Montrose1100 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 our little princess, is fast becoming a queen wonderful illustrations brijonmang.... Lmao! I hope he knew the recognition he was asking for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) It is hardly news to anyone that the downtown street level retail market is not particularly strong. Having said that, this particular transaction tells us literally nothing about the "market." The landlord is a nonprofit foundation. The tenant is a closely-related nonprofit entity. And, FWIW, the church indeed wanted street-level, street-front space for this facility. They very specifically did not want it hidden away in the upper levels of the large church complex. They want a very visible outreach to and engagement with the downtown community, especially the thousands of new residents coming soon. Nonsense, any transaction tells you something about the market. I don't care if the landlord is the Archbishop of Canterbury, if they can get $30/SF leasing the space to a coffee shop or something else that would tastefully complement the upstairs office use and the church campus, they would in a second, and then all the Episcopalians would have a nice hangout to go to on the way from the prayer center (wherever it ended up) to the office and vice versa. And obviously the church wanted the street-level space if it was there for the taking, although I would be interested in seeing whatever quotes you've read that tell you that they "very specifically" rejected a location in the upper levels. I would bet strongly however that they did not want it so bad as to pay a retail-level rent for it, which tells you that retail tenants were uninterested... which tells you something about the market. Edited September 17, 2015 by H-Town Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Twinsanity02 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It appears 609 is 20 some feet taller than the 240 foot garage across the street. This means they are approximately 1/3rd the way up. This is going to be one tall building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The crown may be very close to the observation deck of the Chase tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It should be about 130 feet taller than BG group place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 On skyscraperpage.com the Houston diagram does show it will be as tall up to the 60th floor of the Chase Tower. What a impact it will make! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 On ground floor retail, the old site for the tower was a McDonald's, which was demolished for a skyscraper that never came to be. They even had supposedly signed a lease. Could a McDonald's be a tenant for 609 Main?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I seriously doubt Hines would lease GFR to a McDonalds.. They have standards. From what I've heard a Walgreens wanted to open in the base of one of their office towers awhile back (before Page/ moved their offices into the space) and they said no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I seriously doubt Hines would lease GFR to a McDonalds.. They have standards. From what I've heard a Walgreens wanted to open in the base of one of their office towers awhile back (before Page/ moved their offices into the space) and they said no.At least we have a rumor for a first tenant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-Town Man Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 On ground floor retail, the old site for the tower was a McDonald's, which was demolished for a skyscraper that never came to be. They even had supposedly signed a lease. Could a McDonald's be a tenant for 609 Main?? Highly doubtful that Hines would honor any agreement made ca. 2004 between McDonald's and Tracy Suttles' Shamrock. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I seriously doubt Hines would lease GFR to a McDonalds.. They have standards. From what I've heard a Walgreens wanted to open in the base of one of their office towers awhile back (before Page/ moved their offices into the space) and they said no. Would make sense for there to be a Walgreen's - just a few blocks away is that CVS, and Walgreen's and CVS like to be as close to each other as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted September 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2015 Forgot to add this one. Peeking up between the buildings from Discovery Green. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monarch Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 ^^^ outstanding work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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astros148 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 wow!!! that looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Splendid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 love me some 609 MAIN! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nativehoustonion Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Cannot wait till it tops out! That could be next May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CREguy13 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Great photo. It's weird to think 2 Houston Center will not be visible from this standpoint in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 This building will be a few feet shy of the Bank of America ( formerly Republic Bank) building. It is going to be the sixth tallest in the city. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 They were anchoring the northern tower crane for a jump, counted 6 new vertical sections on the ground. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmitch94 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Has anyone taken one of those buffalo bayou tours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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