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    Again, No one ever proposed adding another four-year university. That was never on the table. But more important, if a respected entity with a lot of money behind them comes to town proposing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe the response should be more along the lines of "welcome, let's see what you have in mind and how we can help", while at the same time reasonably protect the interests of UH, rather than setting our hair on fire over the invasion. That was not a good look. The DFW corporate relocation people were probably doubled over laughing at their food fortune.
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    Yeah, It seems you'd almost be limited to one unit per floor.
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    That may have been your point, but you accidentally clarified that there was no specific plan. Look at the quote I just posted. It was from the very earliest stages, when they were first buying up the property, not after any backlash.
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    Those quotes nicely confirm there were no plans for a 4 year university. Thanks for providing them. I guess you overlooked quotes such as the following: "UT Chancellor William McRaven has repeatedly said he has no plans to compete with UH and is open to working with the city's universities. UT plans to convene a task force of local leaders to guide a plan for how to use the property. UT wants to use the land to develop a "higher education innovation, intellectual and idea hub that could ultimately increase Texas' national and international competitiveness," the university statement said. "The task force will focus on ways to significantly increase research funding and educational opportunities in nationally-emerging fields and will be asked to avoid recommending programs or initiatives that duplicate what other Houston institutions are already providing."https://www.chron.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/UT-closes-on-100-acres-in-Houston-plans-to-buy-6762200.php
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    Los Angeles (Cal State-LA and UCLA), and I think Chicago, but drawing the line at city limits is artificial and pointless. (I would venture to guess that an insignificant number of students choose their school based on in what city limits it happens to fall.) A far more important question: How many of the top 10 metros (other than Houston) do not have two or more public 4-year universities from two or more different state systems (or the equivalent, because not everyone has university "systems" the way Texas does)?
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    Yes, I presume it refers to detention pond. But I don't think they mean to indicate that the detention pond would replace the post office. I think they have used a map from another source and it probably left the arrows off of the map, to the right. On the North Houston Highway Improvement Project maps, they indicate potential detention underneath the new freeways, to the north and across the railroad tracks from the Post Office site.
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    See below. There was no need to take it on faith. The non-prior disclosure of the land purchase by the foundation is meaningless. Nothing could have been developed there by UT without additional by the State. That's pretty much his major real estate purchases are done. There is nothing nefarious about that. So, no, it is not just based on any assumptions of truthfulness. There was plenty of opportunity to enforce that pledge. You're getting carried away with your claim of plans for "massive sports and athletic complexes". Pretty hilarious, actually. Not that drawing the line at the city limits makes any sense at all, but it seems the 1st, 2nd and 3rd largest cities in the country all have multiple 4-year public university campuses. Next up, #4 Houston. If you seriously think there wouldn't be the same response (or worse) if UT proposed a 4-year UT -The Woodlands or UT - Sugar Land, then, well, I have some swamp land to sell you.
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    Doesn't seem like it would make for a very efficient parking structure, given how narrow it is.
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    Serious question... What are you talking about?
  10. Houston19514
    Enough with the straw man arguments. There was NEVER a plan to create a UT Houston. They really could not have been more clear on that point.
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    I think this segment (Segment 3) is funded. Construction is expected to start on the south end of segment 3 in late Spring 2020, IIRC, and all of Segment 3 is expected to be completed in 7-8 years (starting from late Spring 2020).https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59825dc16b8f5bdb6eb02f9e/t/5a62351ef9619a7cc84a7736/1516385571796/TAG+MotionMAP+brochure_2018_FINAL_1.12.18.pdf
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    I don't know why it is, but it seems like it is a very rare colored LED lighting installation that does not have problems. Is this technology not really ready for prime time?
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    I believe that's only "if the interchange construction complicates the bus route so severely . . . " A typical Chronicle mish-mash that just leaves one more confused.
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    Just curious. . . What indicates that this is owned by MD Anderson?
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    That poorly punctuated sentence makes it look like they already have a location in Houston. They don't. They currently have one location . . . in Metarie, La.
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    And a school that size has 200+ faculty and staff.
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    Yes, it's a parking garage.
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    I love the name. That is very much a part of the history of the Heights.
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    Interesting. My experience is the exact opposite. Every person I know who has moved into a high-rise absolutely loves it and has no interest in moving out. One couple I know moved into an Uptown high-rise "temporarily" while they remodeled their single-family house; they loved high-rise living so much they ended up staying there and selling their remodeled house.
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    Might be part of the rebuild of the 69/610 intersection.
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    LOVE all the creative re-uses of warehouse buildings being done around town.
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    Not true. Being physically separated from the main campus would not interfere with AAU or other academic rankings. I think this is a mistake. They should put it at the medical center site.
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    Early on, Swamplot reported that the sidewalks were going to be 12-feet wide.
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    I do not. FWIW, I just saw a report this morning that apartment rents market-wide are projected to increase 4.5% in the next year. Uptown's occupancy rates is right at the market average; it doesn't seem to be hurting.
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    57 unit net absorption in 3rd Q, 89.6% occupancy.
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