fernz Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 A few more short years and they will start building out the interior. What do folks think this project will do to the apartment rental market in 2020 when it opens?LOL! This does seem to be the slowest project out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 i'm sort of baffled that GID hasn't acted with more urgency on this project (as a whole i mean). houston is experiencing an economic and population boom unlike ever before yet they've sat and sat on this project with hardly any progress save for this apartment project. what's truly baffling is that this area is in the early stages of a development boom between 22 Waugh, Hines San Felipe office project and several other unannounced office and mixed-use developments in the immediate vicinity. being first to market typical helps a great deal and these guys are getting lapped by everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 i'm sort of baffled that GID hasn't acted with more urgency on this project (as a whole i mean). houston is experiencing an economic and population boom unlike ever before yet they've sat and sat on this project with hardly any progress save for this apartment project. what's truly baffling is that this area is in the early stages of a development boom between 22 Waugh, Hines San Felipe office project and several other unannounced office and mixed-use developments in the immediate vicinity. being first to market typical helps a great deal and these guys are getting lapped by everyone.Financing? Impotence? Stupidity? Special circumstances? Reworking the plans to make the plan bigger?It's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I've heard 2015 at the absolute earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 It's odd to think that this project broke ground in August 2012 and still has a pretty long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Looking at the bigger picture, when will ALL of regent square break ground/be completed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I think Regent Square will be the best urban development of all the ones going up in Houston. The reason I say this is because the development mixes in with what is already there, it doesn't have parking lots around it like BLVD place and many of the others. This will just be a part of the city that you can walk directly to from the street and not have to pass through a parking lot to get to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I think Regent Square will be the best urban development of all the ones going up in Houston. The reason I say this is because the development mixes in with what is already there, it doesn't have parking lots around it like BLVD place and many of the others. This will just be a part of the city that you can walk directly to from the street and not have to pass through a parking lot to get to it.Perhaps, but we just passed 7 years since it was announced, and there is absolutely no timetable when it will get finished. I hope you are younger than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The director of design for GID will be speaking in Sugar Land in a couple of weeks. Someone should go and ask him what the deal is. http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/index.aspx?NID=1190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The director of design for GID will be speaking in Sugar Land in a couple of weeks. Someone should go and ask him what the deal is.http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/index.aspx?NID=1190They aren't in a hurry for phase 2 because they have a heavily populated apartment so they don't have to tear it down until absolutely necessary. They learned the hard way with the initial year downs years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I emailed someone involved with phase II and they expect it to be open before end of 2015. Also, their news release last year said it would break ground end of 2013, so it seems they're just a bit behind schedule. Most likely they're just trying to finish with The Sovereign first, that's my thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elseed Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm glad something in regent square is finally happening 50 yrs after there announcement....on another keep the buildings coming in Midtown/Neartown/River Oaks we need to find a way to connect downtown skyline to the med ctr first and then Uptown and then to the Energy Corridor! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Today by Tottitto http://www.flickr.com/photos/109219574@N05/12707061143/sizes/l/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Rochow reconstruction is nearly complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Comcast is wiring allen house for cable and internet. What's the point if they are planning on tearing them down? Maybe a change in plans, or longer delay than scheduled? Or just a way to appease residents before the inevitable teardown? Hard to say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 http://thesovereignhouston.com/home.html Official website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 opposite side of the building from infinite_Jim. IMG_0741 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 IMAG0417 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 from their facebook page. I know yall are dying for this, right... The Sovereign is open for preleasing and is proud to welcome our first resident! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) from their facebook page. I know yall are dying for this, right... The Sovereign is open for preleasing and is proud to welcome our first resident! Is that you, lockmat? Edited April 16, 2014 by fernz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Is that you, lockmat? haha, I wish I was the first resident there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 i asked on their facebook page when phase ii start and this was their response: Thank you for your interest in The Sovereign at Regent Square. Please feel free to contact our Management team at 713-521-3233 and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. someone should call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 damn Id hate to be the guy on that scaffold to the right, nice view though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 1622032_10201666947508067_6893606997100485116_n by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Great shot! Another good view is coming back over Memorial Drive on Waugh heading south from Washington Avenue. There's a nice cluster developing with AIG and its group of office buildings, the Condo with the crown and now the Sovereign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Edited April 22, 2014 by Triton 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 props triton, as per the beautiful pics. i guess that the closer you get to this particular edifice, the better it appears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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