Brava: Multifamily High-Rise At 414 Milam St.

[DrLan34]

10 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

so anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

 

Are they going to jackhammer the garage to death or are they going to blow it up?

 

I can see them starting off with jackhammering. I'll try to take photos when I can.

[mollusk]

Considering the issues they had with imploding part of the unoccupied Houston Club building, I can't imagine that they would have an implosion when there are people living a foot away.

[CREguy13]

They are going to be extremely careful in taking this down, so zero chance for an implosion.  I believe it is separated from Hogg Place by a few inches.

[Timoric]

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Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric

[Nate99]

New exterior shutters going up at Hogg lofts courtesy of Cherry Demolition (or whoever is doing the work). 

 

 

 

 

[Nate99]

Now that I think about it, I wonder if they will have to do something more permanent to these windows in that East facing wall to accommodate the new tower that will be there inches away. 

[cspwal]

On 12/3/2018 at 2:57 PM, Urbannizer said:

 

 

How far will it be set back from Hogg lofts?  This rendering just shows it as a blank brick wall

[Luminare]

17 minutes ago, cspwal said:

 

How far will it be set back from Hogg lofts?  This rendering just shows it as a blank brick wall

 

From the renderings and just from my back knowledge, I would say that they will build right up to the building line (aka the building next door, aka Hogg Lofts). Every inch of real-estate matters in downtown. Could be wrong though.

[cspwal]

Sucks for the people who had windows

[Luminare]

57 minutes ago, cspwal said:

Sucks for the people who had windows

 

Maybe not. Did this quick sketch:

 

 

Notice the jog the podium takes at one point. Notice how the building is oriented away from the windows. I understand the primary objective of the twist in the tower was for better views for the occupants of the building itself, but I'm sure before approval they might have had to do some adjustments to allow light into those other windows. My guess is that there is a shaft that gives a bit of separation at that moment where windows in Hogg Lofts occur. Not 100% sure. I mean this is from an interpretation of the rendering, but it wouldn't be out of the question.

Edited April 4, 2019 by Luminare

[Twinsanity02]

3 hours ago, tv88 said:

small gap

I tell my children to not call our floors " the ground" .  This is taking the term ground to another level. Happy to see this underway.

[Highrise Tower]

Demo work going on

 

[Nate99]

[hindesky]

I saw small chunks of concrete on the sidewalk of the Market Square apartments, not doing a good job of keeping projectiles from raining down. Might want to wear a hardhat when walking by this demo.

[KDW]

This demo will get interesting when they start removal of the post tension beams. I used to park in this garage and there is a long span between column lines. 

[Highrise Tower]

From today

 

 

[cspwal]

"Small construction site"? 

[thatguysly]

Just now, cspwal said:

"Small construction site"? 

 

<5 acres of soil disturbance

[cspwal]

By that logic, would building a super tall on one block count as a "small construction site"?

[thatguysly]

20 minutes ago, cspwal said:

By that logic, would building a super tall on one block count as a "small construction site"?

 

Yeah as long as it's less than 5 acres. It has to do with stormwater protections based on soil disturbance (surface area, not depth) and not the scale of the project. So a supertall that costs 100's of millions could be "small" and a warehouse could be "large".

[bobruss]

2 hours ago, thatguysly said:

 

Yeah as long as it's less than 5 acres. It has to do with stormwater protections based on soil disturbance (surface area, not depth) and not the scale of the project. So a supertall that costs 100's of millions could be "small" and a warehouse could be "large".

Thanks for the explanation. I always wondered why some of these high rise projects were considered small construction site.

Thats what I like about Haif. I learn new things all of the time.

Like getting my eyes checked.

[cougarpad]

Those tenants that went into the Market Square tower for the view from the 40th floor including the infinity pool are going to be disappointed when their view is obstructed by this new apartment tower. Instead of looking out from the infinity pool to the skyline will be looking at a someones apartment window.

Edited April 24, 2019 by cougarpad

[rechlin]

From 4/20:

 

[Triton]

1 hour ago, rechlin said:

From 4/20:

 

 

Wow, you're quite high!

[Luminare]

1 hour ago, rechlin said:

From 4/20:

 

 

17 minutes ago, Triton said:

 

Wow, you're quite high!

 

I'm sure it was lit (fire emoji)

[Highrise Tower]

View from a far

 

[AREJAY]

Permit for foundation work filed on 05/03 

 

www.cohtora.houstontx.gov/ibi_apps/WFServlet.ibfs?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&IBIC_server=EDASERVE&IBIWF_msgviewer=OFF&IBIAPP_app=soldpermits&IBIF_ex=sold_permit_d&CLICKED_ON=&PN=18081433&PT=13

 

Project No:	18081433
Date :	2019/05/03 00:00:00
USE :	FOUNDATION ONLY FOR FUTURE HI-RISE APART
Owner/Occupant :	*BLOCK 42 OWNER LLC
Job Address :	414 MILAM ST 77002
Valuation :	$ 4,900,000
Permit Type :	13
FCC Group :	Structures Other than Buildings
Buyer :	*BLOCK 42 OWNER LLC
Address :	609 MAIN ST 4400 77002
Phone :	(713) 237-5607

[H-Town Man]

I wonder if they're just going to demo the one section by hand and then implode the rest of the garage?

 

[KDW]

My guess is they are just making some room and than bring in heavy equipment to demo the rest.  Too small and low to implode. Job looks like it's going well. It's tough trying to demo a structure so close to another.

[Highrise Tower]

Some demo pics.