citykid09

And there you have it. You've finally hit the nail on the head.

Atlanta, the city you seem to love to compare Houston to, is only 132 square miles. While Houston is a bohemeth 599 square miles.

Sovereign residents have brought zero street activity

Because they have nowhere around them to walk to. If Regent square was built then you would see street activity. It really doesn't make since though. You hear that Houston is booming more than any other city in America right now, but when you look around you see a lot of cities that seem to have more development going on then Houston (maybe Houston's is just spread out???). Regent square was my favorite of all of the urban developments going up in Houston because it was designed to interact with the city streets and not built around an island of parking.

I spoke to the on-site project manager this past Sunday regarding the site work.  He stated this blacktop is temporary parking that will be used for overflow parking for Whole Foods' grand opening "for only a couple of months".

 

He explained the holes in the black padding allows rain water to soak into the ground without any additional run-off and can be easily removed.  This eliminates the need for temporarily building a small retention pond for run-off. 

I figured thats what the parking lot was for.

I agree that turnout was the problem. Harris County is still liberal, but I think the Democratic party at large made the mistake of distancing themselves from Obama. They should have put him front and center, shown some reminder news clips about how far down the hole our economy nearly tanked vs where we are now. I like Obama, voted for Davis regardless, but think Obama showing up down here could have encouraged more liberals to get out and vote.

The Democratic party ALWAYS makes the same mistake... playing the politically safe route. Each time it bites them in the butt. The last time they didn't go the conventional route was 2008.

Exactly, the people that say that they would not have voted for a specific Democrat because that Democrat supported President Obama wouldn't have voted for them in the first place. If President Obama had came down, I think a lot more people would have been aware that they needed to vote.

Can not believe Davis lost Harris County but won Dallas County. I thought Houston was more liberal than Dallas. I guess I was wrong.

The real problem though was that Democrats didn't get out to vote.

I heard some Hispanics voted for Abbott because he had a Hispanic wife and she would be the first lady of Tejas. (really sad)

Many people did not even know there was an election. (really sad)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/11/uptown-park-owner-to-be-acquired-in-763m-deal.html

BOOOOO! Bad for Houston. So I guess the big $1.2 billion redevelopment wont be happening.

Would rather see Zone D'erotica and the Shell gone first.

Lol, not really . But shots of the new facade none the less

No really, great shots! I like seeing up close street level shots. Its going to look really good when its finished. I wonder if it will inspire the surrounding area to redevelop into something more fitting of being near this great building?

Back in the day businesses in Houston wanted to be located right off the freeways for convenience. Today, I think more businesses want to offer more then just convenience to people in vehicles. Uptown Park will be a walkable mixed use area, and there will also be light rail near by so I think it will be ok. Also I figure that the next time the West Loop gets redone, there will be more porgressive people in the city that will likley submerge the West Loop into a tunnel and place a park over it.

I think it would be ok being next to a freeway IF the freeway was like the submerged area of 59 or even better had a park over it.

I would like to see much of the Rice Village Area redeveloped like this. nice sidewalks, sidewalk cafes, store fronts and people walikg around. I think much of Rice Village can be upgraded by redoing the streets in a complete streets way and change all parking to parallel and parking garagres.

http://m.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/10/24/exclusive-turkish-developer-to-buy-land-near.html

Developer wants to put up 4 towers (including presumably 2 supertalls) in Dallas. There's nothing to kickstart development down here like a case of Dallas envy.

I hope the Dallas towers get built, at least one of them.

There are a lot of rumored super talls in different parts of Houston, hopefully they happen. I would like to see another suppertall in the Galleria area. I take that back, I would rather see one in downtown (really both). Uptown just needs to keep adding density for now.

I would rather Chevron move its headquarters to Houston. Houston can basically say that its already the headquarters of Exxon. If I was the CEO of Exxon I would much rather be based out of the nice new campus versus an old headqaurters.

Although the rendering has yet to be released, I will echo what others have said on this forum. This will be the best looking building on the west loop, and is the dream team for Dev/architect/GC. I've been told from an anonymous source that the construction will commence the beginning of December. It will be an outstanding addition to the surrounding area.

Will it look something like this?

Just came on here to ask whatever happened to the development in the rendering, but then scrolled down and realized that the development that I liked so much was that development in the rendering. It turned out great but, it doesn't look like the rendering said it would. Did that house on the corner not sell and that had to change plans? I wonder if they will eventually sell?

Can't wait to see how The Woodlands skyline eventually shapes up. I think it will impress a lot of people coming in from Dallas on I-45 (Even people from Houston or other places).

The Woodlands is becoming to Houston what Bellevue, Washington is to Seattle.

Buldoze it and put a 7-10 story residential building there with ground floor retail.

That is listed in the drawing as the Peloton office tower. Based on the Chronicle article yesterday, we have yet to see 1 hotel, 1 apartment complex, and 1 office building announced. I suspect the Peloton site will be needed for 2 of those 3 items.

Thanks, I see it now.

I made a quick sketch of Westcreek below. For the record, my cursef was deemed illegible by an assistant principal in middle school. The print below is my good handwriting. 

 

Westcreek Development Sketch.jpg

Nice! Okay houstontexasjack, lets see if you can illustrate where the nearby office highrise tower that just got cancelled was supposed to be near there.

Urbannizer, All of these highrises going up is crazy unbelievable! Some may say well its only 15 floors, well I say its infill! Even if the design that comes out is not the greatest, there is plenty of space left in Houston for standout towers.

Love it! Keep em coming Houston! Hope all of this development doesn't discurage the plans for Uptown Park.

If the price is low enough and the speed high enough, I could see a lot of people taking this for day trips. A few stop in Bryan a day I could also see working. Imagine being able to move to the Bryan/CS area and still be able to keep your job in Downtown or South Houston. There is already a sizable amount of people that commute to and from Houston to BCS each day already. You could even work in Dallas and live in BCS or Houston or so many other combinations. And you would not have to look at the 90 minute commute from Houston to Dallas as waisted time because you could get work done while sitting there. The possabilities are exciting!

Does anyone know how long the trip from Houston to BCS would take? I know they said that BCS won't get a stop now (hopefully this changes), but just wondering.

I guarantee you if we took a pole on this indoor park vs indoor ski resort, the ski resort would win. Forget making the Astrodome out to be Houston's Eiffel Tower because its not (Houston's Eiffel Tower is yet to be discovered).

It would break my heart to see something as cheap and trashy as a fake snow mountain inside Houston's one undisputed, revolutionary architectural icon. I'd sooner they make it a flea market or a bingo parlor first. A multi-purposed enclosed green space is the best idea I've heard yet. Glad to know there is a serious force behind it. If Houston has to have a fake ski zone, stick it out in New Caney with Grand Texas and EarthQuest and hide it behind the tall pines so no one has to see it.

Green space? Thats what the outdoors is for. If you want to see a forest head towards The Woodlands and Conroe or somewhere else. A Ski resort would be a major attraction, filling hotels, boosting local businesses and so on.

More ugly utility poles and power lines too close to buildings. Wish it was all buried.

Are those not getting buried?