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    Good article in the Business Journal about Greentown Labs in the former Fiesta building.
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    I'm pretty sure they had said they were trying to find a place/use for it. In the process, I believe it blew over (or was vandalized), so it may have been seriously damaged. LOL I'm not sure you appreciate just how large that sign was.
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    I'm not sure exactly why, but I've been pretty skeptical about that 98 Red River project since it first came to light. Perhaps the Austin Business Journal shares my skepticism (or knows even more).
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    That's interesting. Had we previously seen any indication that UH was participating in TMC3?
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    Have you looked at the application? Maybe it's in there?
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    Wells Fargo Plaza is not measured from the tunnel level. Its recorded height of 992' starts at street level and includes the "oval, teal colored, integral penthouse". https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/wells-fargo-plaza/493 Re: the "government records" that show the top of the penthouse at 999'. I've noticed those FAA filings often file for a slightly greater height than they actually need.
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    The photos on their website shows an entrance from the plaza area.
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    The Bellaire line is also slated to be a BOOST route. Also, I think the Asia Town/International District will be served by BOOST routes on Beechnut and Gessner, not to mention a pretty easy connection from the University Line BRT.
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    Construction on Lynn Wyatt Square should start in March.
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    I think it's the Concert/music venue?
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    The 82-Westheimer BOOST route: It appears they plan to use both lower Westheimer and the Southwest Freeway. Perhaps they plan to run locals and expresses? They plan 2-way HOVs on Southwest Freeway (they are currently one-way only) starting at Spur 527. I think the 82-Westheimer BOOST will use those from the Spur to Edloe. Information presented at a Metro committee meeting earlier this week said "January 2021 Solicitation Request to Issue RFQ for design services".
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    I don't know who said the Inner Katy BRT is the only major project from MetroNext that's "in progress" or what they exactly meant by that, but to be clear, there are at least 3 BOOST corridors that are very much in progress and the University BRT is also in progress. It seems unlikely we would see ground breaking on the Inner Katy BRT this year. They are "hoping" to achieve LPA (locally preferred alternative) "later this year." Construction would almost certainly be some months after achieving LPA, if not more.
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    I think Cspwal and Rechlin might be reading too much into the maps. While they are at times a bit ambiguous about it, in the clearest statement, the MetroNext website says that the Inner Katy BRT will "enable you to connect between Downtown and Uptown without transferring."
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    That will be interesting. I wonder if those same stations can handle three (actually four) lines, each providing pretty frequent service. Currently, there's a train every nine minutes. I would expect the BRT lines will run, at minimum, every 15 minutes. That's already about 11 movements at each station every hour. I wonder what the maximum feasible would be, especially when it involves integrating schedules of 4 different lines.
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    I think that is still in design/negotiation with TXDoT.
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    https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Baylor-medical-school-falls-from-Top-20-1706238.php
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    In fairness, the 22nd ranking is for Medical Schools: Research. BCM is also # 4 in Medical Schools: Primary Care Also, re: BCM's "drop" in Research rankings. I think that is more a matter of not having really deserved the earlier top 15/top 10 rankings (they were apparently somehow allowed to take credit for research at MD Anderson in those earlier years). If they re-ranked without the MD Anderson research, there probably would not be the slide in BCM's rankings. As to the non-mergers, that was 11 years ago. They seem to have righted the ship some time ago (and I think it's reflected in their bond ratings).
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    Start watching at 44:05 to get a great overview of TMC3, including the park spaces.
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    FWIW, the last I saw, the concert venue is planned for a later phase, along with a planned hotel conversion of the office tower.
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    Another thing to consider is how big of a house do people want? If you don't want 3,000 square feet, your options in River Oaks are pretty limited. In the part of river Oaks between Shepherd and Kirby I only find 5, two of which are marketed for lot value. The per square foot asking price of the other three: $641.03 $763.51 $570.38 (and probably needs updating, for most buyers) If one wants to stay under 2,000 square feet (the size of the first Mimosa Terrace example), your only option in River Oaks is to buy a lot or a tear-down and build. In the area between Shepherd and Kirby that will run you anywhere from $825,000 to $1.9 Million. For a 1,947 square foot residence (the size of the Mimosa Terrace example), that puts you at $423.73 - $975.86/square foot before construction. I also don't think Houston's prices of condos vs single-family are particularly unusual compared to other cities. It is almost certainly hyperbole to say that an apartment being more expensive (per square foot) than a standalone house would be unthinkable in other (actually dense) cities. For example, apartments selling for higher prices per square foot than nearby single-family residences in Chicago is clearly not unthinkable.
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    907 Westheimer is on the south side of the street. Probably the new FM Kitchen?
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    Has there really been that much of a slow-down? It seems like we've had projects starting up pretty regularly all through the pandemic.
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    Also, linen-wool blends, tropical wool, seersucker. There are plenty of suit options for hot weather. And as others have mentioned, it's not as if one hangs around outside on a summer' mid-afternoon, wearing a suit.
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    Not that facts matter, but Houston doesn't actually hit 100 degrees that often and it safe to say it has NEVER been 100 degrees at midnight and it has certainly NEVER been 100 degrees with 100% humidity. That does not happen. Nor do we have 90 degrees with 90 % humidity as is often (falsely) claimed. And anyone who thinks 70 degrees is a hot day in NYC has apparently not spent much time in the summer in NYC. It can be every bit as miserably hot and uncomfortable as Houston (worse actually, because there is little escape from it... they don't do A/C nearly as well as we do.)
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    Exactly! Similar to the arrangement between the Museum of Fine Arts and First Presbyterian Church.
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