HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[Soignies Forest]

Blossom Hotel Project Transforms, Expands Reaches Build Phase (https://www.virtualbx.com/industry-news/24681-blossom-hotel-project-transforms-expands-reaches-build-phase.html)



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I assume this is just south of the MDA Iderson tower.

[Urbannizer]

I assume this is just south of the MDA Iderson tower.

This will be catty corner (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.6997446,-95.3993459,3a,75y,218.53h,75.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skIWcQV2IYL3fQ2BlCz3gvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1) to the University of Texas MD Anderson.

[Urbannizer]

Residential project by Brookfield Office Properties could contain up to 2,000 units (https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/office/brookfield-chairman-ric-clark-on-houston-73660)

As the dominant landlord in Calgary with the most downtown office space in Houston and Australia, few office providers have as much experience in energy sector markets as Brookfield Property Group. Last Thursday, at Georgetown Luminaries, Brookfield Property Group chairman Ric Clark was asked about the company's position in Houston. "Our strategy is always to make hay when the market is booming, lease the space up on a long-term basis, finance it on a long-term basis, bring in financial partners and redeploy the money,"


Clark said. "But in the case of Houston, although the office market is pretty soft right now, every energy tenant really understands the leverage that they have so the deals are brutal." While the office landscape looks rough, Clark was more optimistic about residential.



"There's a lot of inflow to Houston and to other sectors, we think the residential market, in the long term, will be a good area to invest. We have the density to add 2,000 apartments to our project in Houston. It's something we're spending a lot of time planning and thinking about."

[Urbannizer]

New renderings, tenant names released for Shenandoah retail and entertainment district (http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/New-renderings-tenant-names-released-for-11068471.php#photo-12709733)

Development of Metropark Square in Shenandoah has been a long-time coming.

The 70-acre development has been the vision of retail conglomerate Sam Moon Group since 2003. The multi-use district will feature multi-family apartments, retail shops, hotels, entertainment venues and more.

Phase one of Metropark Square began in November 2016. The first tenant, AMC-10 (with an IMAX screen), has an expected move-in of November 2017 and opening of December 2017. Moon said much of the restaurant, retail, entertainment area will be open by March 2018 at the end of phase one.
Phase one will also include an outdoor pavilion/event space, where community events can take place in the future.

Phase two, beginning in the first quarter of 2018 and ending in 2019, consists of construction on a 329-unit, high-end housing complex that will take roughly 18-20 months to complete. A 150-room, select-service Hyatt House hotel will be in construction during phase two.

The final phase aims to be completed by 2020, featuring a proposed full-service Hyatt Regency hotel, a nationally recognized limited-service hotel and another multi-family living space.

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[Urbannizer]

Leasing flyer is out for One Market Square. Currently the garage is being built. Like Capitol Tower, the office levels will be constructed once a tenant signs on.


Flyer: http://x.lnimg.com/attachments/D65B4BBA-F9EE-4DB2-92DD-6A987FB6E3F2.pdf

Hi-res rendering: https://tsdrsec.uspto.gov/ts/cd/casedoc/sn86546914/ROA20150624172745/2/webcontent?scale=1

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[Urbannizer]

http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/An-early-look-at-proposed-upscale-development-11098038.php#photo-12789635

Renderings released Tuesday show a sleek development of glass and steel towers along a scenic 6-acre site on Allen Parkway.

DC Partners and Tianqing Real Estate Development are planning the $500 million-plus project whose first phase will include a luxury hotel and condominium tower, a retail pavilion and office building.

The HOK architecture firm is designing the project with "architecture never before seen in the Houston area," according to a statement. Transwestern Retail and Stream Realty Partners will handle retail and office leasing.

The project is proposed for the southeast corner of Allen Parkway and Gillette Street, across from Buffalo Bayou Park, roughly halfway between downtown and River Oaks.

Thompson Hotels will operate the project's hotel.

The condos will have balcony "plunge pools." The office tower will comprise more than 200,000 square feet of top-class space.

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[Urbannizer]

Lyric Centre Marketplace (http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19390371/440-Louisiana-Street-Houston-TX/)

8-story parking garage cirrently u/c with a public plaza and 31,000 sq ft of retail for restaurants and food service marketplace.

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[Monarch]

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^^^ WOW! all of these wonderful, brilliant, and state-of-the-art developments arriving into the houston CBD. THE LYRIC CENTER MARKET,
what a brilliant concept that is badly needed within that particular area of downtown. what a time to CELEBRATE!

[kingkirbythe....]

http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/an-early-look-at-proposed-upscale-development-11098038.php#photo-12789635



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build it now!

[JManc]

Who wants to wager that Allen Parkway development will be value-engineered into a sprawling lifestyle center anchored by a "Texas donut" style mid-rise apartment building and a Hobby Lobby?

[The Best Forumer]

Who wants to wager that Allen Parkway development will be value-engineered into a sprawling lifestyle center anchored by a "Texas donut" style mid-rise apartment building and a Hobby Lobby?



I'll take that bet.

[AviationGuy]

Who wants to wager that Allen Parkway development will be value-engineered into a sprawling lifestyle center anchored by a "Texas donut" style mid-rise apartment building and a Hobby Lobby?

