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  1. Houston19514
    Do you have any reason to think they signed a multi-year lease? Doesn't Parvizian pretty typically go into short-term situations?
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    Is there any indication that there are any residential condos being proposed, considered, or even thought of? The only mention of condos was in relation to AmREIT's planned continued ownership of the lower (retail) levels of the development.
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    Agree that city limits density is not very useful for understanding urbanization, especially relative to other cities/metro areas. That is why I think it's most useful to look at urbanized area densities: As of 2010: Houston - 3,501 (city) 2,978 (urbanized area) New York City - 27,778 (city) 5,319 (urbanized area) San Francisco - 17,246 (city) 6,266 (urbanized area) Boston - 13,321 (city) 2,232 (urbanized area) Chicago - 11,868 (city) 3,524 (urbanized area) Philadelphia - 11,233 (city) 2,746 (urbanized area) Miami - 10,160 (city) 4,442 (urbanized area) Washington DC - 9,856 (city) 3,470 (urbanized area) Seattle - 7,250 (city) 3,028 (urbanized area) Dallas - 3,517 (city) 2,879 (urbanized area) Atlanta - 3,154 (city) 1,707 (urbanized area) Austin - 2,653 (city) 2,605 (urbanized area) Interestingly, of the 51 urban areas with more than 1 Million population, only 18 have higher densities than Houston. Here is the complete list in rank order: 1) Los Angeles, CA: 6,999 2) San Francisco-Oakland, CA: 6,266 3) San Jose, CA: 5,820 4) New York, NY-NJ-CT: 5,319 5) Las Vegas, NV: 4,525 6) Miami, FL: 4,442 7) San Diego, CA: 4,037 8) Salt Lake City, UT: 3,675 9) Sacramento, CA: 3,660 10) New Orleans, LA: 3,579 11) Denver, CO: 3,554 12) Riverside--San Bernardino, CA: 3,546 13) Portland, OR-WA: 3,528 14) Chicago, IL-IN: 3,524 15) Washington, DC-VA-MD: 3,470 16) Phoenix, AZ: 3,165 17) Baltimore, MD: 3,073 18) Seattle, WA: 3,028 19) Houston, TX: 2,978 20) San Antonio, TX: 2,945 21) Dallas--Fort Worth, TX: 2,879 22) Detroit, MI: 2,793 Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA: 2,793 24) Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD: 2,746 25) Columbus, OH: 2,680 26) Austin, TX: 2,605 27) Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI: 2,594 28) Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL: 2,552 29) Orlando, FL: 2,527 30) Milwaukee, WI: 2,523 31) Buffalo, NY: 2,463 32) St. Louis, MO--IL: 2,329 33) Cleveland, OH: 2,307 34) Kansas City, MO--KS: 2,242 35) Boston, MA--NH--RI: 2,232 36) Rochester, NY: 2,221 37) Providence, RI--MA: 2,185 38) Memphis, TN--MS--AR: 2,132 39) Indianapolis, IN: 2,108 40) Oklahoma City, OK: 2,098 41) Cincinnati, OH--KY--IN: 2,063 42) Louisville, KY: 2,040 43) Jacksonville, FL: 2,008 44) Richmond, VA: 1,937 45) Pittsburgh, PA: 1,915 46) Hartford, CT: 1,791 47) Nashville, TN: 1,721 48) Raleigh, NC: 1,708 49) Atlanta, GA: 1,707 50) Charlotte, NC--SC: 1,685 51) Birmingham, AL: 1,414 Very interesting that on both a city and urbanized area basis, the sprawl capital of Texas is... Austin.
  4. Houston19514
    No. That only speaks about how they (AmREIT) would own the lower levels of retail while the tower would be owned by someone else. Technically, the term "condominium" is a form of ownership. It does not necessarily mean residential.
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    The rebate paid out to the unit owners would tend to make potential buyers willing to pay more than they otherwise would have. There have really been very few high rise condos developed recently. I can think of only 2 quite recently under construction in Uptown and I cannot think of any others started since the financial markets went wonky back in 2008-2009.
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    It's probably not going to be all that long before we hit 4,000 per square mile. Based on the 2013 population estimate, we're already up to 3,662 per square mile. At the recent rate of growth, we should break through the 4,000 per square mile mark before the end of the decade (approximately late 2018).
