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Urbannizer

Sep 23, 2011, 2:57 AM

New Plan for River Oaks District, major downsize. :(

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/upload/jflow/1313000053.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/upload/jflow/1313000074.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/upload/jflow/1313000093.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/upload/jflow/1313000115.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/upload/jflow/1313000135.jpg

Previous Plans:
http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1248088767/gallery_723_64_34330.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1248088767/gallery_723_64_2960.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1248088767/gallery_723_64_12775.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1248088767/gallery_723_64_58894.jpg

daithi

Sep 23, 2011, 4:20 AM

Looks a little cheesy. Well at least the empty lot will be filled I guess.

TexasPlaya

Sep 23, 2011, 4:43 AM

Thanks for the updates. Not surprising it was scaled back.

N90

Sep 23, 2011, 7:02 AM

The Horizon- Neartown Luxury Apartment Tower
http://www.gid.com/photos/development/block-d.jpg
http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx
Excerpt:
The Horizon is a 290 unit luxury apartment tower consisting of 21 stories featuring panoramic views of the downtown Houston skyline, the Buffalo Bayou, Memorial Park, River Oaks, and the Galleria. The building will be Houston’s most advanced high-rise residential product and is being designed to achieve LEED Sliver Certification.
Source: http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx

N90

Sep 23, 2011, 4:57 PM

35 Story Luxury Apartment Tower for Inner Loop Houston:

Excerpt:
PM Realty Group LP plans to build a 35-story apartment tower on a prime site inside the Loop, where the Confederate House, formerly State Grille, served diners for more than 50 years.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/09/23/luxury-high-rise-apartments-planned.html?page=all

Reverberation

Sep 23, 2011, 6:21 PM

The Horizon- Neartown Luxury Apartment Tower
http://www.gid.com/photos/development/block-d.jpg
http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx
Excerpt:

Source: http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx

Wow. Where are they going to put it?

Michi

Sep 23, 2011, 6:28 PM

Hmm, I thought it was a component of Regent Square, but it looks like one of the articles states West Alabama & Weslayan.

N90

Sep 23, 2011, 6:39 PM

Hmm, I thought it was a component of Regent Square, but it looks like one of the articles states West Alabama & Weslayan.
The towers in the Regent Square development are separate from The Horizon development in Houston.
Wow. Where are they going to put it?
Neartown.

Urbannizer

Sep 25, 2011, 5:38 PM

Dynamo Stadium - As of Sept 23rd
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w199/andrewjackson1961/IMG_2091.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w199/andrewjackson1961/IMG_2092.jpg

Link (http://s176.photobucket.com/home/andrewjackson1961#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ16)

weatherguru18

Sep 26, 2011, 2:40 AM

New 35-story residential tower to break ground in 2012 inside the loop!! Apparently it was supposed to be 27-stories when the article was first published in 2008 but has since been increased to 35-stories. See articles below:

2008

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/04/14/story6.html

2011

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/09/23/luxury-high-rise-apartments-planned.html?page=all

dgpatel

Sep 26, 2011, 5:25 PM

Saw memorial city hospital area is expanding again infront of the main tower, and phoned the project runners to email me the project plans:

All photos from a pdf MetroNational sent to me...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57689869@N00/with/6170560753/

cant figure out how to put those visually on the site

Great find!

Does anyone know whats happening on the other side of Memorial City mall (opposite to the side of the hospital)? I've seen atleast two cranes there. I think this is the location: LINK (http://local.google.com/maps?q=29.783589,-95.535575&ll=29.782705,-95.536487&spn=0.003422,0.005434&sll=29.760193,-95.36939&sspn=0.620884,1.024475&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=18)

N90

Sep 26, 2011, 6:08 PM

147 Unit Multifamily Complex for Midtown Houston [Elgin & Louisiana Streets]:

Excerpt:
Well it looks like Midtown will soon be getting another round of upscale apartments. However, this time it’s nice to see they will be being built along Elgin. According to Nancy Sarnoff, Crosspoint sold their lot along Elgin to the Morgan Group and plans are similar to the existing Calais across the street (two levels of parking with four stories of apartments above. Wallace Garcia Wilson designed the project, which won’t break ground until the fall of 2013.
Source: http://innerlooped.com/1291/new-apartments-coming-to-midtown/

I like the infill, this multifamily complex will have the same design as the one across the street and will replace a surface parking lot!

N90

Sep 27, 2011, 6:36 PM

Winfield Gate in River Oaks:
http://static.culturemap.com/site_media/uploads/photos/2011-09-26/Winfield-Gate-courtyard_2.350w_263h.jpghttp://static.culturemap.com/site_media/uploads/photos/2011-09-26/Rendering_1.350w_263h.jpg
Excerpt:
Imagine a cozy townhouse quarter in London where the architecture reflects Palladian influences. That's what the company has in mind for this development, which is not so coincidentally named after Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London. In fact, each of the 10 floor plans is named after a U.S. ambassador. The Farish, the Harriman and the Annenberg, for example.
Source: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/09-27-11-a-slice-of-london-in-river-oaks-new-winfield-gate-townhouses-look-to-be-luxury-ambassadors/

weatherguru18

Sep 27, 2011, 10:30 PM

From today's Chronicle: More info on the 35-story tower to rise.

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/09/tower-to-rise-on-former-confederate-house-site/

pacarlson

Sep 27, 2011, 11:38 PM

Great find!

Does anyone know whats happening on the other side of Memorial City mall (opposite to the side of the hospital)? I've seen atleast two cranes there. I think this is the location: LINK (http://local.google.com/maps?q=29.783589,-95.535575&ll=29.782705,-95.536487&spn=0.003422,0.005434&sll=29.760193,-95.36939&sspn=0.620884,1.024475&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=18)

I was told it's being built for Nexen Inc., which is moving their Dallas area office to Houston. I was also told it will be about 15 stories.