I've never been in one of the donut-style mid-rises, but I've wondered about the view from the apartments on the inside of the donut. Seems like the views would look right into the garage, unless I'm not picturing things correctly.

[The Best Forumer]

Dont worry.... this'll be just like the international/capital tower. The project is on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... on... off... the when it DOES start construction... it'll look like this when finished:


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[clubtokyo]

build it now!

Looks gorgeous!

[ooooaaaah!]

Who wants to wager that Allen Parkway development will be value-engineered into a sprawling lifestyle center anchored by a "Texas donut" style mid-rise apartment building and a Hobby Lobby?

Doubt it, its funded and its a group that wants in on the Houston market (the partner). This is more like regent square where the Sovereign went up and they rest of the phases took for ever. Phase I is going to happen and soon, but true to Houston this thing will be sandwiched between a Federal Reserve Bank branch, a housing project, and a natural bayou with a beautiful park. I hope the overpass bridge gets finished like the rendering and in phase I.

[Urbannizer]

Doubt it, its funded and its a group that wants in on the Houston market (the partner). This is more like regent square where the Sovereign went up and they rest of the phases took for ever. Phase I is going to happen and soon, but true to Houston this thing will be sandwiched between a Federal Reserve Bank branch, a housing project, and a natural bayou with a beautiful park. I hope the overpass bridge gets finished like the rendering and in phase I.

I don't care for the sky bridge, I rather see people use the crosswalk that was recently placed there as part of the Allen Parkway improvements.

The design for the hotel/condo tower and lifestyle center is said to be locked in place, phase II and III may change.

[Urbannizer]

Houston Multifamily Market Gained Traction in First Quarter (http://realtynewsreport.com/2017/04/27/climbing-again-houston-multifamily-market-gained-traction-in-first-quarter/)

HOUSTON (By Dale King) – Apartment demand in the Houston metropolitan area increased in early 2017, a multifamily housing report says. In fact, residents leased a significant number of units, resulting in a net absorption gain of 4,916 apartments during the first three months of the year, exceeding the net of 4,423 units absorbed during all of 2016, according to Berkadia’s Q1 2017 Houston Multifamily Report.

Rental numbers were strongest in the Westpark/Bissonnet submarket where occupancy was the highest in the metro region, 94.3%.

“A lot of product was priced to move,” Ryan Epstein, senior managing director, Investment Sales, in Berkadia’s Houston office told realtynewsreport.com. “There is more traffic in the city. More traffic, more demand.”

[Brijonmang]

Shameless plug:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2851/34332169616_1a7f85cd30_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UiPkUU)Downtown Houston (https://flic.kr/p/UiPkUU) by Bryan Malloch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanmalloch/), on Flickr

[Urbannizer]

Museum BLVD (https://www.surgehomes.com/houston-tx/museum-blvd)

Final design for this 50-unit condo building currently on sale.

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[Dariusb]

Shameless plug:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2851/34332169616_1a7f85cd30_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UiPkUU)Downtown Houston (https://flic.kr/p/UiPkUU) by Bryan Malloch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanmalloch/), on Flickr

Awesome shot!

[Brijonmang]

Awesome shot!

Thank you!

[Urbannizer]

More renderings of The Allen:

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[Urbannizer]

Midway Breaks Ground on Buffalo Heights District (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/09/exclusive-more-details-on-midways-buffalo-heights.html)

The first phase of Buffalo Heights is now under construction, the Houston Business Journal confirmed with a Midway spokesperson. That phase will include the previously announced 96,000-square-foot H-E-B store, 230 upscale multifamily units at a property dubbed the St. Andrie, 2,000 square feet of retail space and three floors of boutique office space in One Buffalo Heights, the mixed-use development's office building.

The H-E-B, which should deliver in spring 2019, will include a walk-up coffee and food concept that'll offer to-go and casual dine-in service.

“When we learned of the plans for Buffalo Heights, we knew it was just the type of community more of Houston is going to want," Scott McClelland, Houston president of San Antonio-based H-E-B Grocery Co., said in a statement.

The H-E-B will offer multilevel parking, a departure from its traditional single-level, suburban-style stores.

Buffalo Heights' multifamily development, the St. Andrie, will include a fitness and yoga studio with views of a resort-style pool, per the spokesperson. An open-air lounge with an outdoor fireplace and large TVs, as well as a game room, private dining room and business lounge, will also be available to residents.

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[Monarch]

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^^^ can't wait to see the final design of houston's thompson hotel.
what a great addition to this city...

[Urbannizer]

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^^^ can't wait to see the final design of houston's thompson hotel.
what a great addition to this city...


What's shown as the hotel and lifestyle center is said to be the final design. Phase II and III may change.

[clubtokyo]

Midway Breaks Ground on Buffalo Heights District (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/09/exclusive-more-details-on-midways-buffalo-heights.html)



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Cool! Love HEB!

[JoninATX]

First an urban Whole Foods, now an urban HEB. :)

[The Best Forumer]

More renderings of The Allen:

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It's a miracle of the godz that we get something other than another box. We get a stack of boxes...


All kidding aside, I think it's a really nice design. Cool. I like it.

