Houston19514 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) ^ The transplanted tree story (even without the ridiculous $1 Million price tag) sounds like a typical corporate rumor. For the record, a tree at a building site with a fence around has not necessarily been transplanted. It is very easy to imagine someone seeing a fenced-in tree assuming it was transplanted and off the rumor mill goes, eventually leading to the unlikely story posted above about $1 Million having been spent to transplant a tree because an executive had spent time with his son under that tree. Perhaps one or more significant trees were even transplanted, spurring the rumor mill even more strongly. There is indeed at least one tree on the construction site with a fence around it. That's what you do with trees on construction sites that you want to save. Edited July 23, 2013 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Anyone who knows the Exxon culture would find this story hard to believe, even at a much lower transplant cost. Exxon is run like a military organization, complete with ultra-redundency in their systems, and ultra-conservatism in their policies and actions. They refuse to put their name on sports arenas because they believe it is a waste of money. It is extremely unlikely that a $1 million tree transplant would be approved at this company...at least for the reason stated in the story. Exxon is not Enron. Never was. Never will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Anyone who knows the Exxon culture would find this story hard to believe, even at a much lower transplant cost. Exxon is run like a military organization, complete with ultra-redundency in their systems, and ultra-conservatism in their policies and actions. They refuse to put their name on sports arenas because they believe it is a waste of money. It is extremely unlikely that a $1 million tree transplant would be approved at this company...at least for the reason stated in the story. Exxon is not Enron. Never was. Never will be. I have hard time believing they would approve the tree transplant to begin with. But as someone who deals with Exxon a lot, if they do decide to go forward on a project, it will most definitely cost five times as much as a smaller/leaner organization could do it. They are known for redundancy (over engineering) and gold-plating projects. They are very large, and projects reflect that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 By the way, a tower crane is being erected on the I-45 feeder. I don't know if this construction is XOM's, Springwoods Village, or a third party. I suspect the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 By the way, a tower crane is being erected on the I-45 feeder. I don't know if this construction is XOM's, Springwoods Village, or a third party. I suspect the latter. Most likely its for the Southwestern Energy building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 from the east side of i-45 this afternoon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontx Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 With respect, if you don't want to be challenged, don't post things that are ridiculous on their face. ;-) FWIW, the Million Dollar cost was rather central to your initial post. Does getting a permanent ID/Badge like you did get you a confirmation that "one of the 'higher-ups' at E/M used to spend time with his son in the area of construction [and that] there was a tree that marked the area they frequented [and that] this very large tree was transplanted to the middle of the E/M campus at a cost of over 1 mill. by the somewhat famous company out of Tomball"? If not, I won't bother obtaining the Badge; but I'll be very impressed with the fact that you have one. ;-) Actually it was central to your post. Mine was about a tree, a father, and a son. And yes, getting access to the site is going to be the best way to get to the Exxon/Mobil trailers to do your fact checking. But it is easier to sit there and say it's not true because you found an article on the internet that has nothing to do with this project. You have no idea about their spending on this project and the ridiculous amounts of money spent that didn't need to be. Reply if you like but I won't be visiting this site again to see it. With Respect, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Actually it was central to your post. Mine was about a tree, a father, and a son. And yes, getting access to the site is going to be the best way to get to the Exxon/Mobil trailers to do your fact checking. But it is easier to sit there and say it's not true because you found an article on the internet that has nothing to do with this project. You have no idea about their spending on this project and the ridiculous amounts of money spent that didn't need to be. Reply if you like but I won't be visiting this site again to see it. With Respect, What was that you were saying about the amount of money not being central to your post? LOL Buh-bye Thanks for playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boounce Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) Two smaller grand parkway mobile cranes up on each side of 45 also. This is going to be a busy intersection from now on. http://impactnews.com/houston-metro/tomball-magnolia/area-grand-parkway-construction-kicks-off-with-ground-breaki/ Edited July 25, 2013 by boounce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 It is already affecting traffic. Right now, it is probably due to rubbernecking. But, we can look for slowdowns in this area from now on. The worst part is that this section of I-45 was already a bottleneck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) Two smaller grand parkway mobile cranes up on each side of 45 also. This is going to be a busy intersection from now on.http://impactnews.com/houston-metro/tomball-magnolia/area-grand-parkway-construction-kicks-off-with-ground-breaki/"Someday, people will look at the Grand Parkway as one of the greatest examples of public policy anywhere". I'm sorry but I seriously spewed my water all over my phone screen. It's a great project but our spokes should be getting these funds, not a new ring. Although if a majority of them work in The Woodlands/Springwoods area it would be beneficial as an east/west axis. However, adding more to 290/45/59 could become a nightmare unless those freeways see MAJOR expansion in the next 5-10 years. 290 will be full by completion. Edited July 25, 2013 by Montrose1100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2013/08/sneak-peek-springwoods-village-town.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Can't wait to see an more realistic detailed rendering at street level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Latest Construction Update Pictures from August 8th on their facebook page. Better late than never. http://www.facebook.com/swvtexas Edited August 24, 2013 by TowerSpotter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Disgusting.Yes, please tear out those trees and replace them with apartments immediately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodToBeMe Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Towerspotter, I was starting to think you actually drove out there for these pics. Thanks for the updates! Edited August 26, 2013 by GoodToBeMe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Towerspotter, I was starting to think you actually drove out there for these pics. Thanks for the updates! No but today I took pictures, I'll update the The Woodlands and Northern Pines thread right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Another rendering from the site. http://www.springwoodsvillage.com/location.cfm 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Well, I am certainly glad there is some sort of reserve in all this development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Springwoods-Village-nears-watershed-moment-4890101.php#/15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The Belvedere - Nov. 17th https://www.facebook.com/TheBelvedereSpringwoodsVillage?ref=stream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 There are a lot of proposed developments in that area. Several office projects are in the works... It's amazing the effect Exxon has had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks for the wonderful updates urbannizer..........you keep them coming! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Is this Belvedere still? Surprised it still looks like this if so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 triton, you deserve a "standing ovation" as per all of these wonderful pics. or at least some gas expenditure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJxvi Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'd like to meet the powerful executive willing to snuff out careers from the strands of time in order to preserve his beloved tree. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 ...what? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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