KinkaidAlum Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Correction, OPP's podium is a full block. The tower is not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, MarathonMan said: But OPP's four parking levels include resident and Phoenicia parking, too. I don't live there but I am told that OPP has two levels of parking for Phoenicia and guests and then 4 levels on top of that for residents. And the parking garage is a full block wide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 The city requires between 1.25 and 2 spaces per apartment. http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/DevelopRegs/docs_pdfs/parking_req.pdf This project will have plenty of parking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slcowart416 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Is there a webcam for this project? There looks like a camera possibly on a mast on the roof of the adjacent apartment bldg. How does one find these webcams generally? It doesn't seem possible to search Oxblue, etc. without knowing the exact link. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Southern portion is going above grade now. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Damage to the southern portion. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 The damage was to the floor jig and to the electrical panel. The electrical is going to be more critical to fix because it probably feeds the tower crane and many other things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted November 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2017 Crews working on Sunday, I guess the infusion of Amazon money helps to get this built quicker. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 As I've said before. I look forward to your updates on Sundays. Keep up the great work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted November 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2017 I spotted the mock up of the facade at the Helena St. Morgan site. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 nice, is every balcony going to receive pumpkins? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted December 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2017 Northeast corner. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I should be updating this thread more often. I work across the street. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cspwal Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Looks like they're starting on the elevator? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnTonY Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The less parking garages, the better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Personally, I'm fine with parking garages, as long as they still have some interaction at the street level (ground floor retail, offices, nice lobby area) and don't look butt ugly. One 5 story parking garage frees up 4 other blocks from parking lot duty 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, cspwal said: Personally, I'm fine with parking garages, as long as they still have some interaction at the street level (ground floor retail, offices, nice lobby area) and don't look butt ugly. One 5 story parking garage frees up 4 other blocks from parking lot duty This. As long as most people drive most places, the market will demand a significant amount of parking (whether city-mandated or not). And the #1 predictor of how many people arrive at a given destination by private vehicle is activity density (the number of residents + jobs in a given area). As long as 1/2 to 3/4 of the land area of even the most valuable parts of our city are dedicated to automobiles, the activity density will never be high enough to result in people choosing other forms of transportation. So every s.f. of structured parking is a s.f. of land freed up for other development. We need to build more parking garages so that, someday, we won't need so many parking garages. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnTonY Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 On 4/3/2018 at 11:27 AM, Angostura said: This. As long as most people drive most places, the market will demand a significant amount of parking (whether city-mandated or not). And the #1 predictor of how many people arrive at a given destination by private vehicle is activity density (the number of residents + jobs in a given area). As long as 1/2 to 3/4 of the land area of even the most valuable parts of our city are dedicated to automobiles, the activity density will never be high enough to result in people choosing other forms of transportation. So every s.f. of structured parking is a s.f. of land freed up for other development. We need to build more parking garages so that, someday, we won't need so many parking garages. Or just end parking minimums city wide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I would say "end parking minimums in select neighborhoods and around transit stops" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angostura Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 17 hours ago, AnTonY said: Or just end parking minimums city wide. I'm in favor of this, but I don't think eliminating parking minimums will actually have that big an impact on the amount of surface parking. Tenants will still want their customers to have a place to park. Zero minimums would probably allocate parking more efficiently (since locations wouldn't have to have exclusive access to parking during the entirety of their open hours). I would also support a special levy on land devoted to parking, with an exemption for structured parking, so as to discourage large surface lots in favor of shared parking structures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 So back to Whole Foods/Pearl, when do we believe this will be done? end of year? Would the store open even if the apartments above are still under construction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) The opposite is more likely. I don't think I've ever seen a building where the retail component opens before residential. Edited April 5, 2018 by Texasota 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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