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I hope they coordinate the rebuild of Emancipation with Metro's building of BRT (which unfortunately won't be starting in 2022).

Retail Leasing Flyer for Texas Tower Chicago-based Italian restaurant Etta will take one of the spaces; likely Texas @ Travis More good news: The same company bringing Etta to Texas Tower has also leased the Pavilion space (the round part) for another concept. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2021/06/16/what-if-syndicate-etta-restaurant-texas-tower.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=ho&ana=e_ho_ae&j=24169560&senddate=2021-06-16

That 2,000square foot lot is very odd. I wonder how that separated ownership ever came to be.

So... you think you saw a land bridge and you think it might have been in Alberta and you think it might have had a fence? Good to know. 🙄 https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/banffs-famed-wildlife-overpasses-turn-20-world-looks-canada-conservation-inspiration The fencing (on both the bridges and the entire roadway) in Alberta, is there to eliminate deadly collisions between vehicles and wildlife (deadly for wildlife as well as humans). Pretty different situation from the bridges being built in Memorial Park My best guess is: No fencing. I don't recall this video being posted here.

Good question. From the City Council minutes documents, it looks like the lease terms will actually provide for more than full cost recovery. First, at least in the first 10 years, there is a built-in escalator of 2.5% annually. Second, the lease terms appear to add up to 145% cost recovery (plus the value of the annual escalators). (2.5% per year for the first 5 years; 5% per year for the second 5 years; 10% per years for the third five years; and 11.5% per year for the fourth five years). In addition to that, the lease will charge them an additional amount for the ground lease, based on a FMV set by appraisal. PLUS, the City has allocated up to $4 Million for planning and design. If the company ends up not entering in to the lease, they will be required to reimburse the city for that.

Even if they don't hold in business or hold up their end of the deal, that hardly turns this transaction in to welfare. The City would still not be giving the company anything. And any hypothetical tax [breaks] that might be imagined in the future don't change the reality of this transaction.

BisNow had an articl BisNow did an article about this: https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/economic-development/houston-in-third-place-for-most-number-of-fortune-500-hqs-109194?utm_source=outbound_pub_4&utm_campaign=outbound_issue_48954&utm_content=outbound_link_1&utm_medium=email Metro areas: New York City: 64 Chicago: 35 Houston: 24 DFW: 22

I overstated it when I said the Uptown traffic formerly had to get on the Loop. But you are overstating it when you say that traffic had the same direct access to 59 before this project began. That is really not true at all. Before this project began, all of the Uptown traffic (traffic from Westheimer and W Alabama), both north and southbound had to mix with all the traffic coming from the West Loop lanes, with massive amounts of merging and lane-weaving required. Now, the Uptown traffic goes truly directly to both 69 northbound and 69 southbound, without having to first join with (and weave with) the traffic exiting the Loop mainlines (only joining with the traffic coming from the West Loop after all of the directional un-mixing has been accomplished -- no weaving required). Furthermore, there will now be two lanes fully dedicated to carrying Loop traffic on to Southbound 69 (the direction that needs the additional capacity) PLUS the additional lane carrying the Uptown traffic on to Southbound 69, PLUS the Northbound Loop traffic coming to southbound 69 will not join the that same ramp as it did before. So the net result should be pretty significant increased capacity for the ramps to southbound 69.

They already have a parking garage underneath the building. This may just some work on/addition to that space.

Yes, in the Houston market, they have developed the hybrid HEB Market stores, rather than expanding the Central Market concept. (Not all HEB's are "Market"s)

Your post and the prior one rather step on your point. ;-) In any event, it's a little short of "welfare" to lease a building out to someone at a price that will fully repay the costs (and at the end of the lease, the City still owns the land and the building).

