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    Here’s another article that provides further explanation ... evidently purchased at $70 per sq ft. What’s the going rate these days? http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php?threads/city-may-condemn-land-for-arena.18163/
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    Welcome to the neighborhood, I’m right by Bethel Park
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    How, er, nice of Nolan Ryan. Kind of tacky . . .
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    Would be a great location for a Moxy. Bizarre hotel chain but would fit the neighborhood well. I stayed at one in Minneapolis's Montrose-ish neighborhood. http://moxy-hotels.marriott.com/hotels/minneapolis-uptown
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    I’d have to say the chances of that were far higher when the DRA was involved. But that’s just my gut.
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    Turn the amps up you mean?
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    Now up for sale. Negotiations to redevelop as a result of the Downtown Redevelopment Authority RFP stalled. https://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Downtown-office-tower-and-former-Sakowitz-12934125.php
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    I love the concept but I'm not sure how appealing it will be to have a live concert abutting a noisy freeway. It's amazing how much of a difference moving a couple blocks west would make, but I guess HoustonFirst had to go with the plot of land it owned.
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    The HSR will fail on its own--lack of transit won't be a contributing factor. TNCs are perfectly adequate and indeed preferable to anyone buying a ticket on the HSR.
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    I can't believe I'm saying this but Pennzoil looked so out of place 45 (45 . . . almost half a century!!) years ago, and not nearly as pretty.
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    It’s pretty impressive how it looks coming out of GreenStreet.
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    I still don't understand what happened . . . doesn't Matt Thomas work for the Rockets as well? Or Clanton got fired because he wouldn't say anything negative about the Rockets?
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    Yes, either a gas station or a horrible CVS! We're definitely an outlier on this.
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    Hell, a couple of 7-11s would be a start, but for whatever reason Houston isn't a convenience store city.
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    That's the spirit . . . people sharing opinions about aesthetics on an architecture forum and saying the opinion makes the "world a dumber place." You certainly have a well-developed sense of proportion and perspective. (And, BTW, any link between that opinion and the mention of zoning with some sort of umbrella endorsement of zoning was entirely of your own making.)
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    OK, you obviously win. Such development is entirely desirable, certainly common the country over, and Houston can now consider itself a "real city" like Milwaukee.
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    I know I'm likely beating a dead horse at this point but have you seen the site in person? I think even if there are 10 more similarly sized residential towers on Montrose between Westheimer and 59 this pair will stand out as rather kooky. Stated differently, if the same person owned the block, I doubt he would ever build 2 buildings along the lines of what is happening here. It's almost as if the La Colombe D'Or guy was so p*ssed by the Hanover that he went all-in on this project out of revenge. (I know that's not the case as I highly doubt Hines would be associated with a project that wasn't financially feasible.)
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    It's great if the obstruction of views will be "limited" (albeit that in and of itself implies that there will still be some negative impacts for existing residents of Hanover Montrose). My comment is how out of place it will look from the exterior.
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    Thanks, that's what I was getting at. These buildings will be right on top of each other, closer than any buildings of similar scale in downtown (not that that has to be a de facto constraint). And if there are modern examples (i.e., not built in the 1920s) of buildings of similar scale being built by different developers in a neighborhood otherwise barren of high rises, I'd be happy to walk back my comments.
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    Q: "Why did a globally renowned developer choose to build a 48-story tower versus a 50+-story tower?" A. He married his wife in 1948. B. He built the Galleria when he was 48. C. The economics of a 48-story building fit more in line with the market. D. There's a psychological effect with 50 stories. I just find it so hard to believe the answer is (D) and not (C). The above said, is there anything special about mixed use hotel/residential/office that changes the economics appreciably? Smaller floor plates OK for residential and hotel? Are the changing economy and changing tastes also changing old "rules" about optimal floor plates?
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    If you're listening through the MLB app (which you must be as 790 doesn't have online streaming rights) that has nothing to do with 790. Now why the Astros don't sell advertising, I'm not sure. (Astros announcers work for the Astros, not 790.)
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    Something also worth considering above, from an economic point of view that $31.2 million would not be incremental sales for HEB because they'd get a share of the 8,000 residents as it is driving to the Washington Avenue and Montrose store. It's made even more difficult because it's not like the downtown residential population is concentrated such that a store could be placed within comfortable walking distance of even 75% of the 8,000 people. Maybe some concept like Randall's Midtown would work. Looking at those statistics one kind of understands how Phoenicia works.
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    Oh Lord. North Lakeshore and Midtown Manhattan constitute "most other cities in the U.S." Look, you somehow think it's an indicator of a "real city" to have 2, what, 500,000 sf buildings taking up 75% of the same block on a street in a predominantly single family home residential neighborhood with no other building probably even 100,000 sf 0.5 miles in any direction because Chicago and Manhattan have plenty of examples of the same. Maybe everyone else on here agrees with you and I'm in the minority. But in my very humble opinion I'd say you have a pretty skewed view. I'd also say if you think this is a harbinger to Montrose becoming like Lake Shore or Midtown you're pretty delusional.
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    Um, buddy, those buildings are closer than any buildings of similar scale in Houston and the vast majority of other U.S. cities, probably because zoning requirements would specifically prohibit them. Have you even seen the site? Moreover, if your glib response is this is some sign of Houston becoming a "real city," I'd ask why on earth we (or any other city) would prefer such buildings on top of each other absent some integrated development plan. But feel free to share the multitude of similar examples from other "real cities."
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    In a residential neighborhood and closer than buildings are in any business district. I'd say it's pretty, er, groundbreaking as far as most U.S. cities go.
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