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The model of the project that guy is standing behind sure this make the Oaks District look loverly. How long do we have to wait til this starts construction? With this and BLVD Place trying to come online at the same time, Regent Place starting construction anytime now, West Ave already under construction, and the High Street proposal, does it seem like overkill to anyone? Or can Houston support all of these projects? I feel one of these projects will be killed, or groundbreaking will be delayed by 10 years. Most likely High Street, because all the other projects seems to far along.

Wow, 4 Texas made that list, tying us with California and Florida. I wouldn't have guessed Houston would have been higher than some of the cities it beat on that list.

If it's built in Houston, I say tear down Northwest Mall (it's a useless mall anyways) and built it there. There would be enough room for the huge base it would need (and fake lake, as I learned from Dubai, your tall towers have gotta have a fake lake) and it would be close to uptown and downtown, but not kill those skylines. So you could take pictures of the downtown skyline, uptown skyline, and Freakishly Tall Tower. Just hopefully there wouldn't be too many wrecks at the 290/610 interchange because of people gawking at the thing as they drive by.

Okay, now back to planning that trip to Mars....

Someone mentioned it earlier, but the rendering does look like the one for the Mandarin in Chicago. We could be getting a Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Mandarin Oriental Residences downtown. Of course this is just one rendering, but let's let the rumors fly!

Maybe this is the secret project the mayor was all giddy about a couple months ago?

Oh yeah, and would this be considered one of the last seedy blocks on Main? In one of the articles about downtown recently, something was mentioned about a project being planned for one of the last "seedy" blocks on Main. I think it might have been when Discovery Tower was announced.

Has anyone heard of the proposed project in Vegas called WET? I think something like that would be great for the dome, more so than friggin gondola rides or whatever, but I guess anything would be better than nothing for the dome, as long as it's not demolished.

Okay, so if those numbers are right, does mean the Houston area is now the sixth largest metro in the country? Anybody with good math skills know?

But what's going on around MMP? The curiosity is killing me.

and the water looked....BLUE! I think their putting dye in it or something.

Is this sarcasm? Or did the water really look...........blue?

It has a Lazy River!! Awww man, if only I had money.

Not to get too far off topic, but I love that building The Aqua they had in the article. Maybe we'll get some buildings like that around our park.

So I was listening to XM Radio, it was the 20 on 20 station, where they play the 20 most requested songs, anyways, this one song came on called "Hate Me" by a band called Blue October, and then I heard the song on regular radio also. I enjoyed it, so I looked it up, and turns out the band is from Houston. Did anyone else know about these guys? A lot of hip-hop has been coming out of Houston lately, but this is the first rock band I know of. They're even on VH1's "You Oughta Know..."

I can see Ritz Carlton opening in the Boulevard or even a W there.

Well from the rumors I've read just around here, it would seem that the Ritz is interested in Boulvard Place, while the W is interested in High Street

Okay, I know the article said they're trying to retain existing retailers, but what are the chances they'd actually be able to keep Eatzi's? I love the place and wouldn't want them to move too far, like out to freaking West Houson or something, but I don't know if they'd want to be next to a Whole Foods Flagship. Maybe they could be part of the High Street Project?

Lucky Strike goes for that nightclub/ultralounge feeling, but with a big ol bowling alley in the middle, that's suppose to be what makes it upscale. You'll see ladies drinking their cosmos as they go for a strike......it's odd, but fun.

So it's about two weeks til May. Has anyone heard if groundbreaking is still planned for May?

42 stories?? Oh I hope I hope I hope, but I'm having trouble picturing the exact location, is this the spot by Nordstroms?

I think Chicago would get 2016 before NYC would. NYC went for the 2012 games, they lost, so now they're going ahead with different stadium plans, and won't be planning to use them as an Olympic Stadium. I think Chicago will get the 2016 US bid.

So does anyone know the status of Boulvard Place? Is it dead? I know the Westcreek project proposal has come out, and with it being so close to Boulvard Place, it seems like only one will make it out alive.

When I saw a special on the Discovery Channel about the building of the ski resort in Dubai, I was hoping they would do something like that at the Astrodome, but oh well, Dallas is only a few hours away

Well I wasn't thinking exactly like the Navy Pier, maybe something more like a sideways Navy Pier, wide instead of long. Something that would help the Strand out, because as is, The Strand isn't exactly a shopping destination to go out of your way for, unless you want T-shirts. Althought I must admit, I've never been to the Strand at night, so I have no idea if they have a nightlife, but it would be cool to see it with more bars and restaurants also, along with some Navy Pier type thing, then add the other island attractions, like Schlitterbahn and Moody Gardens, and I forgot what my point was, it's too late to be typing

Okay, duh, a sideways Navy Pier would be a boardwalk, I'm not always the brightest

Has anyone been to the Navy Pier in Chicago? I'd like to something kinda like that in Galveston. I guess I'm also gaudy at heart.

the financing is going to be real tricky on that deal. one of the problems is the HISD redevelopment and the feasibility of a comparable project in the same submarket. the good news is that they recently purchased additional land, so they are moving forward and spending some big $$.

Okay, since I can't go without asking, what about Boulevard Place?

Wow, that thing is a lot bigger than I thought it would be, I guess just looking at the empty rail yard, it was hard to visualize. Is this a serious proposal, or a dream pie in the sky type thing?

Where exactly is the Cinemark being built?

By the food court, where that carousel is.