J Money Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Crane base is up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 With this and the three going up by the Australian developer, I count five high rise apartment buildings on Main Street midtown. All in a short time span. Quite amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonMan Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Twinsanity02 said: With this and the three going up by the Australian developer, I count five high rise apartment buildings on Main Street midtown. All in a short time span. Quite amazing. What is the fifth one going up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Just now, MarathonMan said: What is the fifth one going up? There was a mention by some other company of a planned 600 unit tower by PM Realty at the Greenstreet building site. Don't count your eggs before they hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 7 hours ago, MarathonMan said: What is the fifth one going up? Didn't make the statement clear. I meant two potentially going up, two going up, and one already up (2016 Main ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 All the Australians have announced is the one tower. The other two are down the road once this one starts renting I'm sure. So that gives us two going up for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Tower crane base is installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 3:31 PM, hindesky said: Tower crane base is installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Tower crane is going up this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Building elevations on the planning commission agenda actually has this one at 438 ft, not the 351 feet previously reported by the FAA two years ago. Me thinks the old height was for the previous design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 So what exactly are we getting? A 36ish-story tower in the middle of Midtown? IMPRESSIVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjorade Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Edited August 28, 2018 by Sanjorade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 17 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Building elevations on the planning commission agenda actually has this one at 438 ft, not the 351 feet previously reported by the FAA two years ago. Me thinks the old height was for the previous design. is there anyway we can get the most recent renderings stickied to the top of each page for each project thread? i've seen this before, can't remember where though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Don't hold your breath, because... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 1 hour ago, swtsig said: is there anyway we can get the most recent renderings stickied to the top of each page for each project thread? i've seen this before, can't remember where though. Done, I'll do the same for other threads as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Urbannizer said: Done, I'll do the same for other threads as well. You'll be a blessed man if you do this Urby, something I requested like a decade ago. The project address and/or intersection would also be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 5:24 PM, Urbannizer said: Building elevations on the planning commission agenda actually has this one at 438 ft, not the 351 feet previously reported by the FAA two years ago. Me thinks the old height was for the previous design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 It has ground level at 108’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, jmosele said: It has ground level at 108’ because this property is 108' above sea level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, Luminare said: because this property is 108' above sea level. Are you sure?... My house in the heights is at 50... you're saying Midtown is 50 feet higher than Heights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 The official elevation of Houston is 80 feet. Katy is 141 feet and Conroe is 205 feet. So it gets high relatively quick from the coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, Avossos said: Are you sure?... My house in the heights is at 50... you're saying Midtown is 50 feet higher than Heights? Not sure either. I just know that number comes from whatever survey was done for the project. Its the proper way to begin your heights for drawings when it comes to elevations. Its not exactly for every project, but its one standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 For what it's worth, this site says that block has an elevation of 46' http://en-us.topographic-map.com/places/Houston-6818619/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) Exactly. My point was, the 438' height quoted previously was misleading. It's a 330' tall building, with its top 438' above sea level. Edit: I'm not sure what the 108' figure is, because that sounds too high for this area. Regardless, I think we can expect this building to rise closer to the 330' figure we previously had. Edited August 31, 2018 by jmosele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, wxman said: The official elevation of Houston is 80 feet. Katy is 141 feet and Conroe is 205 feet. So it gets high relatively quick from the coast. 1 hour ago, cspwal said: For what it's worth, this site says that block has an elevation of 46' http://en-us.topographic-map.com/places/Houston-6818619/ Midtown at 40-50 feet seems right. No idea about the other areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtNsf Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 minute ago, Avossos said: Midtown at 40-50 feet seems right. No idea about the other areas... I've looked at elevation maps of Houston endlessly for years. Indeed, there is great variation in elevation, from right at sea level off to the southeast and at the bottom of the east end of Buffalo Bayou, upwards to over 100 feet out near West Oaks and northward near IAH. Downtown proper including Midtown, has elevations that range between 40 feet to near 60 feet. Not a huge difference, but in an area considered so "flat" any elevation changes over an area are interesting to those that are looking around and paying attention to the lay of the land. For instance, driving north on Kirby, then east out of River Oaks and onto Allen speedway - oops Parkway... one can really see the difference between the bottom of the Bayou near 10 or 20 feet elevation to near 55 to 60 feet in that part of River Oaks, with the beautiful undulating, albeit small, front yards and banks of the Bayou, even on the roads to some degree. I'm no expert, but if you want to look around and look closer at our flat terrain, you can always spot a natural elevation variation in many areas just by looking closer. Out in Brookshire, where I grew up, the elevation even rises to a whopping 165 feet - wow and as some one else pointed out, near 200 feet towards Conroe and The Woodlands. A lot of rambling about elevation, I know, but I still find Houston's topography fascinating and ever so important to determining flood prone areas versus those that are reasonably safer from inundation. And yes, ALL of the areas I mentioned here are still in the Houston area, though may not be considered in the "city limits". I'm not sure what city limits really means for us in Houston anyway. WE have no limits ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 No updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Not a lot of visible progress in the last 2 months, though they are working on it. It's just starting to go vertical. They have the first floor pillars (to support the second floor) poured, but that's it. It's hard to get a photo from a moving train (with windows that aren't always especially transparent) of something that doesn't yet look very impressive, but I may try to take a photo one of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 As promised, here's a photo. Again, I'm sorry for it being stretched, but until the image posting bug is fixed in this forum (if any of the admins are still watching this site), I can't figure out how to post images that aren't stretched: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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