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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?

Great job finding all these updates. Do you know where this Hilton Garden Inn is going?

Seems like a lot of projects that were left for dead have been revived. This is still the lot adjacent to the Wedge Tower correct?

Yep, the lot next to the Wedge Tower. On the first page, there's a rendering of what the project was proposed to look like in 2009, but it's possible the project will feature a new design.

Here's the new downtown development map:

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

Wow, this is a game changer. Is it still being built in two phases? If it is, has the second phase increased in height as well?

Here's the new map, see #27:

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

12-Stories, 230 rooms. 4Q 2014 construction start & 2Q 2016 completion.

Plans have changed, now a 21-story high-rise. 580 units, up from 518.

Source? Is it closer to happening?

New info and development map I just received, it's not online yet. They also posted bidding information of this project on a construction bidding site, but you need an account to view it.

New name for the tower is One Market Square, 41-floors and 750,000 square feet.

New hotel breaks ground next week:

http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/1435-the-woodlands-development-boom/

Houston will double the number of tax breaks it gives developers for apartments and condominiums they build downtown in a bid to lure residents and retailers to the city's long sleepy central business district.

 

The City Council on Wednesday unanimously agreed to expand the Downtown Living Initiative, first launched a year and a half ago, to offer tax breaks for 5,000 residential units, up from a previous cap of 2,500. The total cost of the tax breaks could reach $75 million.

 

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Counting several apartment buildings under construction, the amount of downtown housing could more than double in the next few years. Today, there are more than 2,600 residential units downtown; Icken cited a study that suggested an appropriate target would be about 10,000 units. Though more could be developed, that would mean the subsidy could prop up half of all downtown apartments.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/Council-expands-subsidy-for-downtown-development-5408456.php

He said reduced reimbursements from government programs such as Medicare and Medcaid and outdated buildings and infrastructure are forcing the health system, Houston's largest, to take on the project, expected to begin this summer. The expansion is to be completed in 2018.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/medical/article/Memorial-Hermann-to-begin-expansion-renovation-5406802.php?cmpid=btfpm

BLVD Place Northern Facade Blue Hr v1 by Mabry Campbell on Flickr

Today by me.

Today by me, sorry for the drive-by shot. There's a fence around the site, was it put up recently?

Crane going up.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=209196

Today by toxteth o'grady

by toxteth o'grady on SSP.

Today by toxteth o'grady on SSP.

4/9

Thor Equities' page for The Kirby Collection was updated with the new renderings last month. The article uses the old rendering of the project.

Country Playhouse Theater site: