Luminare Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 On 12/8/2016 at 8:10 PM, j_cuevas713 said: Honestly it's working for Houston. Unlike other cities that developed from the core outwards, Houston developed in pockets that are finally starting to merge together cohesively. What I'm starting to see is the investment downtown is not only to make downtown great but to reconnect the city. This is precisely how I see it as well. We should embrace our satellite cities and begin to stitch them together into greater whole rather than trying to start from scratch or abandoning them and start from Downtown. Whats been nice is that the growth is happening in all parts of the city. These merging points where the different districts come together is what will really make Houston interesting in the future. I make frequent trips to Berlin while here in Germany, and Berlin began in this way. It started with a core, but had a lot of surrounding satellite towns and villages. Over time these towns began to grow into each other creating the greater whole that is Berlin today. After the wall fell it had to do this again, but now its between the east and west. Its these places where east and west combine and the edges of different districts where unique and interesting things take place. The reroute of I-45 will be Houston's version of this as it slowly reintegrates midtown, eado, and the former 3rd ward, and of course many others around it. Those moments where these parts of the city connect will become our greatest assets. Yeah the main districts of the city will be great as well, but its the clash of different districts when they collide into one another that cool things will happen. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 A Dream Hotel Houston is listed as "coming soon" http://www.dreamhotelgroup.com/locations-en.html 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) - Edited July 11, 2019 by Timoric 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Census bureau July 2016 MSA population estimates. Houston MSA 6,772,000 an increase of 125,000 people from 2015 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) - Edited July 11, 2019 by Timoric 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 9/4/2014 at 10:08 AM, Houston19514 said: It does appear that is what he said. Understanding that he is in the business of marketing office space (so it's in his interest to exaggerate the scarcity) but still that seems like a wild exaggeration. Even if you consider that he may have meant only three good office sites besides those already spoken for (so excluding the sites for 6 Houston Center, 5 Allen Center, 1500 Smith, Allen Center Clay Street, the 50-story Chevron tower, the adjacent block(s) owned by Chevron, Capitol Tower, One Market Square)... So excluding those 9 or so good office sites, are there really only 3 good office sites left in downtown Houston? What about... Block 142 (Milam, Louisiana, Walker, McKinney) Block 97 (Rusk, Walker, LaBranch, Austin) Block 251 (Lamar, Dallas, LaBranch, Austin), which would in turn open up 275 and 276, which would in turn open up 291 and 292 Block 319 (Clay, Bell, Milam, Travis) Block 318 (Clay, Bell, Travis, Main) Block 317 (Clay, Bell, Fannin, Main) Block 335 (Bell, Leeland, Travis, Main) Block 352 (Leeland, Pease, Travis, Milam)? And that's without getting into blocks that are/will be candidates for tear-downs (e.g. Block 257). Too bad this Chevron building in dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtiger Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Latest overview:https://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2017-10-12/171011_Development_Map__Renders_11X17.pdf Another interesting click, if you haven't browsed through this Development Map just yet...: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/houston-developments_57981#13/29.7541/-95.3417 Edited October 16, 2017 by txtiger 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 On 10/16/2017 at 10:53 AM, txtiger said: Latest overview:https://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2017-10-12/171011_Development_Map__Renders_11X17.pdf Another interesting click, if you haven't browsed through this Development Map just yet...: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/houston-developments_57981#13/29.7541/-95.3417 Marquette 24 story building planned to start 2Q 2018... was there some news on that that I missed? Did they get their financing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 4 hours ago, H-Town Man said: Marquette 24 story building planned to start 2Q 2018... was there some news on that that I missed? Did they get their financing? I haven't seen anything either. Last I recall hearing was that it was dormant and they re-paved the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 22 minutes ago, Nate99 said: I haven't seen anything either. Last I recall hearing was that it was dormant and they re-paved the block. Ok, in the January map they had the start date as 1Q 2017, so it looks like they bump it up every once in awhile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 29 minutes ago, Timoric said: As Houston urbanizes, it is pretty amazing to note what year the world population became more urban than rural. Take a guess of the year then look at this for the 51 percent urban on this chart. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ I would say 1980! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 All these areas are available for high rise development if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't it be great if they all happened we could have our mini version of Central Park. Anyone else know of any properties around the bayou not included here? fullsizeoutput_2197 by David, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 4 hours ago, hindesky said: All these areas are available for high rise development if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't it be great if they all happened we could have our mini version of Central Park. Anyone else know of any properties around the bayou not included here? fullsizeoutput_2197 by David, on Flickr Available like lot is up for sale? Or unannounced plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Available for potential development. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 So I guess Campo decided to wait on his project AGAIN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I'm hoping to see some brand new proposals soon as quite a few of the buildings proposed in the last building cycle has been built/ under construction. The market isn't back yet for office and we have had so many wonderful conversions to hotel I think we due for some more residential towers as the Discovery Green and Root Square towers are getting off the ground the proposed list is getting slim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Houston19514 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Timoric said: I read on here that Miami would pass Houston for number of skyscrapers, looks like that has happened now. Definition is 490 feet + https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-cities-with-the-most-skyscrapers.html Houston has at least 40 buildings at that height and above. As with many of these rankings, it depends on what you measure. Why 490 feet (150 Meters)? Why not 200 meters (656 feet)? If we use that as the cutoff, Miami has 4 buildings and Houston has 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm91 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) On 12/29/2017 at 5:16 PM, hindesky said: All these areas are available for high rise development if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't it be great if they all happened we could have our mini version of Central Park. Anyone else know of any properties around the bayou not included here? fullsizeoutput_2197 by David, on Flickr The lot on Jackson Hill is becoming an "Inner Loop City Centre" and the one off Gillette is the one by the Chinese developer that contains 3 towers I thought. Additionally, there was a tower just north of Spotts Park but I think it may have been placed on hold or cancelled entirely. Dunvaly and Dallas is Regent Square. The odd shaped one where KHOU used to be on Stanford has been bought by SCI and they may be expanding of some sort soon. Northbank (Jackson Hill) - http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=216569 The Allen (Gillette) - http://swamplot.com/your-best-look-yet-at-the-shiny-high-rises-fitting-between-allen-parkway-village-and-the-federal-reserve/2017-12-04/ Spotts Park - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/sarnoff/article/High-end-office-building-underway-west-of-downtown-5920360.php Regent Square - http://regentsquarehouston.com/ Edited July 20, 2018 by pm91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 So just some inside info. I'm hearing about a lot of contractors who are pushing architects who are then pushing clients to activate projects as soon as they can. Contractors are getting a bit spooked by the upcoming tariffs on steel and aluminum. While the market has been great and is asking for more construction, I think the upcoming tariffs are possibly pushing people into build mode now while costs are lower and the boom is on. What happens when the tariffs take full effect? Any buddies guess. I think we might experience a quick slow down, but will go to normal building mode afterwards. Anybody else been hearing the same kind of things? Anybody have an opinion about the tariffs and what that might do to the market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Can't help to think that a lot of projects will be shelved for a while To see if the market can correct itself. If not, projects will be "adjusted". But, no way that tariffs like these will help the construction industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I wonder if we’re seeing a stall with our tiangqing buddies on The Allen due to these issues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Not necessarily an "update", but Google just updated their maps. It now includes a lot of the recent developments that have happened in town over the past couple years. In particular its fun now seeing things like Mid Main and MATCH now officially in the satellite images. A lot of the stuff around Minute Maid park is also filled in. Seems like the images were taken this past summer. I'm assuming this is the case because, for example, the new urban HEB on Washington and Heights Blvd is just starting to have its foundation poured which happened earlier this summer. Edited November 21, 2018 by Luminare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Seems they haven't fully rolled out that new imagery yet. Google Earth is still not allowing dates after 10/2017 to be chosen, and in Google Maps for me, when the "globe" mode is turned off, it still only shows the 10/2017 imagery. With "globe" mode on, Google Maps still shows the even older, undated (but apparently late 2014 from construction status) imagery. Can you post a screenshot of the new imagery? As you can see, for me it's still showing the 10/2017 imagery (Midtown shown here), which has been online since at least this spring: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Updated my little map of potential lots for development. AD9427DA-D401-4365-8D29-EEEE62E4B98F by David, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Found some renderings of a mixed-use project by Gensler. http://terraloom.com/ 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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