[Urbannizer]

Next phase of Rice Village transformation begins (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/10/next-phase-of-rice-village-transformation-begins.html)

Rice Village, a shopping district near Rice University, has begun the next phase of its ongoing makeover.

Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Co., which manages Rice Village, has been overseeing a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Rice Village District since 2015. The latest phase will update the retail space and streetscape on the south side of Amherst Street between Kirby Drive and Kelvin Drive.

Additionally, the tops of several retail facades will be removed and greenery will be added to “offer a visual glimpse of Rice Village’s rooftop parking.” Rice Village launched its new parking plan earlier this year, switching the location of the area’s free and low-cost parking. Now, customers can park for free for up to two hours in the central parking garage and rooftop parking area.

There also will be a new soft seating area with a crushed granite surface at the intersection of Amherst and Kelvin. Similarly, Morningside Plaza, another open space, opened earlier this year near D’Amico’s Italian Market Cafe, Nao Ramen Houston and Hopdoddy Burger Bar.

Other changes include widened sidewalks separated from vehicular zones with landscaped planters boxes, new crosswalks and public art added throughout Rice Village. A mural by Houston outdoor artist Daniel Anguilu will be added on Amherst, while both sides of Morningside parking garage will feature murals by another local outdoor artist, Tierney Malone. Elsewhere in Rice Village, other recent art installations include an origami-shaped aluminum owl by California metal sculptor Nathan Mabry and a mural by Houston artist Mario Enrique Figueroa Jr., better known as GONZO247.

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[Urbannizer]

Crane is up for Pearl Whole Foods and Apartments in Midtown.

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hindesky (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/29976-pearl-on-smith-new-whole-foods/?do=findComment&comment=553293)

[Urbannizer]

UH-D Science and Technology Building (http://www.uh.edu/facilities-planning-construction/fpc-projects/spotlight/UH-downtown-science-and-technology-building/) . Completion set for Summer 2019.

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[Urbannizer]

The Sophie at Bayou Bend (http://www.thesophiehouston.com) breaks ground at 55% sold.

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[Urbannizer]

Marlowe Downtown

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Buffalo Heights The Heights

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Encore Castle Court Montrose

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Latitude Med Center & Intercontinental Hotel Texas Medical Center

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Memorial Hermann Expansion Texas Medical Center

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The River Oaks Upper Kirby

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The Moderne Rice Village

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The Post Oak Uptown

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Hanover BLVD Place Uptown

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hindesky (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/15076-the-post-oak-36-story-high-rise-conference-center/?do=findComment&comment=553707)

[Urbannizer]

Hanover River Oaks Upper Kirby

Site prep now underway.

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hindesky (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30853-hanover-river-oaks-39-stories/?do=findComment&comment=553700)

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[The Best Forumer]

Looks good....

[Urbannizer]

Restaurant on Wertheimer shutting down for River Oaks District Phase II (http://www.olivermcmillan.com/places/projects/49/river_oaks_district_phase_ii)

http://www.click2houston.com/news/sullivans-steakhouse-in-galleria-area-to-close-in-may

HOUSTON - A popular Galleria-area restaurant is closing its doors.

Sullivan's Steakhouse said it will close on May 23.


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[gillynova]

Wow. Nice to see the photos of development in Houston. I'm probably going to visit sometime next year as my dad's best friend lives there.

- Bay Area resident

[Slyfox]

They have a website now, which is essentially an artists' rendering of a parking garage, but still nice to see progress.

http://onemarketsquarehouston.com/

[Urbannizer]

Houston's historic Petroleum Building to be redeveloped into high-end hotel (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/16/houstons-historic-petroleum-building-to-be.html)

A Dallas-based development group sold the historic 21-story Petroleum Building, which is now called the Great Southwest Building, in downtown Houston to Choice Hotels International Inc. (NYSE: CHH) for a high-end hotel concept.

The acquisition is part of a larger expansion plan that Choice Hotels has embarked on to bring another 10 Cambria-branded hotels to the Lone Star state — in downtown Dallas at Tower Petroleum, downtown Houston in the former Petroleum Building, Richardson, near the Houston airport, downtown Austin on Rainey Street, San Antonio, The Woodlands, Midland, Waco and Galveston.

The hotelier's plans in Houston to redevelop the Art Deco skyscraper, which was built in 1927, at 1314 Texas St. come on the heels of Choice Hotel executives partnering with Dallas developer John Kirtland.

Cannon said the development team is working on bringing the new Cambria-branded hotel at Houston's historic Petroleum Building to fruition.

"We are just starting work there; the key count will be different than Dallas," said Cannon, adding the hotel could open by early to mid-2019.

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Great Southwest in Downtown Houston (https://flic.kr/p/a5A8ae) by Dan Pancamo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pancamo/), on Flickr

[Urbannizer]

4411 Dallas St Church of Redeemer in Eastwood may be converted to residential.

http://swamplot.com/once-crumbling-church-of-the-redeemer-building-may-be-born-again-as-apartments-keep-relaying-messages-from-the-heavens/2017-05-16/

LAST MONTH DOMINION Church International, the church most recently inhabiting the triangular block at Dallas St. and Telephone Rd. holding Eastwood’s former Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, finally sold the land after putting it up on the market last August. A couple of readers tell Swamplot that Nextdoor is abuzz with the claim that Mir Azizi‘s company Caspian Enterprises, which bought the property, plans to turn it into some sort of lofts or apartments. Caspian does have something of a habit of splitting up old buildings into residential units; a permit for some interior wall teardowns in the church was issued last month, but no formal announcementshave been made about what the site’ll become.

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[Urbannizer]

1111 Main (http://greenstreetdowntown.com/directory/the-office-concept)

First rendering of the project, which will be an expansion of GreenStreet. Looks to be 8 office levels with residential above.

Shifting from the traditional corporate cubicle, The Concept at GreenStreet offers entrepreneurs and big businesses alike the opportunity to create a more collaborative and innovative work environment surrounded by amenities within the heart of Downtown Houston.

With floor plates between 5,000 and 37,000 SF available for a one-of-a-kind office environment, The Concept features 18’ ceilings, rectangular spaces with no core to create efficient and dynamic environments and the opportunity to create mezzanines and indoor and outdoor break areas.

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[The Best Forumer]

whoa,,,

[Urbannizer]

Americana Building Demo

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Allen Center Renovations

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Infinite_jim (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/profile/824-infinite_jim/)

[The Best Forumer]

The demo of the Americanan building is taking quite a while no? Really long time... I think they've been working on this for several years now. What gives?

[JManc]

The demo of the Americanan building is taking quite a while no? Really long time... I think they've been working on this for several years now. What gives?

They just started on it a couple months ago. They are dismantling the building and leaving the garage. Hilcorp owns it and is using the garage for contract parking.

[Urbannizer]

HP, ABS campuses break ground in Springwoods Village (http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/HP-ABS-campuses-break-ground-in-Springwoods-11153940.php#photo-12921773)

Two new corporate campuses are taking shape in Springwoods Village.

Construction of HP's two-building campus in the CityPlace mixed-use district of Springwoods Village after ground was broken Tuesday by a venture of Patrinely Group, USAA Real Estate Co. and CDC Houston on the 378,000-square-foot campus, which will house about 2,400 employees. Completion is planned in the third quarter of 2018.

In late April, the Patrinely Group led venture started construction on CityPlace 2, a 10-story building to be occupied by American Bureau of Shipping. The 326,800-square-foot building will have 24,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor.

HFF arranged construction financing for CityPlace 2 through American National Insurance Co. Completion is planned in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the developers.

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[Urbannizer]

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, phase III to the Museum Fine Arts of Houston Expansion, will begin construction shortly.


Via email from the Museum Park Neighborhood Association:

Beginning next, Monday, May 22, the newly constructed Montrose Parking Garage opens to the public. On this same day, the outdoor South Lot, across Bissonnet from the Law Building, permanently closes to allow excavation and construction to begin on the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, scheduled to open in late 2019.

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[Urbannizer]

Domain on The Green (http://www.csrp.com/developments/active_developments/domain-on-the-green) Apartment, townhome complex and park for Memorial

Domain on the Green is planned as a 9.5 acre luxury multifamily development that will include a mid-rise apartment community and a townhome community, separated by a 1.25 acre private park. It is located in a mature, affluent residential area with all the retail and recreation amenities of an infill site already in place. It’s located in the Energy Corridor, one of Houston’s largest employment districts, and in close proximity to Westchase, another large employment district. Additionally, the property is located in the highly desirable Spring Branch Independent School District, is directly adjacent to Nottingham Elementary School and is within walking distance of Stratford High School.

The proposed apartment development features a 10,000 square foot clubhouse with a resident lounge, athletic club with dry sauna, business center, conference room and an arcade room. Other amenities will include a Las Vegas inspired pool, WiFi in all the common areas and conditioned corridors. Unit amenities will include 10-foot ceilings, 8-foot doors, wood flooring, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances.

The proposed rental townhouse development will be completely separate from the apartments with its own clubhouse and pool. Common area amenities include an athletic club, a resident lounge and a large, covered outdoor lounge area. Unit amenities will include 10-foot ceilings, 8-foot doors, wood flooring, quartz countertops and upgraded stainless steel appliances such as gas ranges and under counter wine refrigerators. All units include their own private, attached, two car garage. Some units feature private backyards. The community will be gated and access controlled.



The 1.25 acre, highly landscaped private park will be centered between the apartment building and the townhome community. It will be access controlled and will feature a large patio, fountain, walking paths and a dog park.

Site: https://www.google.com/maps/place/600+Nottingham+Oaks+Trail,+Houston,+TX+77079/@29.7698856,-95.6129142,13.64z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640db85bffb8e1f:0xaad6445675f5745e!8m2!3d29.769902!4d-95.61281249999999?nogmmr=1

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[Urbannizer]

100 N Redemption Square (http://generationpark.com/listing/office/100-n-redemption-square-rd-180000-sf-office-building/) - 180,000 sq ft office building at Generation Park

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[Urbannizer]

Buffalo Heights owner, developer to collaborate on another nearby project (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/23/exclusive-buffalo-heights-owner-developer-to.html)

Russell Gordy and two Houston-based companies – Midway and Lionstone Investments – are working on Buffalo Heights, a large, multiphase mixed-use district at the corner of Washington Avenue and South Heights Boulevard.

