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  1. Houston19514
    Exactly right, ChannelTwo. As usual, a Chronicle report requires some clarification. Just for fun, here is the Top Ten list from Emporis (again, this is as of the end of 2013). So, might we move up to No. 3? 1. Toronto 130 2. New York 91 3. Montreal 25 4. Vancouver, BC 23 5. Calgary 22 6. Miami 20 7. Houston 18 8. Chicago 14 9. (tie) Burnaby, BC 12 (tie) Markham, Ontario 12 buildings
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    Yes, Houston has the third largest number of consulates in the nation; after New York and Los Angeles. We have 94 consulates.
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    Yeah. The "writing" accompanying the picture of the 40-story Block 98 building describes the Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites development at Crawford and Rusk. That is under construction. Had anyone at the Chron actually looked at their little slide show and accompanying narrative, even they probably could have figured out that the building pictured was more than the 14 stories described. The Chronicle embarrasses again.
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    Correct on ConocoPhillips - 1.2million square feet. Not quite the same as a company campus development, but certainly a significant chunk of office space taken by one company. Exxon Mobil leased just under 1/2 million square feet at Hughes Landing.
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    HCAD says the former Battelstein's building is owned by Aaron Wiese et al. Nate's report seems encouraging.
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    Exxon Mobil's campus is approximately 3.5 million square feet. Philips 66 is about 1.1 million square feet. Not sure if there are any other oil company campuses being built that are as big as Phillips'.
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    These towers will have as much impact on Houston's skyline as they do on Dallas's. Because they aren't going to happen.
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    What a joke. I don't know what this guy's game is, but for those expressing ridiculous concerns about Dallas always getting everything cool, let me just match and exceed this proposal. I am announcing today that I am starting negotiations to acquire development rights to a large parcel of property in downtown Houston on which I will build a mixed used complex including 2 towers of more than 100 stories each. There will be major retail on the lowest seven levels, 2 or more 5-star hotels, 4,000 luxury condominiums and a billion square feet of office space. A little background of the "Turkish developer:" http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/for-600-million-developer-proposes-garage-fancy-grocery-and-two-70-story-residential-towers-for-pacific-plaza.html/ Developer Unveils Plans To Turn Eyesore Across From City Hall Into Hilton Hotel, Apartments Developer Behind 1401 Elm Redo Says Plans Call For "Early March" Construction Start Turk Who Was Going to Redo 1401 Elm Now Has Big Plans For the Very Big 500 S. Ervay Turkish Developer Outlines Plans for $125-Mil Mixed-Use Redo of 1401 Elm Street
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    FWIW, no other city in Texas is anywhere near Houston when it comes to number of residential high-rises.
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    So, we're agreed we're at 17 foreign flag carriers right now (with an asterisk for SonAir)? Agree that we're fairly likely to add others before EVA starts up in July.
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    Good points. But the analysis is only half-done. The station locations need to be optimized for both departing and arriving passengers. For arriving passengers, the downtown location for Houston surely must be the hands-down winner. The only even remotely possible alternative would be the Northwest Transit Center/Northwest Mall location.
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    They aren't just "using TACA's planes". It is TACA (a different airline) flying the route. Avianca merely sells seats on a TACA plane, through code-share agreements. Avianca's route map confirms that they don't actually fly here. Only TACA flies here and people with AVIANCA tickets fly on TACA flights. The airport puts up signage for carriers that provide service by way of code shares, so that people who have (in this case) an Avianca ticket, can find their way to their flight. This is why, at least at certain times in the past (not sure if it's currently the case), Northwest Airlines and possibly Delta were shown on the airport signage as having international departures -- Neither had metal departing nonstop to international destinations, only code shares with the likes of Air France and/or KLM. The other one you added to the list, SonAir, is charter service only, so pretty much a different category from the standard listing of foreign flag carriers serving the airport. If we want to add them to the foreign flag carrier list, we should probably put an Asterisk by their name. ;-) Including SonAir, it looks like we now have 17 foreign flag carriers and EVA will be the 18th (unless of course someone else jumps in before July 1, 2015). FWIW, I think I heard of another foreign flag interested in starting service at Hobby, in addition to Volaris.
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    and part of the boom is riding on low natural gas prices.
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    Does Avianca actually fly to Houston? They are not listed on the airport's website, and when I did a rudimentary search, it shows service on TACA.
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    A lot of people on this board just love to hate.
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    With Interjet's start tomorrow, George Bush Airport now has 16 foreign flag carriers; 17 airlines with international service. Eva AIr's start next July will make that 17 foreign flag carriers; 18 carriers with international service.
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    The Aloft website still lists a hotel opening in downtown Houston in June 2016.
  18. Houston19514
    Are you maybe meaning to refer to the Gulf Coast Rail District? Pretty sure there's no such thing as Gulf Coast Regional Transit Authority.
  19. Houston19514
    Who/what is the GCRTA?
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    Nothing certain. They identified three possible locations: around the intersection of Interstates 20 and 45, near the intersection of I-45 and Loop 12, and near the southwest corner of downtown Dallas.
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    Rice Hotel and Hogg Palace Lofts both have GFR. Yes.
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    From the cryptic pieces of information we've been provided, my best guess: the surface lot next to The Dirt Bar on Block 275, corner of Caroline and Polk, probably taking out the little car rental building, or whatever that tiny building is. Another good candidate is the corner of Block 276 at Dallas and Austin.
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    The ballet originally owned the entire block. I believe they sold the eastern half to help fund the construction of the Ballet Center. I know there was talk of a residential high-rise on the eastern half, but I think that plan died in the recession. IIRC it was sold to an Atlanta residential developer. Did a little more digging. It turns out that the parcel was indeed sold to an Atlanta residential developer. The Novare Group, developers of the SkyHouses... But it appears that it is now again owned by the Houston Ballet Foundation. Looks like Novare let it go back to the bank from whom they had a mortgage loan. The bank then sold it back to Houston Ballet Foundation. Maybe they'll sell it again and make even more money this time.
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    That would be San Felipe Plaza, and I'm pretty sure it was not designed by Pickard Chilton.
  25. Houston19514
    What (and where) is the San Felipe Tower?
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