Urbannizer Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 This is the most recent update of the layout, SkyHouse River Oaks is Parcel E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Then it is 100% Skyhouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) It appears to me that Parcels E and E were both cleared at the same time. Â However, the excavation for the Skyhouse seems to be occurring just in E, which already has chain-link fencing around it. Â So, I found the coincident demolition a bit puzzling. Â Not sure what is planned for "D". Â Â Aside from the projects attributed earlier to Pelican (C: mid-rise apts. and F: "town homes") and the office building (Parcel "B"), I have also heard whispers about a hotel. Â That would leave Parcels A, D, or G for that, assuming the current rumors are true. Â Â The other mystery regards the parcel (not colored in the pic above) on which Sullivans, Le Peep, and the convenience store reside. Â I think that some earlier renderings (pre-recession) of ROD included them. Edited April 2, 2014 by ArchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It appears to me that Parcels E and E were both cleared at the same time.  However, the excavation for the Skyhouse seems to be occurring just in E, which already has chain-link fencing around it.  So, I found the coincident demolition a bit puzzling.  Not sure what is planned for "D".     You are correct. Parcel E and E were in fact cleared at the same time.  All kidding aside, you actually are right. Both D and E are cleared so that's what was throwing me off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Just as an aside, no matter what's it's called, Transco or Williams, no matter what angle from which it's photographed, that is one sexy tower. Houston's trophy tower on so many levels! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Just as an aside, no matter what's it's called, Transco or Williams, no matter what angle from which it's photographed, that is one sexy tower. Houston's trophy tower on so many levels! ' Absolutely! Which prompts me to say, with all the projects in Houston both awesome and lame in mind, "Wasn't I lucky to be born in my favorite city!" Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 You are correct. Parcel E and E were in fact cleared at the same time.  All kidding aside, you actually are right. Both D and E are cleared so that's what was throwing me off.   The new "parcels" do not correspond to the old apartment buildings, except for parcel "C" being the same as building "E". Skyhouse is being built on land where two buildings once stood, so they both had to come down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 any idea what/who the two red under contract plots along San Felipe are for (Parcels A and D)? hopefully (i would imagine) they will be highrises. probably one a hotel, like that W that was rendered (though im sure it wont be the same rendering/may not even be a W), and another office tower. im hoping they wont be more mid-rises or townhouses, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Looks like they are sinking the piles on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Crane going up. Â http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=209196 Â 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 already? Â wow.. Â this company, just does not play games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRichardson Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 already?  wow..  this company, just does not play games!  It's been pretty damn swift since the actual demolition. Took them months to sit around/waste time/prep the demo, and the actual demo was done in like a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Edited April 16, 2014 by BaderJF 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I wonder when the construction camera is going up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I wonder if it's really that hard to scroll up like half a page...c'mon bro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Is half a page up going to update every 16 minutes with a new photo for the entire construction period? Â Sweet bro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yeah actually it is, thanks for asking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 This is the skyhouse crane, right?  IMAG0520 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr  IMAG0535 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr  IMAG0519 by Not.Larry.Dierker, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 ...everyone who lives in One Park Place? or countless similar buildings in other cities?honestly it seems incredibly convenient. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 It would be ideal for me to live above an HEB and a Specs. I would never leave the building. Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) It's the other way around. The stores go where the people are; "retail follows rooftops". People choose home location for many reasons, top of list are proximity to jobs, affordability and schools. Availability of retail does come into play, but is not a driving factor.All the sprawl that I see on the fringes of Houston and San Antonio includes more shopping options than the inner 25 sq miles of either city. There isn't the critical mass dynamic that the residential initiative is trying to create. You see it it all the time; even a modest store can barely survive downtown yet a super walmart will pop up near a brand new platted subdivision.I stand by point. These amenities are easy to go up in these areas and people want amenities. Its silly to leave the core and travel out to avail yourself of amenities. As for the person who asked if anyone would live above a store, I definitely would. I like the convenience of being driven but hate driving myself, so to me living over stores would probably be higher on my list than having a personal chauffeur.Anyway, its not like core is inundated with these mega stores. There are zero superwalmarts in the loop (there are about three regular ones). Travelling between The loop and spring however there are 8 superwalmarts and a handful of smaller ones in a five mile radius of 45.Strip malls on the other hand we could cut down Edited April 21, 2014 by HoustonIsHome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 http://oxblue.com/open/SkyHouseApartments 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 http://oxblue.com/open/SkyHouseApartmentsOh sweet now I can look every 16 minutes to watch their progress!Oh nice they're digging a hole!Ok still digging that holeYep, hole is being dug.This is so exciting I love watching the fast paced nature of construction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Oh sweet now I can look every 16 minutes to watch their progress!Oh nice they're digging a hole!Ok still digging that holeYep, hole is being dug.This is so exciting I love watching the fast paced nature of construction! This is an excellent point.  If everybody could please stop posting photos of construction updates we'll be good to go here.  3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 This is an excellent point. Â If everybody could please stop posting photos of construction updates we'll be good to go here. Â Â Completely disagree. All those who are posting photo updates, continue to do so. The webcam's vantage point is impressive but the reflection of the camera itself plus the terrible quality doesn't do this project any justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 It was a joke aimed at a joke. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Do you, or does someone you love, post photos?  There can be help for that... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 It was a joke aimed at a joke.Haha... This is the only forum that I seem to let the jokes fly over my head. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaderJF Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I'm gonna go there and take some pictures tomorrow, just to make sure they're still digging lol 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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