HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[gclass]

https://www.medistarcorp.com/in-development/
^^^ another ICONIC view of the MEDISTAR 50-floor INNOVATION TOWER slated for the MED CENTER.

[bilbao58]

Is sticking plants on high rise balconies supposed to make us feel better about our impending doom?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Block 387: Downtown

Construction barricades are up - late 2021 completion. 10-story mid-rise with retail by Fairfield Residential.

Looks like the asphalt has been broken for this project.




courtesy of hindesky @ HAIF

[Urbannizer]

Six Houston Center

Renderings featuring a new design have surfaced..

https://www.lifang.us/portfolio/exterior

[gclass]

^^^ WOW! what a GORGEOUS new 3-tiered tower design slated for 6 HOUSTON CENTER. let's PRAY that this happens for downtown moving forward.

[JManc]

I like this better than the original design which was essentially a shorter version of 811 Main

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

Is sticking plants on high rise balconies supposed to make us feel better about our impending doom?

correct.

[Cory]

Different angle of the Kimpton Hotel at Laneways courtesy of Caydon Property's Instagram

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by Cory

Different angle of the Kimpton Hotel at Laneways courtesy of Caydon Property's Instagram

For a few seconds i thought this was "Klingon Hotel". lulz.

[Urbannizer]

Reflective Uptown by brijonmang, on Flickr


Uptown Houston by brijonmang, on Flickr


Uptown Houston Panoramic by brijonmang, on Flickr

[colemonkee]

Amazing shots.

[The Best Forumer]

excellent pics. thanks!

[Dariusb]

Gorgeous pics!

[Urbannizer]

Museo Plaza

Phase I, a 10-story medical office building is about to break ground. The residential component can be seen in the background and it appears the design has remained the same, just more detailed. The high-rise has gone from 54 to 58-stories.

https://www.faithgraphicdesigns.com/...l_Brochure.pdf

https://www.greenwichgrp.com/wp-cont...nuary-2019.pdf

The Greenwich Group International, LLC, as exclusive investment banker, has arranged approximately $70 million in construction financing for development of two medical office buildings (MOBs), respectively located in Houston and Austin, TX. Museo Plaza, the Houston project, in addition to a MOB of 142,000 sf, also is expected to contain a 58-story residential tower with 300+ luxury units and a 160-key boutique hotel. The hotel, MOB and residential tower each occupy a full city block in a strategic location about two miles from the world-renowned Texas Medical Center and about one mile from Rice University. “With the hotel and apartment tower additions to the Houston MOB; the development will be more than an office, Museo Plaza will become a vibrant community,” Steve Lorenz and Buzz Shattan, executives of Greenwich Group said in a joint statement.

Site of phase I was cleared in November:



via hindesky

[The Best Forumer]

at 58 its going to be very noticeable. say... around... 700 feet?

[The Best Forumer]

can someone chop this into a wider shot?

[DBGHouston]

Harris County to halt Ship Channel Bridge construction to correct potential design flaw

Houston Chronicle/Chron.com

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...a-chron-result

Dug Begley Jan. 7, 2020

The Harris County Toll Road Authority plans to take a three-week pause in construction on the new Houston Ship Channel Bridge along the Sam Houston Tollway so engineers can agree on a solution to a possible design flaw found nearly 20 months into the project.

The $1 billion bridge — the costliest infrastructure project in the county’s history — was designed by the Dallas office of FIGG Bridge Group. The company, based in Florida, came under scrutiny when its Tallahassee office designed a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in February 2018 at Florida International University, killing six. FIGG and its consultants were held responsible for the collapse.

The beast they are replacing. New one has 514 ft. twin towers.

Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff photographer / Houston Chronicle

[Urbannizer]

Hanover BLVD Place Phase III

The next high-rise at BLVD Place is said to be a 50-story hotel/residential high-rise.

Site:


via edkrm2d1

[TexasPlaya]

Midtown's boom:


phillip_white from HAIF

[TexasPlaya]

BisNow: Houston's Density Revolution Is Just Beginning

...Tax Income Reinvestment Zones like the Midtown Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ 2) and East Downtown Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ 15), both adjacent to Downtown Houston, have actively encouraged multifamily development for years. Downtown itself used the Downtown Living Initiative to stoke the same kind of multifamily development. The number of residents has steadily risen in all areas. Midtown Houston has experienced 50% population growth since 2012 and now almost 10,000 Houstonians call it home. Downtown has more than doubled its population to nearly 10,000. The city wants to add 20,000 residents in the area over the next 20 years.

With the high cost of land and demand for urban living, most of those residents will likely be affluent. Between 2005 and 2015, the median income of Houston’s inner core increased by 67%, more than any city in Texas, according to analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas...