Originally Posted by photoLith (Post 6225337)

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Whats going on with Central Square Plaza?

Originally Posted by Chron

GreenStreet redo will begin soon

Renovation of GreenStreet, formerly known as Houston Pavilions, will begin at the end of August, said Jonathan Brinsden, CEO of project developer Midway.

The renovation of the three-block long downtown retail, office and entertainment center is expected to be finished by early March, he said.

The initial work will focus on the middle block's courtyard, he said.

Once all renovation is complete, storefronts along Dallas will be lined with outdoor patios and the courtyard in the middle block will be expanded to allow for events. The center will have more landscaping, and each block will have a water feature.

None of the work will disrupt existing tenants, Brinsden said.

While he did not announce any new tenants for GreenStreet, Brinsden said he is "committed to bringing the right people to the project."

Current tenants include House of Blues, Forever 21 and McCormick & Schmick's.

Originally Posted by photoLith (Post 6225818)

Some of those commenters on swamplot need a good swift kick to the nuts. They are having those same stupid arguments of, I wonder how this area will handle the traffic, it will block out the sun. I'm so tired of morons like that. Projects like this don't increase traffic and if I'm not mistaken that entire neighborhood is covered in trees which block out the sun.

Originally Posted by N90 (Post 6225881)

Yeah seriously, while I jokingly call Houston a cowtown, part of me means it too.

People in Houston have this (and not people on the forums but ones in real life, especially natives) "don't mess up our neighborhood, we like it the way it is, change is bad" sort of attitude.

I hate that. Tokyo and Seoul or Toronto and others didn't become what they are by staying still. They infilled and developed.

Originally Posted by Swamplot

Where You’ll See the New 42-Story Highrise on Hermann Dr.

TEMA DEVELOPMENT is planning to build a 42-story residential tower on that recently surveyed fenced-in lot right beside its Parklane condos on Hermann Dr., according to a couple of Swamplot readers who saw the Corgan-designed building presented at a Museum Park neighborhood association meeting this week. One reader describes the highrise:

"The building has a unique design that will twist as [i]t goes up, changing the viewpoint of the higher levels (towards downtown, I believe). They’re planning a 5-story parking garage with one level below grade. On top of the garage will be an amenities level, including a pool and clubhouse among other things. It’ll be connected to the tower via a skybridge. The tower will be bordered by Jackson St. (west), Hermann Dr. (south), and Ewing St. (north). A private drive will be built on the east side as the grand entrance of the building, which will include valet parking. Entrances to the parking garage will be off this private street with a secondary entrance off Jackson St. . . . I believe they’re working with the same landscape architects who worked on the Asia Society building. . . . Lastly, the units will be for lease and not for sale. They expect it to hold 550 residents. I don’t remember the exacty breakdown of units, but it’s something like this: 20-30 studios, 140 one-bedroom, 30 two-bedroom, and 10 three-bedroom."

Originally Posted by N90 (Post 6225800)

Today's announcement: http://swamplot.com/heres-the-8-stor...ta/2013-08-08/

I better see another project announcement in 2 days again (10th of August). Let's keep this boom rolling! Let's change this cowtown forever!!

Originally Posted by Brijonmang (Post 6226711)

How about on the 9th instead?? ^^^^^^

Originally Posted by The Best Forumer (Post 6228808)

Is there a Houston Development Thread 1 anywhere? I could not find it.

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6228838)

That's a good question. Normally threads that are over 10,000 posts get closed and sent to the thread archive: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=95

But the first thread doesn't seem to be in there. I don't think it got deleted, though. I remember the web master saying some threads were saved during some kind of program switch. I'll ask around about it.

Originally Posted by The Best Forumer (Post 6229002)

Thanks Kevin! I wanted to piece together the history of some of the proposals here.

Originally Posted by The Best Forumer (Post 6231844)

Any word on this 102 floor tower I keep hearing about?

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6231911)

No problem. Here's the response I got.

Originally Posted by Houston Business Journal

Hines breaks ground on next Houston multifamily project

The bare bones of the former Café Adobe site on Westheimer is all that's left today of the iconic Tex-Mex restaurant— graffiti art tattooed on its exterior terracotta-colored walls.

But this month, Houston-based developer Hines will begin construction on that site for its latest luxury multifamily project, 21 Eleven, a 215-unit structure, its second in the Houston area.

The development, at 2111 Westheimer — as its name suggests — will have five levels of for-lease residential over two levels of podium parking, with no retail in the plan. The project is expected to deliver in early 2015 with completion set for summer 2015.

Full Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/b...t-houston.html

Originally Posted by kingkirbythe.... (Post 6233741)

Brays Bayou has so much potential.

Originally Posted by Houston Business Journal

“I think you will see us develop our plans a little further for what we are calling, for now, 5 Allen Center,” he said. “It’s on two and a half acres on the western perimeter of downtown. We are contemplating there a 40-story tower with maybe as much as a million square feet.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/b...eld-makes.html

Originally Posted by Urbannizer (Post 6235633)

More development news/info

Five Allen Center Scaled down to 40 Floors:



Macy's building coming down Sept. 22
http://swamplot.com/wp-content/uploa...leys-above.jpg

What will go up on that block:


http://swamplot.com/metro-taking-cov...ng/2013-08-15/

Chevron will build another tower in DT Houston in the near future (begin reading at post #191):

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...nter/?p=431615

Originally Posted by llamaorama (Post 6236168)

I may have already said it in this thread, but IMO that Macy's was not an appealing place inside either.

It smelled musty, was closed-in and dimly lit, etc. Sure there was a fun, adventurous element of it being like the last dinosaur, and I am glad I got to check it out once just for that.

I think it would be great if the city could land a modern Macy's as a tenant in a new building as occasionally rumored.

Originally Posted by TowerSpotter (Post 6238039)

First Post on Skyscraperpage.

Originally Posted by Urbannizer (Post 6238112)

Good to see you here TowerSpotter. :)

Originally Posted by photoLith (Post 6235744)

I am 100 percent for historic preservation but that building truly is an eyesore.