editor Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 What does "tilt-up" mean in this context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, editor said: What does "tilt-up" mean in this context? This is a tilt-up office building. https://www.korteco.com/construction-industry-articles/basics-tilt-construction/ Edited March 10, 2022 by hindesky 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 hours ago, hindesky said: This is a tilt-up office building. https://www.korteco.com/construction-industry-articles/basics-tilt-construction/ IKEA catalog number 005.066.84. Delivery is $49. Assembly assistance available through TaskRabbit. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asubrt Posted March 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2022 Not the best photo, but the Sheraton is quickly coming down 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaxConcrete Posted March 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2022 The first photo was taken Wednesday. It shows the PowerTrac boom which is doing the demolition. There was also a large fan on the right side blowing a cloud of mist over the site, surely for dust control. The second photo was taken today. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Third Coast Drones posted this to YouTube video and u/gbeardjr posted it on r/houston Edited March 14, 2022 by hindesky 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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j_cuevas713 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) I wish stuff like this would skip these developments and just go downtown. We all want a vibrant downtown, and stuff like this ends up here. I feel the same about the Improv. 😐 Still happy we are one of the few cities with these now. NY, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, LA, and us https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/retail/article/Nike-opens-marketplace-of-the-future-in-17008922.php Edited March 17, 2022 by j_cuevas713 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: I wish stuff like this would skip these developments and just go downtown. We all want a vibrant downtown, and stuff like this ends up here. I feel the same about the Improv. 😐 Still happy we are one of the few cities with these now. NY, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, LA, and us https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/retail/article/Nike-opens-marketplace-of-the-future-in-17008922.php They could have even went to the Galleria area 🤦🏽♂️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, kennyc05 said: They could have even went to the Galleria area 🤦🏽♂️ Bare minimum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texan Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 4 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: I wish stuff like this would skip these developments and just go downtown. We all want a vibrant downtown, and stuff like this ends up here. I feel the same about the Improv. 😐 Still happy we are one of the few cities with these now. NY, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, LA, and us https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/retail/article/Nike-opens-marketplace-of-the-future-in-17008922.php I first interpreted this as saying you wished Midway would've skipped over Town and Country to build CityCentre downtown (didn't see the article at first) but then realized what you were actually saying. I agree with both my first interpretation and what you actually meant. I'm glad Midway went inner loop with East River and just wish they'd quickly start on the next phase of Buffalo Heights. The north side of the Bayou is going to start looking very short compared to the south side! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, texan said: I first interpreted this as saying you wished Midway would've skipped over Town and Country to build CityCentre downtown (didn't see the article at first) but then realized what you were actually saying. I agree with both my first interpretation and what you actually meant. I'm glad Midway went inner loop with East River and just wish they'd quickly start on the next phase of Buffalo Heights. The north side of the Bayou is going to start looking very short compared to the south side! Yeah I mean I'm not against CityCentre by any means. I just wish first thoughts would be downtown before any other place in the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Yeah I mean I'm not against CityCentre by any means. I just wish first thoughts would be downtown before any other place in the city. Nah...you gotta spread the love around. The population center of Houston is right around that area, anyway. Plus who wants to slog all the way downtown on the weekend after having to do it during the week? Edited March 18, 2022 by august948 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: Yeah I mean I'm not against CityCentre by any means. I just wish first thoughts would be downtown before any other place in the city. Companies go where the money is. Downtown is not a hopping retail environment, hence why Greenstreet struggled. On the other hand, City Centre has been very successful, and is already an established retail center. The idea is a no brainer, and the only place I even see this concept going besides here is Uptown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 12 hours ago, august948 said: Nah...you gotta spread the love around. The population center of Houston is right around that area, anyway. Plus who wants to slog all the way downtown on the weekend after having to do it during the week? The population center of the city is 34th and Ella. It should go there! I drive from downtown to around City Center every day, I don't wanna do it on the weekend! https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2022/01/13/harris-county-population-suburbs-census 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, august948 said: Nah...you gotta spread the love around. The population center of Houston is right around that area, anyway. Plus who wants to slog all the way downtown on the weekend after having to do it during the week? I'm having a hard time even understanding your argument. Downtown is still the core of the city and who slogs downtown? A quarter of the population lives in the loop. 9 hours ago, freundb said: The population center of the city is 34th and Ella. It should go there! I drive from downtown to around City Center every day, I don't wanna do it on the weekend! https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2022/01/13/harris-county-population-suburbs-census That still has nothing to do with location. Just because you live way outside the loop doesn't mean anything. I don't live close to CityCentre at all but my point is that stuff like this belongs in the city core. If we want downtown to never progress then yeah we can keep avoiding it all together. And not just that, this forum focuses on density. Why would we want something so cool only for people who drive way outside of the city? I'd like to be able to walk to a place like this or even take transit. Edited March 19, 2022 by j_cuevas713 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Big E said: Companies go where the money is. Downtown is not a hopping retail environment, hence why Greenstreet struggled. On the other hand, City Centre has been very successful, and is already an established retail center. The idea is a no brainer, and the only place I even see this concept going besides here is Uptown. But I guarantee if you provided the retail people want to go to then it would. That's like the same argument people had about a number of developments from Discovery Green to the light rail, hell even Minute Maid Park had it doubters. Greenstreet hasn't been as successful as it can be for a number of reasons, but that's not my