BigFootsSocks Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yeah permitting is a long arduous process full of hopelessness and crushed dreams 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlaugh2314 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Apparently the permit department is way behind. Not sure if that is the source of the delay here but I have seen several projects that had been announced take a long time to get through permitting. They've been backlogged for a while, which is why they've got contract people in the office trying to work on the backlog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 If anybody was wondering, the building permit for this just hit today's HBJ. About $20 million - office building and retail superstructure (according to the listing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 These numbers just don't sound right for the entire price of the structure. I really wish someone with knowledge of this process could enlighten us as to what the "$x-million" covers. Maybe a certain engineer from Purdue?... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Perhaps it's being constructed in phases. I can't help you with the cost analysis but when I spoke with my source he said it was definitely moving forward and was going to be an exciting development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I walked to Pico's last night and they have a for lease sign. So it is a go and Dan Libscomb said it will be incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Perhaps it's being constructed in phases. I can't help you with the cost analysis but when I spoke with my source he said it was definitely moving forward and was going to be an exciting development.I figure it is, I don't doubt that, I just don't seenow a project this big is only $20 million. I've seen road projects that only go a couple miles at a total cost of $15 million. I'm pretty sure this is only a fraction of what's actually being built, as in maybe this $20 million is just for site work/ water, sanitary, and drainage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I have no knowledge of the permitting process and since this is a fairly large project, and we know it has to cost a lot more tun 20 mil this is probably site work infrastructure and maybe the first phase. It is happening though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 http://www.thorequities.com/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Kirby%20Collection%20Brochure.pdf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGeneral Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 http://www.thorequities.com/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Kirby%20Collection%20Brochure.pdf Interesting that this brochure says "Thor Equities has started development .... [on this project]. Perhaps a distinction to be made between "development" and "construction" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 City Map is slightly correct. The Neighborhood Map is just dead wrong lol. Why is it so hard to get small details like this right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 ^^^ very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It would be pretty sick to work and live here, or would it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 City Map is slightly correct. The Neighborhood Map is just dead wrong lol. Why is it so hard to get small details like this right? ehhhh... Richmond, Westheimer... what's the diff? At least they didn't call it "West Heimer" (which I've seen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyJack Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I've heard the dirt work contract has been awarded. Mass excavation will be close to 50,000 yards of existing coming out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 That's...damn that's a lot of dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) These numbers just don't sound right for the entire price of the structure. I really wish someone with knowledge of this process could enlighten us as to what the "$x-million" covers. Maybe a certain engineer from Purdue?... It might be a lump sum contract for engineering and planning. Then the bigger price tag comes later in another lump sump or T&M. Seems cheap, but hard to guess. Maybe they have some super awesome building techniques. Edit: sorry for the month late reply. Sometimes I miss my name mentioned in the threads. Edited July 15, 2015 by Purdueenginerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=7130138&postcount=20 The developer, Thor Equities is beginning a short run of utility construction on the north side of Colquitt between Kirby and Lake early next week.The minor project will take four weeks to complete and will allow overhead utilities to be removed along the Colquitt side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=7130138&postcount=20I was wondering when this was going to start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Well if I'm reading it correctly, they're buring power lines, which means they have to wait for Centerpoint (or whatever power company) to get out there and bury the lines and those guys are notoriously slow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I was at Permitting last week and saw rolls and rolls of plans with the name "Kirby Collection" scrolled on them piled up in the waiting room. They must have had a dozen expeditors running around to different depts.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Well if I'm reading it correctly, they're buring power lines, which means they have to wait for Centerpoint (or whatever power company) to get out there and bury the lines and those guys are notoriously slow Anything involving utilities is incredibly slow. I was at Permitting last week and saw rolls and rolls of plans with the name "Kirby Collection" scrolled on them piled up in the waiting room. They must have had a dozen expeditors running around to different depts.. Permitting is even slower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 They removed all the fencing and have quite a few work trucks on the site today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 They removed all the fencing and have quite a few work trucks on the site today. Yep I saw them out there this morning! They have a small digger on site as well. They must be starting utility work per what Urbannizer said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Yep I saw them out there this morning! They have a small digger on site as well. They must be starting utility work per what Urbannizer said.The Upper Kirby traffic alert said Colquitt will be closed west of Kirby while they bury the utilities for this project starting Monday. I'm stoked about how Kirby will look when these buildings are built. Too bad the Picos and Office Depot etc didn't get smashed in this last boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) The Upper Kirby traffic alert said Colquitt will be closed west of Kirby while they bury the utilities for this project starting Monday. I'm stoked about how Kirby will look when these buildings are built. Too bad the Picos and Office Depot etc didn't get smashed in this last boom.While I agree about those businesses, I don't think they are a horrendous eyesore. I do agree I wish the Pico's was another midrise or highrise. It would def add to the density of the area. I would rather see that little plaza where Taco Cabana is at be transformed in to a more open, urban park area. Edited August 21, 2015 by j_cuevas713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) They are putting up a privacy fence in Kirby. I assume to put banners etc on. Edited August 24, 2015 by Dakota79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Construction crew are all around the site. This looks like a go. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted August 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2015 Construction crew are all around the site. This looks like a go. Kirby Collection Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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