Michi

Sep 28, 2011, 1:33 AM

The towers in the Regent Square development are separate from The Horizon development in Houston.

Neartown.
I know. This rendering just looks like the proposal for the first Regent Square parcel to be developed.

I'm with ya.

N90

Sep 28, 2011, 10:48 PM

Resurrection of the 23 story Ashbury Apartment Tower:
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/files/2011/09/Ashby.jpg
Excerpt:
The plans represent the same 23-story design that was previously approved by the city in August 2009, according to Houston-based Buckhead Investment Partners Inc. Instead of for-sale condominiums, however, the units will be apartments.

“We are moving forward with a wonderful high-rise redevelopment project because the best multifamily rental market conditions in years, coupled with keen investor interest in this unique opportunity, clearly suggest that now is the right time to do so,” said Buckhead’s Matthew Morgan.
Source: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/09/the-ashby-is-back/

JManc

Sep 28, 2011, 11:21 PM

^ they need to build this instead:

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ashby-cartoon.jpg

and it needs the arms.

weatherguru18

Sep 28, 2011, 11:50 PM

mfastx

Sep 30, 2011, 12:07 AM

Posed this question on another forum: Why here? Love the tower but seems like a very odd place for a highrise---i mean in the middle of a neighborhood with limited access. For some reason i thought this was to always be built right off the SW FRWY....not blocks away in the middle of a residential hood. I guess I never really thought about it until I looked at a map of the location.

It's a very good place for a highrise. Right on a major thoroughfare, and in a very desirable neighborhood. Houston is going to get denser, we can't have inner-city suburbs forever. To accommodate this, we need to improve our transit system, but that's another topic. There are many highrises in Houston right next to single family homes.

Urbannizer

Oct 1, 2011, 6:02 PM

Updates Taken Today by Golyadkin

The Millenium - 237 Unit Apartment Building
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0450.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0216.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0217.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0218.jpg

Link (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/24828-2525-mccue/page__view__findpost__p__391674)

BBVA - 2200 Post Oak - Rendering (http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/yourhoustonnews.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/a/04/3a8/a043a8d8-d0c5-5de7-a666-68ff67344e20-revisions/4daece9a07fde.image.jpg)

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0222.jpg

Link (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/24729-bbva-post-oak-blvd/page__view__findpost__p__391672)

BLVD Place - Whole Foods - Rendering (http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/225277_978577461136_37526399_43867479_4938361_n.jpg)

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0195.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0199.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff345/bppedersen/Architecture%20Photos/DSC_0200.jpg

Link (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/6106-blvd-place/page__view__findpost__p__391673)

N90

Oct 2, 2011, 4:15 AM

Some more info bout previous or new projects.

The Horizon- Supposedly the ground breaking is in February 2012.

The Ashby Highrise- Supposedly is breaking ground in January 2012.

La Porte to get a 16 Story Tower:
Site work and new construction of a mixed-use development in La Porte. Schematic design plans call for the construction of a 16-story office building including office space, storage space, and restrooms. Plans also include a hotel with guest rooms.
Source: https://www.bidclerk.com/project.1100641.html

I hope his new tower is on the Galveston Bay in La Porte so that way other towers could develop around this one and it can create an emerging skyline, an emerging coastal skyline that continues to elude Galveston.

JoninATX

Oct 2, 2011, 12:29 PM

New 23-story tower

Site work, demolition and new construction of a mixed-use tower in Houston. Working plans call for the demolition of an existing apartment complex to make way for a 23-story tower to house a five-story, parking garage with 460 spaces

Reported 09/30/2011

Status Pre-Construction

Est. Start Date January 2012

https://www.bidclerk.com/project.672794.html#

It seems that there map on there website is misleading it has it pointing at the Houston vistor center? I wonder if this is the Ashby project?

Chicago3rd

Oct 2, 2011, 3:12 PM

Resurrection of the 23 story Ashbury Apartment Tower:
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/files/2011/09/Ashby.jpg
Excerpt:

Source: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/09/the-ashby-is-back/

Am for it if it has retail or offices on street level. Putting a one/use type of building in a suburban sort of area does not lead to Urbanism.

Complex01

Oct 2, 2011, 3:36 PM

Here are some pics of the Dynamo stadium. It is gonna have some awesome DT views. Looking fancy...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/DS2.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/DS1.jpg

:yes:

TexasPlaya

Oct 2, 2011, 4:57 PM

Interesting pdf presentation by Houston Tomorrow (http://www.houstontomorrow.org/publications/story/houstons-transit-future/) about our current and future transit situation. Lots of interesting graphs.

N90

Oct 2, 2011, 7:38 PM

It seems that there map on there website is misleading it has it pointing at the Houston vistor center? I wonder if this is the Ashby project?
Yeah this is the Ashby Highrise.
Interesting pdf presentation by Houston Tomorrow (http://www.houstontomorrow.org/publications/story/houstons-transit-future/) about our current and future transit situation. Lots of interesting graphs.
I remember posting this yesterday on Houston Architecture, no one gave it a second thought at all it seems. That PDF is nice but its just too long term to matter. 2035 is a long time away and most of us will be plagued by old age by then. Hah.
Am for it if it has retail or offices on street level. Putting a one/use type of building in a suburban sort of area does not lead to Urbanism.
I agree that at the present moment it just comes across as bizarre and estranged. Two things contribute to Houston's awkward way of urbanizing.

1. It lacks zoning, making projects like these possible to get approved without further questioning.

2. Houston is at a mature post in its growth, over the next 35 years it will be doing projects like these a lot and infilling by destroying detached family structures or low rises. Think of this now in Houston as what Chicago was in 1880 or 1890, except Chicago was quite a lot more centralized.

