HoustonIsHome Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I think he is confusing buildings with the mass-produced-outsourced-to-China-made-for America goods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I may have an inside scoop on the tower.. Just found out my buddies dad works for a contracting company that won one of the bids so I'm going to try and find out the height later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I thought it was already determined to be 832 feet. Was that only a speculative height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I believe so. I was the one that mentioned that. I heard it on another page (skyscraperpage?) by a random forum member. I don't mean to start any unconfirmed speculation but word from my buddy is that they added another 10 stories!!! He couldn't remember the height though but if that's the case this could be around 960'. He's going to check out the blue prints tomorrow and lmk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Would that make it taller than Williams (Transco) Tower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Transco Tower is 901 ft tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If it is expanded 10 floors and reaches 960ft then it'd be about 8 meters short of supertall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sure But yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Wowzers! I hope it's true. A supertall would look great in that location!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If they add 10 more floors it'd probably be close to 2 million sq ft in the entire tower. That's a lot of space to fill. Hopefully it just shows how optimistic their growth expectations are and doesn't take anything out of their possible(probable?) 4th tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) They still have corporate HQ to fill the 4th tower. heh.. That's merely speculation. My buddy said it would have 2 penthouse floors..? I wonder if the Petroleum Club plans to move to that other place long term or just temporary, or who the top floors would be for Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sureBut yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall.haha, i like your thinking. the only thing is im assuming the 832' was counting the 3 level podium with double height floors, whereas the podium isnt included in the "50 story" figure. which makes me wonder if the "64 stories" i heard included the podium or not. if it doesnt, this thing should break the supertall barrier.. i was assuming it did include the podium and that the podium was 4 stories (making for 10 additional floors), but the 4th story of the podium is the first floor of the tower, so i guess they possibly added 11 stories to the tower..? if all goes well ill have more details tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlftc Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Chevron is very unlikely to allow another tenant in the building for security reasons. The penthouse floors are likely to be conference rooms with higher ceilings. Both 1500 Louisiana and 1600 Smith have large conference rooms on the top floors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens! Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. Sorta, but not really. Antennas don't mean squat in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Any news?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Any news?!Right?? I feel like a kid who can't wait for Christmas to open his presents.. Hopefully soon.. He hadn't double checked the blueprints yet when I asked earlier. I hope he's right about this. He seemed pretty sure about 64 stories though. Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Someone IM hitherpoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rumors are rampant that this project is on hold for at least 12 months.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rumors are rampant that this project is on hold for at least 12 months.... ??? Seems pretty strange considering the fanfare and media circus that surrounded the announcement. The PR guy who was interviewed by all major outlets in Houston said that Chevron was very excited to break ground on this structure. On a side note, seems strange to me still that they put out such a cheap ass rendering. Looks like something done with water colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rumors are rampant that this project is on hold for at least 12 months....Hopefully a re-design. The podium can stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 haha, i like your thinking. the only thing is im assuming the 832' was counting the 3 level podium with double height floors, whereas the podium isnt included in the "50 story" figure. which makes me wonder if the "64 stories" i heard included the podium or not. if it doesnt, this thing should break the supertall barrier.. i was assuming it did include the podium and that the podium was 4 stories (making for 10 additional floors), but the 4th story of the podium is the first floor of the tower, so i guess they possibly added 11 stories to the tower..? if all goes well ill have more details tomorrow... Sooooooo......anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Sooooooo......anything?Unfortunately I don't think he got any free time to check while he was at work.. he never got back to me this afternoon.. Sorry to keep you waiting, I'm antsy as all get out to find more info on the tower too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 This could be Houston tallest! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Just heard a rumor that they're exploring canceling the tower, and instead building a campus just North of The Woodlands, in a large tract of land that recently changed hands. Supposedly, Chevron is still evaluating both options. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Camp Strake... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Camp Strake...That's the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Fernz - What's the rumor's source...without being to specific, if you can't be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Camp Strake is waaaaay up north. That would truly be an upheaval on the employees of Chevron. ExxonMobil at least had a huge presence in Greenspoint, which isn't all that far from the new Springwoods Village location, but can you imagine all the Chevron folks who now work downtown having to commute up to Camp Strake? Now that would be a nightmare.The other issue is housing supply up there. The Woodlands is already in true supply shortage mode due to Exxon, and if you added a huge Chevron campus, wow. The only way I'd see this working is if they moved a lot more people from outside of Houston to this campus. People who don't already have homes inside the loop since they work for Chevron downtown. Perhaps the San Ramon facility is on the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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