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I want to see this aerial shot you guys are talking about!!! :(
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wow they are really moving fast!
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Yeah they are moving fast. Heres some updates. ____________________________ Town & Country/City Centre Construction almost complete, pics from last month. http://www.citycentrehouston.com/February09.html ____________________________ New Park in Midtown? Quote:
Pdf. with renderings http://www.khou.com/images/0903/bbcRendering_090325.pdf http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/...fbd1c6.jpg?v=0 by rhaaga from flickr _____________________ 1717 Ashby Highrise Yesterday, The Houston City council yet again, rejected the proposal of 1717 Ashby Highrise for the 9th time. Why? Traffic is still a concern for the area. |
I don't know any details... but the parking lot across from The Grove Restaurant on Discovery Green had this sign up in two places:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ooglecom-1.jpg |
The sign is for Embassy Suites, which is suppose to break ground next month.
http://images.chron.com/photos/2007/...ineGallery.jpg |
That sign has been there forever. Hope it is something moving forward. Build it...
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Dude, that sign has been there for at least a year, if not more. lol Oh and Im glad to see that at least some buildings in Houston are getting preserved. Too bad about the old ymca structure. Its such a loss.
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Guess I've been living under a rock...
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Embassy Suites is supposed to break ground next month!? For real? Where did you find this out?
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FYI, that project at Yorktown & Westheimer is pretty much done. The new building structure at Memorial City is topped out and there are a few hotels going up in the EC. One @ Park 10 and the other adjacent to Technip @ Kirkwood.
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i definitely am with you on the job thing - but i think the jobs available in houston are specific professional/administrative jobs - I'm just not seeing much in the way of typical jobs, e.g. coffee shops - and I look everyday |
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There is a small crane on the roof as well but I could not get it in the shot from my vantage point.
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Library addition
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ooglecom-2.jpg |
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Thanks for the photo of the Ideson expansion. I've always gone by too quickly to get a good view of it. |
ALL SYSTEMS GO on Regent Square. City approves project and give generous tax break. A residential high-rise will grace Allen Parkway!
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stori....b6eb39d5.html |
can't wait to see the renderings!
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YAY, I sure hope we start to see some action at that site now and there are already renders for Regent Square.
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It looks like the old Astroworld site will be home to millions of square feet in office and retail space. Looks like two, I repeat, TWO (2) towers standing between 40 and 50 stories will be the centerpiece of the development. This came from HAIF...
(Look for the video at the bottom of the link) http://crosstorian.com/southpointe |
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:banana: From HAIF http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...7/Zi6_0013.jpg |
Wow, that looks incredible! :cheers:
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Wow that looks really intresting. Nice find...
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Those buildings look like doctored version of the Anadarko Tower.
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Go to their website and on the right side there's the Video, it's really awesome,
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Seems kind of a weird place to me to put something that big. Does it to anybody else? I'd like to see them along 59 somewhere (Greenway Plaza) or along the west loop. Oh well...
Uhhh, I went to a dentist appointment the other day in Vision Park (between Research Forest Dr. and 242) and noticed a sign for a 200,000 10-story midrise in Shenendoah. Looks like it's all systems go with this building too! |
Here are some pics from today.
Main Place... http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp0415c.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp0415b.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/mp0415a.jpg Discovery Tower... http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/dt0415c.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/dt0415d.jpg http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/p...01/dt0415b.jpg |
Im fairly sure that Astroworld plot project is dead unfortunately. It seems that all it really was, was just some architects invisionment of what could be where Astroworld once was. But I may be wrong.
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^^^ Nice pics Complex01!
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This was found today, by a HAIF member...
GBI INTERNATIONAL (Central Park) Houston http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park1.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park3.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park4.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park5.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...tral_park6.jpg Quote:
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a lito pic of the Mosaic
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../austin051.jpg |
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Nice renderings. Too bad they're not happening. GBI is a bit more ambitious than most in attempting to pitch their ideas, it seems. P.S. Bellaire doesn't have an Asiatown. There is one on Bellaire though. |
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Thanks for the update rdavis and rackacielos.
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I added two more forums in the "General Developments" section.
HOUSTON | Earth Quest Adventures http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168199 HOUSTON | Astrodome Studios http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=168203 |
Photos from a few other sites around town, taken over the past week...