Basically this tower will stick out like a sore thumb when built but 10 or 15 years from now it will be accompanied by more towers near it. Houston is a fast city to destroy older structures in place for newer and larger ones. There is no doubt that if this gets built other developers will swarm to the area like wildfire to do the same. The area is centralized and has a desirable location, it's pretty much just waiting to star digging dirt and turning shovels on these projects.

Chicago3rd

Oct 2, 2011, 10:44 PM

Shasta

Oct 3, 2011, 9:29 PM

Yeah this is the Ashby Highrise.

I remember posting this yesterday on Houston Architecture, no one gave it a second thought at all it seems. That PDF is nice but its just too long term to matter. 2035 is a long time away and most of us will be plagued by old age by then. Hah.

I agree that at the present moment it just comes across as bizarre and estranged. Two things contribute to Houston's awkward way of urbanizing.

1. It lacks zoning, making projects like these possible to get approved without further questioning.

2. Houston is at a mature post in its growth, over the next 35 years it will be doing projects like these a lot and infilling by destroying detached family structures or low rises. Think of this now in Houston as what Chicago was in 1880 or 1890, except Chicago was quite a lot more centralized.

Basically this tower will stick out like a sore thumb when built but 10 or 15 years from now it will be accompanied by more towers near it. Houston is a fast city to destroy older structures in place for newer and larger ones. There is no doubt that if this gets built other developers will swarm to the area like wildfire to do the same. The area is centralized and has a desirable location, it's pretty much just waiting to star digging dirt and turning shovels on these projects.

Nope. This tower is completely surrounded by deed restricted neighborhoods. Everything South of Bissonnet is Southampton. Southampton has fairly strong deed restrictions that limit development to single family homes and it also has very strict height requirements that generally limits structures to two stories. Everything to the North is either Boulevard Oaks or Broadacres. Both of these neighborhoods have deed restrictions. Broadacres is VERY strict. North, South, and West Boulevards are probably the most beautiful in the city, with wide parks down the center with towering live oak trees and houses from the 1920s sitting on full acres. Famous houses like the Wortham House which houses the University of Houston president, will now have a huge tower looking down on them.

Bissonnet is the ONLY sliver in that area that isn't deed restricted because it is considered a major roadway, despite it being just a two-laned road between Main St (to the East) and Greenbrier (to the West). Despite the lack of deed restrictions, the road in this area is still largely residential with no structures over 40 feet tall. The few businesses on that street are housed in single family homes that have been converted (antique stores, doctor's offices, etc...). This is a HORRIBLE location for a tower for everyone but the developers looking to make a buck by either a) ruining stable inner city neighborhoods or b) winning a lawsuit

TexasPlaya

Oct 4, 2011, 5:04 PM

I remember posting this yesterday on Houston Architecture, no one gave it a second thought at all it seems. That PDF is nice but its just too long term to matter. 2035 is a long time away and most of us will be plagued by old age by then. Hah.

Very true a lot of it is long range. However, there's a lot of interesting info on our current state of affairs, especially where the jobs and density are. If we could just actually get the University and Uptown rail going then we would have the beginning of a real system.

Reverberation

Oct 7, 2011, 3:58 PM

I don't know if anyone noticed, but they have broken ground and the 22 story residential project near Westheimer and Sage (Next to Walgreens) is now under construction.

Renderings (from HAIF):
http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/uploads/monthly_10_2011/post-10093-0-25862700-1317839850_thumb.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/uploads/monthly_10_2011/post-10093-0-93155900-1317839835_thumb.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/25097-22-story-tower-in-galleria-area/

chrisherber

Oct 7, 2011, 5:46 PM

Sad that the River Oaks project was downsized, either way it still looks pretty good. Anyone know where it will be located and when they will start construction?

simms3_redux

Oct 7, 2011, 7:22 PM

Sterling

Oct 8, 2011, 3:22 AM

I'm glad for the density implied by the Ashbury concept. Deed restrictions may hamper the future for awhile, but time marches on. In the early 20th century 5th Avenue in New York along Central Park was the showplace of industrial age millionaires. Huge ornate single family houses were built, seemingly to last forever. Fights ensued over density and perceived loss of "charm", but the lure of big money won as it always does, and now only a few remain, now repurposed. The Frick Gallery for instance. And in spite of lawsuits, family holdouts and the like, 5th Ave is now home to multi story apartment buildings like the rest of the city. NIMBY is not a new concept.

As cities grow, one generation's "hallowed family hall" becomes the next generations "white elephant". One generation says "you'll get my keys when you pry them from my cold dead fingers". The next generation says "Here are the keys. I always hated this place anyway".

YakuzaIce

Oct 9, 2011, 4:00 PM

Well I got out this morning to take a few pictures.

Westheimer @ Sage
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01012.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01014.jpg

2200 Post Oak (really started pouring here, so the pics aren't great.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01019.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01020.jpg

Bonus Transco in the rain
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/YakuzaIce/DSC01016.jpg

Complex01

Oct 10, 2011, 11:35 PM

Nice, the galleria area will have a few cranes up. Very Kewl...

weatherguru18

Oct 11, 2011, 9:10 PM

Looks like The Woodlands is getting another highrise!

