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  1. Houston19514
    From the Business Journal story linked above: "The 20-story building is part of a redevelopment that is expected to include a second office building, a hotel with residences and parking garages."
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    Do a web search for Hines mixed use and you will see Hines has certainly considered mixed use towers
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    That's a nice list of reasons a random company might consider relocating an office. Which of those have anything to do with Exxon? (And in what market are tenants experiencing skyrocketing rent costs?) A number of your listed reasons could apply to the current Irving HQ just as much as to other Exxon facilities. More to the point, the only item on your list that is a reason for consolidation (as opposed to merely relocating a particular facility) is the "transportation costs for employees to attend meetings all over town". That item applies just as much to the Irving HQ facility as to any other.
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    Yeah, you might actually try to do that.
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    Yes, because we all know saving and investing never did anything for an economy.
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    You may well be right. But if that is the logic, then what is the point of all of this consolidation effort? It can equally be said that there is no need to have the refining and marketing people (from Virginia) within spitting distance of the exploration and production people. And yet, everyone here believes that is exactly what Exxon is doing.
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    Rex is obviously part of the senior management team. Nobody said, or implied, or wrote anything from which it could be inferred, that Rex would be relocated against your will. And for all of you who are so intent on proving that Exxon is not moving its world HQ to Houston/Spring... I have not argued that they are. I have merely made the comment that they have not definitively excluded the HQ relocation as a possibility.
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    It could possibly have nothing whatever to do with Rex Tillerson's house or his extra-curricular activities. It is possible that Exxon senior management has realized it makes no sense to have the entire company consolidated in one place and NOT have senior management in that same place.
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    It may be nothing more than a confused journalist, but the linked article has the Exxon spokesman throwing the possibility of world HQ back in the mix. FWIW, I've always been less than convinced that Exxon had truly 100% ruled out the world HQ relocation as a possibility. The previous statements made by Exxon have been less than iron-clad denials.
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    I happen to disagree, but even if true, that misses the point. Even if it is true that Houston is "sub-par from an aesthetics point of view" when stacked against other cities almost anywhere, why do we lead with that? Let's lead with the beautiful parts of town like other cities do. Let's lead with the great weather we have for most of the year, instead of focusing on the humidity (Chicagoans don't greet visitors with immediate whining and apologies for winter weather; Floridians don't constantly offer up the fact that it is humid . . .). Similarly regarding traffic. We are the fifth largest metropolitan area in the country. Yeah, we have traffic. But all things considered, it's pretty darned easy to get around here. Easier than in almost any comparably sized metro area (and a lot of much smaller metro areas). Yet we are constantly bombarded with snide references by our local media about the horrible traffic and Houstonians are too quick to whine about it to visitors. I lived here roughly 20 years ago, loved it, but then moved away for a variety of reasons. In the intervening 15 years or so, I visited often and followed Houston closely in on-line media and on this board. I found that when I went long periods without visiting, I would start to have negative thoughts about Houston and doubt whether I would want to come back. The negativity arose entirely from reading this board and the on-line Houston media (which is then also reflected in national media, when the national media bothers to notice Houston at all). The negativity on this board and in Houston media is pretty relentless, and as I mentioned above, when repeated often enough it's surprising what people will believe. But a quick visit to Houston would always remind me that, contrary to the Houston mythology, the city is quite beautiful, the weather is pretty darned nice, spectacular even, a large portion of the year, and it is not clogged with traffic 24-7.
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    It would also start to fade if Houstonians as a rule did not start every conversation with visitors with complaints about humidity, including claims of severe heat and humdity in October, November, and December. ;-) And Houstonians need to refrain from making their second sentence in every conversation with outsiders being complaints about traffic. Then, Houstonians need to drive around their city and appreciate the very beautiful parts of town and place a bit of focus on those parts rather than always solely focusing on the less attractive parts (every city has its less attractive parts; I've never lived anywhere that the people were so insistent on focusing on the less attractive parts as Houstonians; citizens of most cities prefer to focus on their beautiful parts and pretend the less attractive parts don't exist)
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    Is it really "currently being restored"? I thought it was still at the talking/hoping stage.
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    Rice U
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    HBJ has an article saying a new IMAX theater will be going into Greenspoint Mall.
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    Not sure, but you seem to be comparing residents to residences. According to the article, City Centre has 1200 residents which you compare unfavorably to 2,500 downtown residences.
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    I think they plan to open in May.
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    Correct. In fact, I believe Houston's light rail line was a model for them.
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    If that was the case, wouldn't it be Woodsland? The Pavilion of course was indeed named for Mrs. Mitchell (and the name is Cynthia Woods Mitchell). I'm not buying the idea that The Woodlands was named for the Woods family. Pretty sure it was named for the woodlands in which it was built and to reflect the importance the design put on the preservation of the woodlands.
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    Not sure where dbig came up with that about the Heights, but I'm pretty sure it's not true. The Heights was 75 feet above sea level and 23 feet above the level of downtown Houston. The name Houston Heights then was a natural title and gave confidence to people hunting a healthful location. It is a matter of history that during the terrible yellow fever epidemics that periodically struck Houston, many people fled to the Heights and camped out until the siege subsided. I believe the Heights was developed well before the dredging of the ship channel.
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    Yes, there was a Canal Street, then a group looking to promote the area thought up the catchy name "Tribeca", copying the idea from the prior success of the catchy name thought up by a group wanting to promote the area south of the pre-existing Houston Street ("SoHO"). In exactly the same way that the developers of The Woodlands based the name on the pre-existing woodlands, the developers of the Heights based the name on the pre-existing elevation of the area, the developers of River Oaks based the name on the pre-existing river and oak trees. Regarding the source of the name for Montrose, so what? Do you really think Canal Street and Houston Street in Manhattan had those names when the Mayflower landed? Were those streets named in the Book of Genesis?
  21. Houston19514
    and Dallas ;-)
  22. Houston19514
    That was nothing but the Chron's typical negative spin on the same information.
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    Actually, neither SoHo nor TriBeCa were any more "organic" other than that they referenced something on a map. They were catchy names thought up by people wanting to promote the particular neighborhood. In that sense, The Woodlands, River Oaks, the Heights, Montrose, and even EaDo are every bit as organic.
  24. Houston19514
    Sweet! Thanks for the update and pic.
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    Technically, the Census has not released official 2010 results for any MSA's yet. Not sure why, but they do it this way every time. They have released the county numbers from which anyone can calculate the MSA numbers, but don't release the official MSA numbers until later. The estimates are independent of the 2010 Census. I presume they start with the latest census estimates (2009). Nevertheless, I too look forward to seeing the Philadelphia MSA numbers.
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