Dakota79

to fill in the TMC/DT and DT/UT corridors?

I counted from Polk to Hermann Park about 40 blocks (2.5 Miles) and the UT/DT corridor is ~5 miles

I guess we'd need 2 towers per block average along those corridors to make any connection so that would make ~80 for the TMC/DT and ~100 counting whats already along 59. Can Houston support ~200 new highrises in our lifetime?

Depends. How old are you?

I counted at least 7 cranes while sitting on 59 in traffic behind the convention center. How great is that part of our skyline going to look by 2016/2017!

I believe H-Town Man was being sarcastic. That sometimes doesn't come across well on the internet.

Sorry htown! I wasn't thinking. Long day I guess. Cheers.

I don't know man, 12 floors of office on top of parking might just shift the whole balance from Uptown to Memorial City. Post Oak Blvd could become a ghost town.

The day uptown becomes a ghost town we are all in trouble. The density there is big enough to sustain itself. Plus, I don't see tourists (Mexico nationals etc) abandoning Uptown for EC. I do think it's great to take some of the pressure off of the Galleria area and for this huge city to have other options.

I would support that entirely.

I'll take kitschy and memorable over boring and derivative any day of the week.

That, and another Batman name with maybe a Batman entrance to the parking garage and we will be set! Good to go!

does Randy have his own architect or does he outsource architects? personally im excited to see what he comes up with and wish he would build a condo tower in downtown. i guess its just a select few of us on here that like his work.

Look - Randall has good ideas, and a dream. Just not great execution. He has added a lot of residential buildings. My issue is not one of his buildings (Not even ONE) has been well thought out in how it relates to the buildings around it. Many times he forgets that they are tall, and can be seen on four sides. Just spend a bit more and make it right. In the scope of his projects a 2-3% added cost for architecual details (real ones) would make a big difference. He would be great in Vegas or maybe even Beaumont. We deserve better.

Northtown.

I see nothing wrong with the Cosmo besides the bland beige garage.

The top ends abrubtly, in my opinion. If it had a spire or something it would have been a big improvement. That being said, there is a clear market for his stuff - not much I can add to that.

I agree with most of this, except I would say that three Randall Davis buildings in such close proximity are three too many.

I concur. Let's bet on how ugly and cheap looking it could be? He absolutely is the lowest common denominator on looks, materials and design. What he does get, unfortunately, is location location location. As we say "dammit it all".

Well, it was stated on the first post of the first page that SuperCuts would vacate and the shopping center will be torn down, so old news.

What for? Who knows.

Yes. But now it's immenent.

Just heard from a staff member at Super Cuts that they have been given notice to move out due to an impending sale. Any one have an inside on this?

When you look at city infrastructure (Rail Transit, streets with curbs and sidewalks, etc), Houston is far behind the others. So when we look at the GDP of the city, why aren't the amenities in Houston on par with the other cities at the top? Where is all of this money diapering to?[/quote

"Diapering"?

DAKOTA79. It's not going to the roads. A tank is needed to navigate virtually every street. Then, they tear up every good road at the same time so there are no options even for the seasoned Houstonian.

And rail? 8 miles. Whew. That's a big help. Thanks Metro, Culberson, Delay. Etc etc etc.

That looks huge! I was stuck at that light yesterday there and that part of Montrose definitely needs to be redeveloped.

This will be on Wilcrest, south of Meadowglen.

That doesn't look as good as the original rendering!

Looks a lot like Hines building on San Felipe.

Haven't been there in years, but this was an interesting article.

http://www.governing.com/topics/urban/gov-cincinnati-urban-transformation.html

From what I heard l, between the upkeep and taxes on the common area land the owners (many older) wanted out and all voted to put the functionally obsolete project on the market. They picked a great time to do so, IMHO.

I like how the Uptown Tirz has committed $100-150M. That gives this a real chance. It's nice to have such a vision for this important park as our city becomes more dense.

i guess that i find it really surprising that there is no planned enclosed walkway, as per customers to and from the houston galleria. wouldn't this be most feasible, since it is located directly across the street.

That would look cool, but it would also eliminate pedestrian traffic. And we need more of that! Plus the Galleria doesn't own the land that the Hyatts are being built on.

I was in the Galleria today and if anyplace needs a walkway it is from Dillard's to Neimans. Speaking of (rambling) why is the Dillard's even still there? That whole place could be redeveloped!

Because of your traffic flow predictions, or is it alluding to your insane plan involving mobs of angry anti-Culberson protesters to start bashing some heads in and burning houses?

I haven't predicted any traffic flow issues. I think they will regret it because once it is in (maybe in our lifetimes if we are young enough) people will use it to go the the galleria and downtown - and Afton Oaks will be left out. (As they should be)

The Westheimer lines will all come down. Unfortunately there are now 8 new huge poles on the southern end of the project on Peckham (4 on each side) and pitifully in true Houston fashion they will remain.

I will ask her tomorrow about the closing date. I already asked who the buyer is and will let you know as soon as I find out. This is very new info.

I was told by a resident that the entire property has sold to an Indian investor. She said they have 60 days to move out and that it will be developed into high rises. I am trying to get more info.

Afton oaks will be sorry, of that I am confident.

Here is the for sale brochure:

http://s.lnimg.com/attachments/C56213A5-C767-4774-916B-8670094857D9.pdf