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/10/another-office-tower-in-the-woodlands/

N90

Oct 12, 2011, 3:05 AM

147 Unit Multifamily Complex for Midtown Houston [Elgin & Louisiana Streets]:

Excerpt:

Source: http://innerlooped.com/1291/new-apartments-coming-to-midtown/

I like the infill, this multifamily complex will have the same design as the one across the street and will replace a surface parking lot!
More information about these apartments going up in Midtown are available here:

http://ataps1.pd.ci.houston.tx.us/drc/PC+Meeting+Calendar.nsf/WebDocumentOpen/5CE42489235C6019862577FA006DB2E3/$FILE/Draft+Agenda.pdf

N90

Oct 12, 2011, 3:10 AM

Nope. This tower is completely surrounded by deed restricted neighborhoods. Everything South of Bissonnet is Southampton. Southampton has fairly strong deed restrictions that limit development to single family homes and it also has very strict height requirements that generally limits structures to two stories. Everything to the North is either Boulevard Oaks or Broadacres. Both of these neighborhoods have deed restrictions. Broadacres is VERY strict. North, South, and West Boulevards are probably the most beautiful in the city, with wide parks down the center with towering live oak trees and houses from the 1920s sitting on full acres. Famous houses like the Wortham House which houses the University of Houston president, will now have a huge tower looking down on them.

Bissonnet is the ONLY sliver in that area that isn't deed restricted because it is considered a major roadway, despite it being just a two-laned road between Main St (to the East) and Greenbrier (to the West). Despite the lack of deed restrictions, the road in this area is still largely residential with no structures over 40 feet tall. The few businesses on that street are housed in single family homes that have been converted (antique stores, doctor's offices, etc...). This is a HORRIBLE location for a tower for everyone but the developers looking to make a buck by either a) ruining stable inner city neighborhoods or b) winning a lawsuit
While true, I still disagree to a large extent.

Yes and for a very long time during one of the fastest periods of its growth New York had no zoning but eventually sorted it out as well. Los Angeles during the start of its high growth had lax zoning restrictions.

Houston in the next 40 years wont stay the same, the policies and regulations written on paper today possibly wont exist 40 years from now, nothing is ever written in stone for growth and development is one thing I've learned about cities from their past to their future. Houston's lack of zoning is now because the people vote it down now, its quite possible that in the period of the next 40 years that Houston may adopt zoning and get rid of some regulations and protections altogether. What's historical neighborhoods today through gentrification, growth, and development may end up a string of mid-rises tomorrow.

What I'm saying is that Houston is still dominantly a maturing city now and will be for the next 20 or 30 years, lots of infill will come in, lots of changes, lots of new density and developments. I think we should give the place the benefit of time and let it do its own thing.

N90

Oct 12, 2011, 7:07 PM

Merit Medical Campus, Pearland:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/Merit%20Pearland%20Elevation.jpg?v=1
Details:
The facility will be situated in a business park owned by a Betz Cos. partnership, which retains an additional 23 acres of land on the same lot.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/10/merit-medical-expands-into-pearland.html

Then there's also this, which I don't really consider a "true" development because the building already exists but they're renovating it and preparing it for a different use than what it had been in the past. See below.

Former Downtown Houston Cookie Factory to become lofts:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/CityLofts.jpg?v=1
Details:
City View Lofts is now open after a major transformation that created a downtown residential space out of the 100-year-old former Nabisco cookie factory.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/10/11/slideshow-former-houston-cookie.html

Houston airports selected for Obama's project:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/FlagPosts.JPG
Details:
A project involving Houston’s two commercial airports was selected as one of 14 infrastructure projects by the Obama Administration to be expedited.
Source: http://www.mmdnewswire.com/obama-administration-71164.html

N90

Oct 19, 2011, 6:08 PM

Westheimer Multifamily Apartments
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/Millennium%20High%20Street.jpg?v=1
Details:
Construction can commence now that the partners have closed on the acquisition of 6.25 acres at 4410 Westheimer from the Kagan and Rudy families.

Dinerstein will design, build and manage the 340-unit apartment complex, which will be accompanied by a 10,000-square-foot restaurant space and 15,000 square feet for retail shops.

It is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2013.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/10/inner-loop-multifamily-project-gets.html

TexasPlaya

Oct 20, 2011, 5:00 AM

Westheimer Multifamily Apartments
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/Millennium%20High%20Street.jpg?v=1
Details:

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/10/inner-loop-multifamily-project-gets.html

So it seems this is part or is all of the High Street proposal that was put on hold?

SouthmoreAve

Oct 21, 2011, 12:14 AM

New Dynamo Stadium Renderings:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Dynamodowntown.JPG?v=1

http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Dynamoclub.jpg?v=1

http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Dynamolobby.jpg?v=1

Houston Buisiness Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/10/13/slideshow-inside-the-new-dynamo-stadium.html

New Houston Dynamo Stadium Updates,
courtesy of the Dynamo website.

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k353/northbayoukid/D1.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k353/northbayoukid/D2.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k353/northbayoukid/D3.jpg
http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/10/stadium-questions-matt-doffing

N90

Oct 21, 2011, 1:00 AM

So it seems this is part or is all of the High Street proposal that was put on hold?
Yes. Something is better than nothing though. I just passed by the development site today, seems to be headed into brighter days.

TexasPlaya

Oct 21, 2011, 4:09 AM

Yes. Something is better than nothing though. I just passed by the development site today, seems to be headed into brighter days.

Definitely. Personally, I like all the infill that is happening, even if it's mostly 4-6 story apartments.

N90

Oct 21, 2011, 6:12 PM

Katy Area 129 Acre Multiuse Project
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/Katy-Ranch-Crossing-rendering.jpg?v=1
Details
The Houston-based developer and real estate investor is creating Katy Ranch Crossing, designed to have 750,000 square feet of retail, medical and restaurant space; 500 luxury apartment units; and a 150,000-square-foot office building. Development is expected to occur in phases during the next five-plus years. Baker expects the office component to cost more than $10 million
Source http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/10/21/katy-area-to-add-129-acre-multiuse.html

Dylan Leblanc

Oct 23, 2011, 5:52 PM

Luxury high-rise apartments planned inside the Loop

PM Realty Group LP plans to build a 35-story apartment tower on a prime site inside the Loop, where the Confederate House, formerly State Grille, served diners for more than 50 years.