argument. And that development still has plenty of room to succeed once population density increases. I guess my point is I don't understand how this forum doesn't push for stuff like this in the core of the city yet at the same time talk about density and more walkable development. Developments like this are what make cities exciting. But if we're ok with companies avoiding the heart of the city, then it will stay stagnant forever. Edited March 19, 2022 by j_cuevas713 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 6 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: I'm having a hard time even understanding your argument. Downtown is still the core of the city and who slogs downtown? A quarter of the population lives in the loop. That still has nothing to do with location. Just because you live way outside the loop doesn't mean anything. I don't live close to CityCentre at all but my point is that stuff like this belongs in the city core. If we want downtown to never progress then yeah we can keep avoiding it all together. And not just that, this forum focuses on density. Why would we want something so cool only for people who drive way outside of the city? I'd like to be able to walk to a place like this or even take transit. I think the population inside the loop is more like south of 10% of the Houston MSA. Can't find stats yet on 2020, but 2010 had it at 444k vs metro pop of almost 6M. Inner loop pop peaked in the 60's and has been below that ever since. Metro pop now is north of 7M. My point is that there's plenty of stuff inside the loop, yet the vast majority of the population lives outside the loop. It doesn't make any sense to have everything inside the loop when 90+% lives outside it. To put everything there would require we rebuild the highway system inside the loop and outside along the lines of the katy freeway rebuild or greater. Shall we mark you down as an advocate for that? BTW...CityCentre encompasses at least four apartment complexes in addition to being surrounded by neighborhoods and is just north of the Terry Hershey Park trail which connects neighborhoods west to highway 6 (and beyond, really, since the trails extend all the way through Cinco Ranch). There are plenty of places to live there if you're feeling restricted living inside the loop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 17 hours ago, freundb said: The population center of the city is 34th and Ella. It should go there! I drive from downtown to around City Center every day, I don't wanna do it on the weekend! https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2022/01/13/harris-county-population-suburbs-census Actually, that's the population center of Harris County. It doesn't include weighting from the rest of the metro area, much of which is west and south of Harris. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 21 hours ago, freundb said: The population center of the city is 34th and Ella. It should go there! I drive from downtown to around City Center every day, I don't wanna do it on the weekend! https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2022/01/13/harris-county-population-suburbs-census Hmm, so you are saying that Waltrip High school should be replaced by a massive retail complex? That would have an interesting impact on the area, and would be an awesome thought experiment. The area directly West to TC Jester and South to the electrical right of way would need to be included. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) @august948 I believe the population of Inner Loop hit over 500,000 in 2020. I think it added around 50,000 people from 2010 to 2020. I’ll have to poke around, but there’s a thread on here. (And at the moment, there’s a thread over on Houston Citydata forum about it) It’s definitely not a huge share of the population of the entire GHA (I think that’s, what, 7 million people?) but it’s certainly growing. Edited March 22, 2022 by BEES?! Typos galore 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 10/11/2021 at 8:14 PM, Urbannizer said: CityCentre Seven, Future Hotel & Retail https://cw-gbl-gws-prod.azureedge.net/-/pmedia/91914/0/citycentre-seven-brochure-002.pdf?rev=1130df45a6f22c95b295f2f8727c27ccf251d46dcf6432df972a13e19ade4db7c69e008bda296bf6101f68d07b125e1b4806b5a64b079d56fcae77c0e05f704b&dl=1 Per the unlikeliest of sources (Swoon Memorial magazine), the hotel flag will be an AC Hotel by Marriott. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Building height and tower crane height. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 32 minutes ago, hindesky said: Building height and tower crane height. This is actually a different building that’s not technically in CityCentre (it’s on the other side of Queensbury). Town Center One is 10-ish floors and has Microsoft and some other offices, and there’s been a sign and rendering in the adjacent lot for years saying “Town Center Two coming summer 2020”. I assumed it was dead, but maybe not? Surprised yet another office building is moving forward in this market, with the one next to the McKinley restarting construction recently and CityCentre Seven supposedly starting soon (and CityCentre Six also in the pipeline). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted June 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2022 Project: AC Hotel by Marriot Address: 10655 Katy Freeway Developer: Midway Architect: DLR Group Information: The project is a new 135,035 S.F. AC Hotel by Marriott hotel located in CITYCENTRE . The project will consist of 10 stories; 1 level of public amenities and service functions, and 9 levels of guestrooms, consisting of 243 guestrooms. Guest parking will be accommodated in an adjacent parking structure separate of this project and property. At the main entry on the ground level, the programmatic features include the registration desk, market, library, fitness, breakfast, AC lounge, and AC bar. Also at the ground level is the back of house service spaces, including front of house admin offices, kitchen, employee breakroom, housekeeping, and mechanical/electrical spaces. Each guestroom level will comprise of 27 guestrooms, elevator lobby, housekeeping room, electrical room, and the AC hydration station, Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin April 2023. Yes, the renders do only show it to be 9 levels, but at the moment the intent is 10 levels. Approximate building height is 125'. 24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 City Centre 7 Parking Garage and Retail. Will be located North of City Centre 7 office building and the AC Hotel. 7,155 SF of retail space. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChannelTwoNews Posted August 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2022 https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/08/29/moody-rambin-town-centre-two.html 2nd office building near Town & Country Village finally coming soon. Should be complete by 2023. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 9 hours ago, ChannelTwoNews said: https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/08/29/moody-rambin-town-centre-two.html 2nd office building near Town & Country Village finally coming soon. Should be complete by 2023. Quote Houston-based Moody Rambin is set to break ground soon on a new 167,141-square-foot office building next to CityCentre and Town & Country Village on the west side of town. The eight-story Town Centre Two will be the latest addition to the company’s Town Centre development, the first phase of which broke ground in 2013. Moody Rambin expects Town Centre Two to be completed by the third quarter of 2023, the company said in a news release. The new building will be located at 730 Town & Country Blvd. No render yet I guess. The only image is of Town Centre One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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