I was just there about 6 days ago and they had cleared the land and a whole mess of people there walking around and doing prep work but didnt see any crane yet.

Love that pic above of the rail line. Very Kewl...

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I'm gonna try to take one tonight or tomorrow.

Yeah, I assume the crane was up when saw a picture on wiki, then I notice it was dated back in 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas

Certainly but that's what's going on with the multifamily boom currently happening inside the loop and Uptown.

My pics of Midtown Square Phase 4:

Garage
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6...63b81f94_b.jpg
IMAG0218 by dv1033, on Flickr

More Garage
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6...0aff3e3c_b.jpg
IMAG0219 by dv1033, on Flickr

Apartments
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6...3a06a4e4_b.jpg
IMAG0220 by dv1033, on Flickr

Ashby Highrise:

Mayor Parker: City Will Settle for an Ashby Highrise 2 Stories Shorter

From Swamplot
http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploa...iated-plan.jpg

New Apple Store:

HIGHLAND VILLAGE APPLE STORE TO DEBUT WITH THE IPAD 3

From MacRumor
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new...lage_store.jpg
Black cover is hiding the glass that will make up the front, ceiling, and back of the building.

That's what that's going to be, an apple store; I was wondering what they've been doing there. That's pretty kick ass. There's not too many apple stores that aren't part of some giant mall here.

I'll be in Houston again this weekend if anyone wants to meet up (Saturday?) downtown and take some photos or visit construction sites. . . PM me if you're interested. . .

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larger photos here: http://goo.gl/mzP6s

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kdUYcc-Q_5...o+Tower+II.jpg

Hey Tom, Ill be gone I think still this weekend, but if by chance Im back from work lets meet up. I live right downtown now so you could even crash at my place and save some money on a hotel room.

Hanover west gray pics: http://goo.gl/khsCK

Heights Walmart pics: http://goo.gl/N5F9b

Hanover.:tup:
The Wal-Mart:(

Not against the Wal-Mart. Just the development. Oh well.

Real Estate BisNow

Good stuff!

Gables San Felipe & Bering. Larger photos: http://goo.gl/DFvHu

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RbFxAtbUL-...ering+Apts.jpg

Construction Underway on Avenue R Development in Houston

http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-c...-thumbnail.jpg

http://www.multihousingnews.com/news...004050134.html

Sweet, even though it's a small rendering, it looks like it should be pretty nice.

Washington & Sawyer larger photos: http://goo.gl/vOoYE

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4XHvvy1nc...awyer+apts.jpg

The Courtyard at Richmond apartment construction photos http://goo.gl/Ph0bm

I drove by this terd of a building on my way back to my apartment today and saw they are recladding it in blueish glass and replacing that crappy 80s facade. It will look kinda like the glass on the old Enron building and will be a decent upgrade to what it looks like now. The building Im talking about is the small brown terd on the right side of the photo.

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...rdboy1/ted.jpg
photo by me.

You can see theyve installed the railing on the side to take the old facade off already. I wish they would do something with that old Days Inn or whatever it was. Its been just rotting away and the views from it if it were turned into apartments would be kick ass.

Also took some pictures tonight of the Hanover at Rice Village development.

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...dboy1/ted1.jpg
photo by me

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...in-dunstan.jpg
http://swamplot.com/hanover-at-rice-...er/2011-03-29/

Now I dont know if the above render is really what its going to look like. I couldnt find any recent renders of what it will look like. That photo is from about a year ago and the development so far doesnt look to be as tall as the render shows.

Nice shots. One of these days I'll have to ditch my cell phone camera and get a real one, not the my cell phone camera doesn't get the job done.

As to Hanover Rice Village, it's still set to be 5 stories. It's got a pretty massive garage that's been constructed.

Rice Village

Big Expansion of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment Coming to the Rice Village

Great news for the children first of all and great news for Rice Village and it's continuing improvement. This will be located right across from the 5 story Hanover apartments being constructed.

Swamplot
http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploa...ion-render.jpg

Midtown

Saw this on HAIF posted by DrLan34

Property at Louisiana and Tuam - Notice of Variance Request:
Google Maps location

Could perhaps be an Alamo Draft Theater.

Looks like the NBC Sports studio thing is happening:

http://blog.chron.com/sportsmedia/20...ios-wednesday/

Is that the Mickey Leland Federal Building that's being redone? I'm having a hard time recognizing it. If so, a new facade will brighten up, what's currently, a really drab building.

What's going on with the development at West Gray and Waugh? Has the Tavern been demolished yet?

Also, the progress on the light rail is stunning...particularly seeing it tie together near the new stadium.

Does anyone have any photos of the progress being made of the north (red) line? I remember there was a lot of construction of the flyover from UH.

Yeah, its the federal building, dont know about the tavern.

The Tavern is gone. I drove by a week or so ago and there was a fence up.

