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This 80,000 square-foot project includes a synthetic playing surface and football specific weight room that will have a direct impact on the success of the Houston Football program. The facility will allow student-athletes to practice and prepare in a championship-caliber facility regardless of weather conditions. Projected start date for this project is late 2016 with a completion date before the start of the 2017 football season.
http://uhcougarpride.com/building-champions/fb-indoor-practice-facility.html#0
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A highly anticipated boutique downtown hotel is one step closer to delivery.
Hotel Alessandra, a 20-story, 223-room hotel, topped out on Aug. 1. The hotel is being developed by Houston-based Midway Cos. and Houston-basedValencia Group, which will operate the hotel.
Hoar Construction is the general contractor. Roughly 175,000 square feet of elevated concrete slabs were poured in nine months, according to a release from Midway. There have been 1,300 tons of rebar used during construction, and the hotel will contain around 128 miles of electrical wire upon completion. All in all, the development used 11,000 cubic yards of concrete, according to the release.
San Francisco-based Gensler's Houston and Los Angeles offices designed the hotel, which will have 10,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space, an indoor/outdoor event deck with a reflecting pool, as well as a restaurant and bar. Plans for the hotel's lobby, which was originally pegged for one of the top floors, was moved to the second floor during redesign work revealed in February 2015.
The hotel was originally expected to be complete in time for the 2017 Super Bowl, but won't be finished in time, Midway's Ann Taylor said in May. Among other things, she cited weather-related delays.
Upon its completion, Hotel Alessandra will anchor GreenStreet, a mixed-use development formerly known as Houston Pavilions that Midway is renovating. Midway tore down a GreenStreet building that housed the former Yao Restaurant & Bar to make room for the hotel last January. The hotel broke ground in spring 2015.
Midway and Valencia are also collaborating on two hospitality projects in College Station. The George, a 162-room luxury hotel, will help anchor Midway's 60-acre mixed-use called Century Square. There's also Calvary Court, another hotel in Century Square, that Midway and Valencia are developing. That hotel will contain 141 rooms and will feature rustic designs inspired by Texas A&M University traditions, according to Midway marketing materials.
Modeled after Midway's popular CityCentre complex in Houston, Century Square will include retail, entertainment space, two hotels, an office building and a mid-rise apartment complex. It should deliver this fall.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2016/08/photos-downtown-luxury-hotel-tops-out.html
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Completely renovate the 50-year old arena formerly known as Hofheinz Pavilion into a modern-day sports venue fit for UH Team stature of today. In the exterior the structure and roof will be preserved but entry experience and building presentation will be completely updated.
In the interior, the low-ceiling will be eliminated, opening up the ceiling space up to 30-feet high for bowl and concourse levels; which unfortunately will involve abatement of ACM in space above the ceilign currently contained, at a cost estimated to be $5M and would take 4 months of construction time.
Other major improvement would include reconfiguring the seating bowl to capture prime seating opportunities and optiomize view lines including creating two large club areas with VIP amenities; updating branding and technology for optimal fan experience; complete upgrading and renewal of buildng equipment including up-to-date AV programs and features; utilizing facilities in the Guy V. Lewis Basketball Center via new tunnel connection; new court and scoreboard, new VIP entrance; modern HVAC systems with full Controls features, all areas to be spriniklered or otherwise with smoke-evacuation setup; all necessary improvement for ADA and Life Safety requirements, largely expanded restroom facilities (needed even though seating capacity is sligthly reduced); new food service and retail venues; all other building programs (offices, ROTC program, volly ball and handball courts, visiting team lockers and showers
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http://www.uh.edu/facilities-planning-construction/projects/spotlight/HofheinzPavalion/
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QuoteHeavy rain turned the construction on Avenida de las Americas into a mud pit Thursday, but beautiful views across Discovery Green unfolded from above, through the dramatic glass walls that are giving the George R. Brown Convention Center a friendlier face.
Views inside are improving, too.
While crews shimmied up scaffolding in the atriums, veteran artist Ben Woitena stood atop a small cherry-picker at the center's north end, doing final touch-ups on his three-panel installation, "The Brown is Green."
Woitena's piece is one of ten new artworks that Houston First, the center's operator, has commissioned to make the walls of the renovated lobbies feel more human and give them a stronger sense of place.
"So when you walk into the George R. Brown, you don't just feel that you're anywhere," said Christine West, Houston First's cultural programs manager. "We want to reflect Houston's culture."
