Glass Facade Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, gclass said: ^^^ i for one simply cannot wait to see this most remarkable and brilliant edifice come into fruition. INNOVATION TOWER is a prospective ROSE that is yearning to bloom... stunningly poetic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 It will be fun to through footballs between the pool at the existing apartments and the pool at the new office/condo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 When is the start date? Imagine if TAMU proceeds with their proposed towers. Visitors will be more confused about where downtown is located. 😁 4 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Brandon55 said: Can someone explain to me what is with this thread of just under 50 stories..latey in Houston? From what I've heard 50 stories is a threshold where price per floor drastically increases. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownproud Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, jmitch94 said: From what I've heard 50 stories is a threshold where price per floor drastically increases. At least in my building, the 51st floor is where the elevator bank for the higher floors is, so I could certainly see increased costs related to elevators (among others). Don't know if that is universal though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 23 hours ago, htownproud said: At least in my building, the 51st floor is where the elevator bank for the higher floors is, so I could certainly see increased costs related to elevators (among others). Don't know if that is universal though. this is my understanding - at or around 50 stories requires another elevator bank which not only adds mechanical costs but also requires additional square footage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted October 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2019 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonMan Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Interesting that the recently finished TCH tower across the street is missing from this rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 7/5/2019 at 9:17 PM, ekdrm2d1 said: For reference. From the June 2019 TMC Pulse https://www.tmc.edu/news/tmc-pulse/ They got gclass to do the marketing work. Nice. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 When is ground breaking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Tried to book a room at the Best Western, dates are available through Sept 2020.😴 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 3 hours ago, HOUCAJUN said: When is ground breaking? The office portion will most likely have to be substantially preleased, then they get financing, then demo of the existing structure, and the economy can't collapse in the meantime. 2 years? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted October 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 From their website. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted December 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2019 Now on Medistar's website: https://www.medistarcorp.com/in-development/ 28 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 16 hours ago, Urbannizer said: Now on Medistar's website: https://www.medistarcorp.com/in-development/ The website also now says 50 stories. I'm guessing they are counting the two story volume on the roof in order to get to that number. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 57 minutes ago, Luminare said: The website also now says 50 stories. I'm guessing they are counting the two story volume on the roof in order to get to that number. I would LOVE to get a 50 story tower here. That means 600-700 feet tall? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Avossos said: I would LOVE to get a 50 story tower here. That means 600-700 feet tall? I think so. The "shortest" 50 story building in Houston is Three Allen Center at 685 feet. The restaurant on top is going to have some amazing views. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said: I think so. The "shortest" 50 story building in Houston is Three Allen Center at 685 feet. The restaurant on top is going to have some amazing views. Definitely in the 700' range, this thing is massive compared to everything else. Also 410 apartment units in 1 building just feels insane; I mean wow. 1.6 million square feet is also a massive footprint. Edited December 30, 2019 by TheSirDingle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 17 hours ago, TheSirDingle said: Definitely in the 700' range, this thing is massive compared to everything else. Also 410 apartment units in 1 building just feels insane; I mean wow. 1.6 million square feet is also a massive footprint. Imagine all the packages coming in to that front desk monday after thanksgiving 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KinkaidAlum Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 I had a chance to stay at the Intercontinental over the Holidays. The place was packed out and there were a ton of special events/parties hosted over the two weeks I was there. The rooms were very nice and the service was excellent. A huge upgrade to the offerings in the TMC. I also noticed lots of walking activity next door at the apartment tower and most of those folks were in scrubs. I'd imagine demand is there. Hope this proposal rises because the first project knocked it out of the park. This one might just build a new park. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Avossos Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 Visit this website. Its an awesome walk through of the project! http://www.innovationtowertmc.com/ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUCAJUN Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Nice!!! Just need to know when the shovels will be in the ground? Ill go down there and start digging myself. Edited January 4, 2020 by HOUCAJUN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 18 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: I had a chance to stay at the Intercontinental over the Holidays. The place was packed out and there were a ton of special events/parties hosted over the two weeks I was there. The rooms were very nice and the service was excellent. A huge upgrade to the offerings in the TMC. I also noticed lots of walking activity next door at the apartment tower and most of those folks were in scrubs. I'd imagine demand is there. Hope this proposal rises because the first project knocked it out of the park. This one might just build a new park. So KincaidAlum, I noticed the Boston location. How long have you been up there? For some reason I thought you lived here. Hope you had a nice holiday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KinkaidAlum Posted January 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2020 Grew up in Houston. College in upstate NY. Returned to Houston for work and grad school. Job took me to Boston for 13 years. Back in Houston for 7 years. New job has me in Los Angeles. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2020/02/28/texas-medical-center-construction-projects.html Houston-based Medistar Corp. is the developer for the Texas A&M project. Medistar also developed the InterContinental Houston-Medical Center, the first luxury hotel built in the TMC area in decades. The company is also nearing groundbreaking for the new Innovation Tower — a 48-story, mixed-use facility to be situated at 6700 Main St., next to the InterContinental. Paul McCleary, senior vice president of business development for Medistar Corp., said Innovation Tower will become the tallest building in the TMC when it’s completed. Innovation Tower will consist of ground level retail space; dry lab and research space for medical, biomedical and health tech companies; 410 luxury apartment units; and parking for up to 2,000 vehicles, McCleary said. Similar to Texas A&M’s project, Innovation Tower has for-profit entities in mind. Currently, if a health care giant, like a Pfizer or a Medtronic, were looking for a large office footprint in the heart of the TMC, they wouldn’t find it, McCleary said. Innovation Tower aims to fill that need. “If you’re a larger group that has a requirement for maybe [30,000], [50,000] or 100,000 square feet, the next question is, ‘Where is that available in the Texas Medical Center?’” McCleary said. “Today I would tell you it doesn’t exist.” 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Another big building is nice, but I wish developers in the TMC area (as well as the rest of Houston) would lean more toward yielding facilities with more attractive designs, especially from a pedestrian's viewpoint. I am left feeling that the prevailing opinion is that the market here won't support anything better than the bland designs that are utilitarian, but also generally uninviting. I suppose I'm in the group of people that feels that the motivation to support innovative design in Houston died off after the oil bust of the 80s. Hines and a few other developers continue to do better-than-average stuff, but that is few and far between. Edited March 5, 2020 by ArchFan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 The Intercontinental has two restaurants on the ground floor with doors to Main St and outdoor seating. There's a railing to protect from the street and some decent planting. I thought it was well done. I was there for two weeks with my dog so we walked the area a lot. It is one of the better developments in the TMC. The main problem is it is surrounded on the West side of Main by suburban hotel types that basically just use the street and sidewalks for utilitarian purposes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 14 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: The Intercontinental has two restaurants on the ground floor with doors to Main St and outdoor seating. There's a railing to protect from the street and some decent planting. I thought it was well done. I was there for two weeks with my dog so we walked the area a lot. It is one of the better developments in the TMC. The main problem is it is surrounded on the West side of Main by suburban hotel types that basically just use the street and sidewalks for utilitarian purposes. That and most of the restaurants/retail are more north and face Fannin. Texas Childrens is such a fortress you can really see where the pedestrian activity cuts off. Plus Main is car-centric while Fannin is pedestrian and rail focused. Maybe the Aggie campus will help change this? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paco Jones Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Innovation Tower TMC is a specialty hospital with clinical and education space to be located at 6700 Main St. The proposed tower is to be 35-stories in height (including two below grade parking levels) with full patient care hospital, clinical offices, and education space. The current project program includes 13-floors of hospital programming, 7-floors of medical office and research office space, 12-floors of above grade parking, and 2-levels of below grade parking. The project also includes ground floor retail space of approximately 15,000 sf. Total approximate building area is 1,460,000. The project is anticipated to break ground 3Q 2020. 18 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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