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I maybe in the minority but I'd prefer 2-3 of these types of developments over a single high rise and trust me I love high rises. 

Just noticed that they are building with just the yellow tower crane now. The white one is gone.  

21 hours ago, hindesky said:

I don't think Mill Creek has released any info about this project yet. Our group of insiders seem to be able to find this info if it's available. The tower cranes don't have climbers on them so it's unlikely the building will be any higher than the cranes. Probably 6- 8 stories high mid rise.

About the climbers. I saw one on the Allen project crane the other day (on the webcam) and they ended up adding at least 2 section to the crane so I guess they can be removed and put back on if needed. 

6 hours ago, richfish said:

Literally a little bit more than half this development is just the parking garage. 

To be fair most stand alone retail like a fast food restaurants are around 75% parking 

What a monolith Chase tower is. Always thanks for the pictures Hindesky. 

2 hours ago, CaptainJilliams said:

Please don't tell me they are going to leave it like that.

 

Aren't they at least going to put a screen around the garage instead of leaving it open and exposed?

I wouldn't count on it. The Mosaic Condominiums did nothing to cover their garage and their buildings are much nicer that this soviet block looking building. 

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In late 2019, Houston saw the opening of Cambria Hotel Houston Downtown Convention Center at 1314 Texas Ave., the historic building formerly known as the Great Southwest Building and the Petroleum Building; and AC Hotel by Marriott Houston Downtown, the 105-year-old building at 723 Main St., which most recently served as The Houston Bar Center.

How did I not know about this. So glad these old buildings are being used and not torn down. 

24 minutes ago, swtsig said:

 

it looks fine imo and they have plans for future high rises here so it will probably have some neighbors in the not too distant future.

Interesting, do tell more. Do you know the location of where these would be? 

2 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

Seeing 2Q 2020 as the start date

If you look through this thread there are about half a dozen of these proclamations. I'll believe it when I see it until then it's just a dream.  

I count 9 new high rise buildings in this great picture by brijonmang. What an amazing amount of development. 

That is some straight up third world demo right there. 

8 hours ago, TOMIKA! said:

This realignment is terrible for the area

Change "the area" for Houston and you're 100% correct. 

Soooo glad you posted this I was about to ask if they needed to do anything to cool down pours this big. I'm a decent history buff and have heard a 100 times about how they had to run cooling pipes in the Hover dam because the heat generated would be immense and I was wondering if pours of this size needed cooling down too. 

1 hour ago, Caleb said:

Interesting, there are hundreds of robberies reported in Galleria and it's a nicely developed area. "Redeveloping" an area to force life long residents out of their neighborhoods isn't the solution to crime. Suggesting to simply replace them is a privilege because they have no choice. No one else wanted to reside in these neighborhoods because of who was there. Now suddenly it needs to be redeveloped to fit the needs of those who moved far away to be "better off". 

So what's you'r solution to the crime? 

3 hours ago, Ross said:

I'm with you. However, lots of folks will think "they wouldn't let them build here if it wasn't safe". Personally, I am not going to live on the former site of a forging company, corrosion protection, electroplating, or other polluting business.

I'm with you just look in to the whole Love canal disaster. 

It's like an mini Hotel San Luis with that drive. 

2 hours ago, hindesky said:

 

 

Whoa man this is a family site!

8 hours ago, Purdueenginerd said:

 

its 13 pounds per linear foot.  Excellent paper weight material!

Is the "design" in the rebar to grip the concert, so it basically won't slide around inside? 

One of my friends was robbed at knife point at that Chevron. Ahhh college.

Does it irk anyone else that one flood is taller than the others and its not one of the top floors?

I'll believe it when I see it. If you look back through the tread you can see that this was going to start construction in 2015...

2 hours ago, db650 said:

I like it. I just wonder what the finished product will look like.

I do to but you're right. Often the first renderings are pretty handsome and then once he's sold a lot of the units he pulls the switch and puts out one of the stinkers of a rendering.