More - http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/09/23/luxury-high-rise-apartments-planned.html

N90

Oct 25, 2011, 8:14 PM

Pleasure Pier in Galveston:

http://blog.galveston.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pleasurepier4.jpg
http://blog.galveston.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pleasurepier3.jpg
http://blog.galveston.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pleasurepier2.jpg
http://blog.galveston.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pleasurepier1.jpg
An update to the Pleasure Pier in Galveston. They now have their own official website, http://www.pleasure-pier.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galveston-Island-Historic-Pleasure-Pier/177272299004361

It's well underway with construction and is looking towards a summer 2012 opening. Really exciting stuff, a pier is just what the Houston Metropolitan Area was in need of. Now if they can get that theme park underway it would be something else!

Here are some construction photo's via its Facebook page:
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/293315_226123607452563_177272299004361_653840_1126566327_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/293627_226123557452568_177272299004361_653838_1514933605_n.jpg

N90

Oct 26, 2011, 10:17 PM

Buffalo Bayou Master Plan moving forward in phases:

Details:
The Buffalo Bayou Foundation is proposing a 158-acre park near the DePelchin Children’s Center as well as renovated trails and new pedestrian bridges.
The improvements will also include returning the area to a more natural state, the report said.
Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/10/buffalo-bayou-redevelopment-efforts.html

3 Waterway Square in The Woodlands:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/3%20Waterway%20Rendering.jpg?v=1
Details:
A 192,000-square-foot office building that will soon be under construction in The Woodlands. The office structure will be finished in early 2013.
Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/10/26/nexeo-solutions-moves-to-woodlands.html

TexasPlaya

Oct 29, 2011, 4:16 AM

More details emerged about the Buffalo Bayou master plan that N90 posted previously:

Swamplot: More Pedestrian Bridges and Other Twists and Turns in the Plans for Buffalo Bayou Park (http://swamplot.com/more-pedestrian-bridges-and-other-twists-and-turns-in-the-plans-for-buffalo-bayou-park/2011-10-28/)

Part of the $50 million plan to turn the banks of Buffalo Bayou west of Downtown from Sabine St. to Shepherd Dr. into a single, continuous linear park: a new entry plaza on Sabine St. at the city waterworks station (near the skatepark, above), a small lake at the end of Dunlavy St., and 3 new pedestrian bridges. One of the bridges is planned for a site just east of Shepherd; another across from the police officer memorial; and the third at Jackson Hill St. Also: lighting, new water features, public art, renovated trails, and a dog park....More than half of the money for the project has already been donated by the Kinder Foundation; the Buffalo Bayou Partnership is hoping to raise the remaining $20 million. Target completion date: 2015.

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/buff-bayou-park-plan.jpg

This is approximately 2 miles in length. I can't wait to watch this progress, Buffalo Bayou has so much potential and now it can be realized.

Light rail update:

Saw this on Swamplot (http://swamplot.com/laying-down-tracks-at-metros-72-hour-harrisburg-and-lockwood-rave/2011-10-28/):

East End: Intersection at Harrisburg and Lockwood
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JoninATX

Nov 2, 2011, 1:14 PM

1960s-era Houston building now modern apartments

Houston Business Journal by Molly Ryan, Web Producer
Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 3:37pm CDT

The Houston House, a historic building designed by the architect Charles Goodman, is undergoing a major $10 million restoration, which will transform the 31-story highrise into a modern apartment complex.

Located in downtown Houston at 1617 Fannin St., the building will have 396 units, including efficiencies, one and two bedroom apartments and penthouse suites, when completed in Spring 2012.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/10/31/slideshow-1960s-era-houston-building.html

Complex01

Nov 2, 2011, 11:21 PM

:previous:

Looks awesome. I would move in, in a heart beat...

Thymant

Nov 3, 2011, 12:46 AM

Love the Bayou!

TexasPlaya

Nov 4, 2011, 4:03 AM

Some news coming out for Downtown:

Phoenicia Market opens up (http://www.29-95.com/restaurants/story/downtown-welcomes-its-phoenicia-market)
On Monday, puffy hot pitas will come sliding down a roller-coasterlike conveyor belt and, hopefully, flying out the doors when Phoenicia Specialty Market greets its inaugural customers as the first major grocery store to open in downtown Houston in decades.

It’s a day that downtown workers and residents — as well as city foodies — have been anticipating since May 2010, when the Tcholakian family, owners of the mammoth Phoenicia in west Houston, announced it would open a 28,000-square-foot international food market and restaurant at the One Park Place luxury apartment tower on the edge of Discovery Green....

Downtown District Proposes Retail/Entertainment District (http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/11/downtown-district-proposes-shoppingentertainment-district/)
The shopping district would connect Main with the George R. Brown Convention Center/Discovery Green area as a pedestrian-friendly retail/restaurant environment...Several projects in the study are already underway, said Angie Bertinot, director of marketing and retail development for the Downtown District.

For example, the Houston Pavilions is working on a plan to improve the pedestrian experience along its three blocks of Dallas with more lighting, signs and sidewalk cafes, she said: “And we’ve started working with the lease holder of the Sakowitz building and owner of the Macy’s building.”

Also, on Dallas from Caroline to the Hilton Americas-Houston, the Downtown District is widening the sidewalks and making lighting improvements, she said.

Funding for projects underway is coming from the Downtown District and property owners, she noted.

One purpose of the plan is to connect various pockets of downtown pedestrian activity that are currently isolated from each other, she said, and another goal is to spur more residential development downtown.

