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for someone who travels as much as I do, I think this would be annoying. I have no problem with texting, however. guess i'd just have to invest in some noise cancelling headphones. one more thing in my carry on.
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not positive, but i think the street is the romerberg. i think the bridge is called the Seufzerbrucke or the bridge of sighs named after the bridge in venice. the building on the left is some part of city hall. there's a ratskeller in there. i've passed that area many times, but i never pay attention to the names of the streets. hope that helps.
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we just received a letter today from post saying that construction will commence on monday, february 27, 2012 with scheduled completion fall 2013.
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so bart french from post properties just spoke with us. they want to break ground by the end of the first quarter 2012. Pretty much the same design. 242 units, 500 to 1200 sq ft. 5 stories. no retail. street level landscaping similar to the midtown property.
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Post has e-mailed the president of our development and said that construction will start in "spring" of 2012.
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so the past two days terracon and a drilling truck have been on the lot drilling in a number (at least three) locations getting, what i'm assuming are, soil samples. i'm not familiar with a lot of this stuff, but is this site preparation by post or another entity, or could this be something else?
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didn't see this anywhere yet. article on the movie from the chronicle. i'm looking forward to it.
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The couple I've seen have been in very walkable urban areas, relying heavily on local foot traffic. Be interesting to see if they stick with that model or say "When in Rome...." if/when they do end up here. Definitely not somewhere you would do a week's shopping so will not appeal less to people shopping for larger households.
it's not unusual for them to rely on automobiles to bring customers. the ones in fairfax, virginia, as well as albuquerque and santa fe come to mind. i've seen plenty of, both, urban and suburban stores. my impression is that they are usually placed in slightly more well-to-do areas. i can see one in montrose or the heights. and even the woodlands. i guess, we'll see. as far as alcohol, not sure if anyone mentioned it, but they have a pretty big wine selection. the store often has a quirky, islandy feel (trader joe's, trade winds, etc.)--often lots of orchids for sale, sometimes hibiscus prints on bags for sale. i really like it. it's fun with inexpensive and unusual dried and frozen foods.
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"...Bayou Place will replace Angelika with an “operator of the highest quality” and plans to make that announcement shortly."
nancy sarnoff suggests that the operator might be alamo drafthouse. nice idea.
http://blogs.chron.com/primeproperty/2010/08/from_angelika_to_alamo.html
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The 4 top execs might be "solidly" Continental, but these are the same 4 that decided to "merge" just 2 years after the more trusted former leadership team decided that United WAS NOT A VIABLE partner.
The fact of the matter is, the Houston area is getting ready to lose lots of decent paying jobs. Middle management will likely be terminated or forced to Chicago. Route planners, accountants, regional VIPs, etc... are all going to be either out of work or out of town. This is a HUGE blow to Houston but particularly to downtown.
The hub might grow, but most jobs at the airport are not as high paying as those downtown. So, even if there isn't a net loss of jobs (which is highly unlikely since nearly 100% of mergers involve downsizing) it would still be a net loss for Houston because rampers, gate agents, etc... don't make nearly as much as the accountants, managers, and sales folks.
Get ready to see about 5,000 Houstonians hit the job market shortly...
your assumptions about the difference in pay between much of downtown and the frontline employees is incorrect.
i don't know what this will do to downtown--there are others on here who know more about that. as for residential, i can see kingwood taking a hit--not sure how big it will be.
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A friend who works at Continental makes it sound like it is only just beginning to dawn on employees that despite being advertised as a "merger of equals" it is effectively a United takeover. We shall see.
with the announcement of the senior executives, most frequent flyers on "flyertalk" say that the new company looks like continental with united's name, and i agree. the four continental executives are solidly continental, with start dates from the mid-90s. they have been with the company since bethune. three of the four united executives were brought in since bankruptcy and probably have no real identity with or loyalty to the old united. the coo of the new company has been with united since about 1969 when he started as a ramp worker, and worked his way up to the top. finally, the three most important positions of power, the ceo, the president, and the chief marketing officer are continental (jeff will be, both, president and ceo for an unspecified period of time).
future announcements will help fill in what the new company will look like. i'm guessing we'll be getting a number of them over the next month.
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Not to stir this pot back up, but I just got confirmation that it is Walmart. However, my source did not know whether the deal was closed or not.
maybe it's the same little bird that told swamplot: http://swamplot.com/walmart-yes-walmart-is-ready-to-land-on-heights-blvd/2010-07-01/
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i don't think anyone's covered this yet, but not a bad article in the new york times travel section:
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The Denver Airport was a good idea on paper and then 9-11 happened. Having one central terminal makes going through security a NIGHTMARE. Seriously, everyone who flies United (large hub), Frontier (large hub), Southwest (large operation), Continental, American, Delta, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Air Tran, Jet Blue, etc... has to go through security in the same building and then take a train to their terminal. HORRIBLE IDEA, Homies.
washington dulles is laid out that way. i never thought it was so bad, but i guess i'm just used to it.
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Even though the new airline will no longer have its HQ here, I don't see how it would not continue to support Houston institutions. The airline will have Houston as a major hub.
The arts got hurt by Enron's withdrawal because Enron full-out collapsed.
I think a good way for United to make up for this is to get naming rights for the Dynamo Stadium.
my guess is that they will. they've supported various institutions in the new york city area (home to their second biggest hub). as for the dynamo stadium, they did have their name on the stadium in east rutherford for a while. actually, it would be a nice gesture.
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merger approved by both boards. announcement expected early in the morning.
http://www.chron.com...ss/6986235.html
they say admin and reservation positions will be most vulnerable. admin? what about downtown middle management. shouldn't they be included?
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ok rgr. you're going to have to post some links or stories that we don't have to subscribe to.
sorry about that. just type continental united merger in google and you should be able to access them. you might have to then hit "news results for continental united merger."
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the wsj is corroborating the chicago tribune story about the headquarters. also, the name will be united.
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Continental is a major employer downtown. I think they have around 70 floors spread over two buildings. I wonder how many of these people will be going away. Will we have an empty 50 story building downtown?
worse, yet, a great many people may be out of jobs. you only need one of everything.
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According to the tribune:
I wonder what they think "major operational base" would mean.
i think they're just talking about retaining iah as a hub. it's a major gateway to latin america.
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"With US Airways stepping aside, Mr. Baker believes the probability of a merger announcement this year has dropped to 40% from 85%."
so we'll see
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foundation buys teas nursery to prevent redevelopment
http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/12-15-09-teas-nursery-land-sold-to-foundation/
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the fcc is considering allowing cell phone use on flights. the airlines wouldn't be required to allow it. so really, it would just become a matter of how important talking on a cell phone would be to consumers or how important it would be not to allow cell phone use on planes. I can't imagine a lot of people wouldn't have an opinion about this. i'm just not sure how strong those opinions would be.