The art program is part of a Houston First initiative to create a dining and entertainment hub - Avenida Houston - that connects the center's lobbies with a new promenade along the Avenida de las Americas and Discovery Green Park.
Last week Houston First announced eight new restaurants that will open this winter at Avenida Houston. Chef Hugo Ortega's new concept, Xochi, joins five other eateries coming to the soon-to-open Marriott Marquis Hotel, where Craig Biggio's sports bar is also sure to be a big draw. Also arriving soon to the area: A new take on Grotto, by Tilman Fertitta; plus Bud's Pitmaster BBQ, Kulture and McAlister's Deli.
But first, it's a focus on the art.
West, who previously directed Lawndale Art Center, sent out an open call for art proposals that interpreted themes such as space and technology, native flora and fauna, reuse and recycling, cultural diversity and the city's entrepreneurial history.
"I wanted to leave the artists the freedom to express themselves as they would, with the type of practice that they have," she said. "But ... it is a public space, and we are trying to promote Houston through our convention center, so we had to rein it in a tiny bit."
She awarded the commissions, which total $80,500, with help from a committee that included Texas Southern University's Alvia Wardlaw, Houston Arts Alliance's Sara Kellner and others.
Five of the works are murals fabricated in a variety of media. Several will entertain people by offering unusual ways to "experience" views of Houston. For instance, Shane Albritton's "Earth and Skyline" will combine multiple images of Houston environments from multiple days as a single gesture. Joe Aker and Tami Merrick's "Skype Scape" is a take on a three-dimensional lenticular photograph, with a series of images that floats within a contrasting color-field background
Street artist Gonzo247 is creating "Lifting Off, Houston," a Pop art-inspired mural with a space shuttle element, while Britt Thomas' "Metallographic Cosmos" enlarges microscopic images of particles into "planets."
Smaller works by Reginald Adams, Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola, Lorena Morales and Page Piland will hang in four phone-charging nooks.
Woitena, who is best-known for beefy, abstract sculptures, has delivered a surprise: His three panels feature cut-out black and white paintings of a great horned owl, a hummingbird, a monarch butterfly and flowers.
He has drawn and painted since he was a student at the University of Texas-Austin in the early 1960s, he said. "You never lose it. It's like riding a bicycle."
His paintings, made on masonite, are screwed to forest-green backgrounds framed in cream, with black corners, so each panel mimics a photograph in a vintage album. Visitors are already posing there to take selfies.
West said the other artworks should be complete by mid-October, and there's more to come. "I want to fill up the whole GRB," she said.
Two unrelated, monumental civic artworks are also under construction: Ed Wilson's "Soaring in the Clouds" will hang in the central atrium, and the kinetic "Wings Over Water" by Joe O'Connell & Creative Machines will hover above the new Fountain of the Americas outside.
Installation begins in September on Wilson's piece, a commission that stirred intense controversy when it was awarded in 2014. O'Connell's work will be installed in November and activated in December when the fountain is complete.
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Quotethat didn't take long. One day afterCultureMap reportedthat the H-Town Restaurant Group owned by chef Hugo Ortega and restaurateur Tracy Vaught had plans to open a restaurant called Xochi in downtown Houston's upcomingMarriott Marquis hotel, the Houston First Corporation revealed the range of its plans to bring four new restaurants to the George R. Brown Convention Center and six total dining concepts to the Marquis.
Dubbed Avenida Houston, the new restaurants are part of an effort to transform the area around Discovery Green — including the convention center, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center, BBVA Compass stadium, the Marriott Marquis, and the Hilton Americas hotel — into a tourist destination with a walkable plaza that will also feature art installations and events.
The timing for the specific openings hasn't been finalized, but all will be open in time for Super Bowl LI.
“With these new openings at the GRB and the broader convention district, we will have a concentration of restaurants in the heart of downtown that I hope will better serve both residents and visitors and function as a catalyst for even more development in the area,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in a statement.
“Houston has become one of our nation’s culinary capitals, offering authentic flavors from around the world right here in our backyard. Our city has many entertainment and dining hubs, and I think the Avenida with its wide variety of options will become another great one.”
Most importantly for Houston diners, the announcement confirms Ortega and Vaught's decision to open a restaurant called Xochi at the Marquis. Whereas Caracol serves coastal Mexican cuisine and Hugo's features regional Mexican dishes, Xochi, which means "to bloom or catch fire," will be "a creative endeavor" that allows chefs Hugo and Ruben Ortega and beverage director Sean Beck to use their "amazing creativity (to) guide the food and drink."
