HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 165

TexasPlaya · #**3281** Posted **Dec 7, 2011, 3:08 AM**

Shell Renews Nearly 1.3 million sf in Houston's CBD

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In one of the largest office leases of the year, Shell Oil Co. renewed 804,491 square feet of office space at One Shell Plaza and 471,934 square feet at Two Shell Plaza in Houston. The global energy corporation’s 15-year lease term begins retroactively on January 1, 2011, and expires in 2025.

“We are excited about securing our future in the heart of downtown Houston,” said Jeri Ballard, vice president of strategy and portfolio at Shell Oil. “Shell remains committed to strengthening Houston as a vibrant commercial hub and as the energy capital of the United States...

http://www.costar.com/News/Article/S...ons-CBD/133989

Complex01 · #**3282** Posted **Dec 14, 2011, 5:21 PM**

Some pics of the dynamo stadium from over the weekend. Its really coming along. I like it. Plus I like the cloudy days in Houston. They are nice...

photoLith · #**3283** Posted **Dec 15, 2011, 3:59 PM**

I havent been downtown in forever and wont for a long time as Im recovering from being out of the hospital but I just saw on the news that construction is starting or about to start on a hotel across from Discovery Green. Has anyone heard or seen anything about this?

kingkirbythe.... · #**3284** Posted **Dec 16, 2011, 8:36 AM**

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...ou-2406589.php

Project to transform stretch of Buffalo Bayou into 'jewel'
By ZAIN SHAUK, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Updated 10:36 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 2011

Houston and Texas

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A $55 million upgrade to parkland along Buffalo Bayou is set to add performance venues, improve recreational areas and revitalize downtown-area green space that officials hope will become a magnet and refuge similar to New York's Central Park.

Houston City Council on Wednesday approved an operating agreement paving the way for construction, including a major restructuring of Buffalo Bayou and restoration of its ecosystems. The Harris County Commissioners Court will take up a similar agreement Tuesday.

Complex01 · #**3285** Posted **Dec 16, 2011, 9:10 PM**

Ooo thats awesome. I like it...

TexasBoi · #**3286** Posted **Dec 17, 2011, 12:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

I havent been downtown in forever and wont for a long time as Im recovering from being out of the hospital but I just saw on the news that construction is starting or about to start on a hotel across from Discovery Green. Has anyone heard or seen anything about this?

Here is something.
http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2011/12/3268/

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The details of the plan are a little different this time around, but the goal is the same: at least 1,000 rooms in a high-rise hotel on a parcel that mirrors the Hilton Americas across Discovery Green park.

So looking at google map, is that lot that sits on the corner of Crawford and Rusk? It's right across from DG and Hilton Americas. Another lot may bite the dust.

JoninATX · #**3287** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 8:00 AM**

Lake|Flato and Studio Red Architects selected to design Midtown arts center

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By Tyler Rudick

12.21.11 | 11:06 am

he Independent Arts Collaborative has announced that architectural firms Lake|Flato and Studio Red have been selected to design the organization's new art complex planned at Main and Holman in Midtown.

The multi-tenant performance and exhibition space will be designed with the input of nearly 40 Houston arts groups. Organizations like DiverseWorks, Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex, and Aurora Picture Show have been involved in recent discussions, although participating groups have yet to be finalized.

"This is an amazing opportunity to work with such a wide range of disparate arts groups," Ted Flato, principal architect at San Antonio’s Lake|Flato, told CultureMap. "We look forward to getting everyone's input. In the end, the architecture clearly will reflect that spirit."

With an estimated cost of $25 million, the 85,000-square-foot complex is planned to feature a 400-seat theater, a large exhibition space, and five black box performance spaces as well as workshop areas, classrooms, and office space.

Slated for completion in 2015, the IAC center is poised to become catalyst for Midtown commercial, residential and cultural development.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsde...town-building/

JoninATX · #**3288** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 10:15 AM**

3 projects with 3 tower cranes all in one webcam.

http://www.earthcam.com/client/bbva/

photoLith · #**3289** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 2:56 PM**

^
What projects are those?

JoninATX · #**3290** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 3:47 PM**

Unnamed 22 st. Tower is rising to the far left (yellow crane), 2525 McCue is center with the mobile crane, and BBVA tower is in the foreground with the white and yellow tower crane.

Complex01 · #**3291** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 7:24 PM**

Ooo very kewl...

TexasPlaya · #**3292** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

3 projects with 3 tower cranes all in one webcam.

http://www.earthcam.com/client/bbva/

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Unnamed 22 st. Tower is rising to the far left (yellow crane), 2525 McCue is center with the mobile crane, and BBVA tower is in the foreground with the white and yellow tower crane.

I believe there are only two projects. One is the McCue apartment complex and the BBVA building, which has two cranes working on it. Maybe I'm wrong though.

JoninATX · #**3293** Posted **Dec 22, 2011, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

I believe there are only two projects. One is the McCue apartment complex and the BBVA building, which has two cranes working on it. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

Tumbleweed_Tx · #**3294** Posted **Dec 23, 2011, 5:00 AM**

they have started clearing ground at 3009 Post Oak

(or, the fence is up, and the dirt movers are there)

TexasPlaya · #**3295** Posted **Dec 23, 2011, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

Ah, I thought you were referring to 3 projects basically on the same block.

chrisherber · #**3296** Posted **Dec 24, 2011, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Expand the webcam and scroll left you can make out a yellow crane right by the JW Marriott.

The crane by the JW Marriott is the Westheimer and Sage high-rise apts they're building. There's a forum on HAIF for it, and I've driven by many times. So yes, there are a confirmed 3 projects on that webcam photo.

photoLith · #**3297** Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:19 AM**

I dont know if this was mentioned, but the Phoenecia grocery store at One Park Place is open and its pretty awesome. Tons of Middle Eastern foods and stuff you usually cant find in the states from all around the world. Its decently priced too and was pretty full of people today. Its so awesome that downtown now has a grocery store, its about freakin time too.

Then an update on the soccer stadium, its a hot mess right now and Im not too sure on the design, its kinda strange, but Im sure it will grow on me.

Also, just something extra since not much is going on right now; back in June or July I was able to get up to the top of MainPlace and got to go out on that top balcony and take some pics.

BrandonJXN · #**3298** Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:33 AM**

Your soccer stadium now has a name btw: BBVA Compass Stadium. Please fans of the Dynamo, nickname it The Compass.

BrandonJXN · #**3299** Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:50 AM**

Can someone make a list on what's approved, under construction, and proposed and all that jazz?

TexasBoi · #**3300** Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 3:24 AM**

Yeah that would be interesting. I would like to see a list as well.