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The fact of the geographic distribution surely tells us a lot about the value of proximity to the rail line (or at the very least the value perceived by the apartment developers).

The MetroRail ridership January numbers are available now in detail: Average Weekday Ridership per station 2011 2012 % Increase (decrease) Fannin South 1696 1987 17.16% Reliant Park 855 1023 19.65% Smith Lands 2594 2978 14.8% TMC TC 2873 3285 14.34% Dryden TMC 4279 4671 9.16% Hermann/Zoo 2591 2996 15.63% Hermann Park/R 372 408 9.67% Museum District 905 1045 15.47% Wheeler 2732 3067 12.26% HCC/Ensemble 1917 2148 12.05% McGowen 1194 1240 3.85% Downtown TC 2731 2990 9.48% Bell 715 1014 41.82% Main St Square 3271 3440 5.17% Preston 2367 3070 29.7% UHDT 1661 1453 (14.32%) Average Saturday ridership per station 2011 2012 % Increase (decrease) Fannin South 827 1187 43.53% Reliant Park 1025 1392 35.8% Smith Lands 216 312 44.44% TMC TC 1065 1278 20% Dryden TMC 893 869 (2.69%) Hermann/Zoo 593 883 48.9% Hermann Park/R 327 487 48.93% Museum District 438 572 30.59% Wheeler 1494 1731 15.86% HCC/Ensemble 669 857 28.10% McGowen 545 614 12.66% Downtown TC 1212 1432 18.15% Bell 353 533 50.99% Main St Square 1532 1769 15.47% Preston 953 1286 34.94% UHDT 511 461 ( 9.78%) Average Sunday ridership by station 2011 2012 % Increase (decrease) Fannin South 421 681 61.76% Reliant Park 268 490 82.84% Smith Lands 89 451 406.74% TMC TC 666 684 2.7% Dryden TMC 458 730 59.39% Hermann/Zoo 358 602 68.16% Hermann Park/R 129 291 125.58% Museum District 223 365 63.68% Wheeler 704 1104 56.82% HCC/Ensemble 348 525 50.86% McGowen 222 401 80.63% Downtown TC 745 1047 40.54% Bell 131 197 50.38% Main St Square 762 1151 51.05% Preston 534 903 69.10% UHDT 240 270 12.5%

Not only that, but Lanier pretty explicitly campaigned for his first term on the platform of killing the monorail and diverting Metro funds to police and roads.

No, it is not. Camden already owns roughly half of the space and plans to build apartments I believe. But the 1.5 acres does seem too small. I found an old Chron article that says the entire parcel was roughly 6.2 acres. If the park will be 1/2 of that, we'd be talking about 3 acres. That seems more likely than 1.5

A Victory style development is just about the last thing Houston needs.

I love Tranquility Park. It could use a few revisions to make it more accessible/used. Like take down the walls blocking it from the street view. Put in some table and chairs maybe, so people could sit down for lunch? I especially love the fact that it IS a parking garage and that fountains incoroporate the vent stacks providing ventilation to the parking garage.

There is no federal detention center across the street from Tranquility Park. I presume you are referring to the Federal Court House.

Gotcha. I thought you were referencing the prior post, which had nothing in it about Gotcha. I presumed you were referencing the prior post, which had nothing in it about the speed from Hempstead to Houston... That does seem like a bit of a problem, to say the least. I can't make sense of spending millions upon millions of dollars for transportation that is worse than we already have... To be fair, the TXDOT study did not actually even study the Hempstead-Houston portion of the route and said that the 50 MPH was preliminary based on information from someone else.

Huh?

GGP is buying the Sears building at The Woodlands Mall, and apparently Sears plans to close the store sometime in 2013 or after. Maybe Nordstrom will finally come to The Woodlands?

Sounds great! Finally, someone has figured out a better way to build retail in midtown??

:-) One minor problem with that roughly $1.25 Billion price tag . . . It only goes from Austin to Hempstead. They did not study the Hemstead-downtown Hoston portion.

What are you smoking, dude? ;-)

It indeed seems as though the current meetings are for a plan other than the RTP. Nevertheless, your comments regarding their "current plan" were apparently related to the growth forecast. Their growth forecast does not show any hard-and-fast demarcations along county lines such as you described.. I provided the link to the growth forecast.

It's still in HGAC's Regional Plan as a tollway.

1. You are apparently referring to HGAC's Regional Growth Forecast, not the Regional Transportation Plan. 2. Your description of the methodology is inaccurate, as is your description of the results of the forecast.

Likewise, I ride Metro buses and MetroRail regularly, including after dark. I have not once felt the least bit unsafe. Yes, the park n ride numbers are in Metro's monthly ridership reports. Average daily ridership is running 28,007.

There will be a station (east-bound) directly across Rusk Street from this building and a (west-bound) station adjacent to the property on the Capitol side.

Interesting. I had not noticed that before.

I never suggested it would not be controversial. No doubt it will be. (The Dallas developer may be surprised at that, since up in Dallas they just upon the city vaults for anyone who whispers the words "downtown residential".) You may be right on the pricing. I have to agree the location is not quite as nice as One Park Place, but not so sure it's much lesser of a location than Humble or Rice (perhaps a little quieter location than either of those). Depends on what one is looking for. Finished out correctly, it could be a VERY attractive property, IMO. It may depend on the amenities (which they are saying will be high-end) and finish levels. Probably a significantly different product than the loft-like Rice apartments and probably higher-end finsishes than Humber Tower.

I got the rental and square footage numbers from the Chron. You have apparently jumped to the conclusion that the tax credit financing is for low-income housing. Not likely. It is almost certainly an historic rehabilitation tax credit. Why have you assumed that this is "no One Park Place"?

Is voluntarily giving a little personal information (e.g., home address, email address or phone number, and preferred language.) in advance of a flight really giving up an essential liberty?

That would be ideal. But I would accept a spire to reclaim our rightful spot. ;-) In my dreams, Hines will do a career-capping "gift" to Houston, by developing a multi-use project downtown, including a super-tall tower. Something unique and ground-breaking in the way that the Galleria was unique and ground-breaking when Hines developed it.