and Milam and be used as a gathering place that Hines managing director Philip Croker describes as a “high-end coffee bar by morning, wine bar by evening, and event space as needed.”

For some reason I always assumed the open tunnel-lobby atrium would be on the north side, facing Capitol St.

On 6/8/2018 at 3:25 PM, Nate99 said:

Picture hosting gone wonky,  but they have removed the temporary cinder block wall on the street level and you can see around the corner on the garage side. Pretty cool if it stays that way with the glass that they are using up to the next level through the lobby. 

 

https://i.imgur.com/P17B6ac.jpg

The conder block wall the tree mural was on?

On 6/4/2018 at 9:38 AM, thatguysly said:

 

It wasn't originally as obvious, but I noticed in the image on the Rosewood website that Naviguessor linked that the hotel+condo tower seems to have trees/vegetation at the top.. I assume the pool/amenity deck for the condo portion of the tower. That rooftop terrace would have quite the views.

12 hours ago, houstontexasjack said:

I thought the residential tower was on Block 42, but a previous indication was that it would be 46 stories. 

The residential tower is Block 42. I haven't seen the previous indication of 46 stories, but I've been super busy and haven't been very active around here lately. Sounds like it should break Houstons unwritten rule of the 40 story threshold for residential towers.
 

2 hours ago, Reporter said:

So, block 42 is getting a 42 story or 46 story building and block 58 is getting a 48 story building with a 35 story parking garage? Someone is getting their twisty pinnacles, parking garages, blocks and stories mixed up.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if he was getting the block number and the number of floors mixed up, hence the "could be off by a couple stories" note.. heh. Hopefully we should hear something soon since people are bidding on the project already.

I heard someone mention 42 stories for the residential tower? That floor count could be off a couple of stories. "Twisty" was one of the words used to describe the design.

On 5/20/2018 at 6:03 PM, hindesky said:

Didn't realize till today that the bean had a concave side to it. They had the Grand Opening today.

It took me a while to realize, but its actually completely hollow. I thought it was a shallow concave on the north side, but its totally open to the inside of cloud column.

On 12/11/2014 at 3:55 PM, cloud713 said:

Still on the boards, as part of their "6 year development timeline".

Also a 20ish story residential high rise planned for behind the Residences.

"Tema plans to develop the property in three phases. Here is what's planned for the site:

Hermann Park Residences (final name pending): The seven-story, 224-unit luxury apartment complex will sit on 2.25 acres just east of The Parklane and feature high-end fit and finishes and amenities, including a sky lounge overlooking Hermann Park. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2016.

A high-rise residential tower is planned for a 2.19-acre parcel east of Hermann Park Residences. Tema had announced plans for a 42-story tower last year, but the company is stepping back on that phase of the project to focus on Hermann Park Residences, which is admittedly "less risky" and will be delivered faster, Haidar said. The tower will ultimately be between 35 and 50 stories.

Another mid-rise apartment complex — about 20 stories tall — is planned behind Hermann Park Residences. Its size will be in between the other two projects, Haidar said."

http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/12/11/developer-restarts-waylaid-plans-for-residential.html

Looks like they added 10 floors to this tower from their original plans. Maybe that means the other tower will end up closer to 50 stories?

I noticed that too when I was passing by a week or two ago when the crane was there removing the antenna on the roof. Kind of like how the old Chronicle building had one segment built over the old theater.

4 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:

Looks squatty. Did they chop some floors?

Oh wow, I assumed it was just perspective,  but the floors don’t look like they go much higher than Calpine Center’s 33 floors (451’). I wonder if they’re trying to be more “courteous”, with respect to imposing on Market Square, or just a more realistic view of the downtown office rental market?

I never realized that the protrusion/set back on the side wrapped around the back portion of the tower.

1 hour ago, wxman said:

This building is now visible driving down 45. It's rising pretty quickly.

Thats awesome. I count ~16 floors in urbannizers post, and about 10 of them are shorter parking garage levels, so this should have a decent presence for being only 35 stories.