Scanlan Fountain (Sam Houston Park, downtown) Smith Fountain (Smith at Clay, downtown) Hermann Square (City Hall, downtown) Main Street Square (downtown) Tranquility Park (downtown) Jones Plaza (downtown) Downtown Aquarium water table (downtown) Allen Center Courtyard (downtown) Downtown Aquarium water wall (downtown) Cotswold #1, Preston @ Smith (downtown) Cotswold #2, Preston @ Louisiana (downtown)A pair of fountains resembling two man hole covers that are open with water shooting up. There are concrete shaped safety cones surrounding the fountain. (Turned off - homeless issues) Cotswold #3, Preston @ Market Square (downtown) working Cotswold #4, Preston @ Main (downtown) turned off - homeless issues Cotswold #5, Preston @Main (downtown) turned off - homeless issues Cotswold #6, Preston @ San Jacinto (downtown) Cotswold #7, Preston @ Caroline (downtown) Cotswold #8, Preston @ Crawford (downtown) Cotswold #9, Prairie @ Travis (downtown) Misttree (Discovery Green, downtown) Water jet table (Discovery Green, downtown) 1100 Louisiana fountain (downtown) Wells Fargo Plaza water wall (downtown) Sesquicentennial Park (downtown) Wortham Fountain (Buffalo Bayou Park) Mecom Fountain (Museum District) Wortham Park fountain (Medical Center) Medical Center Commons water wall (Medical Center) HMNS sundial fountain (Museum Disrict) HMNI floating sphere fountain (Museum District) Hermann Park Reflecting pool fountain (Museum District) Hermann Park McGovern Lake fountain (Museum District) George Hermann statue fountain (Museum District) Midtown Square (midtown) South Main Baptist (midtown) Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza fountain (Museum District) MFAH entry plaza fountain (Museum District) MFAH outdoor dining fountain (Museum District) Caruth Plaza fountain 1 (NRG Park) Brockman Hall for Physics (Rice U) Jones College Fountain (Rice U) Brochstein Pavilion fountain (Rice U) Jamail Plaza (Rice U) Charlotte Allen Fountain (Baldwin Park, midtown) The Transco Waterwall (Uptown) Hidalgo Park fountain (Uptown) Post Oak Central fountain (Uptown) Uptown Park fountain (Uptown) Royal Sonesta (Uptown) Lakes on Post Oak (Uptown) America Tower (Allen Parkway) Amli (?) apartments (Allen Parkway) Humble Tower hotel building fountain (downtown) Market Square 9/11 fountain (downtown) Cotswold #12, Congress @ Market Square (downtown) Root Memorial Square (downtown) Sisters of Charity Park (downtown) Contemporary Arts Museum (Museum District) Christ Church Cathedral (downtown) Cullen Plaza Fountain (UH) MD Anderson Library fountain (UH) The Williams Fountain (HBU) Farish Hall fountain (UH) Regency Square Fountainview 1 Fountainview 2 Fountainview 3 Waterway Square fountain 1 (The Woodlands) Market Street Square fountain (The Woodlands) Woodlands Waterway fountain (The Woodlands) Waterway Square fountain 2 (The Woodlands) City Centre Plaza fountain (City Centre) Peggy's Point Plaza (Midtown) Hobby Airport (Hobby) Kingwood entrance fountains (Kingwood) The Fountains Shopping Center (Stafford) NRG Park South Main fountains (NRG Park) Memorial Hermann (Medical Center) Baylor College of Medicine (Medical Center) MD Anderson on Holcombe Blve (Medical Center) MD Anderson at MD Anderson and Holcombe -Leroy Melcher Jr Memorial Fountain (Medical Center) Asia Society Texas (Museum District) Bell Park (Museum District) Houston Methodist West (Katy Freeway) Texas Childrens West (Katy Freeway) Rosenberg Fountain, 31st & Seawall (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 12th & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 15th & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 20th & N1/2 (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Post Office (Galveston) Rosenberg Library Fountain, 24th & Ball (Galveston) The Heron, Ashton Villa (Galveston) San Luis (Galveston) Moody Gardens (Galveston) Chase Tower (downtown) Jones Hall (downtown) Guadalupe Plaza Park (East Downtown) Kugel Ball Fountain (Hermann Park) Hyde Park Fountain, Lamar Park (Montrose) Lilian Schnitzer Fountain (Hermann Park) Neuhaus Fountain, Sam Houston Park (Downtown) Sleepy Hollow Fountain, Sleepy Hollow Park, Houston Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land) The Woodlands Mall 1 at the