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  1. Houston19514
    Unfortunately, unless they build and operate the Red Line extension differently, 45 minutes seems pretty optimistic. 33 minutes to travel 6 miles and then 12 minutes to travel 9 miles?
  2. Houston19514
    Why is this Pi Pizza/Starfish information in the Sawyer Heights Target thread?
  3. Houston19514
    Was that building built in 1936? There were rail operations (and a station) on site long before that date...
  4. Houston19514
    What?!? A Houston business journalist misreported something?
  5. Houston19514
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/07/09/occidental-petroleum-putting-greenway-plaza-space.amp.html
  6. Houston19514
    I'm not sure, but I doubt 2929 has average floor height (slab to slab) of 13 feet, 8 inches. So, I'd lean towards Emporis' number of 468' (= 12 feet per floor, far more likely)
  7. Houston19514
    That's the "earlier this year" news I referenced above. Since then, Oxy has announced they are putting their Greenway Plaza space up for sublease and that they will be moving to a "newly-constructed... property to the west." That excludes the former Conoco headquarters.
  8. Houston19514
    Emporis has 2929 Weslayan at 468'. I think The Huntingdon is still the tallest residential in Houston at 503' 612' would make for some pretty tall ceilings for a rental building. Skepticism might be in order here.
  9. Houston19514
    LOL I'm sure that's what the "reporter" was referring to. Interesting information. Thanks for posting. (But it doesn't justify the journalist's misinformation.)
  10. Houston19514
    No apology necessary. The fault lies entirely with the Chronicle and its reporters.
  11. Houston19514
    The delay has already happened. They have worked through it. It's going forward now. It's a shame our primary real estate reporter could not report that more clearly.
  12. Houston19514
    That is a pretty impressive forecast. The route is also 22 miles long with 34 stations. Keep in mind, riders won't be on the bus for the whole 22 miles, or anything close to it. I expect there will be room on the buses. I like the plan for signature bus service to Bush Airport, but it should stop at the Tidwell Transit Center (thereby connecting to the Red Line) and the other bus lines that meet at the Transit Center) instead of the random stop at Shepherd.
  13. Houston19514
    Earlier this year, there was a news item that Occidental (Oxy) was in talks to buy Conoco's (now ConocoPhillips) old headquarters on Katy Freeway. More recently the business media has reported that Oxy has put all of their Greenway Plaza space up for sublease and that the space will be available when Oxy moves to a "a newly constructed, owned property to the west.” Of course, not a single business reporter in this town has managed to discover or, so as we know, even inquire about, WHERE Oxy is building their new headquarters, how big it might be, who is the architect, etc etc. Has anyone heard anything?
  14. Houston19514
    Good questions. Another thing Ralph should be more careful about... Sublease space is not the same as "vacant" space. For example, the 800,000+ square feet Oxy has put on the sublease market is very much occupied and is not even available until 2020. But to your questions: Cushman Wakefield shows 44 million square feet of space "direct available" and 9.4 million square feet of sublease space "available". Downtown (which according to C&W has 20.13% of the metro area's multi-tenant office space) has 2.5 MSF of sublet available and 8 MSF of direct available. North Belt (which has about 6% of the metro office space) has 97,000 square feet of sublet and 6 MSF of direct available. West Loop/Galleria (which has about 13.7% of the office space) has 800,000 square feet of sublet and 4.8MSF of direct available. Katy Freeway (about 16.3% of the metro office space) has 2.4 MSF of sublet and 8.6 MSF of direct available.
  15. Houston19514
    Except 7, 10, and 11 are not highrises (and he explicitly said "high-rise office buildings").
  16. Houston19514
    Ralph has written many doom and gloom articles over the years.
  17. Houston19514
    Someone should coax Ralph in off the ledge.
  18. Houston19514
    Maybe you should watch the board meeting video so you can understand the process. (The focus going forward is on the "Moving Forward" plans; neither of which includes light rail to Bush Airport.)
  19. Houston19514
    The map clearly shows the red-line extension following I-45 and shows stations at the new Tidwell Transit Center, Shepherd, and Greenspoint. But there is not much point spending time discussing the routing, station placement or theoretical speed at which light rail trains would run on their way to Bush Airport. There is very little likelihood of a scenario unfolding that would provide light rail to Bush Airport in this planning period (through 2040).
  20. Houston19514
    Cool. Thanks for posting.
  21. Houston19514
    in their report, BisNow [mis]informs us that the property opened in 1936! SMH "The property, which opened in 1936, includes a 500K SF office building and a two-story industrial building."Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/mixed-use/lovett-commercial-announces-plans-for-former-downtown-post-office-91299?be=wdm5%40georgetown.edu&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tue-31-jul-2018-000000-0400_houston-re?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser
  22. Houston19514
    Rather odd. Not sure what areas he was including/not including. I'm not sure there are even 9 in Downtown/Medical Center/Uptown, are there? On the other hand, if one expands it to the whole city, there were far more than 9.
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    As has been the case for several years, that plan to open the new high school facility (meaning move the high school in and have classes) in January 2019.
  24. Houston19514
    I think you're confusing Allen House with Allen Parkway Village.
  25. Houston19514
    Relax. It's not expected to start until next year.
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