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  1. Houston19514
    interesting, the Hines website says it's 1.7 million square feet, but the building's website (linked from the Hines site) says 1.98 million square feet of gross office building space
  2. Houston19514
    Indeed. The old World Trade Center towera had floor plates of more than 40,000 square feet.
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    Thank you. So with 71 floors, Wells Fargo has a floor plate of approximately 24,242 square feet. 600 Travis, with 75 floors, has approximately 22,000 square foot floor plates. 609 Main @Travis floor plates are 28,000 square feet. Simple math tells us the 609 Main tower takes up more of the block than either 600 Travis or Wells Fargo. I can't account for peoples' (mis)perceptions, (except to remind once again that 609 Main is far from complete), but the fact is, the 609 Main tower is bulkier than either of the tall boys.
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    No. They don't. Not even close. If they did,they would have floor plates approaching 50,000 square feet.
  5. Houston19514
    You might want to wait until 609 Main is at least somewhere near full height, and then take a look at it from. It's broader side.
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    Travel & Leisure: America's 20 Best Cities for Foodies (Houston is No. 1)
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    Washington Post: Top 10 Best Food Cities in America (Houston is number 5)
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    This is one of the most exciting projects under way in Houston right now.
  9. Houston19514
    Oh, restaurants. I thought the topic was stores (not restaurants). did not realize de Boulle was from Dallas. Speaking of the restaurants, it will be interesting to see how they fare. Historically, Dallas-based restaurants have not tended to fare very well in Houston.
  10. Houston19514
    What other ROD stores are out of Dallas?
  11. Houston19514
    Ummmm, square footage is just a result of height, width and depth. The post to which I was responding stated that the older towers were not just taller, but bigger as well. Since height was already mentioned, it seemed he had to have been talking about the other two dimensions. I just pointed out that in fact the only sense in which they are bigger is height. That's all. But thanks for providing the square footage information.
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    The only way they are bigger is that they are taller. The floor plates of 609 Main @ Texas are about 28,000 square feet. Wells Fargo Plaza I think is about 25,000 sq feet. I think 600 Travis (the former Chase Tower) is closer to 22,000 square feet. And 609 Main is supposed to be only 24 feet shorter than Bank of America Center, so it doesn't exactly pale in comparison.
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    You sure make it sound like doom and gloom. ;-) And fwiw, the I think the tenant being "poached" is also roughly tripling their square footage, so it actually is a bit of a sign of strength. I know of situations in another major city whose economy is generally perceived as firing on all cylinders where all of the new construction center city class a office space is being filled by poaching, and in almost all cases the poached tenants are reducing their square footage in the moves.
  14. Houston19514
    Exactly right. The Business Journal really screwed up that story. Breathtaking incompetence! They also referred to the O'Quinn tower as the McNair Center. WTF?
  15. Houston19514
    That's the contractor's website. Maybe that's what you meant all along, but I think everyone under stood you to mean the owner/developer. American Liberty Hospitality developed and owns the Embassy Suites, the Hampton/Homewood (and, FWIW, also owns or at least operates the Sam Houston Hotel). They (American Liberty) have nothing to do with the Aloft in the Stowers Building.
  16. Houston19514
    Focus shifts to stretching bullet train to downtown
  17. Houston19514
    All of that ignores the fact that there is not really anything like 97% consensus. See my earlier post. And you continue attempting to put words in my mouth. Please stop.
  18. Houston19514
    Of course I was doing no such thing. I was just waving the caution flag on thinking that scientific consensus, even if there is such a thing, is (or should be) the end of the inquiry. There are of course many examples of scientific consensus that later proved untrue, including many post-Copernicus.
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    FWIW, I thought it would be interesting to note that, as of 2013, approximately 76.1% of UH's students were from the metro area. I suspect that percentage has declined a bit since then. (It declined from 76.8% in 2012 to 76.1% in 2013.)
  20. Houston19514
    I stand corrected. We indeed voted on the Inner Katy line. We just didn't vote on any funding for it. In the same sense, we apparently also voted on extending the red line to Greenspoint and Bush airport, the Southeast line to Hobby Airport, and the Southwest commuter line from Fannin South to the Harris County line, and other light rail and commuter line extensions/additions. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/18/what-else-did-the-97-of-scientists-say/
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    To clarify, the line to the Northwest Transit Center that was included in the vote was the Uptown Line. Yes, it did technically connect downtown by rail to the Northwest Transit Center, but it would be a long ride. Uptown Line to University Line to Red Line. I think it's correct it was at times referred to as a Phase 2, but I don't think it was part of what we voted on.
  22. Houston19514
    See the post two above yours.
  23. Houston19514
    To think there is really consensus among 95% of the world's scientists is ignorant. And so, for that matter, is thinking that having a consensus of scientists means the discussion is over. There was once scientific consensus (a genuine consensus) that the sun revolved around the earth; there was once scientific consensus (a genuine consensus) that the earth was flat. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/18/what-else-did-the-97-of-scientists-say/ http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136
  24. Houston19514
    You are absolutely correct with regard to the Galleria being popular with foreigners. Sadly, you then slip in to delusional territory when you state that rich people from Houston don't shop there. That is silliness.
  25. Houston19514
    Uninformed? If you think there is nothing downtown open after 3pm, it is you who is uninformed.
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