waterway (The Woodlands) The Woodlands Mall 2 at the waterway (The Woodlands) Anadarko Tower (The Woodlands) 1455 West Loop South (Uptown) Landry's HQ 1 (Uptown) Landry's HQ 2 (Uptown) Hess Tower (Downtown) Second Baptist (Houston) The Diana Fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks) Mrs. Parker's Fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks) Cascading fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks) East Garden fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks) Kemah Boardwalk 1 (Bay Area) Kemah Boardwalk 2 (Bay Area) One Sugar Creek Place fountain (Sugar Land) Sugar Creek entry fountains (Sugar Land) Brazos Town Center fountain (Rosenberg) City of Rosenberg south welcome sign/waterfall (Rosenberg) George Memorial Library Amphitheater Fountain (Richmond) KBR Tower, Cullen Center (Downtown) Hong Kong Mall St. Paul's Methodist Church One Post Oak Central, Apache (Uptown) Courthouse Square, Family Law Center (Downtown) Cotswold #10, Congress @ Main (Downtown) Cotswold #11, Congress @ Main (Downtown) 5050 Westheimer (Uptown) Kings Harbor (Kingwood) Green Street 1 (Downtown) Green Street 2 (Downtown) Green Street 3 (Downtown) Memorial City Treehouse (Memorial City) Nexen Building (Memorial City) Cobalt 1 (Memorial City) Cobalt 2 (Memorial City) Air Liquide Building 1 (Memorial City) Air Liquide Building 2 (Memorial City) Murphy 1 (Memorial City) Murphy 2 (Memorial City) The Fountains at Memorial City (Memorial City) 2929 Weslayan West Loop South (Uptown) The Mound- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park) Pavilion fountain- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park) Hanover Southampton (The Village) Hotel ZaZa - Memorial City (Memorial City) Wings Over Water @ Avenida Houston (Downtown) Glassell School of Art - Brown Foundation Plaza (Museum District) Catalyst - 1475 Texas Ave. (Downtown) Harmonica Man Park (?) Brazos and Pease (Downtown) Camden Pavilion Fountain - Midtown Park (Midtown) Waterfalls - Midtown Park (Midtown) Energy Center Five (Energy Corridor) Citgo headquarters (Energy Corridor) First Baptist (Houston) HEB Montrose Market (Montrose) MLK Humanities Building (TSU) Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Holcombe Blvd. (Medical Center) Midtown Plaza water feature, Main @ McGowen (Midtown) Houston Botanic Garden - Entry Plaza MFA-H Kinder Building/Cullen Sculpture Garden (Museum District) Houston Zoo (Museum District/TMC) MFA-H Kinder Building "Inner Landscape" (Museum District) George Bush monument (Downtown) Alexan River Oaks (Upper Kirby/River Oaks) Houston Center (Downtown) Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (Conroe) Houston Botanic Garden - Culinary Gardens Highland Village - River Oaks Hermann Museum Circle Drive (Museum District) Kingwood Town Center - Kingwood Caruth Plaza Fountain 2 (NRG Park) Smart Financial Center (Sugar Land) Cemex Building (Memorial City) University of St Thomas Labyrinth I (Montrose/Museum District) University of St Thomas Labyrinth II (Montrose/Museum District) University of St Thomas Labyrinth III (Montrose/Museum District) Blossom Hotel (Medical Center) Hungry's restaurant (Rice Village) POST Roof park Downtown Aquarium Marlin Fountain (Downtown) Glenwood Cemetery - entrance to Glenwood Cemetery Falling Water - Evelyn's Park (Bellaire) Heritage Park Fountain - Pearland Sweetwater Country Club - Sugar Land Webster's Falls - Webster Legacy - Nassau Bay City Hall - Nassau Bay Old Town Spring Fountain - Spring League Park - League City Falcon Ranch Entrance Falcon Point Golf Course Grand Harbor #1 Grand Harbor Grand Harbor #2 Grand Harbor Grand Harbor #3 Grand Harbor Grand Harbor #4 Grand Harbor Harvest Plaza Fountain - downtown Katy Railroad Depot Plaza Fountain - Tomball Double Dragon - Hunan Garden - Rosenberg Memorial Fountain, Memorial Park - Texas City Union Carbide 80th Jubilee Fountain - Texas City Centennial Fountain - Texas City Pioneer Fountain - Texas City Pocket Park Fountain - West Columbia Railroad Museum Fountain - Galveston Wortham Fountain, UTMB - Galveston Bryan Museum Fountain - Galveston Hotel Galvez Fountain - Galveston Cedar Brake Park - Montgomery Memory Park - Montgomery St Mary's Catholic Church - Plantersville

