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If someone wants to build a 2,000 foot tower in Houston, more power to them.
That said, I am enjoying the infill going in all over Central Houston (downtown, midtown, museum district, med center, upper kirby, allen parkway, greenway, and uptown). Downtown- 37 story One Park Place (501 feet) 11 story Pavilions Tower 46 story Main Place (630 feet) 31 story Discovery Tower 29 story 6 Houston Center 35-42 story 1500 Smith Street Brookfield's Gateway Tower project LaQuinta near the ballpark 20 story 3800 Main 25 story Legacy at Midtown multiple midrises at Regent Square 30 story 2727 Kirby (405 feet) multiple midrises at West Ave at River Oaks 29 story Mosaic II (358 feet) 18 story Binz Medcorp midrise at Venue at Museum District midrise at BelleVista at River Oaks 25 story Methodist Outpatient Care Center 20 story Texas Children's Feigin Center expansion 15 story Texas Children's Neuro Center 14 story Texas Children's Maternity Center 21 story expansion at MD Anderson Cancer Center 10 story Rice Collaborative Center (202 feet) 13 story Life Science Plaza midrise dorm at University of Houston's main campus Prof Bldg at Twelve Oaks Hospital in Greenway River Oaks District (36, 26, 12, and 10 floors) 26 floor the Titan 24 floor The Cosmopolitan (315 feet) 55 story Hanover Tower as part of BLVD Place BLVD Place 34 story Turnberry Tower (384 feet) twin 35 stories Whiteco Development 40 story tower at McCue twin 30 stories at Post Oak at Richmond 23 story 1717 Bissonnet (266 feet) |
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Glad to see more and more on the developments here. There's a lot going on that most people arean't aware of. If anyone is from HAIF, I'm ChannelTwoNews over there.
Anyway, what ever became of the hotels proposed for the Memorial City area? If I'm not mistaken there were a Four Points Sheraton & Westin that were announced at the beginning of the year, but nothing since then. |
The Four Points by Sheraton is the conversion of the old Radisson Hotel that already exists. They are well under way on that project. The 2 new builds are a Westin that will contain condos on the top floors and a Sheraton Memorial City. The Westin will be built right next to the Memorial Hermann Tower going up in Memorial City. It might be under construction already but not certain. The Sheraton will rise next to the Baseball USA complex.
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One Park Place progress.
I took this shot of downtown from US 59 on Saturday 10/6. It looks like One Park Place is up to about the 8th or 9th floor. This is also a good shot showing where Main Place would be, in front of One Shell Center (tan colored tower with the antenna).
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Nice pic. I really like the 59 view of downtown, esp at night...
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anyone have a link to the "10 story Rice Collaborative Center". I am unaware of this structure.
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Is the LaQuinta Inn near the ballpark a renovation of an existing building (like the old Ben Milam Square building) or a new, freestanding structure, and if the latter, any idea of where it'll be located?
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If Houston's looks like that, it won't be bad at all.
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I've gotten to where I really dislike those types of hotels though. The ones that have a drive in pickup/drop off area at the main entrance. They have a driveway either on one whole side of the building or on two sides like the one above that c4smok posted. Not the most friendly situation for pedestrians.
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Hey Kevin, good to see you. I agree with you on the pedestrian unfriendliness of those sort of buildings.`
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Yeah. I've almost gotten flattened several times at hotels like that.
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OK, obviously that La Quinta was looking for some type of historical persprective in its architecture that made for a pretty drab building IMO.
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Hey Houston forumers,
I've started periodic Houston trips for personal and business reasons, so I'm starting to take an interest in developments there. Quick question: the Bissonnet highrise (1717 Bissonnet I think).....can this actually be stopped? I'd love to see it happen, and i'm very partial to Houston (mostly) for it's general lack of land use planning, so I'm very curious to see how this turns out. It sounds like there is ALOT of clout lined up against this one, but since there's no zoning nor restrictive covenents there shouldn't be any legal issues. Believe it or not, the outcome will have some impact on whether I'd consider relocating to Houston or at least opening a branch there. Does anyone have a rendering of the project? |
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Cool, very comprehensive set of shots Wattleigh. What a beautiful day it was.
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I too like Viva have begun taking an interest in Houston because I may be relocating there shortly. Ironically I was thinking about moving to Toronto but that has fallen through.
Anyway I have a question: Is the land in between Minute Maid and the wall of downtown highrises going to always be a sea of parking lots? Pardon my ignorance if there are current plans to build towers on that property. I was just looking at some of the found Houston photos in the photo section and noticed a shot of Minute Maid from a downtown highrise and all those parking lots did look quite hideous. So hopefully something will be going up in that part of downtown. Btw is Minute Maid located on the N,W,E, or South side of DT Houston? Thanks :tup: |
Thanks for the updates, Wattleigh.
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actually.......there was suppose to be a highrise of condos overlooking the field......which would have been absolutely amazing....but that never developed.