It won't be the only project that Gordy and Midway collaborate on.

Gordy and Midway – the owner and developer, respectively, of the Buffalo Heights project – intend to develop a new office tower, hotel and high-rise multifamily complex on around four acres of land adjacent to 100 Waugh, Gordy told the Houston Business Journal.

"We spent a lot of money getting that ready, and then 2014 happened," he said, referring to the oil and gas slump. "It’s just sitting there."

Gordy calls the project "Northbank," and said they'll break ground on the development once the energy market bounces back.

2014 image of the project:

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[Urbannizer]

Giorgetti Houston (http://www.giorgettihouston.com) Upper Kirby

45% sold, breaks ground by the end of the year (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/24/luxury-condo-project-in-upper-kirby-approaches.html).

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Villa Borghese (http://villaborghesehouston.com) Upper Kirby

Bungalows on site being moved to new locations (http://swamplot.com/small-flock-of-bungalows-getting-shepherded-around-at-bammel-ln-highrise-site/2017-05-22/), construction begins this Fall.

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[Urbannizer]

Renovated downtown Houston building to add food hall (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/12/renovated-downtown-houston-building-to-add-food.html)

The Jones on Main — a downtown property that’s undergoing a number of changes — reportedly will add a food hall.

The Houston Chronicle reports the food hall is expected to open in early 2018 in the JPMorgan Chase Building at 712 Main. Developers selected Austin-based Oz Rey LLC to develop and operate the food hall.

Specific concepts have not signed on to the 20,000-square-foot project yet, but it is expected to feature "chef-driven food outlets, a craft beer and curated wine bar, and art deco cocktail lounge and unique private spaces,” the Chronicle reports.

Renovations proposed at the time included connecting the two buildings at the ground level via a joint common space and adding classically inspired interior amenities throughout the space. Plans also called for a new restaurant and space for retail with sidewalk patios along Main Street and Rusk Street. The renovations were expected to be complete in early 2017.

More recently, New York-based WeWork signed a lease for approximately 86,000 square feet at 708 Main. The co-working giant is expected to move in toward the end of 2017. Houston-based custom menswear store Established Bespoke also signed a lease in The Jones on Main late last year.

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Directly across the street, work to convert 723 Main into an AC Hotel by Marriott began in March (http://www.downtowntirz.com/downtownhouston/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/03142017-Zone-Minutes-SIGNED.pdf).

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[Urbannizer]

1818 Washington Ave (http://www.lovettcommercial.com/Detail.aspx?idwebarea=1&webid=332) The Heights

Two story retail structure proposed totaling over 26,000; sq feet

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[Urbannizer]

Soil testing at the site for Park Place at Buffalo Bayou (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214487), an 18 story office tower that was place on hold shortly after breaking ground.

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[Urbannizer]

View from Intercontinental Hotel (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210663&page=2) u/c in the Med Center:

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[Urbannizer]

Bethel Church’s Entire Center St. Block Now Sending Mixed Use Messages (http://swamplot.com/bethel-churchs-entire-center-st-block-now-sending-mixed-use-messages/2017-05-30/)
The Heights

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CATTY-CORNER TO THE southwest of the area’s newest self-storage midrise, the block at N. Shepherd Dr. and Nett St. housing Bethel Church is now broadcasting plans for a mixed-use development from several large signs standing around on the property. A couple of readers reported the new decor from various angles late on Friday (including the one above, which includes a glimpse of finally settled, named, and opened FM Kitchen + Bar on the former Alva Graphics lot across the street). The church’s 1.48-acre block (bounded by Durham Dr. and Center St. on the other 2 sides) hit the market last summer, and looks to be getting wrapped into the Hunington development fold.

The conversion of the church property would put a mixed-use development right next to the Azure Apartments midrise currently going up right across Durham.

[Urbannizer]

District West (http://www.district-west.com)

Retail and office development under construction in Richmond.

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[The Best Forumer]

looks very San Antonio-ish.

[AviationGuy]

View from Intercontinental Hotel (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210663&page=2) u/c in the Med Center:

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Love this pic more than any I've ever seen of the TMC.

[Cory]

I am surprised that this area is considered Richmond. I never knew it stretched that far north towards Katy and Cinco Ranch. Growing up in Fort Bend County, Richmond/Rosenberg, known for the county fairgrounds, felt like quite aways from even Sugar Land.

[Urbannizer]

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, phase III to the Museum Fine Arts of Houston Expansion, will begin construction shortly.


Via email from the Museum Park Neighborhood Association:



http://www.stevenholl.com/media/files/438/5-Model-view-of-the-Nancy-and-Rich-Kinder-Building_medres-WHOR.jpg

Museum of Fine Arts Houston's $450M expansion hits milestone (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/31/museum-of-fine-arts-houstons-450m-expansion-hits.html)

A considerable part of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston's $450 million campus redevelopment officially broke ground on May 31.