City Playing Musical Blocks with Downtown Houses (http://swamplot.com/city-playing-musical-blocks-with-downtown-houses/2011-11-03/)
Yesterday was moving day for 2 unusual Downtown buildings: The 1905 Cohn and 1904 Foley (above) houses cattycorner from the George R. Brown Convention Center...The city is moving them across the street and a block closer to Minute Maid Park, where they’re intended to become add-ons to a mysterious Regional Tourism Center proposed for the 600 block of Avenida de las Americas. According to plans flashed at the last public meeting for the Downtown/EaDo Livable Centers Study, this new building dedicated to Upper Texas Gulf Coast vacationers would face the westbound light-rail line along Capitol St. and sit at the bottom of an unidentified residential tower
http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/capital-rusk-corridor-plan.jpg

Museum District:
Inside Views of Yoshio Taniguchi’s Asia Society Texas Center, Houston’s Next Big Museum District Thing (http://swamplot.com/inside-views-of-yoshio-taniguchis-asia-society-texas-center-houstons-next-big-museum-district-thing/2011-11-02/)
The big new Asia Society Texas building designed by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi along Southmore Blvd. in the Museum District won’t officially open until next April, but a new slideshow featured on the organization’s website provides early peeks into some of the 38,000-sq.-ft. structure’s ultra-spare interiors.

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/asia-main-magic.jpg

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/asia-gift-shop.jpg

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/asia-grand-hall.jpg

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/asia-theater.jpg

N90

Nov 4, 2011, 5:10 AM

Love the downtown plans, downtown is one Houston neighborhood that continues to under perform for Houston's size. Hopefully in the future it will continue improving.

They need more residents and more housing downtown.

Trae

Nov 4, 2011, 3:05 PM

Love all of this. Houston leaders are finally tapping into the city's potential. Still much work to do, but I like what's going on in the core so far.

N90

Nov 4, 2011, 6:42 PM

Skilled Nursing Facility in The Woodlands:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/Cantex-Continuing-Care-Rendering.jpg?v=1
Details:
The Carrollton-based health care company has purchased a 5.3 acre site in The Woodlands’ Village of Creekside Park for construction of a 112-bed, approximately 66,000-square-foot skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility to cost as much as $12 million.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/11/04/skilled-nursing-facility-expands.html

Sterling

Nov 4, 2011, 9:36 PM

Love the update of the Asia Society. Been so curious, and there hasn't been much info around. Looks truly lovely and impeccably done. Great addition to the district.

TexasBoi

Nov 5, 2011, 1:48 AM

Some news coming out for Downtown:

Phoenicia Market opens up (http://www.29-95.com/restaurants/story/downtown-welcomes-its-phoenicia-market)

Downtown District Proposes Retail/Entertainment District (http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/11/downtown-district-proposes-shoppingentertainment-district/)

City Playing Musical Blocks with Downtown Houses (http://swamplot.com/city-playing-musical-blocks-with-downtown-houses/2011-11-03/)

http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/capital-rusk-corridor-plan.jpg

Please happen. Pretty please.

Complex01

Nov 5, 2011, 4:03 PM

Agreed. Those parking are eagerly awaiting to be put to good use...

:yes:

N90

Nov 6, 2011, 11:35 PM

New Hope Housing:
http://www.bisnow.com/archives/houstonre/2011/Q4/images/rittenhouse.jpg
Details:
New Hope Housing at Rittenhouse (in North Houston at the corner of Stuebner Airline Road and Rittenhouse Road) will be the company’s seventh single room occupancy housing community. The project recently received an allocation of 2011 Low Income Housing Tax Credits through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. This will be New Hope’s fourth tax credit development financed through a public-private partnership. Ernesto Maldonado, who also designed the firm’s Brays Crossing property, will design the 160-unit Rittenhouse project. The $11M property will be LEED certified
Liberty Northwest Business Park:
http://www.bisnow.com/archives/houstonre/2011/Q4/images/libertypropertynorthwestrendering.jpg
Details:
Cadence McShane was awarded two new industrial buildings in the Liberty Northwest Business Park. The firm will construct Building 3 (an 84k SF distribution facility with 3,498 SF of office space) and Building 4 (a 126k SF property with 2,462 SF of office). The buildings were designed by Seeberger Architecture and will be LEED certified. Look for completion of the two buildings in January 2012.

Source: http://www.bisnow.com/houston_commercial_real_estate_news_story.php?p=18742

Urbannizer

Nov 7, 2011, 11:16 PM

ExxonMobil Video
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N90

Nov 8, 2011, 12:28 AM

^ Such beautiful infill. I'm just completely wowed by 1:28-1:50 & 4:50-4:54. Those were some amazing shots!

N90

Nov 8, 2011, 1:09 AM

Growth appears to be accelerating in Texas, which can only be a good thing for migration magnets such as Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. http://www.newgeography.com/content/002519-domestic-migration-returning-normalcy

TexasPlaya

Nov 8, 2011, 5:23 AM

Simply amazing. It would be awesome if this was more central, but the whole campus among the tall pine trees is breathtaking (at least in video). The centerpiece is awesome and is really a breath of architectural fresh air.

weatherguru18

Nov 8, 2011, 2:00 PM

This thing is like 5 min. from my house and to see the dozen or more cranes sticking up over the trees is the next best thing to an orgasm. Too bad none of it will be seen from the freeway upon completion.

weatherguru18

Nov 8, 2011, 2:17 PM

Trader Joe's opening in The Woodlands:

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/11/trader-joe’s-to-open-in-the-woodlands/

JoninATX

Nov 8, 2011, 8:46 PM

3009 Post Oak to start immediately

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/files/2011/11/Skanska2011-199x300.jpg

Skanska USA Commercial Development said today it will start construction “immediately” on a new office building in the Galleria area.

