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12 minutes ago, Pitts said:

It will be harder to determine exactly what the feel of the area will be after the 45 reroute. All the new bars and restaurants in this area will now be immediately facing a massive freeway. And of course everything on the other side of St.E will be demolished. The noise and visual blight may be enough to kill this part of town.

will now be immediately facing a massive freeway underneath a park..  If that park happens it will be a great thing for Eado.  Klyde Warren didn't exactly kill that part of Dallas.

5 minutes ago, Triton said:

This will replace the Best Western?

Correct.

"The project will take two years to build, Hourani said. It'll sit at the site of the Best Western at 6700 Main St., which Medistar bought around 2006 or so, Hourani said. Medistar will demolish the hotel in the second or third quarter of 2018; the construction will coincide with the tower's groundbreaking."

Pending UT approval, of course.  Really hoping the vote goes through at their next Board of Regents Meeting.

This project doesn't happen without parking.  This is a fantastic project for the area and I live one block from here so as a nearby resident and user of these trails, I love it.

There are 400 unit apartment complexes along Washington, yes.  The amount of new apartments/townhomes and development within a 6 block walking distance of Washington is a fair amount of people, specifically young people that would use this transit.  I think it would be very successful.

I could see HEB being in a mixed-use project on the south side of Downtown, capturing both Downtown/Midtown, and WF on the north side more towards Market Square since that is more their clientele.  With the Astros winning the World Series and Crane's plan to put a park next to MMP, I am very excited for the next residential boom in downtown and all that will come with it. 

What would be the barriers towards using the land that is currently Hermann Park Golf Course?  Surrounded by Running Trails, Brays Bayou and adjacent to TMC, TMC3, Rice University and Museum District.  Short walk to Red Line station, so direct access to all Houston sporting arenas, midtown, downtown, etc.  Access from 59 and 288.  Although it's owned by TMC, the Nabisco Building is two blocks away and has 600,000 SF, which I believe only 100,000 is being used by TMCX and JLABS.

Thoughts on why it can't happen?

Has anyone heard of a development going up on the Northeast corner of 5th and Yale across from the Alexan?  It's been fenced off for a few days with a sign saying 'Spring 2018 9,000 SF Retail'.

I have no inside information, but feel good about this building not changing its facade.  They are really targeting Chinese capital, and the fact that ICBC just moved into a full-floor at Williams Tower tells me Houston is continuing to be a big gateway market for Asian investment.  I wouldn't be surprised if the equity partner came from China and then ICBC provided the construction loan.

Failed to reference, but HBJ article states: 'The Houston office is expected to offer corporate lending, real estate lending, cash management and credit card financial services'

1 hour ago, Urbannizer said:

Could this be referring to International Tower? Or is it something else altogether?

 

https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/office/hints-of-houstons-next-skyscraper-79679

 

 

 

Chronicle Site - Hines

59 minutes ago, Urbannizer said:

Could this be referring to International Tower? Or is it something else altogether?

 

https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/office/hints-of-houstons-next-skyscraper-79679

 

 

 

Chronicle Site - Hines

2 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said:

Has shell vacated?  Was it really 60% of the building?

 

any news on leasing to a new tenant(s)?

Yes.  A lease was recently signed for about 20 of the Shell floors

1 hour ago, cityliving said:

Groundbreaking set for October. 

Can you elaborate on source?

On 8/12/2017 at 11:43 AM, urbanize713 said:

 

 

 

I would love to see a picture of this from someone flying into town at night, or if a network picked it up for a Rockets/Playoff baseball game.

57 minutes ago, houstontexasjack said:

Looking at the text a bit more closely, it appears Caydon is not moving forward with additional towers on these sites, at least not in the near future--the Greensheet building is being renovated, for example.  However, additional retail and residential is most welcome in that area.

The Greensheet building being renovated does not mean they are not moving forward - the Caydon site surrounds the building and is excluded.  If anything, I would guess they start working on plans sooner rather than later.

This strikes me as a 'Bank of the Southwest' type project.  Overly ambitious as a result of the times and never gets built.  Hope I'm wrong as this would be awesome, but it just feels that way.

Marketing material for the office building.

My guess is we will start seeing glass curtain wall in the next 4-6 weeks.

Ahhh must have overlooked/missed this.  Sorrey

Hopdoddy in the Heights. 

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/07/18/popular-austin-burger-joint-hopdoddy-to-open-in.html

The increased density is jaw-dropping.  This is a great shot.

The Catalyst sign is up at the base of the building and looks great.  Sorry was unable to take a picture, but it looks very nice from the street.