HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 453

colemonkee · #**9041** Posted **Jul 14, 2015, 2:23 PM**

I like the TMC|3 Innovation Campus (and the Passport Building for that matter). Not everything needs to be tall.

glowrock · #**9042** Posted **Jul 14, 2015, 3:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

I like the TMC|3 Innovation Campus (and the Passport Building for that matter). Not everything needs to be tall.

As do I, colemonkee. I agree, not everything needs to be tall!

Aaron (Glowrock)

toxteth o'grady · #**9043** Posted **Jul 14, 2015, 6:10 PM**

It hasn't been all gloom-and-doom:

Early Look At June Home Sales In Houston – A Strong Sales Month, One of the Highest Months Ever

toxteth o'grady · #**9044** Posted **Jul 14, 2015, 6:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Rice hires director for its coming Moody Center

It doesn't look like anything else on the Rice campus. Which may be a good thing.

Urbannizer · #**9045** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 11:58 PM**

River Oaks District Phase II

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/places...trict_phase_ii

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The new 3.4-acre site, adjacent to River Oaks District and located at the northwest corner of Westcreek Lane and Westheimer, will be developed as part of Phase II of River Oaks District.

The 455,000 square-foot expansion will complement the existing site and the greater Houston-area with 190,000 square feet of state-of the-art office space; 150,000 square feet devoted to a luxury hotel; 90,000 square feet of contemporary residential space; and 25,000 square feet of best-in-class and bespoke retail.

Wayward Memphian · #**9046** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

It doesn't look like anything else on the Rice campus. Which may be a good thing.

It looks similar to Fayetteville Arkansas' new high school. Is it designed by Marlon Blackwell?

Urbannizer · #**9047** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 4:52 AM**

New Hotel Proposed @Sage Near Richmond in Uptown

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...near-richmond/

Urbannizer · #**9048** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 8:24 AM**

HCC Coleman Campus Expansion

There was a town hall meeting on this project, slated to go up on the Coleman Campus in the Texas Medical Center. Construction begin this September.

http://www.hccs.edu/district/departm...224316-en.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hccpho...57653607316973

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Houston Community College will expand its presence in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. On Wednesday, July 15,HCC and Jacobs Program Management will host a town hall meeting to share plans for the new Coleman Healthcare Educational Facility at the HCC Coleman College for Health Sciences.
The project includes the addition of a 10 story, 248,000-square-foot facility designed to meet the needs of the Houston Medical Community and provide training for high skill and high growth occupations. The Coleman Healthcare Educational Facility will house traditional classrooms as well as simulation laboratories designed to replicate the physical surroundings to be encountered by graduate medical technicians and to instruct students on the use of state-of-the art medical equipment.

This project is under the HCC Groundbreaker Bond Program, a capital improvement program involving 14 projects across all six colleges, adding state-of the-art instructional buildings, parking garages and significant updates to existing buildings as well as new technologies to meet student needs, especially in high-demand areas such as health sciences, as well as science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.

colemonkee · #**9049** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 2:14 PM**

As someone who's first name is Coleman, I approve of this development.

JManc · #**9050** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 12:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

I am leaning toward concluding this is a waste of space... i.e. It should be taller. Thots?

I work in a tallish building in the medical center...it's a pain in the ass. Plus, research facilities are often "campus" like in design anyway.

AS for that HCC Coleman proposal. Where would they build it. The existing building is surrounded by Shriners, UTHealth, TMC parking garage and a Metro transit center.

Urbannizer · #**9051** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 2:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

I work in a tallish building in the medical center...it's a pain in the ass. Plus, research facilities are often "campus" like in design anyway.

AS for that HCC Coleman proposal. Where would they build it. The existing building is surrounded by Shriners, UTHealth, TMC parking garage and a Metro transit center.

The building will be constructed on the parking lot across the street from the Campus.

Urbannizer · #**9052** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 8:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

River Oaks District Phase II

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/places...trict_phase_ii

More renders:

Urbannizer · #**9053** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 8:22 PM**

New Downtown Development Map

http://downtownhouston.org/site_medi...ders_11X17.pdf

Downtown 2Q Real Estate Update

http://downtownhouston.org/site_medi...te_2015-2Q.pdf

xbryanisbeastx · #**9054** Posted **Jul 18, 2015, 7:06 AM**

Do you think the intermodal terminal they proposed a long time ago (not really) will ever be built...cause I think Houston needs a commuter rail service, as in heavy stuff...not light rail, and this would be perfect for a new train station...

Urbannizer · #**9055** Posted **Jul 18, 2015, 7:12 PM**

Block 98

http://downtownhouston.org/site_medi...rs_11X17_1.pdf

Start date pushed back to 3Q 2016.

mfastx · #**9056** Posted **Jul 18, 2015, 8:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by xbryanisbeastx

Do you think the intermodal terminal they proposed a long time ago (not really) will ever be built...cause I think Houston needs a commuter rail service, as in heavy stuff...not light rail, and this would be perfect for a new train station...

That ain't happening.

xbryanisbeastx · #**9057** Posted **Jul 19, 2015, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by mfastx

That ain't happening.

darn

The Best Forumer · #**9058** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

I work in a tallish building in the medical center...it's a pain in the ass. Plus, research facilities are often "campus" like in design anyway.

AS for that HCC Coleman proposal. Where would they build it. The existing building is surrounded by Shriners, UTHealth, TMC parking garage and a Metro transit center.

I've a couple of friends at Baylor's Alkek building there... why do you think it's a pain?

The Best Forumer · #**9059** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbannizer

block 98

http://downtownhouston.org/site_medi...rs_11x17_1.pdf

start date pushed back to 3q 2016.

ugh!

Urbannizer · #**9060** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 11:53 PM**

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/busi...ll-6389622.php

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Originally Posted by Houston Chronicle

Developer plans to remake San Jacinto Mall

San Jacinto Mall, one of the Houston area's original enclosed shopping malls built in the early 1980s, has been acquired by a local development group that plans to tear all or most of it down and redevelop the property into a more modern shopping center.

A partnership led by Fidelis Realty Partners purchased the 1.2-million-square-foot mall. Officials say the new development will return the site "to its dominance as the pre-eminent retail and shopping venue in east Houston."

The development will likely be an open-air center of about 1 million square feet.

It is expected to take about three years to prepare the mall for demolition and then another two years to redevelop the property. The mall is on a 107-acre site at the southwest corner of Interstate 10 and Garth Road.