kdog08

Wow, over 2 1/2 years and still not done... Perhaps people have moved into the building on the left.

I agree, good looking developing. This part of southern Uptown has really added some nice developments lately. 

Both new buildings look pretty good in my opinion. 

Very sleek looking glass. 

We just need a few more hotels/ residential highrises along this stretch of the TMC along with the ~$1.5 billion in hospital expansion currently going on. 

Nice addition. 

I like it. 

More class A space?

We already have a lot of apartments under construction downtown, I wouldn't mind if this way waited a year or two. TMC is undergoing another boom which has been coinciding with the oil slump (cheaper construction costs) which will be creating quite a few centrally located jobs. However, we got a lot of units coming along for 2015 that will probably catch up to the amount of high paying jobs needed support inner loop apartments. I see a bright future, but multifamily will probably have a brief pause in my amateur opinion. 

Hopefully next cycle as Midtown and Montrose become too expensive. 

Surprised the apartment complex on the right hasn't created a phase 2. 

Rice is a great school but it lacks so many things compared to it's peers. Seriously, compare Rice to USC, Columbia or NYU, Northwestern or Chicago, Boston U or Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Stanford, Penn, Georgetown, etc...

 

Those schools graduate thousands more every year than Rice and offer fields of study in Education, Medicine, Law, Social Work, Pharmacy, etc... that Rice doesn't offer. 

 

My dream is for Rice to continue to get bigger. The largest hurdle for Rice getting bigger is it doesn't want to lower its academic reputation and #1) the Houston/Texas area doesn't produce enough well-qualified candidates and #2) the Houston/Texas area is a detriment to enticing outsiders to come here. 

Rice is a private research university, I'd prefer they expanded on that. They certainly have the land and a large endowment to add a few thousand more students while maintaining they elite level of education. Even as big and impactful as the TMC is, it is vastly underused in collaboration. 

I'm sorry but how do we lack in higher education when we have one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the nation--Rice? Houston being host to Rice and UH, along with UST and TSU, is doing fine in the higher education department IMO. 

Not compared to cities like Boston, Seattle, Bay Area, LA, and NYC. We eventually need a large public school in this city to serve a rapidly growing city/state/country/global population.

 

 

i simply commend the way that the university of houston goes about implementing their redevelopment / facilities projects.  this collegiate institution does not play around, when it comes planning and reconstructing it's dilapidated edifices.  the university of texas, has more money than GOD.  and yet, it is seemingly taking forever, for our new renderings / concepts to come forward, as per the new DKR SEZ / moncrief neuhaus athletics facilities... reconstruction / renovations / new additions... you name it, it's all coming.  the university of texas, just incorporates so very many political aspects to every thing that it does.  whereby the university of houston, just pulls ahead, and gets it done.  upon this aforementioned UH HOFHEINZ project, i wish that they proceed with option #3.  tillman fertitta, should be called upon, to give / donate till it hurts.  UofH deserves it... the cougars just seem to get it!  

 

We as a city/metro need to do more to aid our higher education as that's the real big thing we lack in. Houston should really strive to make UH the third Texas flagship university (quite frankly we need a major university in each region) as it could really change the landscape of Houston. 

You're right.

 

Anyone think a City Centre type development could happen here? I think it could have too much of an industrial/suburban area feel.

 

What do y'all think someone would eventually do with it? Lots of land near a lot of important stuff, but now it's just kind of an awkward site.

 

https://my.hfflp.com/GetDocument?DT=DealDocument&ID=112147

 

A permanent "fair" with 1 big steel roller coaster, 1 big wooden roller coaster, and then multiple rides for the less adventurous along with food and games. We could call it AstroWorld and put a lot of parking garage with like 600 apartment units/little bit of retail mixed in close to the rail.

So when you said Bank of America I assumed you meant the tiny suburban style drive thru building, but no its on the other side. Using google images it censors one of the top names of who leases space. Does Bank of America lease space in this rather tall building?

 

Now before everyone gives up lets remember that TMC is no stranger for taking out tall buildings. From the design of the building I would say what currently sits there is at least mid-70's maybe early 80's?

 

Anyway I put together a quick graphic of the view the rendering shows:

 

The hotels north of Main St  in this pic and the land they occupy is a good place to densify and add some mixed to the TMC. 

Really like it!

Very nice looking building, would love to see more look this. 

i just wish more houston developers would consider implementing green roofs... doesn't even have to cover the whole roof but at least pockets of green or well appointed trees to provide shade, especially on rooftop parking structures.

Lots of unused space on top of roofs. 

Some good density in this area corner of Uptown. Hopefully the land by the last remaining 24 hour fitness in uptown will get something. 

7-story garage to be built no matter what. When they choose to move forward with the office tower, they'll add floors to the garage.

It will certainly help the parking situation downtown and make it easier for suburbanites to play downtown. 

I really hope this works.

I am forming an opinion that if, after spending LOTS of money to create this street, significant retail (not coffee shops or cafes.... But stores that you can actually buy clothes, housewares, and electronics in) does not come, I think that downtown may simply not transform into the vision that many Houstonians have. This might be the best, and "last" shot to make it happen. I am really hoping that this effort works!

It will take more than just better "pedestrian: or "urban" infrastructure. Obviously downtown needs a more permanent residential base, which hopefully will happen over time, as who knows what will happen to O&G prices or if central living continues to incrementally gain ground on the rest of Houston. I think right after Superbowl is a good point in time to step back and look at where we are at. 

I think Houston can be a pretty underrated place for visitors attending a convention downtown, a major sports event (NCAA, college bowl game, All Star game, Superbowl, etc), or weekend vacationers. There's quite a bit of stuff to do that's accessible by rail or a 6 mile uber trip (Galleria). We need to do more to make Houston an enticing place to hold those mentioned events and an attractive weekend getaway. I believe that residential population is the ultimate solution to a better downtown, but it does have quite a bit of competition from midtown and to the west. 

TMC building boom while oil prices are low. 

Hopefully medical tourism could catch on, could fit a few more hotels along this stretch. More mixed use in TMC would be welcome. 

I'm wondering if they are charging high rent/being picky on who to rent to, or if there really is no interest

Is it not doing well in terms of leasing?