Where did they say Central Markets are not profitable or that the Houston Central Market is not profitable?

Scanlan Fountain (Sam Houston Park, downtown) Smith Fountain (Smith at Clay, downtown) Hermann Square (City Hall, downtown) Main Street Square (downtown) Tranquility Park (downtown) Jones Plaza (downtown) Downtown Aquarium water table (downtown) Allen Center Courtyard (downtown) Downtown Aquarium water wall (downtown) Cotswold #1, Preston @ Smith (downtown) Cotswold #2, Preston @ Louisiana (downtown) Cotswold #3, Preston @ Market Square (downtown) Cotswold #4, Preston @ Main (downtown) Cotswold #5, Preston @Main (downtown) Cotswold #6, Preston @ San Jacinto (downtown) Cotswold #7, Preston @ Caroline (downtown) Cotswold #8, Preston @ Crawford (downtown) Cotswold #9, Prairie @ Travis (downtown) Misttree (Discovery Green, downtown) Water jet table (Discovery Green, downtown) 1100 Louisiana fountain (downtown) Wells Fargo Plaza water wall (downtown) Sesquicentennial Park (downtown) Wortham Fountain (Buffalo Bayou Park) Mecom Fountain (Museum District) Wortham Park fountain (Medical Center) Medical Center Commons water wall (Medical Center) HMNS sundial fountain (Museum Disrict) HMNI floating sphere fountain (Museum District) Hermann Park Reflecting pool fountain (Museum District) Hermann Park McGovern Lake fountain (Museum District) George Hermann statue fountain (Museum District) Midtown Square (midtown) South Main Baptist (midtown) Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza fountain (Museum District) MFAH entry plaza fountain (Museum District) MFAH outdoor dining fountain (Museum District) Caruth Plaza fountain 1 (NRG Park) Brockman Hall for Physics (Rice U) Jones College Fountain (Rice U) Brochstein Pavilion fountain (Rice U) Jamail Plaza (Rice U) Charlotte Allen Fountain (Baldwin Park, midtown) The Transco Waterwall (Uptown) Hidalgo Park fountain (Uptown) Post Oak Central fountain (Uptown) Uptown Park fountain (Uptown) Royal Sonesta (Uptown) Lakes on Post Oak (Uptown) America Tower (Allen Parkway) Amli (?) apartments (Allen Parkway) Humble Tower hotel building fountain (downtown) Market Square 9/11 fountain (downtown) Cotswold #12, Congress @ Market Square (downtown) Root Memorial Square (downtown) Sisters of Charity Park (downtown) Contemporary Arts Museum (Museum District) Christ Church Cathedral (downtown) Cullen Plaza Fountain (UH) MD Anderson Library fountain (UH) The Williams Fountain (HBU) Farish Hall fountain (UH) Regency Square Fountainview 1 Fountainview 2 Fountainview 3 Waterway Square fountain 1 (The Woodlands) Market Street Square fountain (The Woodlands) Woodlands Waterway fountain (The Woodlands) Waterway Square fountain 2 (The Woodlands) City Centre Plaza fountain (City Centre) Peggy's Point Plaza (Midtown) Hobby Airport (Hobby) Kingwood entrance fountains (Kingwood) The Fountains Shopping Center (Stafford) NRG Park South Main fountains (NRG Park) Memorial Hermann (Medical Center) Baylor College of Medicine (Medical Center) MD Anderson on Holcombe Blve (Medical Center) MD Anderson at MD Anderson and Holcombe (Medical Center) Asia Society Texas (Museum District) Bell Park (Museum District) Houston Methodist West (Katy Freeway) Texas Childrens West (Katy Freeway) Rosenberg Fountain, 31st & Seawall (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 12th & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 15th & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 20th & N1/2 (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Ball (Galveston) Rosenberg Fountain, 21st & Post Office (Galveston) Rosenberg Library Fountain, 24th & Ball (Galveston) The Heron, Ashton Villa (Galveston) San Luis (Galveston) Moody Gardens (Galveston) Chase Tower (downtown) Jones Hall (downtown) Guadalupe Plaza Park (East Downtown) Kugel Ball Fountain (Hermann Park) Hyde Park Fountain, Lamar Park (Montrose) Lilian Schnitzer Fountain (Hermann Park) Neuhaus Fountain, Sam Houston Park (Downtown) Sleepy Hollow Fountain, Sleepy Hollow Park, Houston Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land) The Woodlands Mall 1 at the waterway (The Woodlands) The Woodlands Mall 2 at the waterway (The Woodlands) Anadarko Tower (The Woodlands) 1455 West Loop South (Uptown) Landry's HQ 1 (Uptown) Landry's HQ 2 (Uptown) Hess Tower (Downtown) Second Baptist (Houston) The Diana Fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks) Mrs. Parker's Fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks) Cascading fountain, Rienzi, MFAH (River Oaks) East Garden fountain, Bayou Bend, MFAH (River Oaks) Kemah Boardwalk 1 (Bay Area) Kemah Boardwalk 2 (Bay Area) One Sugar Creek Place fountain (Sugar Land) Sugar Creek entry fountains (Sugar Land) Brazos Town Center fountain (Rosenberg) City of Rosenberg south welcome sign/waterfall (Rosenberg) George Memorial Library Amphitheater Fountain (Richmond) KBR Tower, Cullen Center (Downtown) Hong Kong Mall St. Paul's Methodist Church One Post Oak Central, Apache (Uptown) Courthouse Square, Family Law Center (Downtown) Cotswold #10, Congress @ Main (Downtown) Cotswold #11, Congress @ Main (Downtown) 5050 Westheimer (Uptown) Kings Harbor (Kingwood) Green Street 1 (Downtown) Green Street 2 (Downtown) Green Street 3 (Downtown) Memorial City Treehouse (Memorial City) Nexen Building (Memorial City) Cobalt 1 (Memorial City) Cobalt 2 (Memorial City) Air Liquide Building 1 (Memorial City) Air Liquide Building 2 (Memorial City) Murphy 1 (Memorial City) Murphy 2 (Memorial City) The Fountains at Memorial City (Memorial City) 2929 Weslayan West Loop South (Uptown) The Mound- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park) Pavilion fountain- Centennial Gardens (Hermann Park) Hanover Southampton (The Village) Hotel ZaZa - Memorial City (Memorial City) Wings Over Water @ Avenida Houston (Downtown) Glassell School of Art - Brown Foundation Plaza (Museum District) Catalyst - 1475 Texas Ave. (Downtown) Harmonica Man Park (?) Brazos and Pease (Downtown) Camden Pavilion Fountain - Midtown Park (Midtown) Waterfalls - Midtown Park (Midtown) Energy Center Five (Energy Corridor) Citgo headquarters (Energy Corridor) First Baptist (Houston) HEB Montrose Market (Montrose) MLK Humanities Building (TSU) Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Holcombe Blvd. (Medical Center) Midtown Plaza water feature, Main @ McGowen (Midtown) Houston Botanic Garden - Entry Plaza MFA-H Kinder Building/Cullen Sculpture Garden (Museum District) Houston Zoo (Museum District/TMC) MFA-H Kinder Building "Inner Landscape" (Museum District) George Bush monument (Downtown) Alexan River Oaks (Upper Kirby/River Oaks) Houston Center (Downtown) Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (Conroe) Houston Botanic Garden - Culinary Gardens Highland Village - River Oaks Hermann Museum Circle Drive (Museum District) Kingwood Town Center - Kingwood Caruth Plaza Fountain 2 (NRG Park) Smart Financial Center (Sugar Land) Cemex Building (Memorial City)