Other new additions slated for the hotel include:
- B&B, the hotel's "signature restaurant (that) will be open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner serving Texas countryside-inspired fare with a healthy twist;"
- Cueva and Texas T, a wine bar (Cueva) with 200 total selections including 20 wines on tap and coffeeshop;
- High Dive, a New American restaurant set on the hotel's terrace that will primarily cater to guests enjoying the massive, Texas-shaped swimming pool. All of these join Biggio's, the previously announced sports bar that will feature the Houston Astros Hall of Famer.
Turning to the George R. Brown, the most prominent new restaurant will be a downtown location of Italian restaurant Grotto, the Landry's Signature Group restaurant originally founded by legendary Houston restaurateur Tony Vallone and purchased by Tilman Fertitta's company in 2003. Grotto will feature signature dishes like Neapolitan-style pizzas and housemade pastas, as well as new items like "one of the largest Grappa collections in downtown Houston" and communal seating.
Tex-Mex is already covered by the Pappasito's Cantina at the Hilton, but Houston First wanted barbecue, too. Bud's Pitmaster BBQ features the mysterious "Bud," described as someone "with over 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry . . . (who) will bring to Houston a Southern-styled BBQ restaurant with modern flare." Set to compete with recent additions Jackson Street BBQ and Pappa Charlies Barbeque, the restaurant will have an on-site smokehouse, "an upscale and contemporary atmosphere," and be open for both lunch and dinner.
In addition to Vaught, Ortega, and Fertitta, one other acclaimed Houston restaurateur is coming to the Avenida. Breakfast Klub owner Marcus Davis will open Kulture at the George R. Brown. Houston First describes the restaurant as an "exploration of the cultural contributions of the diaspora from the continent of Africa thru the Caribbean to the southern U.S. Coast and expresses its findings thru food, spirits, art and music in a casually elevated yet comfortable dining experience."
McAlister's Deli will be the fourth new addition to the convention center. The fast-casual chain known for its salads, sandwiches, and sweet tea has over 350 locations in 28 states.
"The creation of Avenida Houston will be a long-awaited vision come to fruition for our city and Houston First," added Dawn Ullrich, president and CEO of Houston First Corporation. "Often, the GRB and convention district are the only glimpse of Houston that visitors receive and we hope to leave them with a lasting, positive impression and encouraged to return."
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QuoteRocky Stevens said that the first signed tenant for his development in the former Dorsey’s Beauty Academy across from Yale Street Grill is The Joint chiropractic. Their website states that their mission is “to improve quality of life through routine and affordable chiropractic care delivered through a nationwide network of modern, comfortable chiropractic clinics staffed with experienced, licensed chiropractors.” There are still one or two spots available at the space, including room for a signature restaurant. Interested? Call 713-409-2259.
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Patrick Egan with Gulf Coast Commercial said the plan for a vertical retail development at the former Tarkett site off Interstate 10 near the Heights is still what they are working toward but because of the complexity of the development the plans are taking time. “A vertically integrated shopping center would fit well with the area,” said Egan. “It’s probably not something we would do in a suburban development.” He estimates final plans by the late third quarter with a 16 to 18 month delivery time frame. No tenant news but Egan did say that parking is planned to be out front of the stores to give a long line of sight and for safety purposes.
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t’s time to reveal a bit more info about the Oak Forest and Garden Oaks-area retail development known as 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth — Swamplot’s Sponsor of the Day today. (Thanks for sponsoring us!)
The first aerial-view renderings of the design for the multi-tenant center, above, show an additional element we haven’t seen before. It’s next to thestandalone restaurant building and patio space along 34th St. (in the front of both renderings) and in front of the larger retail structure perpendicular to Ella Blvd. (in back) — both of which were featured in drawings shown the last time this development appeared as a Sponsor of the Day. These new overall views of the design for the project, by the Houston office of Gensler, reveal the surprise: Down in front, directly on the corner of Ella and 34th St., it looks like some prime parking spots are reserved for . . . food trucks!?
What!? No drive-thru bank?