A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, a 165,000-square-foot building that'll contain 54,000 square feet of gallery space, a 200-seat theater, a restaurant overlooking the campus' sculpture garden and an underground parking garage. It's the largest structure underway as part of the MFAH's 14-acre expansion to its Fayez S. Sarofim Campus.

"This is not about us today," said Rich Kinder, board chairman of the MFAH and executive chairman of Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. "This is about a great project. … I'd argue it's transformational for Houston."

The building is set to deliver in late 2019 and is being built by St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos.

Kinder, whose foundation donated at least $50 million to the MFAH expansion, attended the building's groundbreaking ceremony alongside his wife and Kinder Foundation President Nancy Kinder, as well as Gary Tintertow, director of the MFAH; Anne Duncan, vice chairman of the MFAH and Steven Holl of New York-based Steven Holl Architects, which designed the Fayez S. Sarofim Campus master plan.

So far, $390 million of the campus' total cost of $450 million has been raised, Tintertow said at the building's groundbreaking.

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building's perimeter will be lined with six small pools. It'll be connected to the 80,000-square-foot Glassell School of Art and the Caroline Wiess Law Building via two pedestrian tunnels. The Glassell School of Art, as well as the 36,000-square-foot Brown Foundation Inc. Plaza, are currently under construction and scheduled to open in January 2018.

The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Conservation Center, a 30,000-square-foot conservation center with studios and offices, will be built on top of a MFAH parking garage and should deliver in late 2018.

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Glassell School of Art

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[clubtokyo]

Museum of Fine Arts Houston's $450M expansion hits milestone (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/05/31/museum-of-fine-arts-houstons-450m-expansion-hits.html)



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DSC00189 (https://flic.kr/p/V764LE) by Justin Anderson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141524130@N03/), on Flickr

Glassell School of Art

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fullsizeoutput_74b (https://flic.kr/p/U4ZppS) by Justin Anderson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141524130@N03/), on Flickr

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Cool!

[Monarch]

https://www.houstonservice.org/storage/users/849/2849/images/936/thumbs/organization_logo.png
^^^ what a long awaited and brilliant project for our fair city of houston. MFAH shall become the new essential once completed....

[The Best Forumer]

looks good...

[Urbannizer]

Push for Texas music museum in Houston revived after plans for one in Austin dashed by Legislature (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Push-for-Texas-music-museum-in-Houston-revived-11191967.php?cmpid=twitter-premium)

AUSTIN -- Like Willie Nelson sang in "The Party's Over," a controversial plan by state leaders to build a Texas State Music Museum in Austin had its lights turned out.

Two separate bills that would have established the new museum in the state Capitol complex, in part of a new government office building across from the Bullock State History Museum, died in the Legislature before it adjourned last Monday -- burying a plan endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott and other top officials.

It also ended, at least for now, a push by Austin officials to get bragging rights for the state music museum over Houston. In fact, the death of the legislation is re-energizing supporters of a long-planned music museum in the Bayou City to push ahead with their plans.

It's also seen as a boost by others who operate or support music museums statewide. A group of nearly 40 private music museums across Texas that protested the Austin project say the dispute has spurred them to establish a statewide network to showcase the state's colorful and rich music ways that a single museum cannot.

"This has not been a doomsday. It has been an epiphany for everyone on the value of the music business in Texas," said Stephen Williams, a founding member of the Museum of American Music History, a coalition of more than 50 organizations, private collectors and families who he said has been working for years to get the museum located in Houston.

Williams and others who operate or support the dozens of private music museums in Texas said a meeting is planned in July at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage to organize those plans. Many of them felt the push for the new Austin attraction was government overreach.

[Urbannizer]

Catalyst

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hindesky

[The Best Forumer]

Push for Texas music museum in Houston revived after plans for one in Austin dashed by Legislature (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Push-for-Texas-music-museum-in-Houston-revived-11191967.php?cmpid=twitter-premium)

So... why did some not want it to be built in Austin?

And yes I agree... it should be built here in Houston.

[Urbannizer]

So... why did some not want it to be built in Austin?

And yes I agree... it should be built here in Houston.

A few years back Houston was granted designation for the project but never received federal funding from the state (http://music.blog.mystatesman.com/2017/03/28/austin-houston-in-heated-fight-over-state-music-museum-location/).

“This is about the state reneging on its promise to Houston. This is about the state competing against private museums,” MAMH founding member Stephen Williams said. “This is about Austin wanting to get something through a law that it couldn’t get through a statewide competition.”

[Urbannizer]

The Driscoll (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=227193) Montrose

29-story, 339' ft high-rise with approx 11,000 planned for the River Oaks Shopping Center by Weingarten and Hanover. The rendering comes from a document seeking approval of demolition (http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2017/June_MATERIALS/1958_WGray_River_Oaks_Shopping_Center_Demo_App_Materials.pdf) for the project.

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[vjhe]

I think I am pretty much over all of the same boxes going up in Houston. More Kirby Collection (even though it also has a boring box attached) styled development please.

[JManc]

I think I am pretty much over all of the same boxes going up in Houston. More Kirby Collection (even though it also has a boring box attached) styled development please.

