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  1. Houston19514
    Yeah, I don't think there is any reason to think the Greyhound departure is imminent. Is there? Anyone?
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    Good article in the Dallas Morning News about Buffalo Bayou Park, "To Build a Trinity Park, Dallas Should Learn From Houston's Buffalo Bayou". https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/architecture/2018/06/18/build-trinity-park-dallas-learn-houstons-buffalo-bayou
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    Good thought. And that conceivably could give both cities an additional boost in the site selection competition.
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    The Finals will be in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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    This project has been dead for almost two months. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/04/19/parkland-campus-heading-back-to-market-after-buyer.amp.html
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    Yes, I recall going there to shop for some appliances. I spent a good deal of time browsing the appliance department while the employees talked with each other and seemingly did everything they could to avoid acknowledging a customer's presence, let alone offering assistance. I bought the appliances elsewhere.
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    Good lord, that article was a mess. They tell us that Astroworld was (a) 57 acres and (b) 102 acres. They also tell us that (c) the Rodeo owns all of the 102 acre site and (d) Metro Houston owns a portion and Davis Chevrolet owns a portion. They apparently just threw together some random sentences to accompany a slide show.
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    If true, shouldn't that information be shared with the district attorney?
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    It appears that they are not providing for or allowing any left turns into the complex from Northbound Studewood, so we should be good.
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    Or luxury vinyl. (The name is lame, but the product is great.)
  12. Houston19514
    More info on the Rosewood Hotel:
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    The widely accepted international definition of super tall is 300 meters. Both Chase and Wells Fargo exceed 300 meters. http://www.ctbuh.org/HighRiseInfo/TallestDatabase/Criteria/tabid/446/language/en-GB/Default.aspx. https://www.archdaily.com/780348/the-world-now-has-100-supertall-buildings
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    It would be moderately crazy if we didn't have any supertalls. But we have two.
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    Good point. Those would be the 2 tallest residential buildings in Houston, no?
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    I think maybe the writer might have been confused. Isn't the Caydon building that is under construction going to be 26 stories? And I'm pretty sure it is slated to be the shortest of the three planned Caydon towers. It seems they may have confused the current building with the next one that is under development (unless, of course, Caydon's plans have changed). For convenience, I'm reposting the FAA filing links: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335960229&row=2 https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=335958451&row=1
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    And their original (and apparently very successful) location in Dallas is also right next to a freeway, so I suspect they've got it figured out.
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    Sort of. Actually, they merged with GE Oil & Gas to become Baker Hughes - a GE Company. My understanding is they were not eligible for this list only because they did not have three full quarters of financials. They should be back next year.
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    Our count of 21, up from 20 in 2017, is without counting NRG (#229), which is listed as headquartered in New Jersey, but technically is dual-headquartered in NJ and Houston. The State of Texas has 48. D/FW has 22, same as last year. Here is the list for Houston: 1. Phillips 66 (28) 2. Sysco (54) 3. ConocoPhillips (95) 4. Enterprise Products Partners (105) 5. Plains GP Holdings (115) 6. Halliburton (146) 7. Waste Management (202) 8. Kinder Morgan (218) 9. Occidental Petroleum (220) 10. Anadarko Petroleum (257) 11. EOG Resources (270) 12. Group 1 Automotive (273) 13. Huntsman (282) 14. CenterPoint Energy (308) 15. Quanta Services (316) 16. Targa Resources (334) 17. Calpine (336) 18. Westlake Chemical (352) 19. National Oilwell Varco (388) 20. Apache (438) 21. Cheniere Energy (489)
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    From the Rice Thresher: " Rice’s property also includes theFiesta Mart store located at 4200 San Jacinto St., but the store is not expected to be affected by this sale during the two-year remainder of itslease , according to the statement. "
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    Dup post
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    There is no question that, if cost were not a consideration, the post office site would be preferred over Northwest. TCR has said as much themselves. I don't think we end up in nearly as bad a position, compared to the Dallas station location, as you portray. For the reasons I mentioned above.
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    Do you imagine that anything close to a majority of travelers from Dallas to Houston are destined for downtown Houston? Doubtful. Even less likely that anywhere near a majority of Houston travelers are destined for downtown Dallas. (Just over 5% of Houston's jobs are located downtown; Less than 4% of DFW's employment is in downtown Dallas). But even for those few who are destined for downtown Dallas, how do you imagine they will get from the TCR station to their destination (the vast majority of downtown Dallas destinations will be more than 1 mile from the station)? Not sure how you conclude that travel to Dallas will be better than flying but Houston will be the same as flying. Arriving in Dallas, you're still going to need to Uber to your destination (and for most DFW destinations, the TCR station will be a longer Uber ride than an airport; many Houston destinations will be much closer to the TCR station than they are to an airport). FWIW, I would have preferred our station be at the post office site (and it would have been a much better site than the Dallas station site), but it just isn't feasible, and after a closer examination of the two stations' locations, I don't think the Dallas site is much of an advantage vs. Houston's.
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    I'm sure they would love to hear your proposals for raising the money to pay the additional cost to get from Northwest to downtown.
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    Groundbreaking is expected to be in 2019.
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