2 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

It is baffling and astonishing that a lazy river in the shape of Texas would attract children. Certainly this was intended for a more sophisticated crowd?

 

Haha, I know right? Though it is a convention hotel..

The issue isn't so much that kids are there. That's to be expected.. the problem is all the terrible parents these days who don't punish their kids or teach them how to behave properly, so you end up with a bunch of kids yelling and screaming as they're running across the podium causing a ruckus, because the parents don't want to be bothered or deal with them while they're sipping their mixed drinks over in a cabana..

I've read multiple reviews talking about the problem with kids being loud and obnoxious on the pool deck.

23 minutes ago, 79ta said:

is this for the corner where the grocery store was originally planned?

Grocery store gfr?

8 hours ago, HoustonBoy said:

Great picture! Do you know what's happening in the very foreground?

That area where they look to be shoring up the bank of the bayou? I noticed that too. Maybe just trying to fix an erosion problem?

10 minutes ago, downtownian said:

 

I've done two staycations at the Marquis and both times there were tons of kids on the pool deck so I haven't gone back.

Thats what I'm afraid of.. with all of the local press coverage of the pool, and the lack of a ton of other staycation options in Houston, it seems like kids running wild around the pool deck will unfortunately be the norm. That's a big reason why we didn't go this summer and have been holding off until sometime after school starts back up. Hopefully it won't be quite as bad then.

1 hour ago, rechlin said:

Perhaps their annual "dig up some dirt and then leave for a year" exercise?

Haha, the developer waits just long enough that the neighborhood calms down and thinks the project is dead, then sends out a random construction crew to play mind games and increase the anxiety of the homeowners..

Seriously.. that is amazing. Hard to believe that an old, seemingly forgotten office building could turn into this. It looks like a brand new building with that lighting scheme!

On 7/30/2017 at 9:20 AM, Houston19514 said:

A lot.  I was in the pool last one day recently and meet a half dozen or so groups of people.  Every group we met were from Houston suburbs.

Mark me down for someone else trying to (finally) plan a staycation at the Marquis. Just a matter of coordinating a weekend between mine and my girlfriends schedules, and avoiding any busy holiday weekends (i.e. Labor Day) when a bunch of families might be there with little kids running and screaming all over the pool deck. Hopefully we get to experience the Marquis soon enough..
 

On 7/30/2017 at 7:33 PM, hindesky said:

They cut through the old concrete but with rain in forecast for the next week I wouldn't park in the underground garage.

 

 

I guess they're finally doing a more permanent fix to the concrete uplifting problem that I posted pictures of back before the Super Bowl? I wonder how long the repairs will take..

Whoa! The building looks amazing with that lighting. I presume they will do the same in the southern facing recesses? And yeah, hopefully black out curtains suffice/they don't get too many complaints from guests.

The original renderings showed a vertical Le Meridien sign on the southeastern corner.. are there any signs of that?

Milby Street sounds familiar. I've been meaning to drive by and try to

catch a glimpse of the turntable, but every time I'm in the area I forget..

Thanks for the video! Those rail cars seemed to have been sitting there for so long that I was starting to come up with ideas for how to incorporate them into a new development/repurposing of that warehouse at the end of the spur.. Haha. 

If they were to do an artist oriented development at the warehouse that the spur dead ends into (on the south side of the bayou across from KBR), kind of like the Silos on Sawyer development, some old rail cars on the abandoned tracks could make for a unique industrial vibe that houses individual art gallery/installation space, as a throw back to the sites former industrial heritage.

Yeah, I like alternate 1 the best, due to the downtown connectivity and the loop down Clinton.

Is the railroad museum at that old rail round table thing? I had been wondering about those random rail cars on the spur.

Caydon is going all in on Midtown, Houston.. I love it!

They were discussing a few different routes for an East End streetcar.. I'm not sure any decisions were ever made or if discussion of a streetcar progressed much further past that point though. Hopefully they revisit the idea as the area gets built up.

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-02-12-its-full-speed-ahead-on-streetcars-in-eado-public-transit-plans-routes-are-revealed/#slide=3