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  1. Houston19514
    Just walked by this building. They have apparently changed the name to “The Mond at the Museums “ (rather than The Mondrian...”). I presume there must have been some kind of copyright or trademark issue.
  2. Houston19514
    No. They are not selling it off, for scraps or otherwise. Yes, they are selling some assets (as almost always happens after a large acquisition). You can tell us the whole history of the oil patch and it doesn't make your claim true. There is no truth to the claim that Oxy bought Anadarko for the purpose of selling it off for scraps. That is an exaggeration, hyperbole, if you will. Yes, but that had nothing to do with the Anadarko transaction.
  3. Houston19514
    Yeah. I didn't put words in your mouth. Not even close. It is hyperbole, and NOT factual, to say (as you did) that Oxy "pretty much just bought Anadarko just so they could sell it off for scraps". I'm trying to make sense of your recent statement that you are not even saying that what Oxy did was wrong, in light of your earlier declaration to have nothing but disdain for Oxy because of what they did. Perhaps a little hyperbole in that initial post? 😉
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    Especially when the vast majority of the supposedly-feared affordable housing was already in existence or well underway when Marquette first came to town (and a big chunk of the rest is proposed replacement of existing housing Clayton Homes and part of Kelly Village). I suspect that the presence of affordable housing the neighborhood has nothing to do with any "hold" on this project (if there actually is a hold on the project).
  5. Houston19514
    Yes, they have sold some assets. Of course they have. But to say they bought Anadarko "just so they could sell it off for scraps" is hyperbole. By your own account they are not selling it all off (for scraps or otherwise). To the extent they have sold (or are going to sell) some assets, so what? Why is that a bad thing? (FWIW, Chevron probably would have sold off some Anadarko assets too. It's rare to find a major acquisition that doesn't lead to some follow-up asset sales.)
  6. Houston19514
    I don't think The Woodlands is getting the HQ. Pretty sure HQ is staying in Greenway Plaza. And not only did Oxy not buy Anadarko just so they could sell it off for scraps; they are not doing so.
  7. Houston19514
    1.250 parking spaces for each efficiency dwelling unit 1.333 parking spaces for each one-bedroom dwelling unit 1.666 parking spaces for each two-bedroom dwelling unit 2.0 parking spaces for each dwelling unit with 3 or more bedrooms
  8. Houston19514
    The Chronicle reported the news of Hsu's Houston office back in August. And the office had its grand opening about 6 weeks ago. Architectural Digest Nov 14, 2019 Houston Business Journal - August 26, 2019 Architectural Digest August 29, 2019 Globe St  September 16, 2019 Community Impact - Nov 27, 2019 Houston magazine - July 16, 2019 Archinect - Dec 11, 2019
  9. Houston19514
    Just a quick glance at the number of levels of parking suggests not very much, if any affect.
  10. Houston19514
    What were you hoping to see?
  11. Houston19514
    It should also be considered that it was most likely never intended to be anything but temporary.
  12. Houston19514
    So if you really want to get technical it is not considered Greenway Plaza or River Oaks (or Upper Kirby). It is not within the boundaries of any of those. It is near all of them so will likely be loosely (and technically incorrectly) referred to as being part of all three of those from time to time.
  13. Houston19514
    One thing we know with absolute certainty: It had/has nothing to do with any minimum parking requirements. (There are no minimum parking requirements in downtown Houston.)
  14. Houston19514
    Pretty sure it's in the area that no longer has parking minimums. But the elimination of city-imposed parking minimums does not eliminate the need for parking.
  15. Houston19514
    Very similar but not a carbon copy.
  16. Houston19514
    If there was ever an Almeda cap, it was out of the plan at least as early as May 2018.
  17. Houston19514
    I don't think they are saying that everything in the renderings will be completed in 2 years.
  18. Houston19514
    Have they really? Have "they" (meaning the people who will develop and build this building) ever actually announced any schedule or starting date?
  19. Houston19514
    There might be a case to be made for your plan, but tearing down the Embarcadero does nothing to support it. The Embarcadero was not a through-freeway, it was little more than an extended exit ramp; same for the Central Freeway.
  20. Houston19514
    The current state of the plan (and this was the case before the bond election), calls for connecting the Green Line and Purple Line ad extending the combined lines to Hobby Airport, by way of Telephone Road, not Broadway. http://www.metronext.org/moving-forward-plan/plan-by-service
  21. Houston19514
    We may indeed see an amazing transformation of this section of Broadway over the next decade, but it will be a little hard to credit a rail line for that transformation. (1) The rail line will maybe be completed towards the end of that decade and, see above comments regarding development based on promised public infrastructure (it doesn't happen), and (2) I'm pretty sure the planned rail line is on Telephone Road, not Broadway.
  22. Houston19514
    Yeah, no experienced developer is going to build something because of a promised rail line (or any other promised public infrastructure) unless and until the rail line is complete and operational. More to the point, I don't think the proposed rail service to Hobby even goes by this property. Last I saw, the plan runs the rail down Telephone Road, not Broadway.
  23. Houston19514
    This opened a long time ago (well before October).
  24. Houston19514
    So, it looks like this hotel is still alive. From the agenda for tomorrow's Houston First Corporation Board of Directors meeting: Executive Session: Executive (closed) session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.072 for the purpose of consultation with Houston First Counsel regarding certain real estate matters relating to the construction of a hotel on top of Partnership Tower. Board Business: A. Consideration and possible action with regard to a Development Agreement, Air Rights Lease and other ancillary documents with Texas Hospitality Partners, L.P. for the construction of a hotel on top of Partnership Tower.
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    But it was written to give the implication that Texas is operating uniquely. Wouldn't it be useful to have a journalist who could be bothered to provide us with some context, maybe some explanation of how these areas came to be designated? Houston has more opportunity zones than one might have expected largely because of fortuitous (for us) timing -- Harvey and its aftermath. "..using a multi-step process to identify eligible areas in particular need due to chronic unemployment, lower population density, and significant economic disruptors such as natural disasters within the past two years, Texas designated 628 census tracts in 145 counties as Opportunity Zones."
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