Drerx8

Did you tell them it wasn't?

Naw...I just listened and chuckled to myself

I was flying into Hobby and this father/son behind me were saying "I think that must be San Antonio" referring to the Galleria area...they were serious.

The north concourses will stay. The south concourses have always been planned to be temporary and will be replaced when the long term master plan is achieved. (This is all according to the master plan... I have no idea why they went temporary on the south side, but it's part of the master plan.) In any event, the new FIS and the existing central terminal would indeed have to be torn down in order to complete the full linear terminal arrangement.

Master plans are always tentative and remember this 2nd FIS is actually a new addition to this plan - Continental approached the city about this after the master plan was released. I honestly don't think the master plan will stay as is.

This design will stay. If the master plan goes to completion (which I doubt it would) then the linear terminals could be completed easily with little to no modification of the existing terminals. $1.2 Billion means significant expansion of flights from IAH. I'd imagine that all Mexico arrivals would be consolidated to this 2nd FIS. I can't wait for renderings...when are they going to break ground?

East side of DT will/is becoming a cool neighborhood. With MMP, Toyota Center, Church expansions, new park, etc... It would be great to get more residential with street level retail... I'm sure more projects will be announced and break ground in this part of DT over the next couple of years.

How do you estimate how many floors and/or heigth a building will be when the number of square feet is given?

Well for reference Chase Tower is almost 2 million sq. ft. and Heritage Plaza is about 1 million and change. So if this tower could be as much as 1.2 million sq.ft. think between 50 and 60 stories if it will sit on top of its own garage. If it was built at 600,000 sq.ft. I would guess that sits it at about 40 stories or so.