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On 8/2/2017 at 11:00 AM, jmitch94 said:

I had heard, don't quote me one this, that the penthouses in OPP can be between $10-$15,000. That's like buying a house every year. 

Out of the 4 penthouses in Market Square Tower, only the westward facing penthouse is still available, at a cost of $18,715 a month.

Any word on the CVS planned for market square tower? It was announced last year and I'm not sure i've seen or heard more about it besides the signs in the windows of the parking garage?

There is another CVS on Main Street near Main Street Square.. maybe we'll get a Walgreens in downtown?

14 hours ago, slcowart416 said:

Is there a webcam for the Sarofim Building? They have one for Glassell. How does one find these webcams?

There is no Sarofim Building. I assume you're talking about the new 20th/21st century museum expansion that recently broke ground, which is the Kinder Building. The entirety of the museum complex is named the "Sarofim Campus" though.

On 7/16/2017 at 7:34 PM, hindesky said:

The 39,000 lbs panels are too heavy for the tower crane this far away.

 

39,000 pounds..? Geez

6 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

The increased density is jaw-dropping.  This is a great shot.

Seriously! And I love how most of our dense urban areas are right next to vast green spaces. It makes for great contrast.

2 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

I'm sure Shorenstein still has those plans officially on the books, but I don't think it's going to happen.

 

Lets hope not.. convert the fins to balconies with glass railings for a residential conversion if they must, but don't turn it into another boring tower with a bland facade.

Geez.. i like to dabble in photography and explore, but I can't say I've done much urban exploration, or know anyone into urbex to go with me to check this building out.. im not stupid enough to go alone, so I haven't ever been, but this has always seemed like it would be an amazing place to check out.

Though after reading these posts about being held hostage and the place being deemed "dangerous", the allure of exploring this has worn off a bit.. Haha.

And yeah.. the owners development plans being close to "finalized", with no sign of financial backing is pretty comical.

They don't have a project manager that they use for all of their projects..?

Galleria 6..? I thought the last expansion was Galleria 4?

On 6/20/2017 at 2:38 PM, Twitter1 said:

Night shot. Pilot flew us in a circle upon landing due to weather.

 

River Oaks District is bright!

Looks like theyre testing out the strip of LEDs, at least on the podium section..

On 7/1/2017 at 9:26 AM, CREguy13 said:

Construction is starting this fall and will include:

 

- 30,000 SF Lifestyle Pavilion with high-end fitness center

- Thompson Hotel & Condo Tower

- Interior Park & Café with outdoor seating

- Ground level retail throughout the project

- 80,000 SF medical office building

 

https://view.staging.hangar.com/CRE/DC-Partners/Allen-Parkway/index.html

 

So the pedestrian bridge across Allen Parkway won't be part of phase one?

Oh, and I count 38 stories on top of the podium..? Surely that podium is taller than 4 average height floors.. (in response to the height comparisons from back in May)

What happened today..? Police are blocking the intersections all around here and there's police tape in front of the tower.

Uhhh... I'm not sure what to make of this. Those are filings for actual buildings, not cell towers, and they were just submitted 2 days ago. Construction timeline puts both towers as being built simultaneously over the course of 4 years and 10 months time..

I still wish they would have gone with the original design for this building, but this design isn't turning out bad at all..

1 hour ago, bobruss said:

We went to see sneak preview of the new Pipilotti Rist piece and its truly amazing. I highly recommend. By the way this is now part of the museums permanent collection. I'm getting ready to go back and take my grandson!

Ugh.. I'm jealous of all you members of the museum. I have a feeling it's going to be packed tomorrow. Yeah its awesome that both of the Pipilotti Rist installations are now part of the permanent collection. They will go great with the Kusama infinity room, that the museum bought before the exhibit last summer, over in the new Kinder building.

9 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

It'll be a taste of the Houston suburbs, right on Main Street downtown...

 

Haha. Sadly, that's not even exclusively

to the suburbs in Houston. Unfortunately the walled off/fenced nonsense is as close in as Midtown.. "Let's build a bunch of townhouses in the inner city.. while we're at it, let's throw a fence around the whole site!"

edited to say I totally understand why Hines is doing that. This would be a great nook for homeless to set up camp. Until the city gets more serious about the homeless issue in Houston, expect to keep seeing this in high end residential projects.

7 hours ago, mollusk said:

 

"Private park" doesn't necessarily mean closed to the public.  The little space on the NW corner of what is now becoming the Capitol Tower lobby had a little plaque mentioning that it was a private park, but it had no physical barriers to entry.  

I don't see why they would go through the effort of constructing the cinderblock walls if they didn't plan on putting a gate there. Maybe Amashgo can chime in, but I would say they're going to fill in the gap with a keypad gate type set up. Otherwise, the wall is just one more place for homeless people to make shelter behind, and would unnecessarily confine the already small space.

2 hours ago, cspwal said:

Stupid question: is this park going to be open for the public?

 

On a related note, the empty lot next to the Holiday Inn downtown (where the demolished Savoy building was) was originally rumored to be a park, but it's just fenced off.  I saw some people in there though measuring

 

Its a small space with cinderblock walls (bricked over) along Main Street with 3 openings that I presume will house metalwork fencing and a gate. Unfortunately with the homeless problem downtown, they probably had to do this to keep the riff raff out.

38 minutes ago, CREguy13 said:

Really excited for this project and bringing more people downtown.  In addition to having some revenue on the block, this is probably a move by the Developer to have some of the site work done to entice larger companies - similar to Capitol Tower.  There are 1-3 tenants in, or about to be in, the market that could lead tenant a brand new building. Good things ahead for this side of downtown.

1-3 tenants in/about to be in the market... looking to relocate from other downtown buildings?

39 minutes ago, cspwal said:

maybe they've abandoned their plans

Dont you say that! Haha.. admittedly that mixed use development seemed really ambitious, but it seems like the developers behind the project were serious about it, given their submission of the plat, trying to work with the neighborhood association to address any issues, requesting abandonment with the city, and what not.

"Wrapped into The Huntington development fold"? So the owners of the Huntington bought this and plan to develop this into an additional component to go with their residential tower?

7 hours ago, mattyt36 said:

 

It's just so ironic because isn't he the guy who pronounced downtown "dead" after developing the Galleria?

I would be curious to see where Gerald said that.. Hines was building the 50 story One Shell Plaza in downtown at the same time as the Galleria.