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  1. Houston19514
    Where do you suppose the realtors get their crime statistics?
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    Doesn't one of the new buildings at TMC have a roof garden? I'm thinking of that one building that was LEED certified.
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    But none of that "Cityview deal, the Management District, the gutting and rehabbing of almost the entire apartment district complete with elaborate marketing campaigns, landscaping parks and other upgrades" did anything to upgrade, rehab or reposition Greenspoint Mall. In fact, you can say they have not tried to reposition the mall, because in fact nothing has been attempted at the mall prior to this.
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    You might take a look at this... 2006 Retail Demand Study
  5. Houston19514
    I meant another hotel beyond the one under construction in Dallas (sorry if I was unclear). And when I say "I learned" that there will be no additional Ritz-Carlton's in Texas EVER, I was being sarcastic. That is what we were told in another thread by a certain board member who is a resident of a certain Texas metro area. Personally, I have no doubt that there will once again be a Ritz-Carlton in Houston, probably within 5 years or less.
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    I know I've been seeing only half-empty glasses ever since I learned that Ritz-Carlton will never ever open another hotel in the entire state of Texas. ;-)
  7. Houston19514
    Darn! I thought I'd found some hot news... :-(
  8. Houston19514
    Nope. I don't know. ;-) But I have never heard that before and would very much doubt it .
  9. Houston19514
    The building was not built by and is not, and has never been, owned by Texaco. Texaco was just a tenant.
  10. Houston19514
    I just saw this on the Houstondowntown.com website: "Wulfe has wooed fashionable tenants such as American Apparel, local retailer Uncle Funky
  11. Houston19514
    But if that were the case, one would expect a mortgage (or deed of trust) to be recorded. I don't find anything.
  12. Houston19514
    Bank of America (formerly NationsBank, formerly NCNB, formerly North Carolina National Bank) is headquartered in Charolotte, not in San Francisco, and is indeed the largest company headquartered in Charlotte.
  13. Houston19514
    Wow, you're really going out on a limb with that prediction. . . Isn't Mosaic already under construction?
  14. Houston19514
    . . . and . . . shouldn't you be out on a ledge somewhere?
  15. Houston19514
    I saw an ad in the the Chronicle last week for a HUGE development on the very western tip of Galveston Island, named Pointe West. Have we known about this before?
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    But the deal DID go through. According to HCAD and Harris County Clerk's records, Landco bought the property from the Maharishi in 2004 and Landco still owns the property. One customarily conducts due diligence before recording the deed ;-) I suppose it could be possible that the deal came unwound afterwards, but no reversion to the Maharishi appears in the county records yet... Is nobody else here the least bit curious about the Maharishi advertising to sell property he does not appear to own?
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    Hasn't Randall Davis already gone well beyond his original loft building genre... and apparently so far managed to avoid bankruptcy?
  18. Houston19514
    Hmmm... That seems odd. Why can't I find the listing? It's especially odd given that, according to HCAD records, the "Peace Foundation" does not own the building. It is owned by Landco (Raider).
  19. Houston19514
    That's all correct, except for you conclusion. They did change the name. The Hilton's address is 1600 Lamar. No havoc created because the Hilton is the only thing on that short stretch of street.
  20. Houston19514
    But the same can be said about office buildings, shopping centers, restaurants, airports, performing arts centers, museums, hospitals, stadia, convention centers, etc etc etc.
  21. Houston19514
    Notice the second clause of the following sentence taken from the article: "The project is set to break ground at the end of this year and open in 2009, with parts opening much sooner ." A couple factors involved in the longer construction timetable would be: This project is larger than the Houston Pavilions project. This project involves building new structures, then relocating current tenants to the new structures, then destroying existing buildings and building replacement structures; a good deal more complicated and time-consuming than starting with a stretch of empty land.
  22. Houston19514
    Yes, the park will cover approximately 2-3 blocks worth of surface lots
  23. Houston19514
    And we should note it takes 1 hour and 5 minutes to travel the 32 miles between downtown Dallas and downtown Ft. Worth. (One thing you have ignored is the deceleration and acceleration time required for each stop. Even if they only stay at the station for 1 or 2 minutes, the total time lost is perhaps at least 5 minutes for each stop.) If a train ran at the same pace from Galveston to downtown Houston, we're talking something like a 1 3/4 hour trip.
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    HMMM... I see what you are saying. I took the 8 available from Shirley Sanders.com, not HAR, because I thought her information was pretty reliable. Her website shows that 1 sold in March, 4 sold in April and that at the end of April, 15 were pending. That still doesn't account for the 75 unsold shown on HCAD.
  25. Houston19514
    I don't know what to tell you about all of the empty rooms you are seeing, but there are only about 8 units available for sale.
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