The 20-story tower, which has been in the planning stages for almost two years, at least, will go up on 2.3 acres at the site of the old Tony’s Ballroom near the Water Wall.

The company said the 302,000-square-foot project would be “self-financed.” It did not say it had a tenant in hand for the space.

“We have the highest confidence in the future of Houston’s economy. Uptown Houston is one of the largest business districts in the United States and headquarters to top corporations around the world

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/11/new-office-tower-to-rise-near-galleria/

JoninATX

Nov 16, 2011, 12:09 PM

MD Anderson to break ground on new research building.

Houston Business Journal
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:26pm CST

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center .. will break ground on the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer Care on Nov. 16, making way for the new 12-story building.

Funds for the building were contributed by the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, which gave MD Anderson a $150 million transformational grant in 2011 to accelerate the pace of personalized cancer therapies and pancreatic research.

From this grant, $100 million will be used to build the Zayed Building for Personalized Cancer Care next to the Texas Medical Center hospital, closely linking research to the clinics. MD Anderson will match those funds.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/11/15/md-anderson-to-break-ground-on-new.html

econik

Nov 21, 2011, 6:59 AM

chrisherber

Nov 21, 2011, 9:27 AM

Everyday this week I've noticed a new building downtown is lighting up with LED lights at the top. Have you guys seen this? Are they going to do every building this way?http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/oodloveoo/2011-11-21_00-34-11_811.jpg

Noticed this too. Hopefully it's just a few with LED's and the others get lit up another way. For example...the Gulf Building and the Continental Airlines Building. But so far, looks great!

N90

Nov 21, 2011, 5:06 PM

Everyday this week I've noticed a new building downtown is lighting up with LED lights at the top. Have you guys seen this? Are they going to do every building this way?
They do this around this time of the year, every year. They're getting ready for their Christmas/New Years lighting, from November to February is when Downtown is the brightest and from March till October, its pretty much more dimmed down.

N90

Nov 21, 2011, 5:08 PM

Buffalo Pointe in Texas Medical Center:
http://www.bisnow.com/archives/houstonre/2011/Q4/images/buffalopointe.jpg
Details
Buffalo Pointe is based on the extension of the light rail and the extension of Buffalo Speedway into the property. Embrey’s project will sit at Buffalo Speedway at West Bellfort, just south of the Medical Center.
Source: http://www.bisnow.com/houston_commercial_real_estate_news_story.php?p=19223

econik

Nov 21, 2011, 5:52 PM

They do this around this time of the year, every year. They're getting ready for their Christmas/New Years lighting, from November to February is when Downtown is the brightest and from March till October, its pretty much more dimmed down.

I have lived by downtown for 5 years and I have never noticed lights on these buildings. However, I do know some buildings light up around this time of year but these look new. I could be wrong.

JManc

Nov 21, 2011, 7:19 PM

the lights on Wells Fargo are new. The lights before were white bulbs during the holidays like most of the buildings around town.

N90

Nov 22, 2011, 2:20 AM

New slideshow (44 pages) on Downtown Houston's proposed Shopping & Entertainment District: http://downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2011-10-25/111024-AECOM-Final_Report-HDMD_Post.pdf
the lights on Wells Fargo are new. The lights before were white bulbs during the holidays like most of the buildings around town.
Last year they were red, blue, green, white, and purple, but most of the time red, blue, or white. It's seasonal, they do it only 4 months of the year and then they dim down until the holiday season/winter season again.

Tumbleweed_Tx

Nov 22, 2011, 11:09 PM

there was a neon light setup around the top of Wells Fargo from 1983 at least until 2001 when Tropical Storm Allison did some damage, or the neon could have been an Ike casualty. My memory is fuzzy.

Both Wells Fargo and Enron 1 had year-round white neon at the top.

Now what Wells Fargo has is a variation of a lighting fixture called a Versatube. It's an RGB LED tube, about the same size as a flourescent bulb. There are two rows of these tubes. If anyone has ever counted the number of window panes there are in a floor on WF, that's about how many tubes there are up there

They can make any color that can be made with additive color mixing (mixing red, green, and blue)

It looks pretty mundane considering what the fixtures are capable of... lol

(I'm a concert lighting guy... i notice these sorts of things)

Metro Matt

Nov 27, 2011, 6:41 AM

Everyday this week I've noticed a new building downtown is lighting up with LED lights at the top. Have you guys seen this? Are they going to do every building this way?http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/oodloveoo/2011-11-21_00-34-11_811.jpg

They've always had those lights on around the holidays it just looks different now because they switched from dull-yellowish incandescent bulbs to cool white energy efficient LED's.

Wells Fargo has LED too, but it can change colors for different holidays & events. In that pic it almost looks purplish.

zYrahL3e

Nov 30, 2011, 2:56 AM

This is a big break for Houston Tx. Great views!

Michi

Nov 30, 2011, 7:36 PM

Those lit buildings look like they are of the Allen Center. Is that complex of buildings managed by one company and I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

TexasPlaya

Dec 7, 2011, 3:08 AM

Shell Renews Nearly 1.3 million sf in Houston's CBD

http://gateway.costar.com/imageviewer/GetThumbnail.aspx?id=E1653E0FC6966515F9308BBEC1C1927B&atype=4

In one of the largest office leases of the year, Shell Oil Co. renewed 804,491 square feet of office space at One Shell Plaza and 471,934 square feet at Two Shell Plaza in Houston. The global energy corporation’s 15-year lease term begins retroactively on January 1, 2011, and expires in 2025.

