Urbannizer

This article is a few months old, but this part seems interesting:

"The building is designed to efficiently meet the needs of end users in a simple geometric form, with a skin that transforms throughout the day and night in a lively interplay with the surrounding development,” said Andy Kim, project designer at BOKA Powell.

http://www.officenewswire.com/14666

the new amegy bank building should be well received on here - it will easily be the most attractive building directly on the loop.

How many floors for the building?

it seems many of the trees are planned to remain and there's a generous pedestrian zone at the SW corner

Now that the project has been officially announced, can you post a new rendering of the building?

Well, we now know why it looks like the other towers.

Marquette Cos. has been active in Houston for a while, buying and renovating various smaller apartment complexes, but the Illinois-based developer is closing on a piece of prime downtown property in June to develop its first high-rise multifamily project.

Marquette Cos.  will break ground this quarter on a 364-unit, 29-story apartment building with approximately 7,700 square feet of ground floor retail space in downtown Houston, a block from the Houston Astro’s Minute Maid Park. Ziegler Cooper is the architect and Pepper-Lawson Construction LP, the Texas division of Chicago-based Pepper Construction Group LLC, is the contractor. The cost of the project was not disclosed.

 

The apartment high-rise, dubbed Block 52, will include a 589-space private parking garage situated above the retail space and below the residential units, as well as two floors of amenities including a resort-style, rooftop pool. Rental prices will range from $2.70 to $2.80 per square foot for apartments ranging in size from approximately 600 to 1,800 square feet.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/04/future-office-construction-inspiration-for-new.html

Camden Property Trust: two 21-story, 280-unit buildings at Leeland and BaBranch.

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/04/downtown-towers-abound/#22687101=0

I just removed 37 childish comments from this thread.    In the future please learn to either report, or ignore.

And a better look:

Still planned to break ground next month according to the HBJ:

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/04/new-apartment-high-rise-on-tap-for-downtown.html

Lennar plans to build Crest at Fondren Apartments there, a 338-unit community opening next year. Hunington is redeveloping Vargos on the Lake just north of that, and CBRE bought Old Farm Apartments just east. The 36-acre tract housing Westpoint Apartments is under contract and closing in July (the gents suspect it'll be redeveloped mixed-use).

 

But that's not all: Greg tells us his team is listing the 10-acre Victoria Place site (in blue here, it surrounds the Lennar site—in yellow—and has access to both Westheimer and Fondren) for sale. It's been getting an amazing amount of interest—Hendricks-Berkadia signed 70 confidentiality agreements in the first week—and will probably go under agreement in the next 30 days.

http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/1470-multifamily-monday-the-hottest-intersection-in-houston/

Did you get a peak at them? What kind of design should we expect?

Negative. Right now Alliance is throwing up bland mid-rises all over Houston, but this will be their largest project.

Both of those renderings look exactly the same. Where is their Midtown one going on Main? I haven't heard about that one before.

Yeah he posted two renderings of the same project. This is Broadstone Midtown:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/10174796_271564293024074_2088672416298269786_n.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/12738-broadstone-midtown-apartment-building-at-3800-main-street-main-and-alabama/page-5

Multifamily buildings. One 10-stories and the other 8-stories, with 3 to 4 levels of parking. Developer is Alliance Residential.

Yep, NEC. New thread formed for this project.

Picking up the pace now. Pics by Javier Ortiz on Flickr , 4/18

The Flats on Fairview

http://flatsonfairview.com/

Houston's city attorney told a Harris County judge on Friday that halting the Ashby high-rise project would "irreparably impair future developments in the city," despite a jury verdict last year in favor of nearby residents who successfully sued developers of the 21-story tower planned for 1717 Bissonnet.

"The uncertainty surrounding the outcome of such lawsuits would hinder developers from financing, leasing and constructing real estate developments in Houston, which require long-term secure contracts," City Attorney David Feldman wrote in a letter delivered to state District Judge Randy Wilson. "We urge the Court to consider the serious public policy considerations involved."

A jury in Wilson's court last year sided with residents who opposed the project and awarded them $1.7 million in damages while agreeing the building would hurt their property values, damage their homes and create a traffic nuisance.

Four months after that verdict, Wilson will convene a hearing Monday for attorneys to present final arguments over whether the project should be allowed to move forward and how much of the jury damages the developer should pay.

Feldman's letter says the city is concerned that granting a permanent injunction would create uncertainty that could stall other developments. He noted that the project at 1717 Bissonnet is fully permitted and satisfies all deed restrictions as well as regulations that were in effect when it was approved.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/City-weighs-in-as-court-grapples-with-decision-5413793.php?cmpid=btfpm#/0

So yeah, unless they completely change up the rendering, the 21 floor figure should be a typo. 12 floors is more than enough to house 580 units if the entire lot is taken up

I just asked, and was told it's not a typo. The new plan calls for a 21-story tower for phase one.

Soil testing, 4/17

I too thought "hmmm maybe it's a typo", but then I looked at the number of units, it rose to 580 - up from 518. Me thinks the developer decided to increase the height and number of residential units now that the DT Living Initiative cap was raised from 2,500 to 5,000.

The project has been removed because the developer is now looking at selling the land.

This one will start in May as well.

this thing is no closer to happening. temper your excitement.

Do you know why the map gives a 1Q 2017 completion date (#20)? Was this a date they were trying to a reach earlier in time?

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3721/13912898155_4787082091_b.jpg

i assume that skywalk connects to the marriott? this is trammel crow's project, right?

 

i'm only counting like 33-34 floors, btw.

Correct.

Hmm same here, but that was the rendering given to me. Maybe the design will change again?