Popular Post Urbannizer Posted November 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2014 Here's the best info from the article: The project has broken ground: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/High-end-office-building-underway-west-of-downtown-5920360.php#/3 http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/33/35/11/7197296/5/1366x1366.jpg http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/33/35/11/7197298/5/1366x1366.jpg http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/33/35/11/7197297/5/1366x1366.jpg http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/33/35/11/7197299/5/1366x1366.jpg 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I love it! Wish it was in downtown! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It would be lost downtown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It would have looked nice on the perimeter of Discover Green or close to 59. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 This is going on the old YWCA next to Spot Park. Nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Nice. It's finally made public. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It's nice to see a great project fly under the radar, & break ground. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Not crazy about it, just another glass box. And why on earth would they place the parking deck facing the bayou?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 So they could have an outdoor terrace facing the bayou? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Cute little chunk of building. Parking garage is an eyesore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It's not a bad looking glass box. A surprise project is a good way to kick off Thanksgiving! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It would have looked nice on the perimeter of Discover Green or close to 59.Or in midtown. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I assume they are hoping to have some external illumination as per the sky terrace facing buffalo bayou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 is this technically under construction? the swamplot article made it seem like it was still in the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucleareaction Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 My office is right across the Bayou from this, I haven't seen anything going all month. Will check again tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) They're probably taking samples. First they scrape, then they'll drill piers, then the mat pour followed by a crane. That's the usual progression. Edited December 10, 2014 by toxtethogrady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 updates on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTHONYHTOWN Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 nice building but way wrong place to put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 This looks dead to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 This looks dead to me So I assume you're saying there's no activity going on at the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 So I assume you're saying there's no activity going on at the site?Correct. Zero activity. Dirt looks like it was pushed around a month or 2 ago. No construction fence or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanize713 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Seems for the best. With the park view and access this would offer it seems better suited for a residential highrise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 as discovery green encouraged development around its vicinity; i expect the buffalo bayou and allen parkway improvements to do the same along memorial and allen parkway. this corridor will continue to increase in value and may support additional towers in the coming decades. i would not expect our skyline to grow in any particular direction except for that which radiates out from existing activity centers. it seems natural to me that taller residential, office, or public buildings would be appropriate along the buffalo bayou corridor between memorial park/river oaks and downtown. that said, i assume residential would sell best near the parks and trails (.....thinking of central park in nyc as a comparison for development patterns; residential around most of the perimeter with some commercial nearest to midtown (manhattan)...i may be wrong, i haven't spent much time in manhattan) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 on hold. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 This was announced the same day it broke ground and they still couldn't finish? Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 on hold. Good news, seriously, way too much office space coming online in the next year(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Today this article was linked from Swamplot: http://urbanland.uli.org/industry-sectors/bayou-city-reclaiming-houstons-signature-waterways/ It was published yesterday, yet it has the following: The 18-story Park Place at Buffalo Bayou office building, developed by Houston-based Pinto Realty Partners, is under construction, designed to contain 250,000 square feet (23,000 sq m) of high-end office space while offering a fitness center and locker rooms for tenants who want to jog or hike at Buffalo Bayou Park across the street. It is the first office building in a growing residential corridor near downtown, says Michael Anderson, executive vice president of Colvill Office Properties, which is leasing the building. Is this article incorrect, or is the project not on hold anymore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Today this article was linked from Swamplot: http://urbanland.uli.org/industry-sectors/bayou-city-reclaiming-houstons-signature-waterways/ It was published yesterday, yet it has the following: Is this article incorrect, or is the project not on hold anymore? I would be shocked if this was under construction and I missed it. I walk the bayou all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I would be shocked if this was under construction and I missed it. I walk the bayou all the time. Time warp at buffalo bayou confirmed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Some dirt equipment on site, hope this means something will be built. Didn't see any signs but there was some surveyors flagging. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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