Looks a little cheesy. Well at least the empty lot will be filled I guess.
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Thanks for the updates. Not surprising it was scaled back.
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The Horizon- Neartown Luxury Apartment Tower
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Hmm, I thought it was a component of Regent Square, but it looks like one of the articles states West Alabama & Weslayan.
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Dynamo Stadium - As of Sept 23rd
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New 35-story residential tower to break ground in 2012 inside the loop!! Apparently it was supposed to be 27-stories when the article was first published in 2008 but has since been increased to 35-stories. See articles below:
2008 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/s...14/story6.html 2011 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p....html?page=all |
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Does anyone know whats happening on the other side of Memorial City mall (opposite to the side of the hospital)? I've seen atleast two cranes there. I think this is the location: LINK |
147 Unit Multifamily Complex for Midtown Houston [Elgin & Louisiana Streets]:
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I like the infill, this multifamily complex will have the same design as the one across the street and will replace a surface parking lot! |
Winfield Gate in River Oaks:
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From today's Chronicle: More info on the 35-story tower to rise.
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Resurrection of the 23 story Ashbury Apartment Tower:
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^ they need to build this instead:
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Posed this question on another forum: Why here? Love the tower but seems like a very odd place for a highrise---i mean in the middle of a neighborhood with limited access. For some reason i thought this was to always be built right off the SW FRWY....not blocks away in the middle of a residential hood. I guess I never really thought about it until I looked at a map of the location.
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Updates Taken Today by Golyadkin
The Millenium - 237 Unit Apartment Building http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0450.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0216.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0217.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0218.jpg Link BBVA - 2200 Post Oak - Rendering http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0222.jpg Link BLVD Place - Whole Foods - Rendering http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0195.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0199.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0200.jpg Link |
Some more info bout previous or new projects.
The Horizon- Supposedly the ground breaking is in February 2012. The Ashby Highrise- Supposedly is breaking ground in January 2012. La Porte to get a 16 Story Tower: Quote:
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Here are some pics of the Dynamo stadium. It is gonna have some awesome DT views. Looking fancy...
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Interesting pdf presentation by Houston Tomorrow about our current and future transit situation. Lots of interesting graphs.
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1. It lacks zoning, making projects like these possible to get approved without further questioning. 2. Houston is at a mature post in its growth, over the next 35 years it will be doing projects like these a lot and infilling by destroying detached family structures or low rises. Think of this now in Houston as what Chicago was in 1880 or 1890, except Chicago was quite a lot more centralized. Basically this tower will stick out like a sore thumb when built but 10 or 15 years from now it will be accompanied by more towers near it. Houston is a fast city to destroy older structures in place for newer and larger ones. There is no doubt that if this gets built other developers will swarm to the area like wildfire to do the same. The area is centralized and has a desirable location, it's pretty much just waiting to star digging dirt and turning shovels on these projects. |
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Bissonnet is the ONLY sliver in that area that isn't deed restricted because it is considered a major roadway, despite it being just a two-laned road between Main St (to the East) and Greenbrier (to the West). Despite the lack of deed restrictions, the road in this area is still largely residential with no structures over 40 feet tall. The few businesses on that street are housed in single family homes that have been converted (antique stores, doctor's offices, etc...). This is a HORRIBLE location for a tower for everyone but the developers looking to make a buck by either a) ruining stable inner city neighborhoods or b) winning a lawsuit |
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I don't know if anyone noticed, but they have broken ground and the 22 story residential project near Westheimer and Sage (Next to Walgreens) is now under construction.
Renderings (from HAIF): http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...9850_thumb.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...9835_thumb.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...galleria-area/ |
Sad that the River Oaks project was downsized, either way it still looks pretty good. Anyone know where it will be located and when they will start construction?
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I'm glad for the density implied by the Ashbury concept. Deed restrictions may hamper the future for awhile, but time marches on. In the early 20th century 5th Avenue in New York along Central Park was the showplace of industrial age millionaires. Huge ornate single family houses were built, seemingly to last forever. Fights ensued over density and perceived loss of "charm", but the lure of big money won as it always does, and now only a few remain, now repurposed. The Frick Gallery for instance. And in spite of lawsuits, family holdouts and the like, 5th Ave is now home to multi story apartment buildings like the rest of the city. NIMBY is not a new concept.
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Well I got out this morning to take a few pictures.
Westheimer @ Sage http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01012.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01013.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01014.jpg 2200 Post Oak (really started pouring here, so the pics aren't great.) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01017.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01019.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01020.jpg Bonus Transco in the rain http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/DSC01016.jpg |
Nice, the galleria area will have a few cranes up. Very Kewl...
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Looks like The Woodlands is getting another highrise!
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Yes and for a very long time during one of the fastest periods of its growth New York had no zoning but eventually sorted it out as well. Los Angeles during the start of its high growth had lax zoning restrictions. Houston in the next 40 years wont stay the same, the policies and regulations written on paper today possibly wont exist 40 years from now, nothing is ever written in stone for growth and development is one thing I've learned about cities from their past to their future. Houston's lack of zoning is now because the people vote it down now, its quite possible that in the period of the next 40 years that Houston may adopt zoning and get rid of some regulations and protections altogether. What's historical neighborhoods today through gentrification, growth, and development may end up a string of mid-rises tomorrow. What I'm saying is that Houston is still dominantly a maturing city now and will be for the next 20 or 30 years, lots of infill will come in, lots of changes, lots of new density and developments. I think we should give the place the benefit of time and let it do its own thing. |
Merit Medical Campus, Pearland:
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Then there's also this, which I don't really consider a "true" development because the building already exists but they're renovating it and preparing it for a different use than what it had been in the past. See below. Former Downtown Houston Cookie Factory to become lofts: http://assets.bizjournals.com/housto...yLofts.jpg?v=1 Details: Quote:
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Westheimer Multifamily Apartments
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New Dynamo Stadium Renderings:
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Katy Area 129 Acre Multiuse Project
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Luxury high-rise apartments planned inside the Loop
PM Realty Group LP plans to build a 35-story apartment tower on a prime site inside the Loop, where the Confederate House, formerly State Grille, served diners for more than 50 years. More - http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p...s-planned.html |
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It's well underway with construction and is looking towards a summer 2012 opening. Really exciting stuff, a pier is just what the Houston Metropolitan Area was in need of. Now if they can get that theme park underway it would be something else! Here are some construction photo's via its Facebook page: http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...26566327_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...14933605_n.jpg |
Buffalo Bayou Master Plan moving forward in phases:
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More details emerged about the Buffalo Bayou master plan that N90 posted previously:
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