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ROFLMAO

I asked a very simple question which you have still refused to even attempt to answer. If all you know is that some company has acquired a bunch of land around Toyota Center, then your initial post truly amounted to nothing, and only showed how little you truly know, since you apparently were unaware that one company has owned most of the subject land for a very long time. Did your super secret inside informant not even hint at whether these purchases were recent? If they weren't recent, your "inside" information could not be more worthless (or less "inside" as it has been published in the Chronicle; yes, even the clueless folks at the Chronicle know about it).

(and by the way, it was quite clear that I did not expect you to go search the public records. I only mentioned the public records because you should be free to convey any supposedly inside information that is public record.)

One more thing: You seem to be rather full of yourself to think I have "turned my sights on you" in order to try to chase you off. With respect, you aren't worth the effort. ;-)

Why dont you leave him alone? Is it a life and death matter?

Okay, so maybe he didnt know. Why do you keep arguing with him?

Some of you guys act younger than your age.

It sounds like Uptown and Downtown are competing for tenants

I have to make praise of Dallas.

Their architecture is amazing.

Everytime i drive by 35E, i adore downtown. The uptown buildings are also pretty nice but their is alot of art and charisma in their downtoown.

The one thing that seperates downtown Dallas from downtown Houston is that in Houston they look like one giant clump. In Dallas each building stands distinguished. And even though Houston has more buildings than Dallas, Dallas manages to capture my sight more. Its like viewing an art gallery. Houston doesnt do that for me.

Who would use them?

From my POV, given Houston's spread out geography and boom-bust-boom economy, it would be a great hassle to build more towers.

And if i did build, i would build something like KBR Tower. Nothing too fancy. Wouldnt take the risk.

Business

Feb. 9, 2007, 12:34AM

Occupancy downtown rises

Deloitte & Touche to take up a chunk of space in Heritage Plaza

By NANCY SARNOFF

Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

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Deloitte & Touche USA has leased 300,000 square feet of office space in Heritage Plaza, soaking up an increasingly limited supply of downtown space.

The 10-floor move will allow the company to consolidate two existing offices and add almost half as much space to accommodate an expansion from a recent uptick in business.

"The growth of the Houston economy is one of the main reasons for our growth," said Jerry Bennett, a Deloitte spokesman. "We mirror what goes on in the economy."

Like Deloitte, whose local tax, audit and consulting business is closely aligned with the energy industry, other downtown businesses benefiting from the sector are gobbling up office space at a rate that hasn't been seen since Enron's heyday.

The downtown office market had a banner year in 2006, with energy companies, law firms and architects leasing or expanding into space in the central business district.

More than half of the new leases were from energy companies, including BP, Cheniere Energy, Enbridge and Total Petrochemicals. The most notable move was by Chevron, which leased the 1.3 million-square-foot glass tower at 1400 Smith that housed Enron before its collapse in 2001. The deal pushed the oil giant's downtown office occupancy to 2.9 million square feet of space.

"Everyone's benefiting from the profitability in the energy industry right now," said Stewart Robinson, principal of commercial real estate firm Conine & Robinson.

In the fourth quarter of last year, the downtown market posted the most significant decrease in vacancy rates among the city's office submarkets with a 3.2 percent drop from the previous quarter to 12.5 percent, according to real estate firm CB Richard Ellis. For the area's best buildings, vacancies fell to 10 percent.

Rental rates have risen from the increased demand and rising operating expenses, the company said.

more:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headli...iz/4539237.html

What the hell happened to Heathrow and Chicago OHare?

How are youall getting to travel so much? Im jealous.

I used to live in that area.

Mainly I-10 & Wirt Rd.

WestView is nice. Some old houses being torn down and new homes being built. Generally, it is a 'safe' area. Little crime. Low prices. 'Acceptable Schools'.

O wow, this thread is still going.

Neither Boston nor Dallas should be above Houston. My opinion.

Someone once told me that Atlanta is "just like Houston". How far is this from the truth?

I think by that statement they meant Atlanta and Houston are interchangeable in the eyes of a foreigner. As in there really isnt anything culturally differentiable between the two cities from the point of view of a Chinese/Viet Namese/Zimbabwean tourist.

Also, does Atlanta have zoning laws?

I dont understand why these people keep building these highrises, when many stand empty.

Wheres the logic?

So, who has read Bob Woodward's new book? State of Denial.

Not all the detainees are terrorists. Some of them were picked up in confusion.

Once you get the ones responsible from the ones innocent, then its proper to do that thing you do.

Yes. I told you all. You didnt believe me. You were out lied to. You swallowed the lie whole, without question. I questioned the official story. I thought about the issue over and over. And i came out right.

So i propose i become HAIF's Official MiddleEast-Islamic Consultant. All who agree say: "Yay!"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6091401545.html

CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says

By Walter Pincus

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, September 15, 2006; Page A14

The CIA learned in late September 2002 from a high-level member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle that Iraq had no past or present contact with Osama bin Laden and that the Iraqi leader considered bin Laden an enemy of the Baghdad regime, according to a recent Senate Intelligence Committee report.

Although President Bush and other senior administration officials were at that time regularly linking Hussein to al-Qaeda, the CIA's highly sensitive intelligence supporting the contrary view was apparently not passed on to the White House or senior Bush policymakers.

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and two GOP colleagues on the committee disclosed this information for the first time in the panel's report on Iraq released last week. They wrote in the "additional views" section of the report that the Cabinet-level Iraqi official "said that Iraq has no past, current, or anticipated future contact with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda" and that the official "added that bin Laden was in fact a longtime enemy of Iraq."

MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6091401545.html

A final breakdown of the Iraq-American War

1. Iraq did not have nuclear weapons. The IAEA and CIA confirmed this.

2. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. Bush admits this.

3. Iraq was not supporting Al Qaeda. Congress reported this.

Thats cool , I found this site when i Googled Peppermint Park a year ago. My last computer was a 1984 Apple IIe By the way this was the first internet site i ever seen!

Wow dude. You must be from the boonies.

This thread was my first few posts. Awesome thread, i love it.

Just highlights the Clash of Cultures. Awesomeness.

Eventually we shall keep moving West along I-10 until San Antonio becomes a Suburb of Houston.

Mwahahahahaha!

I think the article might contain some truth.

How else do you guys explain the following:

-highest government deficit in American History

-trade imbalance unfavorable to the USA

-rising East

-negative personal spendings

-inflation without rising minimum wage

I mean, your looking at pretty heavy stuff.

Whats "Class A" office space, exactly? And Class A as opposed to what, Class B?

Anyway, i stand by my assertion in that Houston isnt your prototypical city. Its really one big ass suburban community.

Racism is not something that 'ends'. Its a matter of human life.

We know this based on the events in Riwanda a decade back. If your all the same color, fine, well just find another way to distinguish each other.

What wide is your nose? How sharp are your teeth? How long are your nails? How frizzy is your hair? ad continum

On another note, i personally dont trust Bush. He lies, his administration lies, they are a bunch of liars.

They lie to control public opinion and whatnot. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

With all the media leak's don't you think that the story would be out there by now. By the way those were planes that hit on 911. But on the other hand you will never know?

Actually, have you guys been reading about those University Professors who have claimed it was a demolition?

Ive talked to some engineers who said it was a simple matter of Physics, and others who said it was an unexplainable coincidence.

One party believes that the sheer magnitude of the intial explosion arising from leaking fuel engine + the weight of the rubble of the top few floors that exploded into pieces from the explosion, sent the tower spiraling downwards.

Another party believes, and i find this to make the most sense, is that the way it fell so simply and so calculatedly (one set after another in a matter of seconds, starting from the very first floor) seems as if it was a demolition job. Secondly, when something explodes, the rubble should explode outward, as in: <<<*>>> instead of fall together on a heap upon the tower. This would mean there is no extra weight pushing down on the tower if the cluster exploded outwards. Its hard to put into words, youd just have to visualize an explosion.

Anyways, here is what a controlled demolition looks like. The Seatlle Kingdom.

just from a demolition perspective, it did look very orchestrated...

Are you a demolitionist?

As far as these theories go, i know personally a family friend who was in the second tower when the first tower hit. He luckily got out within 10 minutes, because he was on the 27th floor (i believe). He said his colleagues thought an earthquake hit NYC when they heard a loud *boom* and everything began to shake.

As for Flight 93, ive heard it was found in pieces. Some people who have claimed to witness it go down say some sort of missile hit it to bring it down. According to this school of conspiracy thought, the government manufactured the whole Flight 93 thing, because they didnt want the public to know they had to take one plane down via missile.

Anywho, with these strange things, you will always have doubts. I mean, 2 commercial airliners flying above the financial Mecca of the World's Superpower, utterly destroying a symbol of American Power is already such an unconventionally strange thing. No one in their wildest imaginations could have thought of such an attack, nor the best way to stop such an attack on such short notice.

Anywho, if it is a conspiracy, itll be filed in history with the likes of the JFK Assasination, the Iran-Contra Affair, the Aristide-US Affair, and the Assasination of Vince Young (or whoever that dude was in the Clinton Administration).

Did yall here about the ABC 9/11 movie and how the Clinton Administration is trying to shut it down?

Apparently the Sex Scandal got in the way of the Terrorism Warnings in Clinton's Administration.

Mr Niche

I concede. I wasnt looking at it from a purely military aspect.

As long as the Hawks remain far away from politics, the better. They are awesome at what they do, and i have high regard for them, as long as they abstain from making socio-political issues and keep at their respective fields.