LarryDierker Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Looks nice, but still boring on the street. Overall, it will be a nice building, but ensures the area wont be as walkable.. As walkable as it currently is?Nobody walks here except the hobo that currently sleeps on the site.The only place to walk from here is the golf course side of Hermann park. I guess the mile walk to M and M Grill would be worth it though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Wow for once the the newer renderings are actually way better than before! This is miles better than what was there previously lol. I'm still not completely sold on this one (mostly because of the parking mount, but everyone knows my opinions on those at this point). This design is certainly an upgrade from before. Very satisfying. @houstontexasjack - That comment about the rendering jaywalkers was freakin hilarious xD !!! I'm guessing that was either intentional or someone was completely oblivious to it lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 14, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2015 Groundbreaking set for next week: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/01/dinerstein-to-break-ground-on-high-rise-rental-tower/#21137101=0 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 looked at the rendering again. Did anyone else notice the floating tree? lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Groundbreaking set for next week:http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/01/dinerstein-to-break-ground-on-high-rise-rental-tower/#21137101=0From that article, they say how the med center is a hedge against oil since it's insulated from it. I wonder why other developers haven't noticed this and built more near the TMC? They'd be able to rent to oil and gas types, as well as med center workers... thus a pretty high chance of always pulling in more expensive rents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) The building is very nice.....the photoshop is complete garbage lol. Edited January 14, 2015 by Luminare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Wow I'm surprised, I thought this one was dead for sure. Will be nice to see it rise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I love how the podium garage complements the building so well. It reminds me of the new residential at Blvd Place from some angles. Hope to see more like this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 This is a definite improvement from the first rendering. I think this will look good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 finally some great renders / concepts. thanks urbannizer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 From that article, they say how the med center is a hedge against oil since it's insulated from it. I wonder why other developers haven't noticed this and built more near the TMC? They'd be able to rent to oil and gas types, as well as med center workers... thus a pretty high chance of always pulling in more expensive rents.Perhaps because the City changed the economic equation with the downtown incentive program. Instead of the market deciding where new high rent housing should go, the city put its foot on the scale so that a hefty chunk of it went downtown. (That said, I'm excited about the new residential in downtown, but I would have also been excited about more residential in midtown, museum district, Herman Park, and TMC as well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Two Audis, a Lexus, a Maserati, and a Mercedes. Pretty posh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 One Audi, a BMW, a Lexus, a Maserati, and a Mercedes. Pretty posh. FIFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Two Audis, a Lexus, a Maserati, and a Mercedes. Pretty posh. At least it does not appear to be leading to any fatalities. Some of these buildings are rendered to turn folks into lemmings who do dangerous things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Groundbreaking set for next week: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2015/01/dinerstein-to-break-ground-on-high-rise-rental-tower/#21137101=0 next week has came and gone. no ground was broken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I think it's supposed to be on Monday (Jan 26). I happened to run into the developer and spoke to him a bit about this, it's definitely happening this month. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Today may have been the start of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 This project has a name. "The Millennium Tower".http://www.themillennium.com/Texas/Houston/Millennium-Medical-Center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Millennium tower sounds like a proposal that would have been named in the late 90s. We are still early in the new millennium (just 1.5% in), but the team was so abused 10 to 20 years ago that I just think it has been overplayed. But hey its just a name and these things change all the time.As for the rendering, I liked the 1st ones and these are even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Not much happened this week in terms of actual breaking ground, but there were a couple of pickup trucks on site Tuesday and Wednesday morning and there are two porta potties there now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well it's a start. Nothing says progress like have 2 crappers on site. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post asubrt Posted February 3, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Edited November 15, 2018 by asubrt 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Great news on the project kickoff. How many "Millenniums" is this town going to have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 IMG_1639 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr IMG_1640 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Doesn't exactly say the company is planning more high-rises for Houston, but it's interesting nevertheless. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/03/houston-apartment-developer-eyes-more-high-rises.html The Dinerstein Cos. has sky-high ambitions after decades of building midrise apartments and student housing projects across the country.Most of Dinerstein's apartment and student housing projects so far have been four- and five-story, wood-frame construction. These include Millennium Six Pines, whichrecently held its grand opening in The Woodlands, and The Millennium Kirby, which is under construction southwest of Hermann Park.However, Dinerstein aims higher in the future.In January, the Houston-based developerbroke ground on its first luxury apartment tower near the Texas Medical Center. The 22-story, 375-unit high-rise — dubbed The Millennium Tower — is the tallest project The Dinerstein Cos. has worked on in its more than 50-year history.As The Dinerstein Cos. looks to the sky for its new projects, it is learning how to use concrete and steel in its buildings. Recently, the company has been ramping up its construction projects, such as The Millennium Rainey, an eight-story concrete-structure apartment project in Austin.Although The Dinerstein Cos. is a fully integrated construction company, it hired Gilbane Inc. to be the lead general contractor on The Millennium Tower. The Providence, Rhode Island-based construction firm has experience building high-rise condominiums, apartments and office towers across the country. Chicago-based Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the architect."We wanted to see how they do it," said Brad Dinerstein, executive vice president at The Dinerstein Cos. "We're considering doing more of this in the future." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 4 crawler cranes driving piles and working on the foundation. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I was just there today, with two cranes drilling and the amount of time they have been drilling they must be coming close to being done with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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