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    I thought it was primarily hotels that don't have 13th floors, but I guess a lot of apartment towers carry on the tradition/superstition too.
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    Our own what? Renderings of fantasy buildings that are very unlikely to ever be built? ;-)
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    There actually don't appear to be any overhead wires in that picture. It would appear these poles are street light poles serviced from buried wires. I'm not an engineer, but I think it's pretty hard to bury street lights. If you want to be pissed off about something, be pissed off about the fact they left the poles in the middle of the frickin' sidewalk.
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    What are all of these alleged asymmetic/cylindrical crowns in Dallas' skyline? Or Atlanta's? Or LA's?
  11. Houston19514
    ^ LOL Good observation
  12. Houston19514
    There is no diversion of funds from your favored routes. Without the toll road, the funds would not exist. The alleged wear and tear on your vehicle caused by your using some other longer route is not the fault of the toll road and would not be cured by not building the toll road (and your cost would probably actually be increased by not building the toll road because that many more people would be with you on your underinvested favorite routes.) The toll roads may or may not be the best public policy or the best transportation policy. A fair and reasonable argument can be made that we should raise gasoline taxes and fund more of our road projects in the traditional manner. But it is flat-out false to claim that you are paying anything for toll roads you do not use or that they somehow magically impose costs on your transportation. (And FWIW, these are not privately built; Harris County's toll roads are all being built and funded and owned and operated by public agencies.)
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    I don't think so. That was planned at one time, but back in 2012, the Woodlands township board decided against proceeding with that election. I don't think any election is planned. They are continuing to discuss and plan the possibilities of eventually incorporating.
  14. Houston19514
    We, as taxpayers aren't paying for it in the first instance. So we don't pay more to use. Users pay for the road. Period. The toll roads are built and paid for by issuing bonds, which will be paid off with toll revenues.
  15. Houston19514
    That's part of the University of California's entry in the 2012 ULI Gerald Hines competition. It's been posted on here before.
  16. Houston19514
    Denver's and Dallas's light rail both run in their streets, at least downtown. Oh, and so does Seattle's. And Minneapolis. And Portland. And Los Angeles. And San Diego.
  17. Houston19514
    Also interesting. And the Texaco developer did say last year that they would be connected to BG Group Place and to another high rise being developed to the north (obviously 609 Main). Perhaps it will take the route you suggest.
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    Might be. On the other hand, none of the Lancaster, Sam Houston, Icon, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Hilton Americas, Westin, Magnolia (currently) or Embassy Suites are connected; and none of the Holiday Inn, Hotel Allesandra, Springwoods Suites, Hampton Inn, or Homewood Suites will be (and I'm skeptical about the Marriott Marquis being hooked into the tunnel system). Their disconnection might be an accident of location, but the 3 connected hotels' being connected might be nothing more than an accident of location as well. Will be interesting to see if Magnolia gets connected (and even more interesting to know who pays for it, if they indeed get connected).
  19. Houston19514
    I stand corrected. Actually, the number might even be higher. They are now saying 325 units. Some street improvements probably are in order.
  20. Houston19514
    There was indeed at one time a tunnel connecting the Post-Dispatch Building (now Magnolia Hotel) with the Sterling Building (recently known as Texas Tower). In fact, it was one of the very first tunnels (probably the very first) in downtown Houston, having been built in the 1920s. Of course, that tells us nothing about the future intentions of the current owners of either the Magnolia or 609 Main. I'm not sure how important it is for a hotel to be attached to the tunnel system.
  21. Houston19514
    I doubt the net result will be an extra couple hundred cars. In any event, Welcome to the increasingly densifying Houston. ;-)
  22. Houston19514
    Assuming the contractor has previously constructed a building, I doubt they will find it particularly challenging to figure a way to delivery cranes and materials to this site. Thousands of buildings have been constructed on sites far more restricted than this one.
  23. Houston19514
    Ummm, you mean the catenary lines along one side of the construction site? How would they be an issue?
  24. Houston19514
    What is the issue?
  25. Houston19514
    Those overhead wires are the catenary wires for the light rail. So, yes, any city that has light rail downtown also has such overhead wires. The wooden pole is a temporary pole holding up the traffic signals. I think all or very nearly all of downtown has the electric wires buried. (And FWIW, yes, other cities, many other cities, have above ground electric wires strung from wooden poles.) Houston is not at all unique in that regard.
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