M Square: Mixed-Use Development At 3200 Post Oak Blvd.

[houstontexasjack]

32 minutes ago, thatguysly said:

 

I hope they view this as a legacy for McNair and go all out

Maybe they traded DeAndre Hopkins to save money on his contract for it. 😈

[jmitch94]

No pictures, sorry guys/gals, but the concrete that is closest to 24 hour fitness is currently being busted up and shipped off. 

[cloud713]

From what my buddies father told me about the bid, the buildings were spec’ed around the original height in the original renderings.

[Highrise Tower]

 

[wxman]

Oh man, what are the chances that Williams will have some competition soon? 

[thatguysly]

I am excited for Williams to not stick out so much. This won't be as tall but will compliment it well.

[nate4l1f3]

So has construction started or is this just the relocation of mccue?

[mls1202]

On 8/14/2020 at 8:08 AM, thatguysly said:

I am excited for Williams to not stick out so much. This won't be as tall but will compliment it well.

 

I actually feel the opposite.  Part of the charm of Transco (will NEVER call it Williams) was that it stood out like a lighthouse.  In a way, it's why the Burj Khalifa looks so impressive in how it dominates the area with everything else looking up towards it.

[EllenOlenska]

9 minutes ago, mls1202 said:

 

I actually feel the opposite.  Part of the charm of Transco (will NEVER call it Williams) was that it stood out like a lighthouse.  In a way, it's why the Burj Khalifa looks so impressive in how it dominates the area with everything else looking up towards it.

Yes--and I've seen the argument (and parroted on here) that it was the fullest flowering of Frank Lloyd Wright's idea of a single huge tower dominating a deserted plain. 

Now I don't mind a large tower going beside it--but if it gains something, it also will lose something. 

[rechlin]

48 minutes ago, mls1202 said:

 

Part of the charm of Transco (will NEVER call it Williams) was that it stood out like a lighthouse.  In a way, it's why the Burj Khalifa looks so impressive

 

I find it peculiar that you seem to be willing to die on a hill over calling it Transco (when it's been known as Williams since the last millennium), but then you talk about Burj Khalifa without even mentioning its original name, Burj Dubai.

[Highrise Tower]

On 8/14/2020 at 1:26 PM, nate4l1f3 said:

So has construction started or is this just the relocation of mccue?

 

Utilities and road reconfiguration for now.

 

 

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[gene]

while they are at it, can they go ahead and bulldoze down that darn chik-fil-a!? that thing closed like 100 years ago for nuthin'! 

 

[por favor gracias]

8 minutes ago, gene said:

while they are at it, can they go ahead and bulldoze down that darn chik-fil-a!? that thing closed like 100 years ago for nuthin'! 

 

 

I would have liked to have seen the new Transit Center built where Chick-Fil-A/Best Buy are, and in a still imperfect, but better world keep them both for GFR and have a pedestrian bridge over Richmond Ave to the McNair development. Would have made for a shorter trip down the BRT line and could have tied this area together nicely and spurred more vertical development nearby.

[decks05]

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[mls1202]

1 hour ago, decks05 said:

Bid documents were supposed to come out 9/18, but have been pushed back to 10/5. My company is bidding the curtain wall.

For the laymen around here (me), by curtain wall, are you referring to the below-ground walls that are put up once the foundation has been excavated, or is that something else?

[decks05]

On 9/17/2020 at 10:16 AM, mls1202 said:

For the laymen around here (me), by curtain wall, are you referring to the below-ground walls that are put up once the foundation has been excavated, or is that something else?

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[J Money]

Cool deal @decks05! Any hints on # of buildings and heights? Is it still 3 buildings as previously shown?

[mls1202]

2 hours ago, decks05 said:

The glass and aluminum framing on the tower. Or what most people refer to as the "windows". Ha!

wow, I was off.  Thanks for not making feel TOO stupid

 

[monarch]

^^^ @decks05 props for your contribution.  however, is it at all possible, to present to the forum a FINAL RENDERING/CONCEPT... of just what this MCNAIR development will look like?  we really have not witnessed anything FINAL thus far.  at least i do not think we have.  should you be permitted, THANK YOU in advance!

[MidCenturyMoldy]

On 8/15/2020 at 8:22 AM, mls1202 said:

Transco (will NEVER call it Williams) 

👍

[MidCenturyMoldy]

On 8/15/2020 at 9:14 AM, rechlin said:

 

I find it peculiar that you seem to be willing to die on a hill over calling it Transco (when it's been known as Williams since the last millennium), but then you talk about Burj Khalifa without even mentioning its original name, Burj Dubai.

 

The Burj's name was changed before it even opened. Transco was Transco for some time, and, IMO, "Transco Tower" is more interesting sounding than "Williams Tower." 

[Highrise Tower]

 

[HOUCAJUN]

I see equipment but what does this mean?

[Highrise Tower]

[Mark Resident]

Picture of today’s activity

Edited October 1, 2020 by Mark Resident

[HoustonBoy]

So is this under construction?

 

[Mark Resident]

They seem to be stepping up the infrastructure build out. The culverts are new additions along with the dirt pile which is growing by the minute. Lots of activity. I hope to post pictures of the building construction if it comes to fruition... keeping my fingers crossed!