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  1. bachanon
    Awesome idea for a thread!
  2. bachanon
    rumors are just ......rumors. I wouldn't post it unless it was from a source usually in the know. if another haifer heard the same rumor from a different source, only then would there be reason for some level of expectation. Chevron's announcement, Shell's progress, and lack of additional chatter makes me think there could be other oil & gas companies. Time will tell. Baseball would be quite nice however...
  3. bachanon
    Thanks Red. I can always count on you.
  4. bachanon
    sounds rather definitive. 55 is better than 41. i hope it is at least that...................
  5. bachanon
    funny misterx................
  6. bachanon
    i threw that in for fun. i really wanted to choose 100+ for the hell of it but do not feel it is likely.
  7. bachanon
    Let's take a poll and see if HAIFers can predict the future.
  8. bachanon
    i had hopes that it would not compete with the design of bg group place. at 41 stories, it looks a little lost in the city from certain angles. if it is significantly taller, it will enhance the skyline greatly. shall we start betting on the new height?
  9. bachanon
    there is railroad frontage behind oak ridge north and flood plain snaking from south montgomery county to conroe on the east side of 45. also, land along 1314 between conroe and porter has thousands of acres owned by energy companies and contain natural gas lines. i drove from conroe to 242 on 1314 today and nothing is for sale. there used to be signs everywhere with acreage for sale, now there is nothing for sale. once you get past the rayford corridor and especially past 242, there is plenty of undeveloped land. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/23305-hardy-toll-road-extension-to-conroe/ we visited this subject back in 2010, but hctra is "harris county". i think montgomery county has to create it's own entity, hence the 500,000 dollar study. with this in the works, the woodlands/exxonmobil "effect" will jump 45 east with a vengeance in the coming two decades. i wish they would announce who is awarded the camp strake purchase. of course, if it's really good (as in an energy company) it could play out like the springwoods village/exxon scenario. ....not holding my breath.
  10. bachanon
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/toll-road-study-gets-go-ahead/article_0f00de5b-2626-5ae8-84ba-1370a007ffce.html toll road extension study approved to connect south montgomery county to conroe. toll road would go from say, the hardy toll road to loop 336 south, a mile or so east of the camp strake development, and to 105 east in conroe. is there weight to the rumor that shell or chevron want the camp strake property for a campus?
  11. bachanon
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/toll-road-study-gets-go-ahead/article_0f00de5b-2626-5ae8-84ba-1370a007ffce.html $500,000 Toll road study to connect South Montgomery County (ExxonMobil/The Woodlands/Grand Parkway/Hard Toll Road) to Conroe gets the go ahead.
  12. bachanon
    fingers crossed for a sensitive update. the building is just now 50 years old and represents a specific style. it would be a shame to take the easy way out and cover up it's best feature.
  13. bachanon
    super fun! thanks.
  14. bachanon
    In addition to minor league baseball; Chevron and Shell are rumoured to have placed bids on Camp Strake.
  15. bachanon
    I've followed the same stories regarding Shell and Chevron; I was surprised by the rumor.
  16. bachanon
    the top picture is a historic apartment building. the AIA museum district tour discussed it, but i do not remember the details.
  17. bachanon
    "The Foster Lumber Company originally owned a portion of the tract of land that was later developed into the community of Kingwood. The Foster Family had owned the land since around 1892.[5] On December 28, 1967, the land was sold to the joint venture between King Ranch and the Friendswood Development Company, an Exxon subsidiary.[6] Exxon's Friendswood Development Company hired John Bruton Jr. to serve as the Operations Manager in which he was responsible for the planning, development, engineering, and construction of Kingwood" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingwood,_Houston#cite_note-Kingwood.2C_Texas_Summary-6 the woodlands development didn't split from mitchell energy until late in the game. mitchell energy was mitchell energy & development. the development part of mitchel energy became the woodlands development company. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dom05
  18. bachanon
    the first tower is supposed to be 30 and the second 31; however, the second tower is built over a garage. the garage levels must be shorter than a normal floor maybe?
  19. bachanon
    http://impactnews.com/houston-metro/the-woodlands/mitchell-looks-to-develop-$35-million-performing-arts-center/ "Goodman said interest from the performing arts community in the project has been high and that initial plans called for the venue to have 400–500 seats. He said with the feedback Mitchell and the Goodman Corporation have received about the proposed venue, plans were re-drawn to include up to 1,800 seats. Phillip Duggins, artistic director for the Masquerade Theater in Houston, said the demand among the theater community for such a venue would be strong. “We would have an extreme interest in that,” Duggins said. “We’re already trying to work out deals with The Grand in Galveston. We’re always looking for other venues.” Masquerade Theater’s current home is the Hobby Center. The theater puts on five main stage shows per year and, combined with the theater’s other programs, produces about 20 shows per year—shows similar to ones that would be hosted by a performing arts center in The Woodlands." hughes landing could use a performance space, even if it's small and free to the public.
  20. bachanon
    oil/gas companies owned the land that became the woodlands (mitchell energy) and kingwood (exxon i think). exxonmobil needed the infrastructure that springwoods developed in order for exxon's new campus to get off the ground. the same could be true of 2,175 acres; 2,175 acres which is just down the street from where a planned extension of the hardy toll road will come out (south loop 336 in conroe).
  21. bachanon
    heard a rumor that that of the boy scouts' five offers for camp strake in conroe, just north of 1488, that two of the offers are from shell and chevron. minor league baseball has been publicly reported as having made an offer as well. although shell and chevron have popped up in rumors about a woodlands tower, downtown towers, and i think something was in the paper about shell expanding at a current location, they must be reviewing many options. a second large energy company just north of the woodlands would make the woodlands town center "bookended" and the center of a growing new city center. has anyone else heard the same?
  22. bachanon
    heard a rumor that that of the boy scouts' five offers for camp strake in conroe, just north of 1488, that two of the offers are from shell and chevron. minor league baseball has been publicly reported as having made an offer as well. although shell and chevron have popped up in rumors about a woodlands tower, downtown towers, and i think something was in the paper about shell expanding at a current location, they must be reviewing many options. a second large energy company just north of the woodlands would make the woodlands town center "bookended" and the center of a growing new city center. has anyone else heard the same?
  23. bachanon
    i love my town, but texasota speaks the truth.......lots of boring building in an expensive setting. fingers crossed for an interesting performing arts center or museum of natural science satellite.
  24. bachanon
    heard a rumor that that of the boy scouts' five offers for camp strake in conroe, just north of 1488, that two of the offers are from shell and chevron. minor league baseball has been publicly reported as having made an offer as well. although shell and chevron have popped up in rumors about a woodlands tower, downtown towers, and i think something was in the paper about shell expanding at a current location, they must be reviewing many options. a second large energy company just north of the woodlands would make the woodlands town center "bookended" and the center of a growing new city center. has anyone else heard the same?
  25. bachanon
    they are rather boring.
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