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    City Council Agendas and Minutes
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    ^ Thanks for the update MacConcrete. Sounds pretty encouraging. Isn't the answer to the GRB-area space limitations pretty obvious? Put the trench where originally planned and build the GRB's required staging area on a deck on top of the trench. I know it's probably expensive, but it seems like it would be worth the cost to maintain the needed lanes through the area.
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    "plans for an industrial site along Interstate 10 just west of downtown" does not sound like it's going to be at the intersection of Jensen and Clinton. (Of course, it's always possible that the Chron got it wrong.)
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    What is it that you are not mainly hearing?
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    Might depend on what metric one uses. According to the "prime exhibit space" metric employed in this Trade Show Executive article, it's not even the biggest convention center in Houston (that title goes to NRG (nee Reliant) Center). NRG Center is also the biggest convention center in Texas and 8th biggest in the U.S. GRB is the third biggest in Texas and the 12th biggest in the U.S. (Dallas's convention center also has more "prime exhibit space" than the GRB.)
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    Miami-based HavanaAir Charters announced it will begin a service each Wednesday from Bush Intercontinental Airport to Havana.
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    NM (double post)
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    I don't have any updated info, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night ;-) They are working on the 24th floor.
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    Do we really know that the TMC is larger in square footage than Uptown? I think that is unlikely. The square footage numbers we see for TMC (48 Million?) are for everything. The square footage numbers we see for Uptown (more than 28 Million) are for office space only, thus leaving out the massive retail (more than 6 Million sq ft), hotels (34 hotels with more than 7,800 rooms, not counting at least three currently under construction), residential (at least 43 complexes, not counting at least five under construction) and other square footage. I think when all uses are added in, Uptown is probably larger.
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    Pretty sure the building will fill the entire block.
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    I saw it from the air last weekend. It is quite far along. I was surprised; didn't realize it was proceeding that quickly.
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    Wow! Very cool! I hope this happens.
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    Big, yes. You'll find the ten busiest airports in the country tend to be that way. But still not seeing what's so confusing about it.
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    Seriously? What is so confusing about it for an arriving passenger?
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    It's painted.
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    I don't think United calls the shots at IAH nearly like they used to. The bottom line is that the plan to recreate the airport in the model of Atlanta/Denver (but not very much like Heathrow) would likely not have had the support of any of the airline tenants (because it would have been VERY costly and very disruptive of continuing operations.)
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    Hey 2112. good to have you back.
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    Yeah, that plan for a series of parallel disconnected concourses and central terminal building was from the old master plan. They've been working on a new master plan. I presume the "Terminal Plans Beyond 2035" is from the new Master Plan.
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    There was some work going on at this site yesterday (July 8)
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    United Airlines

    Houston19514 replied to brain's topic in Planes

    Not a whole lot to see so far (at least as of 2 1/2 weeks ago). Mostly site prep, ground work going on.
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    Yes it does. Buildings that have almost zero value and are ready to be demolished. From the moment the Chron announced the property was for sale there was very little doubt these buildings were history. In reality, the buildings are a negative value, because of the money that will have to be spent removing them. (FWIW, the HCAD appraises the improvements at $100. The land is appraised at $15,625,000.)
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    Less than 1/6th of the price rumored for the Chronicle block (allocating the $50 M price proportionally between the full block and half block) and no demolition costs. . .
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    I think it's pretty much correct to say Alexander is the one... For the NHL to play in Toyota Center, Alexander would either have to own the team or reach an agreement with the owner to allow the team to play in Toyota Center (which would probably kill the economics for the non-Alexander NHL owner). A new hockey-specific arena could be built, of course; BUT IIRC, the Toyota Center lease has a non-competition clause which restricts the use of any city/county-funded facilities from competing with Toyota Center, so if the NHL arena was funded or subsidized by Harris County/Houston Sports Authority, they would not be able to have concerts or other entertainment in it, which might kill the economics. The alternative is for the NHL owner to fully fund the hockey-specific NHL arena, an attractive idea, but probably not likely to happen. (I remember the non-competition issue being raised when BBVA Compass Stadium was being built... not sure how they got around it.) EDIT: I just looked at the Toyota Center lease. The non-competition provision only lasted for 10 years, so that is no longer an issue.
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    Ah, I see now. I somehow missed those pics. (But, really, unburied, visible utility lines are not in any way unique to Houston, so their presence in the picture does not serve to identify the city...)
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    We are regularly treated to wild exaggerations on this board as to what zoning would do. Even cities with zoning have office towers rising outside of their downtown areas (multiple smaller towers across the city) rather than building more substantial towers downtown. One only hast to look to our neighbors to the north to see a prime example. We are unlikely to put zoning in place in Houston in any of our lifetimes. I would go so far as to say that Houston will absolutely not put in place a zoning scheme that would ban the construction of smaller towers across the city and require all major office buildings be built downtown. Will. Not. Happen. Ever.
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