wxman

I looked at it this morning. Really coming along now! Soon the entire steel skeleton will be complete...at the rate their moving, maybe by March 1st.

Looks like somebody changed title of this thread to 30 stories instead of 39. Has this tower been reduced in the number of floors originally proposed?

Any word on this? Now that building is vacated, will they move forward with demo?

Before I get excited, what are the chances of this actually getting built? I saw today we may be looking at a recession soon.

I think I just dropped a load in my undies. Excuse me while I open a window.

It only has 15 more floors plus crown? About another 180 feet?

That's still quite a bit of height. This is the biggest skyscraper since Heritage Plaza. "Only 15 floors" is still a long ways to go and will be magnified the higher up it gets.

I count about 20 floors. Looks like maybe another 4 floors to go plus the crown which will add another 5 floors or so. It's amazing how much this building DOMINATES the west loop. I wonder if Fertitta's tower will have the same feel?

Went and found the link for the oxblue camera. Getting a much closer look at the floors now that it's over 30 stories up. Can also see other projects rising.

http://oxblue.com/open/Hines/609Main

http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviation/air-new-zealand-doubles-down-on-houston-route-20160120-gmahlj.html

Glad to hear the route seems to be performing well.

That's great news! Still hoping that somebody can capture a picture of ANZ at IAH. Been looking at going back down under and the fares from Houston to Auckland aren't terrible ($1650-$1800) 

I think it's important, to an extent, for us, the COH, to have unfishined projects in the process of rising when the Superbowl comes to town next year. I think it would look good on the city to see construction cranes on every corner like there is now indicating a robust economy that is struggling to keep up with the population and job growth.

In February 2017, 609 Main should still have cranes over it along with this apartment tower, perhaps the hotel next door, Texas Children's expansion tower, Fertitta's tower on the west loop and God only knows what other projects will be coming out of the ground at that point. What other projects will still be UC at that time?

Btw, the old building, when looking down on it from googlemaps, was designed to look like an over-the-shoulder camera (a 1960s/early 70s over-the-shoulder camera).

If only it was 30 floors taller lol. Even so, it's a great looking building! Far better than the 10 story block of masonry that stood there before it.

This project is a damn joke and it's depressing to look at. Please just let this project slip into the bowels of this forum never to be seen again.

We had a GREAT experience on Air New Zealand. We flew from LA to Auckland and on to Sydney and thought the American carriers paled in comparison to what ANZ offered. 

Did anybody capture the ANZ 787 at IAH last week? Just curious...

Looks like a lot of shops in that strip center close to the corner of Rayford and the North Frwy (where Krabby Daddy's is) are beginning to close up and leases aren't being renewed. I'm not sure if this development is moving forward or not.

In that last picture, it sort of gives you an idea of what 6 Houston Center would have looked like given the same general location and the building being about 30 stories tall now. Not much impact.

This thing is finally starting to come along fairly nicely now. Excited to see the finished product!

If you go to the direct link to my pics above in super jumbo form, you can see that the floor that they are working now is different than the ones that they have put in below. I think they are close to topping this thing out.  

 

http://i.imgur.com/p29cNe1.jpg

Agreed. Looks like they are working on the tapered floors. I suspect this tower is as dominating as it's going to get now.

I count 19 floors-ish so looks like another 5 floors to go. Keep in mind that there is also a crown on this building so it'll have the feel of a 30-story building when it's done. Already driving down the west loop it looks a helluva lot bigger than it is. I mean this thing dominates!

So this is 3 buildings with the tallest, 35-story tower, being in the center. I wonder how tall the other two towers will be?

Ugh, I hate when big projects are brought from the bowels of this forum. As much as  I like this William's Tower cousin, I doubt it'll ever see the light of day---simply based on nothing. Just a hunch.

Is this down to 19 stories instead of 25 now or will their be a parking garage under it?

on page 4, I saw a post that seems to indicate this would have been 40 stories. So I guess this has shrunk down to 30 stories?

None of the above maps service the North Frwy corridor or the northern burbs. Goes to show just how of touch they are. Not to mention, I'm fairly certain that the North Frwy is either the first or second most congested in the city. It sure as hell isn't the Estex.