GreenStreet: Mixed-Use Development At 1201 Fannin St.

[UtterlyUrban]

Lovely images.  Thank you.

[Nole23]

Nice pics. The Dallas Street improvements have done wonders for the area. Now with Alessandra and Marlowe, hopefully the retail district starts to take off.

[bobruss]

Great images. Thanks for sharing.

[monarch]

^^^ simply OUTSTANDING illustrations @TowerSpotter.... well done!

if i have stated it once, i shall state it again, HOTEL ALESSANDRA, shall indeed become the catalyst

 that jumpstarts retail, movement, and outright dynamism at GREENSTREET.  not to mention DALLAS STREET overall.

this is going to become a long needed gorgeous downtown retail district...

[UtterlyUrban]

I walked trough Greenstreet the other day.  Much of the grass that they installed over some of the stairs was either dead or full of weeds.  Looked like crap.  Worst money ever spent.

 

 

[adr]

What's great about those shots is that I would totally walk down that street at night, and that's what we need visitors and residents to feel.

[hindesky]

[monarch]

^^^ @hindesky dude, i just LOVE your outstanding pics of HOTEL ALESSANDRA!

[UtterlyUrban]

What a lovely shade of beige.

 

 

[Tumbleweed_Tx]

they're on the top floor now,\

 

according to the render, the top floor is higher than the rest

[Angostura]

21 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

according to the render, the top floor is higher than the rest

 

 

Are there situations where the top floor ISN'T the highest?

 

[cspwal]

[mollusk]

4 hours ago, Angostura said:

 

 

Are there situations where the top floor ISN'T the highest?

 

 

Certain college dorms (just a rumor I've heard, of course...)

[cspwal]

5 hours ago, mollusk said:

 

Certain college dorms (just a rumor I've heard, of course...)

 

Usually it's a room on the 4th floor...

[hindesky]

After the L7 concert at House of Blues, I have to take some pics on my way to the light rail.

 

[monarch]

^^^ @hindesky  holy cow my good pal!  please, may you relay to us upon whether or not if this particular edifice is making a difference upon this gorgeous street?  looking at your illustrations, it just seems incredible!  props....

[hindesky]

 

[monarch]

^^^ H is for

historic

hard work

houston

heart

hotel alessandra

@hindesky

dude, you have outdone yourself today... MAGNIFICENT!

 

[Tumbleweed_Tx]

I meant tallest... lol

[Mab]

http://pubs.hawthorncreative.com/valenciagroup/

 

renderings on page 42-43 

 

 

[monarch]

^^^ @Mab big props our good pal for the cool renderings.  HOTEL ALESSANDRA is going to become a luxury powerhouse!

[79ta]

19 hours ago, Mab said:

http://pubs.hawthorncreative.com/valenciagroup/

 

renderings on page 42-43 

 

 

 

thanks for the link. i think more impressive than the renderings is that burger on page 21 

[nate4l1f3]

Maybe this has been mentioned but ben's beans is closing 7/31. 

 

Im having trouble uploading pics. I get the message about only being able to attach up to 2.6mb. Any advice?

[kbates2]

That blows.

[Elseed]

Saw this story on the Chron website. In one of the slides it mentioned American Apparel getting some space in the old Sakowitz building.

 

http://www.chron.com/local/history/economy-business/article/Local-businesses-changed-the-face-of-American-8462170.php#photo-10664956

 

Slide 23/45

 

" The old Sakowitz building will have as much as 25,000 square feet of retail space on its ground floor, with 4,300 set aside for American Apparel. "

 

[Moore713]

27 minutes ago, Elseed said:

Saw this story on the Chron website. In one of the slides it mentioned American Apparel getting some space in the old Sakowitz building.

 

http://www.chron.com/local/history/economy-business/article/Local-businesses-changed-the-face-of-American-8462170.php#photo-10664956

 

Slide 23/45

 

" The old Sakowitz building will have as much as 25,000 square feet of retail space on its ground floor, with 4,300 set aside for American Apparel. "

 

Great catch.. 

[Houston19514]

1 hour ago, Elseed said:

Saw this story on the Chron website. In one of the slides it mentioned American Apparel getting some space in the old Sakowitz building.

 

http://www.chron.com/local/history/economy-business/article/Local-businesses-changed-the-face-of-American-8462170.php#photo-10664956

 

Slide 23/45

 

" The old Sakowitz building will have as much as 25,000 square feet of retail space on its ground floor, with 4,300 set aside for American Apparel. "

 

 

That slide was dated April 20, 2005. (Because it's much easier to throw up a slide show of old file photos than to discover and report on any actual news.)  The plans have changed a couple times since then and I think it's safe to say American Apparel will not be opening a store in downtown Houston.

Edited August 1, 2016 by Houston19514

[Mab]

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A highly anticipated boutique downtown hotel is one step closer to delivery.

Hotel Alessandra, a 20-story, 223-room hotel, topped out on Aug. 1. The hotel is being developed by Houston-based Midway Cos. and Houston-basedValencia Group, which will operate the hotel.

Hoar Construction is the general contractor. Roughly 175,000 square feet of elevated concrete slabs were poured in nine months, according to a release from Midway. There have been 1,300 tons of rebar used during construction, and the hotel will contain around 128 miles of electrical wire upon completion. All in all, the development used 11,000 cubic yards of concrete, according to the release.

San Francisco-based Gensler's Houston and Los Angeles offices designed the hotel, which will have 10,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space, an indoor/outdoor event deck with a reflecting pool, as well as a restaurant and bar. Plans for the hotel's lobby, which was originally pegged for one of the top floors, was moved to the second floor during redesign work revealed in February 2015.

The hotel was originally expected to be complete in time for the 2017 Super Bowl, but won't be finished in time, Midway's Ann Taylor said in May. Among other things, she cited weather-related delays.

Upon its completion, Hotel Alessandra will anchor GreenStreet, a mixed-use development formerly known as Houston Pavilions that Midway is renovating. Midway tore down a GreenStreet building that housed the former Yao Restaurant & Bar to make room for the hotel last January. The hotel broke ground in spring 2015.

Midway and Valencia are also collaborating on two hospitality projects in College Station. The George, a 162-room luxury hotel, will help anchor Midway's 60-acre mixed-use called Century Square. There's also Calvary Court, another hotel in Century Square, that Midway and Valencia are developing. That hotel will contain 141 rooms and will feature rustic designs inspired by Texas A&M University traditions, according to Midway marketing materials.

Modeled after Midway's popular CityCentre complex in Houston, Century Square will include retail, entertainment space, two hotels, an office building and a mid-rise apartment complex. It should deliver this fall.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2016/08/photos-downtown-luxury-hotel-tops-out.html

[Urbannizer]

http://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com/2016/08/alessandras-progress-forever-short-of-21.html

 

 

 

[hindesky]