wxman Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I apologize in advance if this is either built or has been posted here already. Just looking online and came across this. Anybody know of it? http://www.wdgdallas.com/ The description is 33-story, 307 unit residential with 83,000 sqft. of retail. Look under Retail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 first i've heard about this... perhaps it's the recently demolished property on mccue? not sure where else it could be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Maybe the lot behind Best Buy, but that is not off Sage. Looks like twin 33 story tower. Nice that is has retail on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 That looks stinkin sweet! Can we get the COH to ban palm trees though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 That looks stinkin sweet! Can we get the COH to ban palm trees though? hmmm. Well there is already a "Sage Plaza" and its on San Felipe. 5100 block I think. Maybe they are going to redo it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Maybe the lot behind Best Buy, but that is not off Sage. Looks like twin 33 story tower. Nice that is has retail on the bottom. It does look like, and I DO hope that it is actually behind Best Buy. If it is, the people in the highrise and apartments in the immediate area will surely walk to it to provide some business. Lord knows they feel isolated from the rest of the galleria. That looks stinkin sweet! Can we get the COH to ban palm trees though? I feel the same way. I don't really like Palm trees. Maybe they want to keep away the grackles? EDIT: typing before coffee. Edited July 8, 2008 by ricco67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) What's wrong with palm trees? I happen to like them. We are a gulf coast city (or close enough to the gulf) and it seems pretty normal to have palm trees. Edited July 8, 2008 by Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I could have sworn there was a thread on this from last year, trouble is I can't find it. For some reason I thought the project was slated for the spot where the current Walgreens is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 What's wrong with palm trees? I happen to like them. We are a gulf coast city (or close enough to the gulf) and it seems pretty normal to have palm trees.Mostly they don't even provide shade, but then again, maybe the placement of these shows that they're not trying to anyway.Plus, I always get the feeling that it's trying to be west coastish. I like our large, full trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamo Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) hmmm. Well there is already a "Sage Plaza" and its on San Felipe. 5100 block I think. Maybe they are going to redo it?Funny that the existing Sage Plaza has 83,000ft of retail. Edited July 8, 2008 by Chamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Like Lockmat said, they don't provide shade and local birds won't get a place to nest. But the real question is: Is this really a "GO?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 http://www.hfflp.com/WebtoolsSite/News/Doc...e%201-21-08.pdfthis would be the southwest corner of sage and westheimer... that would definitely make a lot of sense and would really help transform that intersection (and make traffic totally awesome).the plot thickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 the plot thickens. And gets more confusing! I hope it is not that corner, that is already a decent development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Don't mean to toot my own horn here, but I'm kind of excited that I was actually able to contribute something here. I don't know the first thing about architecture or buildings or anything like that. I just like big buildings and want more of them. So yay for me. That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Don't mean to toot my own horn here, but I'm kind of excited that I was actually able to contribute something here. I don't know the first thing about architecture or buildings or anything like that. I just like big buildings and want more of them. So yay for me. That's all.toot it, baby. It's an awesome find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 http://www.hfflp.com/WebtoolsSite/News/Doc...e%201-21-08.pdfthis would be the southwest corner of sage and westheimer... that would definitely make a lot of sense and would really help transform that intersection (and make traffic totally awesome).the plot thickens.Hmmm... so apparently there are already two buildings going by the name Sage Plaza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm91 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 i know that there is a stale proposal in downtown called franklin towers that are supposed to be twin 33 story towers. could they have just renamed the project to sage plaza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Don't mean to toot my own horn here, but I'm kind of excited that I was actually able to contribute something here. I don't know the first thing about architecture or buildings or anything like that. I just like big buildings and want more of them. So yay for me. That's all.My sister baked some cookies today if you want some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That looks stinkin sweet! Can we get the COH to ban palm trees though? I like palm trees i mean we do have a humid subtropical climate but if we had a bunch of oak trees we might look like some town in the smoky hills or somthing sage plaza-33 stories,Sounds good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojeaux131 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I like the initial look of palm trees, but I think the pedestrian environment would be better served by oaks that provide more shade. I think the use of live oaks and other native trees would be more "authentic" anyway. It might be cheaper to go with palms in the short-term, but in the long run, the more shade you've got, the better. How unique a downtown area replete with new development and live oaks with Spanish moss hanging from their branches would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Some parts of our city have terrrific old live oaks that really lend character to their setting.There are also a few (much fewer, actually) places where palm trees do too, but provide a different feel. Highland Village is a nice example. Some palm varieties planted here are aren't that attractive, though. Those are often the kind installed as lonely sentinals in the middle of vast concrete wastelands. In general, palms here seem be be more susceptible to poor planting and lack of maintainance.I'm seeing more really attractive use of cypress trees here. I think they're pretty cool-looking even when they're bare in winter.For the city as a whole, I agree with urban foresters that warn against cultivating an oak-tree monoculture (for one thing, because of the possibility of losing them to a species-specific disease). Spreading live oaks are beautiful, but not so much when Centerpoint or CoH buzz-cut the ones too near power lines and roads into weird topiary shapes. A lot of those were planted as small trees in inappropriate places, without any foresight as to whether they had room to grow.I'd vote for having a variety, with some thought also put into planting stuff that's most well-suited to each location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 can we please not make this a thread about trees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 can we please not make this a thread about trees?Sorry, that's my bad, kind of.It's almost automatic death to a topic when you mention anything slightly off topic. But hey, we don't really have anything else to say, or do we? All we know is its location and a rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Where is this going to be exactly? Now, back to trees... I like what they've done downtown. There are cypress on one block, sycamore on another and water oak on another, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well, since we are on trees, does variety of the Cypress they are planting produce knees? If you are familiar with swamps in southern US and from my home state of Louisiana, Cypress trees should never e planted near a foundation because they will crack them.This species I'm talking about is particular the Bald Cypress. Cool fact: Cypress Tree wood never rots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well, since we are on trees, does variety of the Cypress they are planting produce knees? If you are familiar with swamps in southern US and from my home state of Louisiana, Cypress trees should never e planted near a foundation because they will crack them.This species I'm talking about is particular the Bald Cypress. Cool fact: Cypress Tree wood never rots! Shall we move on to a discussion of shrubbery next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Do you know of a Shruber? I know some knights over in Kni who wants some shrubbery. They also want a nice little white picket fence! Those bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I used to work in one of these buildings on the SW corner and still have friends that work there currently. Apparently they just extended their lease at 5333 Westheimer and will be there for at least several more years, and the current owners have committed to upgrading the building as well as the parking garage. So not sure if this is the location that this project is actually planned to be, but based on the investment in rebuilding the infrastructure that is there already, I'm sure its years away at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Leases can be broken especially if the building they are in gets sold to another group. The Lease would actually be bought out for a price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Do you know of a Shruber? I know some knights over in Kni who wants some shrubbery. They also want a nice little white picket fence! Those bastards! Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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