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  1. Houston19514
    Good spot to add more density.
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    I seriously doubt anyone has in mind moving all of the historical structures in Sam Houston Park.
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    And another spot to grab a bite downtown on the weekends: Cafe Cosmopolita
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    That's kinda sorta close to correct. Except as follows: I'm pretty sure the South Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility has already closed/been slated for closure. The City never owned the World Trade Center Building; it was owned by the Port of Houston Authority. It was not Drayton McClane pushing to turn it into a park; it was the Sports Authority. (They proposed leasing the land from the Port Authority for roughly nothing/year; instead the Port Authority sold it to Hakeem Olajuwon who in turn sold it to Landry's/Tilman Fertita. You pretty much answered your own question about the need; it would spur development. (And note that it's not just Crane's perceived needs; he's working with the city on this project.)
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    It will be even better after the TXDOT expansion, if we cap the freeway with a park (and I think we will).
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    There is also this possibility to consider: The quote is from the chronicle, so there is the distinct possibility the information is just wrong.
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    Yes.
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    I don't think the Nau site is currently a parking lot. So it doesn't really fit the description. My guess is the current premium lot along Hamilton (or part of it).
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    http://www.metronext.org/pdfs/metro_solutions_map.pdf
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    Yes, I considered that. But, the plan all along for western extension of light rail has been for it to be an extension of the purple or green line, and that seems like the obvious best choice.
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    It seems a little unlikely such a light rail line would run in front of Post HTX, unless by "in front of" they mean 4 blocks south.
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    This bridge will be 485 feet long and includes lighting and plazas with seating areas at each end of the bridge. In comparison, the Bill Coats Bridge across Brays Bayou in Hermann Park is 290 feet long and cost $5 Million in 2012.
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    Didn't seem to have much affect, so far. The downtown absorption numbers have been very steady for the past year.
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    Construction set to start in March 2018.
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    ... he posts on a beautiful October day when it is 73 degrees in Houston and 62 and sunny in Seattle. Hopefully, Amazon workers will deal more in reality than in myths.
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    As of 3rd quarter, 2017, downtown residential has a 62.3% occupancy rate. A net 266 units were absorbed, while 274 new units were delivered. Net absorption for the year to date was 812 units. Downtown is maintaining a good steady pace of absorption. (Assuming 1.4 people per occupied apartment, downtown is adding a little more than 125 people per month.) The metro-wide occupancy rate is 88.3% The "Central Houston" market (downtown, Montrose/Museum/Midtown, Heights/Wash Ave., HIghland Village/Upper Kirby/West U, and Med Center/Braes Bayou) had an 82.6% occupancy rate (up from 78.3% in the first quarter). 555 new units delivered during the quarter, with 1,318 units net absorption. Net absorption year to date: 4,241. Using the same apartment residency assumption as above, Central Houston is adding about 660 people per month, just in rental residential.
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    That of course would require the construction of a bridge over Buffalo Bayou. The Hirsch and Jensen Street bridges at the east and west ends provide through streets to the east end. There also appear to be perhaps 4 pedestrian bridges.
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    The city is promoting General Park? Generation Park has submitted a proposal and they are certainly promoting themselves. How is the city promoting them? From Generation Park's website
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    Some time in 2018. Presumably pretty early in the year.
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    Wow. That was easily the best Houston promo video I've ever seen (nicely and subtly directed at Amazon) Thanks for posting.
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    Yes, some of us have seen the site. We'll have to agree to disagree as to whether it is an irredeemable dump as you seem to think (With respect, Midway Corp knows a lot more about real estate redevelopment than either of us and they seem to think it is quite redeemable and have backed up those thoughts with millions of dollars; I'll go with their opinion). But let's assume arguendo, that the site is a dump. Given Amazon's history in Seattle, it is hard to see how that would make the site a nonstarter. In fact, it may be a plus. With a tiny bit of imagination, it is easy to see Amazon being interested in a large site with sufficient existing office space in a central city location on the cusp of redevelopment. As to the "unattractive" steel warehouses, developers with imagination can do exciting things with so-called unattractive buildings. Ever seen the Sawyer Yards development? If not, they are also pretty easy to remove, allowing for redevelopment of the land.
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    One excellent site is better than 20 mediocre sites. It's not as if this is a lottery where more entries increases your chances of winning. I am unaware of a single site being proposed in DFW that meets the base requirement of having 500,000 square feet available on site in 2019.
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    Amazon is interested in available workforce, or more precisely, a city/site to which a desirable workforce is willing to move. To my knowledge, Houston has never had a problem attracting people to move here for good jobs. Except to the extent it stands in as a proxy for available workforce, I doubt they care much at all about how many other jobs there are for their desired workforce. It could even be a negative.
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    They don't have 500,000 square feet that can be ready by 2019. Pretty sure it's all new-build. (And in case you missed it, note I also added that tangible cultural difference are indeed relevant. I believe culture is also on Amazon's list.)
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