Of any building in Houston that needs to see a wrecking ball, it's that tall white building next to the fed building in the pic above. That thing is a dilapidated piece of shit. It's a 30-story eyesore that should have been gone years ago. Anybody know what will ever become of that thing?

Yep. A new 4 or 5 story apartment complex is going up on that lot. The Tavern moved to midtown and last a few months before shutting down for good.

This has nothing to do with anything really but I'm walking around the river oaks theatre in Montrose and there are 3 Starbucks within 200ft of each other. This must be where Lewis Black was talking about when he though the Universe was collapsing in upon itself when he stepped out of a Starbucks in Houston and then saw another one right across the street lol.

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Just South of Uptown
Construction Underway on Avenue R Development in Houston

http://www.multihousingnews.com/wp-c...-thumbnail.jpg

Sorry joinATX didn't realize you already posted this!

It looks just ok, its much better than just another bland suburban styled gated apartment complex, of which Houston has way too effing much of.

Tavern is the Hanover W. Gray project. See pics here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3559

Anybody?

I know there are three abandoned skyscrapers downtown that are all owned by the same guy, a real esatate mogul in New York who is waiting until they are ready for a renovation. I don't know if that is one of those three buildings.

I recall seeing a rendering of the building with plans to turn it into condos, but obviously nothing came of that. HCAD says Beanmont Medical Center Hotel LLC own it. Apparently they still owe about $23k on this year's taxes.

EDIT: Actually the rendering is still in this very thread.
http://img277.echo.cx/img277/1243/aa429fm.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...67&postcount=1

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That would be pretty cool and would bring a whole bunch of new residents downtown. Im in my apartment right now and that piece of crap although is always staring me in the face out my window. It really is ugly and depressing.

Look like the new convention center hotel is starting to pick up speed:

It's full speed ahead for new convention center hotel and it's going to be Texas big

PDF by Houston First

There is already work being down to expand and beautify the roads and infrastructure in this part of downtown.

Metro Ridership Has Increased from an email the Editor of HAIF received

More people are riding METRO buses and rail more often.

METRO ridership is on the rise for a sixth consecutive month, recording a 5.2 percent increase to 6,357,131 boardings in January 2012 compared to 6,043,280 in January 2011.

“Thanks to our focus on smart service and service changes to improve the system, we have been able to take advantage of the improving economy to deliver first-class transit to our community,” said METRO President & CEO George Greanias.

Upward METRO Ridership Trend Continues for Sixth Consecutive Month

Local bus and Park & Ride - January, 2011: 5,277,229
Local bus and Park & Ride - January, 2012: 5,455,106

MetroRAIL - January, 2011: 766,051

MetroRAIL - January, 2012: 902,025


METRORail ridership posted a 17.7 percent increase to 902,025 boardings compared to the 766,051 recorded in the same month last year. Park & Ride and local bus service jumped to 5,455,106 boardings versus 5,277,229 in January 2011.

Not sure if this just a proposal, but this could be a Disco Green 2.0

Midtown Superblock: Future Park?

http://innerlooped.com/wp-content/up...12/03/sbls.jpg

PDF with park and bagby st improvements

Here's a pic of what Bagby St in Midtown will look like from Innerlooped
http://innerlooped.com/wp-content/up...agbyrender.jpg

Glad to see light rail ridership increase, that will give the city even more incentive to expand the lines in the future.

pics from two other developments:


the Village at Meyerland http://goo.gl/NVGFE

Archstone Tescano apts: http://goo.gl/s5ETr

Construction updates for, Skanska Post Oak, BBVA Post Oak, Zayed Med Center building, Gables Post Oak and High Street: http://www.goingupcity.blogspot.com

Excellent update. I am sure I would not reckognize Houston ever since I left in 1987.

They could just blow up that eyesore old days inn. Those prefab concrete buildings suck so much. One can only imagine the super low ceilings.

The 17-story Plaza Hotel in College Station is the same thing and in the same state but should be imploded this summer for a HUGE urban infill project(ground floor retail, the works) that will be a million times better than if they redid the nasty tower-in-the-park(ing lot) like originally planned.

I visit Houston maybe every six months or so, and every time I go things are different.

Houston opens it new Apple store.

http://blog.chron.com/techblog/wp-co...idemorning.jpg

http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2012/...-the-new-ipad/

The new Apple Store is quite handsome.

It's about time Houston got a stand alone Apple Store for those of us who loathe going to the malls. It's open design actually fits in very well in the palm lined Highland Village environment. Plus it's right next door to Sprinkles Cupcakes. :-)

You've got to be kidding me. I loathe the parking lot and garage next to the Apple Store. Undoubtedly worse to make a trip there than to go to a mall.

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I love that part of town, it feels very much like a part of LA, the people too mostly all seem like uppity douchebags like youd find in certain parts of LA also.