ChannelTwoNews Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 And since it appears that Memorial City has updated their developments section to some extent, they finally have a rendering of Cemex's building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 So, driving by midday yesterday I saw they had installed a 4th crane and were making progress on whatever it is they're building right next to Cemex Center.Some photos... How did Memorial City get so lucky. West Houston is booming in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Katy Freeway Corridor is amazing. So many cranes from Barker Cypress all the way to 610. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 This one's gone up pretty quick, and here are a couple of photos from last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Interesting... the first rendering depicts a 7 story midrise. The building under construction appears to already be 9 stories tall and rising. Does anyone have the scoop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhlaw09 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Interesting... the first rendering depicts a 7 story midrise. The building under construction appears to already be 9 stories tall and rising. Does anyone have the scoop?I think the rendering shows more than a 7-story building. I don't think the lines that you're looking at delineate the floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I think the rendering shows more than a 7-story building. I don't think the lines that you're looking at delineate the floors.Yeah, it looks more like around 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Interesting... the first rendering depicts a 7 story midrise. The building under construction appears to already be 9 stories tall and rising. Does anyone have the scoop?I'm pretty sure that this is an office building, but yeah it seems to have kept a pretty low media profile.The condos were proposed for a site at the southeast corner of I-10 and Memorial City Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I'm pretty sure that this is an office building, but yeah it seems to have kept a pretty low media profile.The condos were proposed for a site at the southeast corner of I-10 and Memorial City Way.Nope, this is the condo project. The construction site has a Gaylord address (office project has one along Memorial City Way) and apparently things have changed since the first signs went up. According to the marketing website, it should be 11 stories total: 6 of residences & 5 of parking.http://www.memorialcityliving.com/location.htmI thought it was supposed to be closer to I-10 based on where the original signs and the first work on the site was done ages ago, but that may have been wrong... or they just decided to build closer to Cemex's building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 This one actually topped out two stories taller than the website advertised. It's 13 stories instead of 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 It's also much uglier than originally advertised, it seems. UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringShadows Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 It's also much uglier than originally advertised, it seems. UGH.My God, they haven't even started on it yet. So quick to judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 My God, they haven't even started on it yet. So quick to judge.It looks absolutely nothing like the original renderings; go back and take a look. The entire thing looks like it will be clad in that same boring white precast/EIFS that all the other memorial bldgs going up have. Once again, the Memorial City peeps have pulled off a bait and switch thing here; the original Westin renders were much better designs than the one going up now.This entire swath could have been so much better than it is now. They totally ruined it with their crappy half arsed architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert W. Boyd Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Has anyone seen the Fountains at Memorial City? These are new condos going up on Gaylord right next door to the Cemex building just east of Memorial City. They are being developed by MetroNational which pretty much owns everything from Bunker Hill to Memorial Hermann (the president of MetroNational has his office in the "crown" of the Memorial Hermann Tower).Anyway, there is nothing particularly special about The Fountains except that it is unusual for high rise condos to be built so far out. But the parking garage is surprisingly a thing of beauty! (Photos here.) The have put a mural on the side of trees with a neat effect of the more distant trees being paler in the haze. Because there are real trees in the parking lot in front (north) of the mural, it gives it a curious trompe l'oeil effect. Worth checking out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Heh... Gaylord... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Looks good to me. Is the along the freeway near Memorial City Mall? They must have built these fast. Last time I was in the area I didn't see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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