bachanon Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 the tower behind it has a slight vertical radius that interests me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 the tower behind it has a slight vertical radius that interests me.I saw that too. Reminds me of that curved building in London. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Whoa! I like the rendering but WHAT THE HECK IS THAT BEHIND IT?!?!?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I think it was going to be a hotel. A Ritz Carlton but it was scraped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellanious Caesar Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I think it was going to be a hotel. A Ritz Carlton but it was scraped.No that doesn't look like the formerly proposed Ritz Carlton at BLVD Place. That building had beige colors on the outside, turquoise on the inside and it's entire design was straight as a line. This building back there gets narrower as you go up. It's not a straight design and doesn't look like the Ritz either. It's probably an office tower for something. Is BLVD Place located behind BBVA Compass? If it is, then that building COULD just be the Apache Tower OR the second office building BLVD Place has visioned for its development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblelino Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Its just a filler someone added to the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Its just a filler someone added to the pic.Ugh I hope not. That one looks even better and taller than the Gables. Ah well, at least we're getting some height/infill with the gables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 No BLVD Place is north of BBVA Compass building. There is a empty lot next to it where Apache will build there 34 floor building. I have no idea what building that is in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 There's also another project on page 69 that I think is for Houston, but I'm not fully sure. http://www.humphreys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MFEC_FutureDesigns_FINAL.pdf That curve is wicked awesome. Also, the street level looks to be in cohesion with BLVD place. This project rendering gets the Montrose1100 stamp of approval. I'm guess the tower behind it is just for kicks. Where there 3 phases to the entire project? It does look like the bottom section of the tower could be hotel, until the gap halfway up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 This thing stinks. I totally hate it. Why couldn't they build some thing nicer and closer to downtown instead of this pile of boxes halfway to El Paso.Lol, just joking. I am surprised at the lack of negativity in this thread.Anyway, it is a very interesting building and its so uptown. It will fit in nicely. Uptown is definitely becoming a city within a city. The changes that have occurred since 2000 is astounding. Throw in a couple more of these mixed use structures like this building and a trolley looping around uptown and thus place will be marvelous. Cant wait to see this thing finished and look up and marvel at the uptown skyline yet again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 That other building is probably just hotel: Straight from Metro. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 ^^^Link? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Documents/pdfs/Uptown-Presentation.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Swstig already said that the third tower in the back is an office tower.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 The rendering above appears to be looking west-northwest, more or less from where the Sports Authority store is on Post Oak. Going to that location in Google Maps street view, I see The Dominion high-rise apartments (on McCue) between the two Redstone buildings. That's where the curved building in the rendering's background appears. So -- this is just a guess -- perhaps the developers of this project omitted Dominion so as to avoid including a competing property in their marketing images. Despite that, it's fun to speculate on why they would include a non-exisiting building rather than just blue sky in that direction. There is an older 2-story apartment complex on McCue, across from Dominion, that seems to be getting ripe for demo. There's another one farther west, on Sage, but that one seems a little too far south to appear in this POV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I haven't seen the footprint for this new development, but perhaps it will leave enough undeveloped land between it and Dominion for a tower of some sort. A month or so ago, I walked around the site and recall there being a new N-S access road from Guilford Ct. to the garage for the 1st Redstone Building. Presumably the land on the west side is not part of the 2nd Redstone tower ... but I can't remember if it's large enough for a major tower like the one in the rendering. If so, it would block the view of the Dominion high-rise. (Which I would appreciate, actually!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 BBVA Compass Plaza includes 3 lots - two lots with Post Oak frontage, and one lot between these two and the midrise apartments to the West. The BBVA Compass tower (south lot) was phase 1; phase 2 (north lot) was originally planned to be a hotel that would be built at the same time as the office tower- and phase 3 (west lot) was never defined, it would be whatever the market called for. Since phase 2 apparently includes hotel, and since phase 1 is still about 30% vacant, my guess is that phase 3 is still an undetermined future development. The only option I see for upcoming development is for a higher-end hotel (maybe Ritz Carlton) that would not directly compete with a lesser quality hotel in the mixed use phase 2.... Or phase 2 is only apartments, then phase 3 can be any hotel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Thanks, that makes sense. After my last post, I walked by there again and checked out the west lot. It looks a bit smaller than the south lot, but still large enough for a major building + garage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Swstig already said that the third tower in the back is an office tower.. Oh whoops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Awesome. I wonder for who the curved tower would be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) I had lunch today at Caracol and saw workers on this site doing soils testing. Progress. Edited January 14, 2014 by nate 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Few minutes ago 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 As much as I would like to get excited, didn't they take soil samples for international tower at one point too? But hopefully it means the new tower is on the way.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 This one drains the sarcasm out of my body. Someone gets it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 the perennial apartment/hotel and additional office component will likely break ground mid-2014. the curved building behind the gables is indeed the 2nd office building. It will be slightly larger and taller than the 1st and is all glass (at least the rendering i have seen). it should be well received. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 woah. that curved building really is an office building for the third component of this project? i always figured it was just a filler or something.. that will be VERY well received! it wont be as tall as the apartment/hotel though? i just wish it was on Post Oak.wait.. i just reread your post. the office tower will likely break ground the middle of this year too?! i would of guessed it would wait until after the 2nd phase was over, but i guess since the phases are different components they wont effect the leasing of the other. Uptown is sprouting high rises left and right.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 More soil testing, can't wait to see more than 6 cranes in the sky 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elseed Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Any update on this project? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Any update on this project? the perennial apartment/hotel and additional office component will likely break ground mid-2014. the curved building behind the gables is indeed the 2nd office building. It will be slightly larger and taller than the 1st and is all glass (at least the rendering i have seen). it should be well received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 This area is going to be absolutely amazing. Aside from 609 Main and the Chevron tower (hopefully being redesigned...), this is next on my list of favorites. The developments along Post Oak are quickly turning that street into a true signature boulevard. Very impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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