RedScare Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 They should keep the Petroleum Club as it is and rent it out. Would make a really nifty lounge setting.They already do rent it out. I went to a wedding reception there. The 60s big cigar vibe was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazhomme Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Give it to the Houston Coalition for the Homeless/US VETS. They are doing wonderful things. When Allen Rosen wins the Precint 1 constables race he can add even more to the plan with his deep connections with Metro and US VETS. Think of it as penitence for carbon-based fuels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Isn't that place full of asbestos? It would need abating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 44 floors. The top two are the Petroleum Club. I attended a fund raiser there one evening and there was a marvelous storm to the east, probably Anahuac or even further, but the lightening show was fantastic. This was in about 2000 but it felt like the mid-1960s. I don't think the decor had ever been changed since it opened. Kinda cool really.Agreed. I hope it could be saved. I still have a hard time believing that retrofit to residential would be more economic than new build. Presumably a residential conversion would require more parking, a swimming pool, balconies etc for what would be an enormously risky project.I was thinking the same thing about asbestos abatement. A lot of buildings from that era used asbestos, and since abatement means stripping it down to the frame the cost is astronomical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 They already do rent it out. I went to a wedding reception there. The 60s big cigar vibe was awesome.I posted to short. Meant to say - "Assuming Exxon gives building to city. City should rent the club out to a proprietor as is. It would be a great bar/cigar club." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I thought Exxon was just emptying their Greenspoint offices? I hope this tower doesn't go the way of Elm Place. Surely because of the vacancy rates this tower will eventually fill up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Give it to the Houston Coalition for the Homeless/US VETS. They are doing wonderful things. When Allen Rosen wins the Precint 1 constables race he can add even more to the plan with his deep connections with Metro and US VETS. Think of it as penitence for carbon-based fuels.The entire building? What would they do with it? Are you meaning convert into living quarters?The city could give a smaller building to the USVETS and then move those offices into a larger facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Last time I went to the Petroleum Club was in 1988 for the Junior Girl's Prom. That was a fun night... we ended up at Numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/11-05-12-11-38-developer-of-twitter-headquarters-eyes-purchase-of-exxon-mobil-tower-for-extreme-makeover/Shorenstein Properties, a prominent San Francisco-based developer, is negotiating to buy the 44-story Exxon Mobil building in downtown Houston in what could become a catalyst for redevelopment in the southern end of downtown....Shorenstein’s investment programs are typically focused on “Class A” office properties – the prime buildings that get the highest rents. So buying the less-than-prime Exxon building offers a clue that Shorenstein envisions a major redevelopment of the tower.Could his speculation be correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 his speculation is probably on point assuming Shoernstein is actually considering it. how close is the SkyHouse Houston high rise site to the exxon building? IIRC they're fairly close. if so the combination of both projects could really spur redevelopment in this part of the cbd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 his speculation is probably on point assuming Shoernstein is actually considering it. how close is the SkyHouse Houston high rise site to the exxon building? IIRC they're fairly close. if so the combination of both projects could really spur redevelopment in this part of the cbd.That's nice to think about, but a de-tenanting, gutting, remodeling, and/or re-skinning, and eventually re-tenanting of the Exxon Building will still only replace a Class A office tenant with a Class A office tenant (or tenants). Its not as though the building is painful to look at; it's just isolated is all, and seems out of place. SkyHouse is going to look sorta out of place, too.But all I see that really will add to this part of downtown is a few hundred extra residents. That's all. That is not a catalyst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The site is across from the proposed residential tower at 1625 Main. It is close to Midtown, so the amenitis of both the CBD and Midtown are right there. Also, the 24 story residential on Main will be next to the 30 story Houston House. There is also what seems to be like an 8 story residential building on the corner. Good start for a concentration of residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 There is also what seems to be like an 8 story residential building on the corner. Good start for a concentration of residents.Beaconsfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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