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  1. toxtethogrady
    BisNow says the Alessandra is still scheduled to open in late 2016. One of the hold-ups is the same thing that is affecting all Houston projects - it's taken longer to get started because of higher costs and labor shortages. That may only get worse.
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    Good soundproofing should make this a non-factor. Fort Worth has at least two residential wraps right up against a busy railroad track. There's not much disturbance inside, even when the windows are open.
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    Nine months away. We'll see if it sticks to schedule.
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    The sure did this entirely piecemeal. Just for grins, what do you think would happen if the city only permitted Floors 2,3,5,7,10,12,16 and 19?
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    So was he looking like a fool with his pants on the ground?
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    That looks so realistic I thought the building was done.
  7. toxtethogrady
    Don't expect things to move very fast in this town. Backlog in the permitting office and shortages of labor and materials. Even boom towns have their limits.
  8. toxtethogrady
    "Hats back on, gentlemen - an idiot."
  9. toxtethogrady
    If Pease gets some restaurants and a couple of night spots, it just might.
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    What goes down must come up.
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    No. What I remember of the permit suggested this one's no more than a mid-rise.
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    It's a swamp lot!
  13. toxtethogrady
    Frankly, if we get a dozen Skyhouses all in a row, this town's going to start to look like on of those Chinese cities that just started building blocks of apartments one right after another.
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    I always like hearing that my ASCE colleagues are keeping on top of things. When the T&DI Congress comes to town in two years, I'm hoping for a big turnout.
  15. toxtethogrady
    Five floors in five weeks? This one will be topped out by Election Day.
  16. toxtethogrady
    I can't imagine that Comcast is going to give up entirely on CSN, though that may be why the local sports teams are bitching.
  17. toxtethogrady
    It is - about a dozen projects. All in the 10-20 story range. There are supposed to be more, but they are getting a lot of low-rise wraps west of downtown and in suburban locations. The big news was the State Farm project, which is four buildings of various heights in Richardson. Toyota is also supposed to build a campus but I'm guessing it won't be like the Energy Corridor projects. Some of the downtown skyscrapers have gone from office to residential, but still plenty of vacancies. I expect more conversions. Both cities have definitely grown.
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    Damn, the landfill is bursting!
  19. toxtethogrady
    North of Dallas would be Oklahoma.
  20. toxtethogrady
    Apache's still being mum on their HQ; of course Carl Icahn is still nagging them to "give value to the shareholders".
  21. toxtethogrady
    I think the real game-changer is those concrete pumps. You can bring concrete to the upper levels in one continuous placement rather than bringing it up a bucket at a time. So much faster.
  22. toxtethogrady
    I could be back in DC for this stuff. Loudoun County.
  23. toxtethogrady
    Ahem...are those duplexes or rowhouses?
  24. toxtethogrady
    I don't think we can say for sure without a reading on the absorption numbers over the next few quarters. Currently, there appears to be a shortage that the next couple of buildings in the pipeline will fill. Since I think the absorption patterns will continue, I would say this one's probably going to be postponed a year or two rather than cancelled outright. But no 100-plus tower is coming. Not unless it's mixed use.
  25. toxtethogrady
    We might see them yet. I notice that the Euro-design that started with BP computing center has now extended to other buildings in Houston. They look like tacos.
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