Camden Conte: Multifamily At 1515 Austin St.

[Highrise Tower]

[UtterlyUrban]

20 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

Looks like a tree!

[hindesky]

I wish they had taken the midrise section all the way up to the pool deck, it looks weird like this.

[MarathonMan]

I have thought the same thing.  The exposed upper portion of the parking garage looks bad.

[hindesky]

37 minutes ago, MarathonMan said:

I have thought the same thing.  The exposed upper portion of the parking garage looks bad.

The rendering looks like they will clad the upper portions with something but I still think they should go all the way up.

[hindesky]

Looks like they are going to clad the pool area above the mid rise.

[Highrise Tower]

 

[hindesky]

[Alec]

So much beige.

 

 

 

[H-Town Man]

On 4/29/2019 at 12:07 PM, Alec said:

So much beige.

 

 

 

 

We should call this area Little Abilene.

 

[hindesky]

Painting the wall above the mid rise.

[hindesky]

From Game 4

 

[CaptainJilliams]

The Camden website for their Houston apartments indicates the Downtown tower should open by November 2019. 

[hindesky]

[Timoric]

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Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric

[Highrise Tower]

From today.

 

 

[mattyt36]

On 5/10/2019 at 5:12 AM, Timoric said:

Does Downtown Houston have a good-sized footprint of blocks compared to other large American cities or is it smaller? Can it it expand (seems like if Pierce Elevate goes away at least that direction could.) Can anyone envision what the footprint expansion could become in the next 30 years on a map?

 

Why exactly does it matter if blocks south of 45 are called “Downtown” or “Midtown”?

 

Plenty of suburbanites call the entire Inner Loop “Downtown.”

[UtterlyUrban]

14 minutes ago, mattyt36 said:

 

Why exactly does it matter if blocks south of 45 are called “Downtown” or “Midtown”?

 

Plenty of suburbanites call the entire Inner Loop “Downtown.”

Ask a Manhattanite this question ......

[EllenOlenska]

Hell, I might say downtown is everything downtown except the portion east of Main and south of Dallas, which includes this building.  

[mattyt36]

17 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said:

Ask a Manhattanite this question ......

 

Erm, OK. Obviously highly relevant. (?)

 

So, by that token, what if they started calling South Midtown Downtown?

 

Because that’s essentially what the OP is asking about.

Edited May 12, 2019 by mattyt36

[jarshhhh]

I'm a fan of it at street level.  It's not the most aesthetically pleasing overall but a good addition to the neighborhood I think. 

[HNathoo]

Does anyone know if they plan on pursuing phase II as soon as this one is complete?

 

I imagine the crane will be coming down soon, so it'll be interesting to see if it's transferred to the next block.

[hindesky]

7 hours ago, HNathoo said:

Does anyone know if they plan on pursuing phase II as soon as this one is complete?

 

I imagine the crane will be coming down soon, so it'll be interesting to see if it's transferred to the next block.

Seems like they would have to do a lot of ground work prep like they did on this before any cranes could transition onto the second build. The  block has a lot of concrete on it that would have to be dealt with. Tower cranes need as tall as these need a very secure base to be bolted onto.

[hindesky]

Talked with a Harvey worker who was helping out at the Preston garage demo who works the Camden Conte. I asked if he heard whether they would start the second tower after this was completed. He didn't know because Camden has their own construction division and thought they might do the work themselves after overseeing the build of the first tower. I also asked when they would be letting tenants move in and he said November for the first 14 floors and they would turn over the completed  building to Camden first part of next year.

[hindesky]

The southern wall below the pool deck is almost finished being painted.

[rechlin]

Found on reddit, courtesy of /u/zhutch19 (look at the far right side):

 

[Highrise Tower]

Peeking around the corner.

 

[wilcal]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/WhyHotels-to-open-pop-up-location-in-Camden-s-13914727.php

Looks like you'll get the opportunity to stay there for a night without having to rely on AirBNB

 

WhyHotel, a temporary housing company that partners with residential developers to offer short-term stays in vacant units of newly developed buildings, has struck a deal with Camden Property Trust to turn 100 apartments in a new downtown tower into essentially hotel suites.

The Washington D.C.-based company will lease the units from Camden in its new 21-story, 271-unit apartment building now under construction near the Toyota Center and the George R. Brown Convention Center at 1515 Austin.

 

The company refers to it new location as a pop-up hotel, since it will operate for a limited time. It will begin accepting its first guests late this year, with the local operation running through late 2020.

 

(more in link)

[Luminare]

22 minutes ago, wilcal said:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/WhyHotels-to-open-pop-up-location-in-Camden-s-13914727.php

Looks like you'll get the opportunity to stay there for a night without having to rely on AirBNB

 

WhyHotel, a temporary housing company that partners with residential developers to offer short-term stays in vacant units of newly developed buildings, has struck a deal with Camden Property Trust to turn 100 apartments in a new downtown tower into essentially hotel suites.

The Washington D.C.-based company will lease the units from Camden in its new 21-story, 271-unit apartment building now under construction near the Toyota Center and the George R. Brown Convention Center at 1515 Austin.

 

The company refers to it new location as a pop-up hotel, since it will operate for a limited time. It will begin accepting its first guests late this year, with the local operation running through late 2020.

 

(more in link)

 

Never heard about something like this before. Great concept. Its like how retail is innovating in its business with popup-stores, or the food industry with food trucks. These are great ways to make it easier for new comers to get into an established industry.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Luminare

[kbates2]

I think the Texaco building did this for a bit.  At least Camden is telling prospective renters before-hand that there may be hotel renters there.  Definitely can change the feel of your home if you have single-night renters there all of the time too.