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  1. Houston19514
    Interesting description of the development: Midway’s ability to integrate a new development into an existing community is evident in the partnership with Houston Methodist on Memorial Green.
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    Only if you count prisoners, the homeless and others in group homes and the like. As shown above, as of the 2010 census, there were 2,409 housing units in which there lived 2,384 people.
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    ^ Ohhhhh... got it.
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    Do we have two threads for the same apartment complex, going under two different names?
  5. Houston19514
    ^ What's going on at 1111 Fannin?
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    You can tell how big it is going to be by looking at two preliminary renderings of portions of the proposed structure??
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    Of course you know I never said they were jails.But to the point, people living in homeless shelters and church facilities are not terribly relevant to a discussion of average occupancy of housing units or, for that matter, of the residential population necessary to sustain significant retail activity. The numbers I've posted are the ones that are relevant to the downtown apartment/condo and retail markets.
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    That does seem like a missed opportunity and a rather inefficient use of space in the structure, if it's merely a passageway to the existing garage. Perhaps the lower floors of the tower are also parking, so that those doors are not just entrances to a long covered driveway. Either way, it would seem to make more sense to put them on the western end, rather than using up the parkside space.
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    There are "prisons" and groups homes on both sides of the bayou. See my post above.
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    I am quite aware there are two census blocks. They both have jails in them, as well as other group homes and non-household locations of individuals. My numbers are from the Census Bureau. They are correct. Note Census Block 100000-1-020 from the site you helpfully linked. It's the block bounded by Texas, Prairie, San Jacinto, and Caroline. Zero housing units. Population 609. As you so kindly put it, it's not rocket science to see that is the homeless assistance facility affiliated with Christ Church Cathedral. Note Census Block 100000-1-029. It's the block bounded by Texas, Capital, San Jacinto and Caroline. Zero housing units. Population 881. Again, as you put it, it's not rocket science to see that is the federal detention facility. Note Census Block 100000-1-045. The block bounded by LaBranch, Crawford, Preston and Congress. Zero housing units. Population 445. It's not rocket science to see that it is a homeless shelter. The total population for the census tract south of the bayou, per your linked source, was 4690. Subtracting just these 3 blocks of non-household population, takes us down to 2,756. There are apparently a couple hundred more people living in that census tract in non-household spaces,taking us to my oft-repeated and still correct downtown population of 2,520 (which includes a very few people living in households in the northern census tract. Again, downtown Houston, as of the 2010 census had 2,409 housing units in which lived 2,520 people. Edit. Just ran the numbers a different way on the Census Bureau website. The actual 2010 population of downtown Houston (Census Tracts 1000 and 2101), per the US Census Bureau, is 2,384. I apologize for having overstated the actual population.
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    Yes, it would be to the other (east) side of Lyric Center.
  12. Houston19514
    Well said. Except I thought they did own the garage, but plan to incorporate it into the development (a cost-savings that may make the building feasible, where it otherwise might not have been).
  13. Houston19514
    No doubt. Quite right about Houston being a much different city; although comparing it to Tulsa might be a little much... 50 years ago, maybe, not so much 30 years ago... but excellent point.
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    No. As I previously explained, those numbers include people in jails. The number of people living in residences (apartments, condos and single family units) in downtown Houston (the residential or household population, which is the subject matter) are exactly as I showed above -- 2,520.
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    Before we get any more carried away, it might be time to interject some reality. 1. Exxon. cocorobert tells that the realtor told him approximately 30 years ago that some Exxon wives whined about being relocated to Houston. That seems possible, as Exxon was at about that time in the process of reducing their ranks in their Manhattan HQ from 2,000+ to only 300. Many of those relocated people were relocated to Houston. It's possible some of the wives whined about the relocation. That much of the story seems plausible. What is not true, is that it had anything to do with the decision of where to relocation the HQ, which occurred 24 years ago. (And it seems entirely plausible that some DFW real estate agents have the same sort of stories from relocated Exxon wives.) 2. "another funny story" As with most rumors and "stories related to me by a person I once knew whose father was once upon a time a [fill-in-the-blank] at [fill-in-the-blank]", there might be a kernel of truth in there somewhere. But the only company this could possibly be describing is Arco. Arco never moved its headquarters to Dallas and Arco never moved its headquarters from Dallas to San Francisco. Dallas (and the 49-story Arco building) was home to Arco Oil & Gas E&P. When it left Dallas, it did not move to San Francisco or California. The largest number of relocated employees came to Houston. Moral of story, surprisingly more often than people imagine, people believe silly rumors and stories even though there is plenty of evidence to the contrary ;-)
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    I didn't use zip codes. I used census tracts. Downtown (within the freeway loop) is comprised of 2 census tracts. Those two tracts cover the entire downtown and they do not include any areas outside of downtown. The 2010 population of downtown Houston (living in households) was 2,520.
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    ^ They must be planning to use the crane to load office furniture and equipment into the moving vans for their move to The Woodlands/Conroe. ;-)
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    I think the Katy realtor was spinning her own Houston self-loathing. At the time of the relocation of the Exxon headquarters to Irving, the people at Friendswood Development (who were in charge of searching for the new HQ location, stated that, much to their chagrin, Houston was never even considered because the #1 criteria for their HQ location was that it not be in a city where Exxon had significant operations. That obviously left Houston out of the contest. (Much like Boeing's HQ relocation a few years ago.) Houston was not considered for Exxon's new corporate headquarters because executives decided it should not be in the same location as one of the company's major operating divisions, said John Walsh, president of Friendswood Development Co., the Exxon subsidiary in Houston that handled the site search. Exxon officials believed the presence of the corporate headquarters could erode the autonomy and independence of the division headquarters if it were located right next door,Walsh said. "They made the decision early on they did not want to locate near one of their operating groups," he said. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/ar...id=1989_659330
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    Okay, can everyone come back in off the ledge now? ;-)
  20. Houston19514
    ^ The 2,500 units/5,000 residents was not fairly accurate. I apologize for having not previously disputed it. ;-) The total population at the time of the 2010 census was 14,342. But that number includes a large number of "residents" of various jails and also includes "residents" of homeless shelters, group homes and the like. The total number of housing units and residents living in housing units in downtown Houston as of the 2010 census (and I don't think any housing units have been added since then) was: Downtown Houston: 2,409 housing units/2,520 residents. 1.046 people per housing unit. More fun facts from the US Census: 73.5% of downtown households had only one occupant. We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if we build up expectations of a downtown population of 14,000 living in the hoped-for 7,500 or so housing units. As I said above, areas such as downtown Houston are likely to have an average occupancy in the neighborhood of 1.2 people per unit. Even once we attain 7,500 units downtown, we will probably still be a little short of the much-desired 10,000 residential population.
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    Absolutely. The whole greater downtown area is booming. Quite amazing.
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    Has anyone taken a close look at the site to see if they have actually started construction activity or serious preparation for construction? I'm wondering if we are just witnessing a press release/marketing war between Hines and Crescent?
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    Very exciting indeed. But let's not get carried away with our expectations. Downtown multi-family residential is likely to have an average occupancy in the neighborhood of 1.2 per unit. Even at 1.25 per unit, with 7500 units, we're still talking only 9,375 total residents.
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    ^ Great find! Thanks for posting Urban909. The opening line says the Houston Airport System "invited the public" to this master plan presentation and to provide feedback etc etc. Did anyone ever see that invitation or any hint of it anywhere? I would imagine they have another one coming up for the Bush Airport Master Plan. I hope I don't miss that invitation too.
  25. Houston19514
    While common for condos (such as Astoria), it does seem unusual to have an off-site preview center for rental apartments.
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