Jump to content

SkylineView

Full Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    679

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    48

 Content Type 

Everything posted by SkylineView

  1. SkylineView
    Regarding 288, I can't wait for this thing to be up and running, though the tie-in with 59/45 frightens me greatly. My opinion on Briargrove: 1. It's not exactly on the River Oaks promenade... it's on Fountain View... and would replace a so-so office building... and is next to an [entirely] abandoned supermarket... and is about 800 feet from Smoke Alley (had to link this b/c it's so awesome). 2. The real issue of this project was NOT community vitriol (though the community wishes they had that kind of pull), it was that the average unit cost was going to be $240,000 (link). Stating it a different way... it wasn't cancelled b/c the city bowed to the community (though I think I read HUD is looking into that), it died because it was too expensive on a per-unit basis. The guy in charge of the Houston Housing Authority resigned over the whole thing (link), and was shown to be ineffective at moving projects forward.
  2. SkylineView
    HCTRA financed $237.5M of the I-10 lanes. They were going to finance $400M of the 290 managed lanes, but when the project was rescaled, they dropped the number to $200, and agreed to throw the I-10 lanes back to TXDot to make up the shortfall (LINK). They have no part in the 288 project (construction or operation). I remember a quote (but cannot find the reference) to the effect that HCTRA wanted to focus on on expanding / operating toll (only) roads and focus less on managing / optimizing managed lanes running in the middle of untolled highways.
  3. SkylineView
    This is not a[n] HCTRA project. It's TXDOT. For reference.... TXDOT (with project): LINK HCTRA (without project): LINK
  4. SkylineView
    DB650, where do you see that? Looking on HAR, the leases are $3800 - $10k while the buy options are $750-$2.2M. When I looked at them (in their office 2 years ago) they weren't appreciably different. The cheapest unit listed is ~$500/sqft. http://www.har.com/search/dosearch?for_sale=1&streetaddress=1409 post Oak blvd
  5. SkylineView
    I wasn't trying to twist a knife, but was just interested how, specifically, this issue has not already been resolved (up or down). The site access issue is one I had not considered. I'm assuming there's also something about nuisance (since the trains make noise). BNSF is for-profit though... I assume they've had to build green-field rail in the last 50 years.
  6. SkylineView
    Does anyone understand how this issue has not already been resolved by (what I assume to be) the VAST body of legal work and precedent around oil and gas pipelines? Pipelines are owned by public and private companies [or more broadly, "non-government profit-minded entities"] , delivering product inside and outside the state of Texas. While they are generally below grade, some cross state and federal highways (and rivers) above grade, and you generally can't build anything on the property above them. I assume there is some text somewhere that has classified that moving oil and gas is acceptable for reason of eminent domain, but moving people is not? Is this the issue?
  7. SkylineView
    Is the other Chick-Fil-A at Richmond / Westpark offramp going to close?
  8. SkylineView
    2016 09 01: Nothing happening yet. (Photo by me) Even after (many) months (a year? two years?), I still don't really understand the new HAIF layout. Anyone know why I'm limited to photos of a size 60kB or less for the direct-attach method?
  9. SkylineView
    2016 08 31: pics by me
  10. SkylineView
    Given the title of this thread, I want to explicitly state that I am FOR transit improvements along the Post Oak corridor, my home for 7 years. Asphalt laid from Uptown Park east. Utility improvements ongoing along the north / west side at various places. Tree removal in front of Astoria today (not visible). 2016 08 27: Pic by me.
  11. SkylineView
    I don't really see an issue with the location. Aside from people at the school and an occasional jogger, this isn't a foot-traffic area (especially since Crescent City left). I went to a wedding at St. John the Divine that had a reception at Bammel... nobody walked. And that's three blocks.
  12. SkylineView
    2016 08 25: Photo by me.
  13. SkylineView
    The work has kicked off. Trees have been removed from 610 @ Post Oak to the new BHP building. The ring at Uptown Park has come down. temporary light poles are up at 610 (and half-strung), and the poles are up at Uptown Park. Once the lights are strung the median is going to be paved over and traffic shifted over. Then utility work starts.
  14. SkylineView
    The sidewalks were built as a mock-up for the post oak redo... RD didn't come up with that.
  15. SkylineView
    Yeah. It said 9 days for 3 weeks before that... #TruthInAdvertising
  16. SkylineView
    @tangledwoods .... jackpot.
  17. SkylineView
    Looks like there is a fence going up. Red box on map.
  18. SkylineView
    I've walked past it a few times... kind of looked like mold / water damage behind the facade.
  19. SkylineView
    Trees down along Post Oak from roughly the Astoria north-east to 610.
  20. SkylineView
    Fence is up around the site.
  21. SkylineView
    Thanks for linking. This is great.
  22. SkylineView
    Wish I[t] was a little bit taller.... I wish I[t] was a ....
  23. SkylineView
    Another week, no movement on site. Forms still up from 20 days ago.
  24. SkylineView
    The fact that 60% of households within 5-miles are "renter-occupied" was kind of unexpected. We all know there's a lot of apartments, but that's a LOT of apartments.
  25. SkylineView
    Grey / white crane is coming down.
×
×
  • Create New...