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Geez. Hopefully this was reported to the HPD. I wish they would just blow this thing up.  It is beyond an eyesore and dangerous to the public.

Fertitta Tower

^ That's an awesome pic!

1 hour ago, tigereye said:

This could be a nice spot for a theme park. 

I agree. They should name it Astroworld or something like that.

We can move this thread to "Going Nowhere"

Love it. Build!

3 hours ago, Timoric said:

That empty lot to the left...makes me want to play a game...rank the top 10 surface lots in DT Houston that will be developed next, and which is #1? Part two, how many surface lots are left in DT so you can keep track of progress? Part three - rate each future boom by the number of parking lots replaced with stuff.

The downtown lot I'm dying to see developed is the parking lot on Main St between Moonshiners and Live Sports Bar. It's not a full empty block but there's only a matter of time. A mixed use apartment tower or hotel with retail would do wonders there.

Yea I saw It as I really like the show. He also had an earlier episode with a company that supplied the benches for Grotto downtown and they filmed alot inside the restaurant during its construction.

Apparently it was a trash can fire or something and there was no major damage. They will be opening tomorrow.

32 minutes ago, htownproud said:

Has anyone been down in this area or gone to any of the restaurants since the Super Bowl?  I haven't, but I'm concerned it's a ghost town and these places aren't going to last . . . .

I live 2 blocks north and ate at Grotto last week and it was slammed pack. Downtown in general has a lot more foot traffic these days and its really promising especially once all of the apartments are finishing up this year and more events and conventions come to town. I remember downtown dying a bit after the 2004 Superbowl but I feel we have way more momentum this time around. I hope I'm right.

It made it to the chronicle lol

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-YouTubers-sneak-into-Market-Square-Tower-10953819.php

Supposedly, there will be a tower on the northern half of the block, but no one seems to know for sure what it will be.

Excuse my ignorance, but is Irma's moving out of the Great Southwest Building into Catalyst or are they just opening another location across the street called Irma's on Texas Avenue?

1 hour ago, lockmat said:

The first floor interior of the southwest corner of the building is finished. Very sleek inside. The first floor eastern side is still under construction.

Yea I believe that's going to be a restaurant or other retail.

Just talked to someone over at Catalyst and they said they're expecting residents to start moving in by the end of April.

Awesome. I figured people started moving in. I wonder if they are just using the parking garage across the street at Le Meridien until theirs is complete.

They should have put those huge Super Bowl covers on both sides of it and just left them there until they do something with it...

18 minutes ago, nate4l1f3 said:

A friend of mine just text me and said that the kulture sign was removed and replaced with a chick-fil-a.  Can anyone confirm this with a picture??

What?? I'll drive by there in a couple hours and check

I ate at Grotto as well and it was slammed. Some friends told me they tried to go to Pappadeaux and it was crowded so they just went next door to McAlister's Deli which had a shorter wait.

Wow that's sad. My plan on Saturday was to eat lunch on Main St downtown then hop on the rail to check this out, good thing I didn't. The downtown bars and restaurants were already going strong at 2pm in the afternoon so just stayed there.