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[houstonsemipro]

i doubt both will ever be built.  all metropolitan areas have rich histories of "twin tower" developments, rarely do both of them ever get built unless they are both started at the same time, or are small developments to begin with.

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What?! They begun on the first tower already. The second tower is in December of this year. A reminder... "this is not shamrock tower."

[KinkaidAlum]

And the rumor mill is whispering about the Mercer East tower rising later this year. Despite the ugliness of the exterior, interior space, views, and location are enough of a selling point. There are just a handful of units left for sale in the West Tower.

[guess]

And the rumor mill is whispering about the Mercer East tower rising later this year. Despite the ugliness of the exterior, interior space, views, and location are enough of a selling point. There are just a handful of units left for sale in the West Tower.

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http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/sto...ry4.html?page=2

"Meanwhile, the Mercer will begin pre-sales in the next couple of weeks on a second condominium tower. Only about eight of the 54 units in the original 30-story building at Richmond and Sage are still available.

The second 30-story building will also have 54 units, priced from the low $400,000s to more than $1 million for a penthouse."

[kzseattle]

http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/sto...ry4.html?page=2

"Meanwhile, the Mercer will begin pre-sales in the next couple of weeks on a second condominium tower. Only about eight of the 54 units in the original 30-story building at Richmond and Sage are still available.

The second 30-story building will also have 54 units, priced from the low $400,000s to more than $1 million for a penthouse."

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I cant believe people are paying $1 million to live in that! It looks like a college dorm building. I hope the second tower is better than the first.

[brijonmang]

I cant believe people are paying $1 million to live in that! It looks like a college dorm building. I hope the second tower is better than the first.

I dont think we'll get too lucky with the second building looking better than the first considering all of the renderings ive seen and descriptions ive read show tower 2 to be an exact duplicate of the original...maybe they will be compliments when they stand next to eachother??? miracles happen...RIGHT? lol

[LTAWACS]

I dont think we'll get too lucky with the second building looking better than the first considering all of the renderings ive seen and descriptions ive read show tower 2 to be an exact duplicate of the original...maybe they will be compliments when they stand next to eachother???  miracles happen...RIGHT? lol

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No. Miracles do not happen. Not around here at least.

[Talbot]

That would be cool if they stood back to back. Didn't the mercers stand back to back in an old rendering?

[LTAWACS]

That would be cool if they stood back to back. Didn't the mercers stand back to back in an old rendering?

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I dont remember such a rendering.... but it would be cool.

[emil76]

I doubt they will be back to back, the open lot is on the east side of the current buildining. All of the renderings I have seen show them side to side.

I have a south view living in The Mark and its not as exciting as the north views, I'm sure if they are going to sell for those prices they are going to be north facing units.

[Talbot]

Now that i think about it, I don't think I have seen a rendering of them facing back to back.

Guess it was just a fantasy of mine, hoping the other tower wouldn't show off it's drainage run-off wall either.

[citykid09]

http://www.orionhouston.com/homeflash.html

The Orion Houston website now has a video. Does anyone have any updates on the site the would like to share? Do you guys think the secound tower will ever get built?

[Subdude]

Please see existing Orion discussion right here.

Closing this one.

[jbar77084]

Can someone tell me the exact location of the Orion Towers?

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Orion towers is on Memorial Drive just West of Detering....behind the Texadelphia restaurant.

[kjb434]

Is there a Texadelphia there in that shopping center?

I know it's behind the shopping center just west of Detering. The entance is off of Asbury which is between this shopping center and the Shell station.

If you read this topic you will see the detailed location.

[citykid09]

Has construction started? On the building?

[Sooner&RiceGrad]

Way to gaudy for me.

[kjb434]

Foundation work is already on going. The publich won't be able to see anything until the building gets above the trees or if you fly over the site.

The location is fairly well isolated.

[arche_757]

Hello Everyone - long time no post....

Hmmm, where do I begin....

Im not very impressed with this design, it seems fake (Learning From Las Vegas)? while also being overly pretentious - even for "River Oaks"

Personally Id like to see more projects like the conversion of the old Days Inn (downtown), that carry a far more modern ring to it than these two monstrosities. Although at this time what Houston needs are more 6-10 floor mid-rises to fill in the urban landscape and help re-invigerate the inner city communities by providing both a place to live and a place to shop (that is if the developers are as street consious as POST).

ps - I appologize for my bad spelling

[kjb434]

The cranes are up!!!

The tall assembly crane is up ready to start building orion vertically.

[HtownKid]

Cool Buildings that video is intresting RollsRoyce from 1950 to Maybach present day arriving at the Orion(Might as well show Muffy at the Yacht Club lol), but hell 20stories in the air an u have a summer kitchen SWEET!

Is it empty land they are building on or was that teardown?

That music has got to go makes the project look unstylish.

[kjb434]

Its forested overbank for Buffalo Bayou. The location is completely unused at the current moment.

[torvald]

This is the first I've seen of this and, 20's girl, I agree with your analysis. However, I like it. I think it's unique, yes, garrish and pompous, and my tastes are usually more minimalist, but this reminds me of some of the buildings from one of my favorite styles, so-called Art Deco.

I think we've all noticed the similarities between city skylines. Nothing but long, tall Sallys, flat rectangles of varying heights. Time for a change...

A new style could be emerging, and Houston could be on the cutting edge.

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i don't think they are hiding anything, looks quite blatant to me. looks like: a flat-out pandering to the grandiose east & west eggers alike, the future set of a batman action scene or action flick where on of those decorative spheres ends up rolling through town via fancy computer effects.

i always love those computer renderings when a company is selling a site idea, where each building is totally surrounded by nothing but trees, very sci-fi!

[houston-development]

I was driving down memorial yesterday and saw a crane; however, it was for the apartment project, not orion.

kjb, could you have confused the two? thanks.

[kjb434]

I think so, I was seeing it from the Shepherd Bridge across Buffalo Bayou.

Orion is working on its foundation though.

Trucks are regularly going in an out of their.

[houstonfella]

I love the Orion. I hope both of the towers are built. What a beautiful place to live and who doesn't LOVE River Oaks? I think the towers will compliment each other. Can you imagine the views? Maybe I should take on a second job.

[Rossonian]

Actualy the Orion isn't in River Oaks, but across the bayou from it. Can you imagin the view from the rich guy who spent ten million to have his fancy house built. I would enjoy it but I bet those high falut'n types hate it.

[kjb434]

well, its high falut'n vs high falut'n. It's not like a trailer park pulled up to River Oaks.

[houston-development]

i had an interesting lunch today. i was told orion is a no go and plans have been put on hold indefinitely. reasons range from numbers being WAY off to code violations.

anyone?

[kjb434]

At last I heard the first tower was over 65% contracted and the construction crews were clearing for the foundation?

Maybe someone can make it out to the site.

[JR3985]

I was out at the site this past saturday and the office was still open. The land has been cleared, but not workers or anything was going on. I did notice that they set up a platform overlooking the site with a rendering of what the property is going to look like. Pretty Cool!!