The ramp actually is two lanes. Yes, only one lane goes from the Loop to the ramp, but what people are apparently not noticing here is that a lot of the traffic coming from Uptown will no longer be getting on to the Loop at all, but going directly to the ramps to I-69. Works really well.

Apparently they forgot the asterisk on the website. ;-) Yes, the general rule for Houston parks is dawn to dusk, but that is a general rule and applies except where it doesn't. Hermann Park, Memorial Park, the lighted portions of Buffalo Bayou Park are all open until 11 pm.

I do not. :-(

To be clear, that is not a "preliminary" number. That is the July 1 population estimate, a different set of numbers than the official decadal census. FWIW, the annual growth estimates are as follows: July 1, 2010-2011: 108,823 July 1, 2011-2012: 127,111 July 1, 2012-2013: 144,503 July 1, 2013-2014: 171,753 July 1, 2014-2015: 171,428 July 1, 2015-2016: 135,512 July 1, 2016-2017: 92,597 July 1, 2017-2018: 76,036 July 1, 2018-2019: 88,452 July1, 2019-2020: 91,078 I think the slow-down was probably more a result of the drop in oil prices than Harvey (the biggest drop in growth occurred pre-Harvey).

I'm a little skeptical of that answer, because the premise (that all parks are closed from dusk until dawn) is false.

webcam https://app.oxblue.com/open/houstonfirst/lynnwyattsq

And 610 east bound to 288 north is pretty awesome as well.

This version of the plaza was not built at the same time as Jones Hall. The current version was built in, I believe, 2001.

New Fortune 500 list out today. Houston metro area has 23 (up from 22 last year) on the list (21 in Houston, 1 in The Woodlands, 1 in Katy). 13 of the 23 are oil & gas industry, 2 chemical companies. In 2014, we had 23 companies in the Fortune 500 and 18 of them were in Oil & Gas. In reality, we have 24; they still list NRG (#333) as being headquartered in New Jersey, but it is now fully-headquartered in Houston. So our concentration in Oil & Gas is now just barely above 50% (13 of 24). Phillips 66 Sysco Enterprise Products Partners Hewlett Packard Enterprise Plains GP Holdings Baker Hughes ConocoPhillips Occidental Petroleum Waste Management Halliburton Kinder Morgan Quanta Services EOG Resources Group 1 Automotive Cheniere Energy CenterPoint Energy Targa Resources Westlake Chemical NOV Huntsman Crown Castle International KBR Academy Sports & Outdoors Calpine dropped out because they are now privately-held. Apache (now known as APA) dropped to #595. New to the list for Houston are Academy Sports & Outdoors (went public), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (relocated from California) and KBR (up from #501 last year). We have an additional 16 in the Fortune 1000. 9 of the 16 are oil & gas industry. APA (Apache) Insperity American National Group Service Corp. International Par Pacific Holdings Marathon Oil Comfort Systems USA Western Midstream Partners MRC Global LGI Homes Southwestern Energy Stewart Information Services Crestwood Equity Partners Kirby Murphy Oil ChampionX

See page 5 of this topic.

If by "this specific Federal Prison" you are referring to the downtown Houston Federal Detention Center, I'm pretty sure your statement is incorrect. It is not just low-risk and it is not just females. It houses both males and females, of all security levels, for short-term stays.