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5 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

Graffiti appeared.

 

 

That’s what they get for moving so

slow! 

Anyone heard anything about this? Wasn't this part of the 50 miles of bike lanes they were supposed to have started on by now? I rode Austin the other day and didn't see anything except signs for a bike route, but those have been there...

On 5/20/2019 at 8:46 AM, Houston19514 said:

I haven't found anything about a "Grand Opening, but according to their website, the new museum opens June 22.

Drove by on my bike yesterday, and stopped to look around and was approached by a crew member to make sure I wasnt just hanging around, lol. Asked him how they were doing, he said they are racing for the June 22nd opening to not only be on time, but they seem to be having some kind of soft opening event the Sunday before, so the 16th. Once they finish, he mentioned that some of the crew are staying in the area, so I assume he meant going to work on the Art Museum expansion (same construction company). 

Drive by this every day, and since it stopped raining their large construction crews have been at it every day, from when I leave for work to when I come back. It seemed like they have slowed down on knocking out the bricks on the windows, and stopped dragging stuff out from inside and onto the parking lot. A lot of new steel/metal being brought inside. The wonders of having an endowment with enough money to keep stuff on schedule...

12 minutes ago, htownproud said:

I think the location is great for the WF.  They will get local folks of course, but I imagine they will get loads of people going home from work down Smith on the way to the spur.  

For the local folks, I think that WF is gonna get a looot of traffic from the Montrose people right across the highway. Its a 5-6 min walk for all those people living in the apartments in Montrose on W. Alabama. If its get a lunch crowd, and/or maintains a steady dose of people, I can see other "health" oriented businesses moving close by to take advantage of people walking to and from.

Hell, Turkey Leg Hut isn't even healthy but their success on Almeda is causing so much overflow that you've had healthy food/retail pop ups on the weekends, foot traffic is nuts. I can see something similar happening with this WF.

2 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

 

But they haven't been fully leased - occupancy is sitting at 86%, with most of the newest stuff down in the 70's and the older stuff up in the 90's. They are not fully leased until they are in the 90's. I suspect that will happen this summer; if it doesn't, not a healthy sign.

 

If you spend time in downtown during M-Th from 6pm-10pm, you can see that people are using the streets and walking around but its joggers and people walking to go sit indoors at a bar. So people are moving in and occupying spaces. I think the "wall" is that other than the bars and random experience stuff, theres not much reason to be outside/push a person to move to downtown. At least Midtown has a smattering of parks and outside-friendly bars. That southern park can't come soon enough. If you're living at skyhouse, its kind of a walk to get to discovery green. Midtown on the other hand has people walking to the grocery stores and to do Zumba at the park and stuff. Its a weird contrast for sure. 

The speed of this project is kind of insane when compared to other office buildings/apartments that are going up. Every other set of pictures is either depicting a new floor or the support pillar going make its way above the new floor.

If they have the same timeline for the Preston...Hine might want to take some contracts in China to see if they can give them a run for their money. 😂

I've always wondered what that plot of trees was for. You can currently ride a bike or jog through it, but no one is ever over there, other than maybe coming out of that building. You might see a jogger or two making their way back to TMC.

This would resolve the common complaint I hear from friends/family who come to the park, that there isn't anywhere to really let the dogs loose. Very mindful/thoughtful of HPC!

New Development on the McKee and Hardy road going North out of Downtown. Slow, but steady work on these pike paths is happening. The armadillos are coming soon, apparently.