No it won't. Downtown is overrun with bums and otherwise dead. People only come downtown for specific reasons; Astros, Rockets, concerts, theater, functions at Discovery Green or a convention. If this thing pans out, it will be one more reason to come downtown.

You should head Downtown more often, certainly not dead. New food halls, restaurants, hotels, apartments, parks etc has brought in a lot more activity. The reason this will not compete with Downtown for bodies is because it's feels disconnected. No one's going to walk from other parts of Downtown with that sea of surface parking.

There's word of future phases so hopefully will get some residential here.

Wood Partners Announces Groundbreaking of Alta West Alabama in Houston

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...4edf75678fb53f

Waterworks Highline: The Heights

80 to 100 units at Lawrence and West 20th

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...5fc62648cf163b

Co-Op at Summer Street: The Heights

150 apartment units, 50 townhomes @3725 Summer St

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...9f9c6ef3a8807d

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...8a59a367eaca0f

X Houston

370' ft, 35-story multifamily high-rise with office space by X Social Communities and Lamar Johnson Collaborative.
Location: 5501 La Branch, Museum District.

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...a4d6e092457ecf

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...8770cbc011cf53

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...1234dc1fa2bf4f
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/5501...n-TX/14957678/

I'm sorry but where are the planning authorities? Houston X is 35 stories in an area of two story houses and two lane streets. Water? Sewage? Parking? How does this make sense?

^ It's Houston. Since when does that matter? There's no zoning and that is in and around the Museum District so there are presumably other high-rises near by.

I'm there often enough, my wife works down there. Downtown certainly has improved and I love Finn Hall and the Conservatory but the livelihood still largely depends on major events; games, concert or convention. Otherwise, it's going to be pretty dead. Not uncommon to be there on a Saturday night and it be pretty quiet there if there no games or other events going on.

I disagree about the Post Office. I live in the suburbs and if I go check this place out, I'm more than likely hit up downtown for a drink at Dean's afterwards. Perhaps that's just me but the two can compliment one another.

Main at Holcombe

Texas A&M is expanding its campus in the Med Center. A model has been found which represents future phases of their property.

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...b220c28d88506f

Phase I, 1020 Holcombe, is well underway:

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...5378ef25e73b80
hindesky

Houston doesn't have traditional land use zoning but that doesn't mean it doesn't have planning or civil engineers.

The Planning Commission will give a formal review and hopefully grant it a variance for the driveways and canopies and the NIMBYs will have a forum to complain about it. It's in a part of the city which has numerous other high rises and is a few blocks from light rail. It assuredly has the infrastructure(wastewater, etc) to handle this tower. The fact it neighbors low rise buildings doesn't mean anything, this is a district in transition to a mixed use high density, high rise corridor that will eventually link the Medical Center and Downtown someday.

That's fantastic news. First that they are going to preserve that old Bank of America building; originally it was going to be demolished and redeveloped into something new and second, A&M is expanding it's presence and filling in the height gap between UTHealth and Texas Children's.

We have seven different FAA cases for this now, the description for every filing mentions four high-rises.

Height figures: 600' and 570' feet.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...03884593&row=6

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...03884602&row=7

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...03884617&row=8

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...03884614&row=9

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...3884595&row=10

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...3884597&row=11

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...3884615&row=12

Northbank Buffalo Bayou

Residential, office, hotel and retail @55 Waugh. Site work underway.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4790/4...77bd13e3_h.jpg

https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/...f853195ee9f44c
skooljunkie

Wyndham Hotel Resorts; 14-story high-rise planned for Galveston

https://www.virtualbx.com/wp-content...al-800x521.png

.....which use to be the Holiday Inn :D :yuck:

very exciting to see such tall towers (if built) in midtown. awesome.

Houston is amazing!

Very good webcam on YouTube is available for Houston (it's about time). Mostly shows downtown but often is pointed toward Uptown and Greenway in the late mornings. Last night, I watched the entire fireworks show on Allen Parkway via this webcam. I've watched several rain events on this cam, too (including lightning). One of the nice features is that you can back up 12 hours. I've seen very few webcams that allow you to do that.

• Video Link


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldl9whGFtHo

Nice updates!

Westmore Condominiums | 2323 W. Main, Upper Kirby

7-story condo building by Pelican Builders.

https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...AmJSgLAA/o.jpg

Simple but nice design

A new development map for Houston:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...325305198&z=15