Nope: Food trucks, right down there on the corner all those Garden Oaks and Oak Forest residents will be passing daily on their drive home. (Workers in the North Loop medical and office buildings should provide a good chunk of the midday traffic.) Broker Tony Armstrong, who’s leasing retail space in the property, says he’s “extremely excited to work on a development of this caliber in an area that is undergoing some really cool change. . . . I rarely see such high demand for a project this early in the marketing phase.”
Not counting the mobile food units, a total of 18,500 sq. ft. of retail and restaurant space is planned for 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth. It’s a project of Crescere Capital Management. There are still more details and images of the center to show; look for them in future 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth Sponsor of the Day posts on Swamplot.
9http://swamplot.com/swamplot-sponsor-33-13-thirtyfourth-5/2016-07-19/
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updated site plan
Luxington Boutique
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Sakowitz Fur
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three future office buildings
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no hotel
http://wulfe.com/Realister/Manager/Property/BLVD%20Place/PDF/blvd_place_availabilities2016-06-27.pdf
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Construction kicked off this week on a new project planned for 95 acres in La Porte that city leaders and developers hope will provide a spark to the town with entertainment, restaurants, office, hotels and the famous honky-tonk brand Gilley's.
Phase I of the project, slated for completion by fall 2017, will include the new Gilley's-branded entertainment center, a conference center and hotel and a collection townhomes and restaurants. Some of the tenants will include Gilley's Family Entertainment Center, Locked and Loaded Arms, Hamburgers by Gourmet, McCardell's Pub, Fashion District, Golf World, Gilley's Texas Roasters.
Future plans include office space and more residential.
The first phase of the project will begin with clearing 20 acres. The project is located on the frontage road of Texas 146 North between Wharton-Weems and West Fairmont Parkway, adjacent to the Bay Forest Golf Course.
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La Porte dignitaries and citizens gathered for a groundbreaking celebration on July 4th as construction of the first phase of La Porte Town Center began. The project is the future home of the rebirth of Houston's iconic Gilley's. A full-service resort hotel and spa (brand to be announced) will serve as a key anchor for the project. Tenants have committed to about 60% of the space, with active conversations and interest rapidly increasing. The project’s developer, Western Spherical Developers' David Miles, grew up in the region and is excited to bring new economic development opportunities to La Porte and East Harris County.
Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/retail/la-porte-town-center-breaks-ground-62318?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser-
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My grandmother live in timber grove, so I know this area pretty well. In my opinion, I wouldn't worry too much on the industrial buildings. In the next 2-5 years, most of the industrial buildings will be demolished. The creepy motel will be a new apartment complex from Guefen Development and the big vacant spot on 11th street will be a home development by Ancorian. When the freeway construction ends next year you will see more potential development.
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The Bernie's storefront should open later this summer. The Texas Children's Heights location should open in January 2017.
The 13,112-square-foot outpatient center at Yale Street is a relocation of Texas Children's Pediatric Heights at 2600 North Loop West Freeway, a Texas Children's spokesperson said. That location will have a Texas Children's urgent care center next door. It's unclear when the 2600 North Loop West Freeway location will be vacated.
Texas Children’s Hospital also signed a lease for a 19,291-square-foot location near the University of Houston, at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Griggs Road. That will be a relocation of Texas Children’s Pediatrics Cullen at 5751 Blythewood St., the Texas Children's spokesperson said. Baker Katz represented Texas Children's in its Blythewood lease.
The Texas Children's Heights location should open in January 2017. An opening date for the Blythewood location wasn't available.
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QuoteUptown Park is the center of the well-known Uptown neighborhood of Houston. With over 26 million visitors a year to Uptown Houston, Uptown Park is a place that’s the place for visitors, workers and neighbors. Uptown Park will continue to evolve into the place within the community where connections are made and bonds are formed. Recently acquired by Edens, plans for the repositioning include densification with new residential, anchor positions for retail, and enhanced improvements to the streetscape that will bring the retail landscape together.
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It’s been a whirlwind of a year for chef Hugo Ortega and business partner/wife Tracy Vaught. The power couple launched newly minted H-Town Restaurant Group and opened their first restaurant across the southern border. The momentum continued as Ortega nabbed another James Beard Awards Best Chef nod for celebrated Hugo’s, while his better half earned her first nomination for Outstanding Restaurateur.
And the husband and wife team are just warming up.
On the heels of seven-time All Star Craig Biggio announcing his swanky sports bar set to open at Marriott Marquis, comes buzz of another high-profile joint venture. The posh downtown hotel is rumored to partner with Ortega and Vaught for a new restaurant. While there hasn’t been official word confirming the duo having a concept on the table, there are possible clues.