Methodist Outpatient Tower http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04774.jpg http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04708.jpg http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04710.jpg BioScience Research Collaborative http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04718.jpg Alkek Hospital Vertical Expansion visible behind the Sculock Tower http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04716.jpg Baylor Hospital & Clinic http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04769.jpg Energy Tower II http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04757.jpg And the Embassy Suites next to it. http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC04754.jpg |
Looks like the 10 story building that was planned for Vision Park (near The Woodlands) has been scaled back to 8 floors. Still a nice building though.
http://www.graniteprop.com/Home/Prop...8/Default.aspx |
An interesting bit on the two seperate mat pours at MD Anderson's new tower in the medical center.
http://texas.construction.com/news/building/default.asp Mat Pour at Houston Medical Facility May Be State’s Largest http://texas.construction.com/images...erson-BLDG.jpg Baker Concrete and Vaughn Construction recently completed the larger of two mat pours for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Administrative Support Building in Houston. Baker Concrete Construction project manager Garrett Benson recently helped coordinate the biggest mat pour he has ever seen. For that matter, it was the biggest mat pour the Houston office of Baker Concrete had ever done. If research holds true, it may be the biggest such project ever in Texas and only the second largest in the nation behind the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Baker Concrete Construction, headquartered in Monroe, Ohio, together with Vaughn Construction of Houston, completed the larger of two mat pours for The University of Texas System, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Administrative Support Building in Houston. The size of the mat, itself, is more than 21,000 cu yds,” Benson told Texas Construction. Baker completed the first pour - 4,000 cu yds - at a rate of 570 cu yds per hour. The larger second pour, completed totaled 17,500 cu yds, and 100 Baker co-workers pitched in to complete the job in less than 24 hours, at a rate of 730 cu yds per hour. The entire project involved seven pump trucks, 97 concrete trucks, 1,960 tons of installed rebar, and 2,400 man-hours. The biggest challenge was a matter of coordination,” Benson says. “We were working 24 hours straight. We were trying to coordinate seven different pumps that have to move to different locations we were making the pour.” Benson says it is bringing 92 trucks from five or six different batches and keep a consistent flow was no easy logistical feat. He says he coordinated more than 100 workers. You have to keep in mind that you can’t let concrete get too far out in front of you,” he says. “You can only pour one ft an hour and you have to make sure that concrete you have sitting 50 yds in front of you doesn’t get old before you get to it. You have to get the pump trucks going and not leave any one pump truck sitting without working. That was another logistical concern.” We have to get all this done while still being safe,” Benson adds. Although originally designed to be completed in three separate pours, the hurricane season amended that plan, and New Caney-based Jayco, the rebar subcontractor, worked overtime to complete the installation of steel. That efficiency enabled Baker to merge the second two pours and complete the job early. The sheer scale of the second pour required detailed logistical planning by team members with Baker; Vaughn; Haynes Whaley of Houston, the engineer of record; WHR of Houston, the architect; and consultants Earth Engineering of East Norriton, Penn; Ulrich Engineers of Houston; and Carrasquillo Associates Ltd. of Austin. For the job Baker managed a concrete temperature monitoring system that used thermo couplers to record the temperature of the material as it cured. The specifications called for the concrete mix to reach a temperature in the core no higher than 140 degrees Fahrenheit. No two points in the mat could have a temperature difference of more than 40 degrees. The thermo couplers were located throughout the mat at various depths, and were monitored twice a day for 28 days. The monitoring system allowed Baker to better control the curing process utilizing winter blankets, and ultimately resulted in zero thermal cracks. The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Administrative Support Building is scheduled for completion in 2012. Baker has started the concrete work for the structure. |
More info has been found regarding the secret Hines north tower (block 69).
http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...3_64_99325.jpg Here's the rendering that was posted on an achitect's website but was later taken off, fortunaetly Wattleigh saved a copy of the rendering. http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6964/renderingmg7.jpg |
New Downtown Convention Center Hotel East of 59 ?
I found this information from a Haif member and the information seems accurate,
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled5.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled6.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled7.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled1.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled2.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled3.jpg http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Untitled4.jpg |
Houston needs to make this the fun hopspot of the city. It's prime for it. Build more bars, clubs, and of course more residential mixed used projects with retail in this area. The potential is great for this part of downtown. It's already there with the MMP and Toyota Center. With the proposed Dynamo Stadium and with DG and the Houston Pavilions, this area could be a grand hotspot. There are many parking lots to build over it.
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http://39874_7186769213RS.jpg Rendering for the 28-story tower at Regent Square! Awesome :banana: Very Miami ish in my opinion. |
Here's the link. Don't know why I couldn't get the pic. to load. This is from HAIF....
http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...=390&start=390 |
those are awesome news! and yeah TexasBoi I'm with you, they need make that into the hot spot of Houston
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