“We are excited about securing our future in the heart of downtown Houston,” said Jeri Ballard, vice president of strategy and portfolio at Shell Oil. “Shell remains committed to strengthening Houston as a vibrant commercial hub and as the energy capital of the United States...

http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Shell-Renews-Nearly-13-Million-SF-in-Houstons-CBD/133989

Complex01

Dec 14, 2011, 5:21 PM

Some pics of the dynamo stadium from over the weekend. Its really coming along. I like it. Plus I like the cloudy days in Houston. They are nice...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/HD1211a.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/HD1211b.jpg

:cool:

photoLith

Dec 15, 2011, 3:59 PM

kingkirbythe....

Dec 16, 2011, 8:36 AM

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Project-to-transform-stretch-of-Buffalo-Bayou-2406589.php

Project to transform stretch of Buffalo Bayou into 'jewel'
By ZAIN SHAUK, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Updated 10:36 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2011

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A $55 million upgrade to parkland along Buffalo Bayou is set to add performance venues, improve recreational areas and revitalize downtown-area green space that officials hope will become a magnet and refuge similar to New York's Central Park.

Houston City Council on Wednesday approved an operating agreement paving the way for construction, including a major restructuring of Buffalo Bayou and restoration of its ecosystems. The Harris County Commissioners Court will take up a similar agreement Tuesday.

Complex01

Dec 16, 2011, 9:10 PM

:previous:

Ooo thats awesome. I like it...

:tup:

TexasBoi

Dec 17, 2011, 12:58 AM

I havent been downtown in forever and wont for a long time as Im recovering from being out of the hospital but I just saw on the news that construction is starting or about to start on a hotel across from Discovery Green. Has anyone heard or seen anything about this?

Here is something.
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/12/3268/

The details of the plan are a little different this time around, but the goal is the same: at least 1,000 rooms in a high-rise hotel on a parcel that mirrors the Hilton Americas across Discovery Green park.

So looking at google map, is that lot that sits on the corner of Crawford and Rusk? It's right across from DG and Hilton Americas. Another lot may bite the dust.

JoninATX

Dec 22, 2011, 8:00 AM

Lake|Flato and Studio Red Architects selected to design Midtown arts center

By Tyler Rudick

12.21.11 | 11:06 am

he Independent Arts Collaborative has announced that architectural firms Lake|Flato and Studio Red have been selected to design the organization's new art complex planned at Main and Holman in Midtown.

The multi-tenant performance and exhibition space will be designed with the input of nearly 40 Houston arts groups. Organizations like DiverseWorks, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex, and Aurora Picture Show have been involved in recent discussions, although participating groups have yet to be finalized.

"This is an amazing opportunity to work with such a wide range of disparate arts groups," Ted Flato, principal architect at San Antonio’s Lake|Flato, told CultureMap. "We look forward to getting everyone's input. In the end, the architecture clearly will reflect that spirit."

With an estimated cost of $25 million, the 85,000-square-foot complex is planned to feature a 400-seat theater, a large exhibition space, and five black box performance spaces as well as workshop areas, classrooms, and office space.

Slated for completion in 2015, the IAC center is poised to become catalyst for Midtown commercial, residential and cultural development.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/12-21-11-architects-selected-for-Independent-Arts-Collaborative-Midtown-building/

JoninATX

Dec 22, 2011, 10:15 AM

3 projects with 3 tower cranes all in one webcam.

http://www.earthcam.com/client/bbva/

photoLith

Dec 22, 2011, 2:56 PM

^
What projects are those?

JoninATX

Dec 22, 2011, 3:47 PM

Unnamed 22 st. Tower is rising to the far left (yellow crane), 2525 McCue is center with the mobile crane, and BBVA tower is in the foreground with the white and yellow tower crane.

Complex01

Dec 22, 2011, 7:24 PM

Ooo very kewl...

:tup:

TexasPlaya

Dec 22, 2011, 7:52 PM

3 projects with 3 tower cranes all in one webcam.

http://www.earthcam.com/client/bbva/

Unnamed 22 st. Tower is rising to the far left (yellow crane), 2525 McCue is center with the mobile crane, and BBVA tower is in the foreground with the white and yellow tower crane.

I believe there are only two projects. One is the McCue apartment complex and the BBVA building, which has two cranes working on it. Maybe I'm wrong though.

JoninATX

Dec 22, 2011, 9:58 PM

I believe there are only two projects. One is the McCue apartment complex and the BBVA building, which has two cranes working on it. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

Tumbleweed_Tx

Dec 23, 2011, 5:00 AM

they have started clearing ground at 3009 Post Oak

(or, the fence is up, and the dirt movers are there)

TexasPlaya

Dec 23, 2011, 5:18 PM

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

Ah, I thought you were referring to 3 projects basically on the same block.

chrisherber

Dec 24, 2011, 10:52 PM

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

The crane by the JW Marriott is the Westheimer and Sage high-rise apts they're building. There's a forum on HAIF for it, and I've driven by many times. So yes, there are a confirmed 3 projects on that webcam photo. :banana:

photoLith

Dec 28, 2011, 2:19 AM

I dont know if this was mentioned, but the Phoenecia grocery store at One Park Place is open and its pretty awesome. Tons of Middle Eastern foods and stuff you usually cant find in the states from all around the world. Its decently priced too and was pretty full of people today. Its so awesome that downtown now has a grocery store, its about freakin time too.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p1.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p3.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p4.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p5.jpg

Then an update on the soccer stadium, its a hot mess right now and Im not too sure on the design, its kinda strange, but Im sure it will grow on me.
http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p6.jpg

Also, just something extra since not much is going on right now; back in June or July I was able to get up to the top of MainPlace and got to go out on that top balcony and take some pics.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p12.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p11.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p10.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p9.jpg

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/photolitherland/p8.jpg