OkieEric

The crane is up along Main St.  Once the Medistar/Greystar cranes go up as well it should make for some pretty good TMC skyline shots.  Not sure you can really capture all of the activity from a single vantage point, though

15 minutes ago, Urbannizer said:

Is 6700 Main the same site they planned to build a 40-story residential tower back in 07/08?

Looks like that was 6600 Main, or at the corner of Main and Dryden

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146836

Not sure if this link is going to work, but apparently that plot of land (still a parking lot) is owned by St. Luke's:

HCAD Link

2 hours ago, bobruss said:

Stopped by the site this afternoon and talked to the crew chief. He said that they were excavating the site to 17 feet below ground. 

He also said something that was very interesting. He said that once this project is finished there is talk  that the hotel just north of this site  

will be demolished and a sixty six story tower will take its place. Nice rumor. Images of the excavation will come when Brijonmang downloads for me.

Hmm....apparently Medistar owns the Best Western (6700 Main) as well

The one on Holcombe was nice enough, but we never really went to it for some reason.  I'd love for a Trader Joe's to come into that spot but it's probably too close to the one on Shepherd

I drove by this site tonight on Fannin and saw some "Common Ground" signs (which are also visible in Street View).  Here is the flier for the listings:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x63d4xugyutyaw6/Midtown.3.Acres.pdf?dl=0

Undoubtedly the block on the lower left is the one indicated in the Caydon brochure, but from this it looks like that Art Supply building wasn't part of the deal?

Some more detail on this in a recent HOK publication - nothing new in terms of those renderings (despite the super-imposed image of downtown instead of the medical center!), but the 2nd page has some additional description about their concept

https://issuu.com/hoknetwork/docs/hok_master_planning__landscape_arch/126

On 4/27/2016 at 9:16 AM, htownproud said:

I think it may be 2506 Shakespeare.  The units appear to be on sale on HAR (e.g., http://www.har.com/2506-shakespeare--301/sale_13200124)

 

 

You're right - it totally escaped me that the location is on the North side of Shakespeare.  I guess it will be right next to those Rice apartments.  They didn't waste any time listing these

Looks like we were generally correct about the location:

http://www.chateauten.com/location.html

Maybe 2511 and 2513 Shakespeare?  Both appear to have the same owners ("Catherine III LP" and "Catherine V LP")

17 minutes ago, CrockpotandGravel said:

There's a thread on this already. Mods please merge:
 

 

This is actually a separate topic - this parcel of land is unrelated to TMC3, it's just in the same area of town.  At this point it's just a large piece of land for sale

Saw this article in the chron this morning -

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/As-far-as-land-goes-large-tract-near-Medical-7252410.php

Does anyone know where to find the marketing materials?  I checked out the Cushman & Wakefield website but couldn't locate it.  

It's not quite as close to TMC3 as Nancy seems to think (I think she's looking at the wrong parking lot), but still relatively close

10 hours ago, plumber2 said:

I walked by this site the other day, and walked around back along the bayou and then back up to Fannin St. I'm curious as to how the UT Health building sets so close to the bayou bank, while this building and the existing Coleman campus property line is much further back. 

That appears to be the UT Health parking garage, and it really does intrude - the upper trail just squeezes by it, and there are obvious issues with erosion.  I'm guessing they will have to use a wall along that section with Project Brays as I'm not sure how else you could widen the channel

From yesterday - kinda cool seeing a crane along the bayou.  This will be 53' higher than the UT building next door (the shorter orange buildings).  The next Project Brays segment is slated to be through this section, and the (hopefully) eventual 7200 Main site is to the left.  And yes, that's a small, perennial homeless encampment under the Greenbriar bridge

17 minutes ago, Urbannizer said:

Construction begins today!

Is there an article out on it?  I know that was the schedule they announced last month

I drove by this morning and looked more or less the same - closed off, ongoing utility work, ceremonial pile of dirt in the middle of the lot.  I will check it out on the way home, though

Still wondering when they will announce the hotel brand (and if it's still Intercontinental)

On 3/17/2016 at 3:50 PM, Moonb007 said:

I drove in the Medcenter today and noticed a tent in the parking lot that is closed.  Maybe they will be doing a groundbreaking ceremony in the coming days.

I think you're right, I saw the tent as well and it looked the part.  Now there's just a big pile of dirt there, so they must have done it over the weekend

Website is up for the apartments but not much to see yet:

http://www.ascentmedcenter.com/

Parking lot is finally closed, so hopefully they are breaking ground soon

If that is the case, then the rendering is missing about 50 homeless people with garbage all over the place.  Perhaps they could draw some squiggly lines coming up from the ground to indicate the stench of urine as well.   

 

Seriously, it would great if this got built, but I can't imagine going to a doctor's office on that corner.  

No joke.  It's by far the biggest eyesore on my daily drive in - it's quite a contrast to go from Museum District to that area to cranes and high dollar apartments popping up along Travis.  For the Super Bowl, any folks driving in from the med center/NRG area along Main or any folks taking the rail up will get an eye full

I don't know what the story is with Peggy Point Plaza but I just noticed (a year late) it has been fenced off (previous thread here http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/31851-public-parks-fences-and-the-homeless/).  I think the church or some other group feeds people around there as I occasionally see a ton of homeless folks behind the fence in line.  I'm kind of going OT here but the homeless probably tend to congregate there as well since it's convenient to the rail - I don't take the rail during the week but I know on the weekends I often see a number of homeless people in there

UT closed on another 50 acres

Looks like the school closed on the land this week

The article does say West University "area".  Looks like it will be in 77030 zip, not 77005

I noticed a friend check in on facebook at "Rice Village at West University" recently - it's not the main check in ("Rice Village District" is) but apparently a lot of people associate Rice Village with West U

Even a Houston visitor's website seems to infer that Rice University itself is in the West University "area"

http://www.visithoustontexas.com/about-houston/neighborhoods/west-university-rice-village/

This must be coming to Shakespeare between Kirby and Morningside as Shakespeare becomes Fenwood on the other side of Kirby and dies out after a couple of blocks.  I'm not familiar with West U deed restrictions and zoning but I can't believe something like this would be allowed on Fenwood

There are several decent size plots of land (like 2515 Shakespeare) that might fit the bill here, but not sure.  That's the closest plot size I can find but it's currently the home of some older condos

 

 

An ambitious, expensive and maybe misguided project to lure the cruise ship industry to Houston, and perhaps away from Galveston, is failing and will most likely be re-purposed for another use.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/houston-cruise-ship-terminal-likely-to-shut-down