Not only that but the owners of RO shopping center have been whittling away at it piece by piece

[Urbannizer]

1114 Texas Avenue (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30233-1114-texas-street-to-become-hyatt-place-hotel/) Downtown

Plans to turn this slim building into a 150 room Hyatt Place hotel were approved last Friday.

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[The Best Forumer]

I think I am pretty much over all of the same boxes going up in Houston. More Kirby Collection (even though it also has a boring box attached) styled development please.

I agree. Something different please. Something... different.

[TexasBoi]

The Driscoll (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=227193) Montrose

29-story, 339' ft high-rise with approx 11,000 planned for the River Oaks Shopping Center by Weingarten and Hanover. The rendering comes from a document seeking approval of demolition (http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2017/June_MATERIALS/1958_WGray_River_Oaks_Shopping_Center_Demo_App_Materials.pdf) for the project.

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Don't like this one much. I guess it is density but what's up with the parking around it?

[DanielG425]

Just stumped upon some futuristic renderings for downtown Houston published Feb. 20, 2017. I'm pretty sure they're just concepts. Architect is MA2. http://www.arch2o.com/downtown-houston-proposal-ma2/

[Urbannizer]

1114 Texas Avenue (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30233-1114-texas-street-to-become-hyatt-place-hotel/) Downtown

Plans to turn this slim building into a 150 room Hyatt Place hotel were approved last Friday.

http://www.capcommercialrealestate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1167.jpg

70-year-old office building to be transformed into Hyatt hotel (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/06/08/70-year-old-office-building-to-be-transformed-into.html)

Add another historic hotel renovation to downtown Houston's portfolio.

The 16-story office building at 1114 Texas St. will be redeveloped into a Hyatt Place hotel, Rahul Bijlani, senior vice president of CBRE Hotels, confirmed to the Houston Business Journal. Bijlani's client, Nick Patel of Pride Management Inc., owns the property and will lead the redevelopment, he said. Patel declined to comment for the story.

The 154-room hotel will open in December 2018, Bijlani said. The redevelopment will cost $14 million, according to a building permit filed with the city of Houston.

The 115,360-square-foot building at 1114 Texas was built in 1948, per public records, and was last valued at $1.9 million as of Jan. 1.

[citykid09]

The Driscoll (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=227193) Montrose

29-story, 339' ft high-rise with approx 11,000 planned for the River Oaks Shopping Center by Weingarten and Hanover. The rendering comes from a document seeking approval of demolition (http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Commissions/docs_pdfs/hahc/App_Materials_2017/June_MATERIALS/1958_WGray_River_Oaks_Shopping_Center_Demo_App_Materials.pdf) for the project.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4249/34961609502_5dd0d7498a_b.jpg

Only in Houston will you see an condo tower in the middle of a suburban shopping center surrounded by parking lots. :shrug:

[Cory]

It definitely is strange. Since there is only a few spots of parking out front anyway, I wonder why the tower and podium parking could not be moved closer to the sidewalk and the little parking that is out front could be incorporated into the garage.

[JManc]

It definitely is strange. Since there is only a few spots of parking out front anyway, I wonder why the tower and podium parking could not be moved closer to the sidewalk and the little parking that is out front could be incorporated into the garage.

It looks like they are trying to keep the new building at the same distance from the street as the existing building(s) and it looks like the first floor will have retail as well so I'm guessing to maintain a uniform look all the way around.

EDIT: and the developer, Weingarten is destroying what character that shopping center has left.

[The Best Forumer]

Just stumped upon some futuristic renderings for downtown Houston published Feb. 20, 2017. I'm pretty sure they're just concepts. Architect is MA2. http://www.arch2o.com/downtown-houston-proposal-ma2/

I do believe this is just a fantasy proposal... I think half of those shots are in LA.

[Urbannizer]

Houston's Blvd Place mixed-use development sold to local REIT, another building planned (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/04/19/houstons-blvd-place-mixed-use-development-sold-to.html)

Deal closed, rendering of the next phase:

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[clubtokyo]

Deal closed, rendering of the next phase:

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Nice!

[AviationGuy]

I do believe this is just a fantasy proposal... I think half of those shots are in LA.

Which shots do you think are in L.A.?

[Urbannizer]

A 9,000 square ft "chef-driven” food hall is coming to Aris Market Square, making it the third food hall to be announced for Downtown within the past few months.

The Next Food Hall Coming to Downtown Houston Will Be a Storeful of Open Kitchen (http://swamplot.com/the-next-food-hall-coming-to-downtown-houston-will-be-a-storeful-of-open-kitchens/2017-06-16/)


IF YOU’RE JUST coming up to speed on the whole food hall thing, remember this: It’s not a food court, it’s a food hall. And in the case of Bravery Chef Hall, planned for a 9,000-sq.-ft. space in the ground floor of the Aris Market Square tower Hines is completing at the corner of Preston and Travis Downtown, it’s not just a food hall but “the world’s first chef hall.” Or, as the founders explain, “a curated food hall where all vendors are operated and owned by chefs, employing only cooks, and where a large percentage of the seats are chef counter seating.” So maybe think of it as a huddle of 5 independently operated chef’s tables, each surrounding an open kitchen, in one streetfront retail space. (Plus additional adjacent seating — and outside, a patio garden and sidewalk café dining space totaling 3,000 sq. ft.)

http://braverychefhall.com

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bravery-chef-hall-int-rendering.jpg

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Nate99

Also Austin-based Royal Blue Grocery (http://www.royalbluegrocery.com) has 2,500 sq ft under negotiations at 1111 Rusk (Old Texaco Building/The Star)

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/uploads/monthly_2017_05/Capture.thumb.PNG.af0e1c24e6d802d7da196721a6c8d63b.PNG

[Monarch]

https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/rpgV6WZHHUuJciDhcMt7gw/ls.jpg
^^^ THE STAR downtown houston, seems like it shall incorporate some very high-end retail concepts. should be a very happening scene in the near future....

