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  1. Houston19514
    No. Just because they have decided to leave it in place doesn't change the reality. It is still what it is and is still subject to removal. More detail from CTBUH: Functional-technical equipment: this is intended to recognize that functional-technical equipment is subject to removal/addition/change as per prevalent technologies, as is often seen in tall buildings (e.g., antennae, signage, wind turbines, etc. are periodically added, shortened, lengthened, removed and/or replaced)." If the mast qualified as an architectural element, it would have done so from the beginning, regardless of whether it also served as an antenna or had antennae attached to it.
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    I believe the City, BBP, Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County now own essentially all of this land. I believe 1119 Commerce is slated for demolition soon for flood control projects. I think that will leave only the two Harris County buildings (the functions of one of which recently moved across the Bayou). So maybe the Commerce Street plan (or at least the parkland concept), still has life.
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    There is no double helix building as was originally envisioned. The new/current double helix plan is park/open space.
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    Are you sure that is not just for the classes? I didn't think anything was required to just use the park (other than wearing a helmet).
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    I guess you can have your own reality, but CTBUH (and not TheSirDingle) is widely accepted as the authority on building height determinations and they do not count antennae and the like. We do NOT have a third supertall. But we do still reign as the great (and only) supertall city of Texas.
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    Is this really materially different from skateboard parks that we currently have in Buffalo Bayou Park and elsewhere in the city, with regard to risk? We don't require memberships or admission fees to use them (and I'm not sure where the idea came from that this park would be "behind a paywall").
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    Yes, they moved away from the double helix building design some time ago. If "they" is referring to the Texas Medical Center, I am pretty sure "they" have stopped using the old renderings. The podcast and renderings that triggered this conversation were not published by the TMC, but were on the website of BuildCentral. BuildCentral is in Chicago and develops and markets innovative database products that help suppliers and vendors find new opportunities and customers. Our focused markets include construction, medical, hospitality, and multi-family.
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    Here is the link to the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan Summary.
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    The antenna mast does not count as part of the total height of the building. The CTBUH does not include "antennae, signage, flagpoles or other functional-technical equipment" in height measurements. https://www.ctbuh.org/criteria/
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    So you're frustration is anticipatory... There doesn't seem to be any reason to think they are going to close existing fields before opening new ones.
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    Even if that is so, why does that frustrate you? What is the issue?
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    It's a distribution center, not a factory. Likely will employ less than 200 people, judging from what they employ at other distribution centers. (See, for example: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070627005739/en/IKEA-Opens-State-of-the-Art-Distribution-Center-Savannah-Company)
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    The plan includes removing invasive trees and plants.
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    Can you give us a little more information? It is not clear what your issue is and what changes you are saying they have made.
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    3rd Quarter, 2019: A net 157 units were absorbed in the CBD, while zero new units were delivered. (Assuming 1.4 people per occupied apartment, downtown added about 75 people per month during the 3rd quarter) 88.9% occupancy. (CBRE's reports can be frustrating at times. Last quarter they reported 90.3% occupancy. With additional net leasing and no deliveries, it's a simple mathematical certainty that occupancy would go up, not down...) The "Central Houston" market (downtown, Montrose/Museum/Midtown, Heights/Wash Ave., Highland Village/Upper Kirby/West U, and Med Center/Braes Bayou) delivered 918 new units during the quarter, with 869 units net absorption (for approximately 1,200 additional residents).
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    Most of those projects were Skanska's construction arm, not development (Skanska was a construction contractor, not the owner or developer). Here are links to projects on which they were/are the developer: https://www.usa.skanska.com/what-we-deliver/invest--develop/commercial-development/office_mixed-use/ https://www.usa.skanska.com/what-we-deliver/invest--develop/commercial-development/multi-family/
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    Bartender at Bacco Wine
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    It is the Bacco Beer Garden.
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    What makes Pennzoil Place Post Modern as opposed to modern?
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    and 1500 Louisiana peeking out, and Heritage Plaza being complete.
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    Almost as if it was set in a street grid.
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    Good stuff. But I think 2.07 per unit occupancy is probably too high. I think 1.4 per occupied unit is a more likely average, which would put our current population at 7754 (but this seems to only include rental units; there are an additional several hundred living in condos).
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    It's not growing the fastest in Houston (and that is not what the article says).
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    Total employment in the Houston metro area is approximately 3 million. Around 3 - 5% work from home.
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    That's sort of like saying "if it's successful, it will be successful." Will a commuter rail system get 10% or higher of commuters? How much of a commuter rail system do we need in order to have a realistic shot at achieving that number? And at what cost?
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