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8 minutes ago, wilcal said:

Chatted with an attorney today who was doing fact-finding for a contractor who had not been paid for a significant part of their work on this project. He seemed to think that there are several construction liens against the property. 

Looks like last permit activity was some electrical last fall.

Oh no! That means it might sit empty for years going through litigation. Unfortunately, the homeless will probably occupy it during that time.

Steel has started going up on the UH football operations center. I like how they are using the existing load bearing columns. This has saved a lot on foundation cost.

10 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I thought the Matrix was up for sale.

4 hours ago, hindesky said:

 

Oh, I thought that was going to be a swimming pool but I guess not since it looks like grass and dirt is in it.

So where is the pool?

3 hours ago, samagon said:

it's hard to see on any of the photos except this one, but the top right, you can see a walkway, there's an entrance to the building, that is what will be the entry/exit, the portion that still has excavators, and work trucks, that is going to not be open until the complete building is open later this year.

whether Feb5, or later next week, or even early the following week, we're closer than it looks from these photos.

So now we know.

https://x.com/TheDailyCougar/status/1752108421497712905?s=20

https://thedailycougar.com/2024/01/29/new-dining-facility-delayed-name-changed/

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

Hmmm . . . I don't think the Hub is going to make that Feb 5 opening date. That's less than 2 weeks away.

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

The football ops building is going to be an interesting build to watch. It appears the support footing is already in place on the concourse from the dismantled bleachers.

Also, the roof of the existing structure looks to already have support column structure that was going to be used for expansion up to 60K.

It appears they may have saved a lot of money using the existing support system for part of the new building but we shall see how much of it they will use. 

New construction cam pics of the Memorial Hermann Football Operations Center at the University of Houston TDECU Stadium. 

They removed the video board and the second level bleachers.

4 hours ago, samagon said:

extra info that I have. Feb 5 is the day it will open. however, this opening will only include half of the interior, the other half will be completed a bit later with a temp wall between.

So on February 6th, I will be able to go in there at lunch time and get some food and sit down at a table and eat it.

If you say so.

1 hour ago, hindesky said:

It must have the same developer or work crew as the Sovereign apartments in downtown.

 

Although they did fix and patch the are where they excavated the waterline.

I noticed in the background of one of your pics, there are townhomes/apartments under construction. There seems to be a lot of these going up north and west of UH. Anything is better than those dilapidated houses. 

2 minutes ago, Buy-U-City said:

Gross and utterly depressing

Well it's an affordable private student housing building so it's not supposed to be pretty with lots of amenities.

Nearby, there are 2 luxury private student housing buildings that gives you lots of amenities. 

4 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I'm not sure this is going to be ready in January 2024.

29 minutes ago, Triton said:

Wow even the text for the building looks wrong. Congrats whoever built this. You managed to make everything wrong about this development.

It was supposed to look like this but they went with the cheap motel look instead. 

2 hours ago, hindesky said:

Not this semester.

Oops! City inspections will make you get it right.

I still can't believe the city will allow unprotected utility poles reside in a parking lot. I guess they will wait until someone dies from an electric wire after a car knocks over the pole.

15 minutes ago, hindesky said:

Wow, they are really close to the student move-in date and there seems like quite a few exterior things not finished. I'm guessing the interior and rooms are done.

17 minutes ago, hindesky said:

Don't count your students till the pipe is fixed.

That looks like rebar in that fenced dirt area. I guess they are getting ready to pour concrete for a parking lot. 

I still don't like the utility poles with no barrier in the parking lot along the street. Someone is going to hit one and cause a dangerous situation. I cannot believe the city approved that.

17 minutes ago, hindesky said:

I wonder how many times will cars knock the utility poles down before they decide to run the lines underground or put bearers around them. It's inevitable. 

19 minutes ago, Texasota said:

It's rare that a brand new building looks 40 years old and poorly maintained.

It looks like a sleazy motel or homeless shelter. I'll give it a pass if it's affordable student housing. 

6 hours ago, hindesky said:

The front facade looks like a mega church.

6 hours ago, hindesky said:

This "might" "maybe" "tentatively" "hesitantly" be finally be finished for the upcoming fall semester. 

Those utility poles in the parking lot are not going to last once cars start using the same space. SMH

1 hour ago, Bassclef said:

I’m surprised you thought this would happen. Houston doesn’t build buildings this tall anymore. I knew it wasn’t going to happen when buzz about this came out.

With employers letting employees work from home, there will be less demand for office space. 

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On 11/1/2022 at 8:13 AM, hindesky said:

Google Maps has new satellite views up as of today. Still about 9 months old but better than the 3-4 year old view.

There seems to be some areas of Houston that are not updated like the UH area and around GRB.

Edit: I was referring to the Google Maps 2D on my cell phone.

Edit again, .: the Google Map on my cell phone finally updated.