[Urbannizer]

Exxon’s XTO Energy to move 1,600 employees to Houston (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/06/19/exxon-s-xto-energy-to-move-1-600-employees-to.html)

Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) will move 1,600 of its XTO Energy subsidiary’s employees from Fort Worth to the Houston area, according to multiple news reports.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News report that 1,200 employees will move to Exxon’s Springwoods Village campus in mid-2018, and another 400 will move in 2020. About 350 employees will remain in Fort Worth, which will include the company’s central division and its midstream operations supporting Barnett Shale operations.

[Urbannizer]

Luxury condo to replace cancelled project in Montrose (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/06/19/luxury-condo-to-replace-canceled-project-in.html)

A luxury condominium is set to replace a cancelled residential project in Montrose.

Midtown/Uptown Development Partners plans to build Mandell Montrose at 2312 Commonwealth St., near its intersection with Fairview Street a few blocks north of Westheimer Road.

Mandell Montrose, designed by Houston-based architect Mirador Group, will feature condo units averaging 2,400 square feet of living space in addition to outdoor balconies and terraces. Each floor of the building will have four units, and buyers can choose from four floor plans with views of downtown Houston, Midtown or the Museum District.

Sudhoff Cos., a Houston-based real estate firm marketing the project, is expected to open a sales center on site in July. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2018 with the first residents expected to move in fall 2019.

Bill Krewson, a partner with Midtown/Uptown Development Partners, said Mandell Montrose’s design was inspired by New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, known for its modernist architecture. The Houston-based development firm has experience with master-planned communities, commercial shopping centers, gated communities and mixed-use developments around the world.

The former proposal for the site, Flats on Fairview. Sales goal was met but construction costs were too high for the previous developer.

http://flatsonfairview.com/img/neighborhood.jpg

[Cory]

That's too bad. I was looking forward to see how that design would play out.

[The Best Forumer]

I hope the new project will be less... brutalistic.

[Urbannizer]

The District

Filings with the FAA show two towers which may become the tallest in Midtown are planned near the new McGowen Park. If plans move forward as indicated, the buildings will rise simultaneously with construction beginning in early 2018.

Shortest point to highest point of Tower 1: 534'-544'

Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-8824-OE (https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335958451&row=2)

Structure Name: The District - Tower 1

Structure Height: 544

Work Schedule: 01/01/2018 to 10/01/2022

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335958442&row=18
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335958440&row=17

Site:

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https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7446619,-95.3745875,3a,75y,187.04h,97.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0EriRWaUk6UfhXt8dJR0HQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Shortest to highest point of Tower 2: 621'-631'

Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-8830-OE (https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335960245&row=7)

Structure Name: The District - Tower 2

Structure Height: 631

Work Schedule: 01/01/2018 to 10/01/2022

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335960229&row=2
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335960245&row=6

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4282/35107165030_ecedca4f0c_b.jpg
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7446619,-95.3745875,3a,75y,79.15h,94.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0EriRWaUk6UfhXt8dJR0HQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[The Best Forumer]

Holy Carp!!! The dream of really tall towers in Midtown is becoming a reality!

[The Best Forumer]

What are the chances this will get approved?

[AviationGuy]

What are the chances this will get approved?

What would be the factors that would keep this from getting approved? I'm not in Houston, so am curious.

[TexasPlaya]

What are the chances this will get approved?

What would be the factors that would keep this from getting approved? I'm not in Houston, so am curious.

I don't see any issue of this not being approved.... now the financing and all that is a separate issue to if this gets built or gets chopped in half.

[TexasPlaya]

Holy Carp!!! The dream of really tall towers in Midtown is becoming a reality!

Even better, at least 1 surface lot will be eaten up if this goes forward.

[JManc]

What are the chances this will get approved?

Oil prices, vacancy rates...

[Reverberation]

^ Is this the same one as the Caydon project?

https://caydonusa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/houston_ext_2200px_1.jpg

[The Best Forumer]

I don't think so....

[weatherguru18]

According to a user on HAIF...

Construction begins THIS FALL!!!! This will be one sexy building and hopefully a trend setter for the city of Houston.

https://view.staging.hangar.com/CRE/DC-Partners/Allen-Parkway/index.html

[Monarch]

https://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,w_1328,x_0,y_0/c_fit,h_640,w_960/10GalleriaVI__Photo_Credit_Dave_Rossman_nlheco
^^^ galleria VI (still under construction) is going to be a heavenly shopping/dining experience once fully completed. simply wonderful addition...