freundb Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 17 hours ago, tangledwoods said: Fun Fact of the day back in the 90s there was a large regional contractor named Beers Construction (bought by Skanska). Back in the day Hoar and Beers at a Joint venture and no one could decide which name would look less bad: Hoar and Beers or Beers and Hoar. I love juicy tidbits like this. 🤣 Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 that pool is about to get pretty sucky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, samagon said: that pool is about to get pretty sucky. Sunbathing with hammering noises for a period, replaced thereafter by some dude in a cubicle. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 It'll be fronted by the garage, but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post hindesky Posted December 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to give the New York-based firm Skanska USA nearly $1 million in property tax breaks over 10 years for its 1550 On the Green development for green building design. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Green-discovery-Houston-gives-downtown-office-16685316.php 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samagon Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 10:32 AM, Nate99 said: Sunbathing with hammering noises for a period, replaced thereafter by some dude in a cubicle. I don't know the protocol, but will they issue hardhats to anyone who ventures out onto the pool during construction? seriously though, would they even allow the pool to be open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted December 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2021 That tower crane placement makes me wonder if this will only get 1 tower crane instead of 2 like the superintendent told me. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Checo2021 Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 Tower crane erection at 1550 on the green ! 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted December 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) Comparing the jib on this luffer to the one on the crane at the Oliver project this one is pretty small. Probably means they are getting the second tower crane but I couldn't see any evidence yet. Edited December 28, 2021 by hindesky 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2021 https://www.1550onthegreen.com/neighborhood/ Tower 2 - Office Tower 3 - Hotel & Residential 28 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Urbannizer said: https://www.1550onthegreen.com/neighborhood/ Tower 2 - Office Tower 3 - Hotel & Residential It's gonna be really nice to see this part of downtown fill out! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Urbannizer said: https://www.1550onthegreen.com/neighborhood/ Tower 2 - Office Tower 3 - Hotel & Residential Very cool. Makes it look like they've acquired/are planning to acquire the piece they didn't own of the southernmost block. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Very cool. Makes it look like they've acquired/are planning to acquire the piece they didn't own of the southernmost block. Across from the main Toyota Center entrance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79ta Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Urbannizer said: https://www.1550onthegreen.com/neighborhood/ Tower 2 - Office Tower 3 - Hotel & Residential Does it look like they're going to close down part of Dallas St. for pedestrians? This one alone looks great but the hotel/residential tower behind it is going to bring even more life to this end of downtown. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Wow our downtown is really exploding. How is it doing compared to other cities like Chicago/ Dallas/ LA. Is this happening nationwide, or are we a little hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Wow, development of those two blocks would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 All those retail and restaurant spaces, wow! This is really going to have a big impact on this side of town! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckINdallas Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I've lived in Dallas for the past 8 years, and the development in that time span has been nonstop. The big difference is the layout of Dallas and how uptown/deep ellum borders downtown. As a result a lot of the development that would of been going up in downtown ends up in these two neighborhoods creating a high density city look that stretches for miles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 13 hours ago, H-Town Man said: Very cool. Makes it look like they've acquired/are planning to acquire the piece they didn't own of the southernmost block. Yeah, this picture surprises me. I thought they had failed to acquire that little piece of parking lot, and had acquired the lot to the west of that one, next to that residential building whose name escapes me at the moment. 13 hours ago, 79ta said: Does it look like they're going to close down part of Dallas St. for pedestrians? Looks to me like they are just repaving it and expanding the sidewalk, like the Houston Center did. In fact, if you look at the pick, you can see little cars still using the road. Its just that the sidewalk has been expanded and a lane has been lost. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Does anyone have any idea on what type of retail would go in the retail spots? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 9:53 AM, Amlaham said: Wow our downtown is really exploding. How is it doing compared to other cities like Chicago/ Dallas/ LA. Is this happening nationwide, or are we a little hot? It's about the same as L.A., when adjusted for size. It's slower than Chicago, again when adjusted for size. Chicago has been issuing permits for three to five new buildings in the 25 to 115-story range each month of the pandemic. I read the Chicago permits each month, and this is the first month in a very very long time when there hasn't been a filing for a new skyscraper. If you'd like to keep up on the Chicago action, this is a good place to start. Here's what's been moving through the permit process since October: 28 story residential 73-story residential 38-story residential 30-story residential 45- and 38-story residential 21-story residential 26-story office Most of the development in Chicago is residential these days because the city has spent the last decade-and-a-half luring corporate headquarters to town. A bunch of big-name companies that left the city in the 60's through 80's have moved back, (McDonald's, Caterpillar, Walgreens, Hormel) and it's also bringing in corporate headquarters from other cities (Boeing from Seattle). The influx of corporate headquarters spans multiple mayoral administrations. It's the result of efforts by quangos with 30-year plans. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) Looks like we’re finally going to start seeing traditional retail in the shopping district. I’m assuming those other two towers are going to start simultaneously based on the plaza layout. I think what makes us unique in Texas is our grid layout that expands well in to Midtown. I’m all for more buildings but the street presence is what makes it exciting. I’ve noticed our street presence is starting to really pick up. Edited December 30, 2021 by j_cuevas713 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I'll say it again it's great to see this part of downtown and around Minute Maid finally start to pick up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, editor said: It's about the same as L.A., when adjusted for size. It's slower than Chicago, again when adjusted for size. Chicago has been issuing permits for three to five new buildings in the 25 to 115-story range each month of the pandemic. I read the Chicago permits each month, and this is the first month in a very very long time when there hasn't been a filing for a new skyscraper. If you'd like to keep up on the Chicago action, this is a good place to start. Here's what's been moving through the permit process since October: 28 story residential 73-story residential 38-story residential 30-story residential 45- and 38-story residential 21-story residential 26-story office To be clear, most of those stretch the limit of what one usually thinks of as "downtown Chicago" (and of course "moving through the permitting process" is very different from "under construction.") Edited December 30, 2021 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Am I remembering correctly that one of the new towers in their master plan is going to be a condo tower? More condo activity downtown would be cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 24 minutes ago, BEES?! said: Am I remembering correctly that one of the new towers in their master plan is going to be a condo tower? More condo activity downtown would be cool. residential, yes, but I don't think we have any indication whether it is condo or rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZRFkris Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 … and the anticipation for substation plans grows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Houston19514 said: To be clear, most of those stretch the limit of what one usually thinks of as "downtown Chicago" (and of course "moving through the permitting process" is very different from "under construction.") Yes, and no. Chicago has an official definition of "downtown" when it comes to construction, by virtue of having very strong zoning laws. All of those are within the boundaries of "downtown" as redefined by city ordinance in 2020, or 2019. I forget which. All but one of those has gone through the Plan Commission, which is the last major bureaucratic hurdle to construction. The 73-story building is already under construction. The only thing left is a city council vote, though that has already come and gone for some of them. The city council vote is a rubber-stamp process. In the 19 years I've been following Chicago skyscraper construction, the council has only rejected one skyscraper. It was such an anomaly that it made headlines. In summary, yes, these are "downtown" by both legal and cultural definitions. And all but one has been approved by the parties that matter. And it's worth reiterating that all of that activity is just in the last three months. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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