Here’s what we know so far:
- Vaught established an entity for a company called Rosalina LLC last December.
- Filed under Rosalina LLC is the business name Xochi.
- There is also a registered domain for Xochi, tracing back to Vaught.
Something is certainly on the menu for the husband and wife team. Whether it’s Xochi, the rumored downtown restaurant under wraps, remains a mystery for now.
As downtown Houston shifts from a fast food chain haven, better and varied dining options continue to emerge. Local restaurateurs are embracing the city’s epicenter, creating a destination not only for entertainment but culinary adventures. Look no further than Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, JW Marriott’s Main Kitchen, Prohibition Supperclub & Bar and Conservatory, the recently opened underground beer garden and food hall as proof. Or Bryan Caswell and Bill Floyd’s (Reef, Little Bigs and Jackson Street BBQ) forthcoming Italian joint ventures with Astros owner Jim Crane. Even chef Philippe Verpiand of Uptown Park’s Étoile has avested interest.
Whatever Ortega and Vaught have up their sleeves, they’ll be in good company.
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QuoteIt’s been a whirlwind of a year for chef Hugo Ortega and business partner/wife Tracy Vaught. The power couple launched newly minted H-Town Restaurant Group and opened their first restaurant across the southern border. The momentum continued as Ortega nabbed another James Beard Awards Best Chef nod for celebrated Hugo’s, while his better half earned her first nomination for Outstanding Restaurateur.
And the husband and wife team are just warming up.
On the heels of seven-time All Star Craig Biggio announcing his swanky sports bar set to open at Marriott Marquis, comes buzz of another high-profile joint venture. The posh downtown hotel is rumored to partner with Ortega and Vaught for a new restaurant. While there hasn’t been official word confirming the duo having a concept on the table, there are possible clues.
Here’s what we know so far:
- Vaught established an entity for a company called Rosalina LLC last December.
- Filed under Rosalina LLC is the business name Xochi.
- There is also a registered domain for Xochi, tracing back to Vaught.
Something is certainly on the menu for the husband and wife team. Whether it’s Xochi, the rumored downtown restaurant under wraps, remains a mystery for now.
As downtown Houston shifts from a fast food chain haven, better and varied dining options continue to emerge. Local restaurateurs are embracing the city’s epicenter, creating a destination not only for entertainment but culinary adventures. Look no further than Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, JW Marriott’s Main Kitchen, Prohibition Supperclub & Bar and Conservatory, the recently opened underground beer garden and food hall as proof. Or Bryan Caswell and Bill Floyd’s (Reef, Little Bigs and Jackson Street BBQ) forthcoming Italian joint ventures with Astros owner Jim Crane. Even chef Philippe Verpiand of Uptown Park’s Étoile has avested interest.
Whatever Ortega and Vaught have up their sleeves, they’ll be in good company.
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notice this new rendering from PGAL and AECOM which are the official architects fro the project
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-the site plan have SBUX (Starbucks?), RC (Raising Cane's?), and a quick service restaurant
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The Hofheinz family and the University of Houston are pleased to announce a resolution regarding the status of the Hofheinz Pavilion basketball arena. Following this amicable resolution, UH will continue forward with its renaming and significant reconstruction of the basketball facility, while continuing to honor the Hofheinz legacy at the University.
As part of the agreement, UH will ask the city of Houston to rename a portion of Holman Street adjacent to the facility and the UH campus between Cullen Boulevard and Scott Street to pay tribute to UH alumnus Judge Roy Hofheinz. UH will build a plaza with a bronze statue of Hofheinz, whose $1.5 million gift in 1969 helped construct the original facility. An area within the UH Alumni Center will present and describe the public service of Hofheinz, and UH’s library will archive his records in a special collection.
“We know our father, Judge Roy Hofheinz, would want the athletic program at the University of Houston to prosper. So we know he would support this move which will bring the basketball arena, which bore his name for 47 years, into the 21st century. All of us in the Hofheinz family say: “Go Coogs!” said Fred Hofheinz, son of the late judge.
UH officials echoed those sentiments.
“I’m pleased that we can work together to honor Judge Hofheinz’s spirit of innovation and passion for development, while commemorating his indelible mark on the University.” said Hunter Yurachek, vice president for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Houston.
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George R. Brown Convention Center Redevelopment, Office Building & W Hotel
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