Texas Tower: Office Skyscraper At 845 Texas Ave.

[rechlin]

I am only downtown about 40% as often as before, and I usually don't venture over to this side of downtown, so today I got my first close-up view of this tower in a while.  Pictures can't do it justice; it really looks great in person.  Hines outdid themselves here.

 

 

 

 

[ATH]

3 hours ago, rechlin said:

I am only downtown about 40% as often as before, and I usually don't venture over to this side of downtown, so today I got my first close-up view of this tower in a while.  Pictures can't do it justice; it really looks great in person.  Hines outdid themselves here.

 

 

 

 

I absolutely agree.  It's outstanding.

[Yoda]

I haven't been to this part of Downtown in a while. This looks pretty good.

[Nate99]

[hindesky]

[KinkaidAlum]

Was worried that you had been hit by a car and I was missing your updates. Glad you are alive!

When Hines announced these two towers I thought the office tower was fine if not a bit boring but that I'd love the residential. It's the exact opposite. This office tower is really a nice addition. I don't really like the residential one. Don't hate it but don't like it either.

[hindesky]

8 minutes ago, KinkaidAlum said:

Was worried that you had been hit by a car and I was missing your updates. Glad you are alive!

When Hines announced these two towers I thought the office tower was fine if not a bit boring but that I'd love the residential. It's the exact opposite. This office tower is really a nice addition. I don't really like the residential one. Don't hate it but don't like it either.

Wasn't hit by a car but you won't believe this but when I woke up one morning I had twisted my right knee while sleeping. I had initially somewhat messed up the cartilage when we used to go to Galveston and playing sand volley ball. Never really hurt but it would occasionally lock up when walking fast or pivoting on that leg.

I think I messed that cartilage much worse, been wearing a brace but I don't think I can ride again anytime soon. I took these driving around.

[pokemonizepic]

32 minutes ago, hindesky said:

Wasn't hit by a car but you won't believe this but when I woke up one morning I had twisted my right knee while sleeping. I had initially somewhat messed up the cartilage when we used to go to Galveston and playing sand volley ball. Never really hurt but it would occasionally lock up when walking fast or pivoting on that leg.

I think I messed that cartilage much worse, been wearing a brace but I don't think I can ride again anytime soon. I took these driving around.

great to have you back! forum was noticeably more dead without your updates 

[monarch]

^^^ absolutely gorgeous edifice!

[KinkaidAlum]

Man, I hope your knee heels up. I think the thing I miss most about Houston is riding my trike around all over the place. It's too hilly here and Houston is much more bike friendly than my area of LA.

[HoustonMidtown]

On 12/5/2021 at 1:50 PM, hindesky said:

Wasn't hit by a car but you won't believe this but when I woke up one morning I had twisted my right knee while sleeping. I had initially somewhat messed up the cartilage when we used to go to Galveston and playing sand volley ball. Never really hurt but it would occasionally lock up when walking fast or pivoting on that leg.

I think I messed that cartilage much worse, been wearing a brace but I don't think I can ride again anytime soon. I took these driving around.

I so feel your pain.....hope you get better fast.....I missed riding my bike so much when I got hurt - I hope you're back on your bike in no time !!!

[bobruss]

Sorry to hear of your knee issues. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

 

[Ross]

On 12/5/2021 at 1:50 PM, hindesky said:

Wasn't hit by a car but you won't believe this but when I woke up one morning I had twisted my right knee while sleeping. I had initially somewhat messed up the cartilage when we used to go to Galveston and playing sand volley ball. Never really hurt but it would occasionally lock up when walking fast or pivoting on that leg.

I think I messed that cartilage much worse, been wearing a brace but I don't think I can ride again anytime soon. I took these driving around.

That's no fun. I had to have surgery to remove the torn parts of cartilage in my right knee. Walked out of the hospital with less pain than when I went in. Cartilage doesn't heal very fast, there's no real blood supply. I hope it gets better.

[urbanize713]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjJI6FuyGl/?utm_medium=copy_link

Hines posted some indoor pics on Instagram 

Edited December 16, 2021 by urbanize713

[quietstorm]

2 hours ago, urbanize713 said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjJI6FuyGl/?utm_medium=copy_link

Hines posted some indoor pics on Instagram 

 

[tigereye]

Texas Tower is OPEN.

I hope this doesn’t mean only half of the crown is lit. They did that with 609 Main, which still pisses me off.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXVTyyTADsZ/?utm_medium=copy_link

[hindesky]

Almost 50% leased.

https://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/en/news/2021/12/texas-tower-opens-in-downtown-houston/

[editor]

I've walked around the exterior of this building a couple of times in the last few days, and it looks like a nice place.  The landscaping looks really promising, and it's nice that there's lot of brick in the pathways instead of concrete. 

The central restaurant space is... interesting.  I almost wish there wouldn't be one there, and it could be lit up like an art installation.   But if a restaurant it brings people downtown, I'm for it.

[Urbannizer]

UP MROSR12 @ Houston, TX by Noah Cochran, on Flickr

 

Collingsworth in Winter by Stewart Schweers, on Flickr

[pm91]

Unrelated to the attached photo I took, but yeah doesn’t anyone know why only half the crown is being lit? 

[pm91]

21 hours ago, pm91 said:

Unrelated to the attached photo I took, but yeah doesn’t anyone know why only half the crown is being lit? 

Of course hours after asking they had 3/4 of the crown lit up last night… #progress

[kennyc05]

On 12/21/2021 at 7:29 PM, Urbannizer said:

UP MROSR12 @ Houston, TX by Noah Cochran, on Flickr

 

Collingsworth in Winter by Stewart Schweers, on Flickr

Love this angle!

[BEES?!]

So I saw a blurb on their site about TT:

Texas Tower features unprecedented amenities in the vertically integrated campus, including: (…) public gardens on level 12

Do they mean public for tenants? Or public-public? 🤔

[urbanize713]

1 hour ago, BEES?! said:

So I saw a blurb on their site about TT:

Texas Tower features unprecedented amenities in the vertically integrated campus, including: (…) public gardens on level 12

Do they mean public for tenants? Or public-public? 🤔

If you have to ask...

[brijonmang]

 

Edited December 28, 2021 by brijonmang

[monarch]

^^^ great job @brijonmang  what a beautiful/rich color on the tower.  amazing indeed...

[htxbuildinggeek]

I don’t know about y’all but I really miss this view of 609 Main that we had for a few years while driving south on I-45 just before hitting downtown. It offered one of the most prominent views of 609 Main in a heavily trafficked area and now the view is blocked and gone forever. It baffles me that Hines would build such a beautiful and striking skyscraper (609 Main) and then immediately cover it up with a more bland building (Texas Tower). Friends and visitors would always comment on 609 Main, especially since the view on 1-45 South is in my opinion the best and most iconic view of the skyline that greets most visitors coming to Houston for the first time (especially if they’re traveling into town from IAH). My parents and I always said 609 Main was Houston’s version of London’s Shard building but now I rarely even get to see it anymore thanks to the Texas Tower blocking the beautiful view. Thanks for coming to my TED talk 😝

(Pictures taken June 2019)

Edited January 2, 2022 by htxbuildinggeek

[Nate_56]

[Andrew Ewert]

On 1/1/2022 at 6:38 PM, htxbuildinggeek said:

My parents and I always said 609 Main was Houston’s version of London’s Shard building

I guess I've never seen it like this... to each their own. For me, 609 Main has always been a good building, but certainly nothing iconic or noteworthy. The closest this city gets to something iconic for me is 700 Louisiana.

[Highrise Tower]