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for anyone interested in development, especially Houston Retail, to buy here is a good site that you might find interesting. http://www.reliantcommercial.com/Property.html

probably not as many as in the 80's, but hopefully some.

lol next time he gets left, tell him that suggestion ricco:P

Up Close: Oil, natural gas light up Houston's future 10:00 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 By Dan Lauck / 11 News KHOU-TV Experts expect the first diesel fuel, refined from natural gas, to reach the market in about three years. The oil boom of the 1970's -- when life was good, and it seemed as if everyone wanted a piece of Houston. It appears, according to some experts, that those days are on the horizon once again. Oil now sells at $43 a barrel, and predictions of going over $50 a barrel are now common. Always looming, of course, is the threat of terrorism. "If we see something like this, then all bets are off," said Professor Michael Economides. No wonder the Earth quakes. For 28 of the last 30 years, analyst John Olson has followed the supply and demand of oil with some predictability. "The forecasts from the various technicians out there say oil could go as high as $67 a barrel," Olson said. Even at $43 a barrel, life is changing -- for consumers, for companies and for entire countries. "We are beginning to see a real scramble for oil," said Olson. "There's going to be a lot of pain," Economides said. In the rest of the world, and in the rest of the country, yes; but not in Houston. "We will have the most dynamic economy in the country for the next five years," said Olson. "In another five years, I hope we will have shut down our office in New Orleans and moved everything here," said Patrice Chemin, VP of Torch Offshore. Torch Offshore, which lays pipelines across the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, just moved into its new Houston offices Friday. Five years ago, it had one employee in Houston. Now there are 25 people managing the company's deep-water contracts. Chemin believes this is where the whole company needs to be. "98 percent of our customers are here in Houston," she said. "We make a mixture of C-O and hydrogen," said Houston Professor Jim Richardson. "This is called reforming." This is the chemical process of what may be the emerging fuel of the next 30 years. It is created by breaking down natural gas into diesel fuel. "80 percent diesel and 20 percent gas," said Professor Richardson. There's nothing new about this process. "This is the old German technology, which fed on coal, which has been refined enormously," Professor Richardson said. Actually, it's World War II technology. The Germans, with no oil of their own to speak of, figured out a way to convert coal into diesel for their tanks. When the Arab oil embargo threatened U.S. in the 1970's, University of Houston Professor Jim Richardson, and others, refined the process to use natural gas. Then the embargo ended, and this technology was essentially shelved, only to be revived today. "The bright spot in this whole oil nightmare is really the emergence of natural gas," said Economides. Professor Economides, who writes and lectures around the world, said Houston is poised to lead the transition to natural gas. "We have the storage facilities, we have the ports, we have the technology and we have the people for this transition," he said. They expect the first diesel fuel, refined from natural gas, to reach the market in about three years. In the meantime, there is no need to worry about the world's oil companies running out of crude -- not at $43 a barrel. "Those refineries are minting money right now," said Olson. And they will be, for years to come.

Man, I have to go looking around for those signs to gather my senses.

lol, poor lady. And man too.

this must be going in that feild close to Taylor High on the south side of the Katy Freeway? And hopefully Katy Mills gets that hotel soon, because that should help a lot.

Holy crap, you're right, for some reason when hizzy posted that my mind went completely blank, I was thinking what he said was somewhere else in town. Sorry about that, thanks for pointing it out.

lol, no its just the skeleton of the building, where they built the new overpass past Fry Rd.

that's messed up...

Dont they ask the occupant if they can show the place?

yeah, I know, it just has the rendering. And I do believe it has started, its on the Katy freeway a little past Fry, big grey building cant miss it.

I guess you can say katy, its an unclaimed zone though. I live on Mason Rd. on the north side of the Katy Freeway.

nice photos.

That's dissappointing.

wow that's pretty cool, hopefully one passes Katy.

http://www.kpgarchitects.com/hosp.htm Im not sure of the date when it will be completed though.

It has already started.

I prefer H-E-B bettter, especially the one on Fry Rd. the wal-mart always has wrong prices on Fry.

It's that waterpark/aquarium i was talking about before the forums crashed. A Houston developer is planning a large complex that could anchor a marine aquarium, an indoor-outdoor water park and other entertainment features just east of the city of Katy. The Indigo Earth venture, billed as a "Houston entertainment oasis," is slated for 67 acres on the north side of the Katy Freeway, between Fry and Mason roads. According to Shawn Ackerman, vice president of Henry S. Miller Commercial, a statewide real estate broker, it's going to have an aquarium that will be 1.2 million gallons. By comparison, Moody Gardens in Galveston has 1.5 million gallons of salt water tanks. In addition to the aquatic features, the $150 million enterprise could include other attractions such as a skateboard park, a 3-D IMAX theater and 240,000 square feet of retail shops and restaurants. Although the developer would like to begin construction in May, it's probably more realistic to expect bulldozers to arrive on the site a month or two later. The developer expects the project's location to be enhanced once the Westgreen overpass on the Katy freeway is complete http://recenter.tamu.edu/mreports02/houston16.asp

I agree, i think New Orleans is a very unique, urban, gritty city. And I think it has a lot of great characteristics.

Some good news!

That's pretty! I hope it snows in Houston this year, it's been long enough, and we've had some unusual weather this year.

That Harwood St. Anne Court building is cool, especially because of the trees that are on top in the inside.