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  1. toxtethogrady
    You also bring your Trader Joe's Bran Flakes to the office?
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    It had me thinking he was coming back from a rave in Ibiza.
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    Just tell me if they're driving Audis.
  4. toxtethogrady
    I think we drove Volkswagen Beetles back in 1974.
  5. toxtethogrady
    That was Austin 20 years ago. It worked real well, didn't it?
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    So we have a disagreement, unless Crosspoint and Senterra are developing the property together. This is the same block that was envisioned for a 16-story residential. In any event, Van Loc just closed for good.
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    The building permit for Elan Memorial Park East showed up in the permits section of the HBJ. I do not know if it's Phase I or Phase II. It's at 920 Westcott Street, if that's any hint.
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    That might be the Randall Davis building. Or even the Skyhouse. I can't tell from the placement.
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    I'm getting a Gerald Hines vibe from it. Okay, but not spectacular.
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    I suspect this concept is dead, the land is changing hands and the new developer is behind the office building and the other highrises.
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    And in a nod to true HSPVA tradition, there's a trombone player rehearsing in there...
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    Yay! They twerked the design. (At least on that side). I can see Mr. Trongone in the orchestra room shouting, "Hahns! What am I heah for??"
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    At the moment, 59 is not as jam-packed with development as 45, 290 and 10 are. So there's room to grow. But at this pace of development, they may soon have to stretch the Woodlands district all the way to the statue of Sam Houston.
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    Pad sites for those make sense.
  15. toxtethogrady
    10,000 and 8,000 sf? Those are shacks. What's going in them?
  16. toxtethogrady
    No one will touch that property unless they think they can get a higher and better use out of it.
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    Seems like only yesterday the cranes went up.
  18. toxtethogrady
    The Hamilton was the subject of an urban blogger's post, picked up by Swamplot. He makes some valid points; neartown Houston, pricewise, is not family friendly. It isn't really affordable for many folks. Affordable housing needs to be incentivized. http://www.cdandrews.com/2014/10/downtown-houston-families-and.html
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    There seem to be quite a few lots being stripped and graded; signs of more to come?
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    Only 46 floors, though. It sounds like this building will not be as tall as some were hoping.
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    I think this is a non-news event, since I don't know if this bid advertisement is new or old. Normally, they would not post a request unless there were some movement expected (after all, why advertise something if you're still just contemplating your navel?). Let's watch oil prices - which are in the low $80s at the moment.
  22. toxtethogrady
    Plenty of lots being cleared off. The developers seem to like digging holes. And to be fair, it's only been one frigging week. Don't rush them.
  23. toxtethogrady
    "Shotgun shacks" = "Rowhouses".
  24. toxtethogrady
    So what should be incubated? No one seems to have done much with the superconductors and Buckyballs (which WERE invented in Houston), and I'm not sure what else there is in the way of tech that isn't duplicated in other towns. Maybe it's just better to bring in more museums/art galleries/restaurants/theaters/residential blocks. And a grocery; it's a food desert down there.
  25. toxtethogrady
    Well. nice try. Maybe they can try their magic on that old Days Inn (our own little slice of downtown Detroit).
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