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I remember seeing that, actually a rendering as well. I was wandering what ever happend to it. Anyhow there is quite a bit of space for stuff all around that area. Build something, he he... Nice pics Wattleigh, they look very good. :yes: |
Some have argued that the tower would've ruined the view over the left field wall from the stadium. While I personally think that's an exaggeration, I still would've preferred about three to five midrises in that are rather than one 20-30 story tower. In the end, no one really got what they wanted.
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True, but one thing i really dont like about going to Minute Maid is that they always have the freaken roof closed. I want to look out and see the skyline. I know they do it because its hot and humid, and sticky, but i thought that was all part of the experience. Other then that, its fine...
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One other question, can someone give me a quick breakdown of how many towers over 350 or 400 feet are under construction (not proposed or approved) in downtown Houston right now?
I know that Houston has highrise districts all over the place so when I see the list of buildings uc I don't know which ones are actually in the CBD? And why didn't condos go in near Minute Maid? Is there not a lot of demand for highrise residential in DT Houston? |
The only tower of that size under construction right now in downtown Houston is One Park Place.
One Park Place is 501 feet tall and 37 floors. It's an apartment tower with ground floor retail being built on the East side of downtown overlooking the new park. Most of the "new" residential living in downtown proper is in converted loft space. For sale buildings include Commere Towers, Capital Lofts, Franklin Lofts, St Germaine, Hermann Lofts, Byrd Lofts, Bayou Lofts, Kirby Lofts, 2016 Main, Four Seaons Condos (top 5 floors of the hotel), Keystone Lofts, Nabisco Lofts, etc... Rental buildings include Hogg Palace, Post Rice Lofts, Humble Tower Apartments, Club Quarter Apts, Houston House, etc... That said, most of the residential in the "downtown area" has been on the fringes across the Pierce Elevated (to the South of downtown in Midtown) and across US 59 to the East (old Chinatown/East Side). Thousands of condos (mostly 3-4 level townhomes) and apartments (mostly 3-6 story midrises) have gone up over the last 5 to 10 years. |
At 501 feet, One Park Place will be EXACTLY half the height of Houston's current tallest which is the JPMorgan Chase Tower which is 1,002 feet. ;)
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Here's a rendering for Simmons Vedder's apartment community at Old Spanish Trail @ Kirby near the TMC. This mixed-use project will replace big box stores and surface parking with ground level retail, 3 floors of apartments, and a garage.
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looks good...........this would be perfect for the open lot on Main Street in midtown. :)
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It's beautiful! All the new projects in Midtown just impress me and most of them are for the upper-class, it appears.
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Was around town again yesterday before the big chill :)
I was told they raised this crane on the site of One Park Place a few hours after I took these pics. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/DSC01535.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/DSC01536.jpg And a couple back toward the building itself http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...OPP102107A.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...OPP102107B.jpg Also, a few other projects around town... Mosaic I looks to be finished from the outside. The fence has been taken back from the sidewalk along the retail area and base which front Almeda Road. Much of the work seems to be interior now, and a number of the doors are slid open to the balconies during work days. Looks neat. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic1102107A.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic1102107B.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic1102107C.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic1102107D.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic1102107E.jpg Mosaic II has begun more recently just next door... http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic2102107A.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic2102107B.jpg 2727 Kirby is under construction, surprisingly enough :P http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...2727102107.jpg As is the first part of West Ave, just across the street http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tAve102107.jpg |
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Looks good... I took some pics from around town the other weekend too... Trying to load them soon.
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Cool shots! I'm really anticipating the completion of 2727 Kirby and West Avenue.
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Excellent construction pics! Thanks.
DNA Westway II just broke ground. http://www.dnaco.com/images/DNA-WWII_wc.jpg 4425 West Sam Houston Pkwy at Clay Road 10 floors 240,000 square feet Kirksey Architects seeking LEED certification |
Nice pics Wattleigh. Not pictured in here, but I like how HP opens up on the sidewalk with the curve. I cannot wait to see how the project will change the streetscape along Dallas and Polk.
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I am really glad that METRO decided to vote on putting light rail on all of the new lines.
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"Was around town again yesterday before the big chill"
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The Mosaic looks awesome. That base is slick.
Cool shot of this crane. For anyone wondering how cranes are raised, that red structure around the shaft of the crane is the jack. If you look closely you can see one of the hydraulic pistons that raises it. That structure can move up and down the shaft. When they want to raise the crane, this jack crawls up the shaft to the top of the crane. It lifts up the top of the crane, including the boom (part that swings around). The jack also includes a tray that slides out. New sections of shaft are hoisted onto the tray by using the crane's hook. The new section is bolted into place and the jack raises up another level. They keep doing that until they get the height they need. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ic2102107B.jpg |
Yeah, you don't really get an appreciation of the beauty and sleekness of the entire project until you see it develop in person. It really is coming along. The best views of it, IMO, is from the east in Riverside Terrace and looking west towards the TMC skyline.
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