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1 hour ago, wxman said:

Where are we at on this building? How many more floors? I know it's early but it doesn't look as imposing as it does in some of the early renderings to me. Is it just me?

36 going onto 37? Looks like we have 11-10 more floors to go with this one, also a pretty good sized crown that will add to the imposing factor.  

Going off of this massing diagram from @blakevirgilio on page 16 of this thread. It looks like we have 180 more feet to go in terms of floors, and the crown adds an additional 35-45 ft to it?

 

Going off this it might as well be a 50 floor skyscraper. I think as a community we should include the crowns as part of the floor count. All we need to do is divide it by the average height of each floor and just like magic add these extra floors to the count. 

You know since the walkable places ordinance has passed, and this is technically on a secondary TOD street, wouldn't they be able to apply for the TOD designation? Allowing them to build what they originally wanted to build? 

 

I have a good feeling this is what this site has been waiting for, and when the TOD application portal opens they can opt out of the restrictive ordinance they're currently in. 

 

idk, this is all just speculation, but it might lay credence to why they haven't broken ground yet. 

 

Edit: Going off the 1/4 mile rule it might even be able to get Primary TOD designation.

Quite a few updates in the last meeting.

 

Law school: 

Budget: $90M

Square Feet 179k SF

Floors: 5

Completion: August 2022

Architect/Engineer: Shepley Bulfinch

Contractor: Austin Commercial

 

Much darker color scheme, looks pretty good too. 

 

Arts Walk:

Closing off this street and making it more of a long park/green walkway with the intention to make the campus feel more walkable, welcoming, and memorable.

 

Centennial Plaza:

Don't really have much information on this but it looks like they're intending to link it with the athletic side of campus. 

 

 

Medical school:

@Paco Jones Literally 4 months ahead of the game. 

Also seems a bit longer than the previous version, but shorter by 1 floor. I like it ngl.

Budget: $80M

Square Feet: 130k SF

Floors: 3

Completion: August 2022

Architect/Engineer: Page Architects

Contractor: Vaughn Construction

 

There's quite a bit of information given on this map, especially when it comes to future building footprints. 

>> They intend to develop a full on medical campus. Basically A UH health district stated by robalob's update on page 25. Honestly this is probably the most exciting part

>> New Buildings on lot 12A/12B,  I'm assuming a new garage and football operations building respectively

>> A whole slew of buildings on lot 16, purpose is unknown though

>> What looks to be a building on part of lot 19C or 19E, idk but there's something going there

>> Building going on lot 19D which is by Durga D. and Sushila Agrawal Engineering Research Building, and whatever that patch of dead grass is by it. Also looks like they plan to put a pond next to it? Lots of detention ponds in the plan. 

>> A large building planned on the lot by the General Services Building, and a few smaller ones too.

>> New Law Center on lot 19B

>> Something to the right of the Rec center and health center, with a large detention pond

>> New building on lot 6A by the Quads and CV2

>> New building on Lot 13A by the Heyne building

>> New building coming from Cullen Blvd to McElhinney Hall

>> slew of new buildings going across lots 10A, all of lot 9, and 8B it seems

>> What I assume to be a new garage taking up part of lot 4A

>> different floor plan for the tech annex compared to rn, good chance that's getting replaced

>> New food hall where the old satellite used to be

>> New moody building 😢

>> A lot of new greenspaces

 

That's it for now, also if you find anything on the map I missed ping me. Guess we need to prepare for the next 7 years cause UH is going to be booming. 

Found some stuff from the planning commission. 

 

Site Plan:

 

sectioning of the two bottom buildings: 

 

2d rendering of the phase 1 mixed use (4 floors) and a building elevation of the phase 2 mixed use (20 floors)

 

Looks to be another big mixed use development. Probably going to be a pretty bustling lot when completely developed. IMO mixed used = best use for 24/7 activity. 

31 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

 

 

Hmmmm...  I meant to post it here as well (and thought I had).

 

There seems to be some movement here.  Scroll to page 73

 

Rendering and massing 

 

 

There's an absolute crap ton of information provided by @Houston19514 in that pdf (also includes i-45 redo, and many, many other things). 

 

Main takeaways: 

>> completion sometime 2021!?!?!?

>> being redeveloped by Phoenix Development Partners

>> includes 482 units with 100 units given the affordable designation

>> 345 efficiency (362 sf), 22 efficiency +(467sf), 92 studio (507-585 sf), 22 two bedroom and two bath (1038 sf)

>> 482 total parking spaces, also a bike storage area totaling 521 sf on the ground floor.

>> 1257 sf of ground floor retail 

>> Garage roof 

>> ground floor plan with Bike Storage

 

Again going to quote @Houston19514 for giving us this monstrous amount of information, which also includes much more than what I posted. Including garage floor plan, rooftop floor plan, efficiency/studo/bedroom floor plan, etc. 

45 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:

 

 

Hmmmm...  I meant to post it here as well (and thought I had).

 

There seems to be some movement here.  Scroll to page 73

 

 

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Entrance to the east side parking lot is blocked.

Found a couple permits going over the core buildings. Wonder if that has anything to do with the lot block off. 

 

Both permits are carbon copies of each other, maybe they're going through each parcel of the helix? Now going back to @Highrise Tower post, it's basically the same thing with with the exception of newer date, permit type, and buyer/address.

 

Also does anybody know what these permit types mean? for example the AM and PX ones. 

 

Good chance ground breaking is soon, those barriers look oddly ground breaking like. 

Some more info and renderings 

 

Couldn't get any pics, but they're digging real deep on this one. I'm saying it's already a floor and a half down. 

Literally tearing up the whole street, also looks like part of the new sidewalks are in. 

 

 

 

 

Looking real good

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food hall and commisary build out permits. Looks like we're getting even more food options in and near Downtown. 

 

Full list:

Looks like this one is going up 🥳

 

 

 

Full List:

Ladies and gentlemen... We have a permit.