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    Apologies for the bump . . . but truly curious:
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    The developer didn't post the pictures, did it? It was the designer. Isn't the most logical explanation that the designer did it without the permission of the developer, which owns the work?
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    Maybe you should play the Belgian card.
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    It's entirely possible my experience in public-sector projects is completely different than how a project like this would work.
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    How often does this happen?
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    Thanks for that. I will preface the below by saying I am not an architect or engineer but have worked on the business side on airport projects (public sector--not private, so could be completely different). This is typically how those large-scale projects go down: -Prepare a demand forecast -Apply planning standards to determine facility requirements (square footage of bathrooms, concessions, holdrooms, etc., required) -Apply facility requirements to financial and physical constraints (site size, affordability, etc.) and state development guidelines--I'd call this program/project definition--a conceptual design typically falls out of this (I'd consider the renderings above a conceptual design) -Hand over project definition manual to architectural and engineering team for full design -Often enough during the full design process financial feasibility and other constraints are hit so the design gets "value engineered"--ornamental and difficult/expensive-to-construct elements are the first things removed. -Something different and "less impressive" gets built I assume that's what happened with the Alessandra. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe some developers really operate with a "bait and switch" MO to show "pretty pictures" on the front end (financing, government approvals) and never intend to build the "pretty pictures." I'd hope that was the exception rather than the rule, though.
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    ante (unless you were going for some sort of a pun?) an·te ˈan(t)ē/ noun 1. a stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards. verb 1. put up an amount as an ante in poker and similar games.
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    For context (as I do not know), does a replat like this automatically imply an impending development? Could it imply a parcel is being readied for sale? (The replat is even titled "U-Haul at San Jacinto.)
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    So like project definition you mean?
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    My experience makes me agree with the above. How can you get engineering plans and designs before beginning conceptual design?! I'm confused. These seem just a bit more ambitious. If there are budget constraints, the more expressive architectural elements will be the first to go.
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    The trams go more slowly in Melbourne
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    I obviously didn't search well enough. This article tells the story. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/Iconic-apartment-complex-near-Hobby-changes-hands-6324119.php The entire development was called Broadway Square, developed in the 1970s as JLWM8609 wrote. With 3300 units, the largest in Texas: At one time the complex had 3,300 units, but the elder Farb lost a portion of it to a lender and another in a divorce settlement. He died in 2006. Being close to an industrial part of town, Farb said, there was tremendous demand for housing when his grandfather built Broadway Square in the 1970s. The complex at 8751 Broadway is on 69 acres and has 11 swimming pools and 28 laundry rooms. Broadway Square is the largest multifamily property in Texas, according to Marcus & Millichap, which represented the buyer in the sale and announced the deal last week. ARA Newmark represented the seller, Post Investment Group. Terms were not released. With the acquisition, the new owner now controls about 80 acres in this area, including the Savannah apartments across Broadway. Plans include making improvements to the units in Broadway Square, and the new ownership is considering adding a convenience store with groceries. Levine could not provide information on rents but said they would continue to be "in line with the neighborhood."
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    I think in this sense it means the pedestrian-only areas between the buildings that have retail and restaurant outlets opening onto them. Melbourne is famous for them. http://www.traveller.com.au/six-of-the-best-melbourne-laneways-12wkbf
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    Hey thanks for the research. Surprising that land was not developed before then given the development around Gulfgate, Almeda Mall, and then Clear Lake.
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    Along this line, I suppose the Dennis-Albany-Helena-Drew block is staging for the Pearl-Whole Foods development?
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    Definitely dark and unimpressive.
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    Beige also much more difficult to keep clean in this climate. Eighteen 22 or whatever it's called already has turned green in parts.
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    I of course agree with you on the exterior of that building but it’s the nicest Embassy Suites I’ve ever stayed in ... it’s actually a great hotel.
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    Differences in architectural tastes aside, the idea of complaining over a conceptual design is absolutely nuts to me.
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    Hmmm both strike me as rather staid but OK. For the record I’m sure those are conceptual drawings anyway. Nothing would be designed until they won the right to build.
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    I don’t have a strong opinion one way or th other. I personally prefer it, though, to the Dallas and Austin examples (or at least don’t think it’s any worse) as I think they look cheap or equally uninspired. You can’t get any more boxy than Austin, no matter how much taller it may be. What recent hotel developments in non-tourist hotspots do you like?
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    So thus far your very strong opinion is the design is mediocre-at-best because: -it’s not tall enough -it doesn’t have condos -it’s glass -and it’s rectangular
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    I think some of us here might not think it's "mediocre-at-best." Can we start by acknowledging that?
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    That has certainly always been my impression of the W.
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