[JMancuso]

Yeah it is. They demolished the mall and put up that City Centre thing. They had a Neiman Marcus and were going to keep it as part of the development, but they did away with it. A Neimans will most likely go into the new mall in Katy (The Grand). It is being built by Simon (The Galleria).

katy is getting another mall?

[Wattleigh]

Another perspective of the Titan rendering in today's ad in the real estate section of the Chronicle...

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/TitanChronAd.jpg

[rdavis4559]

Only 80? Sounds pretty exclusive.

[Trae]

katy is getting another mall?

Yeah. It is being built by Simon. It is called "The Grand".

[Xeelee]

Another perspective of the Titan rendering in today's ad in the real estate section of the Chronicle...

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/TitanChronAd.jpg

I dont remember where this thing is supposed to be.

[Wattleigh]

I dont remember where this thing is supposed to be.

Post Oak Blvd, across from Four Oaks Place and The Cosmopolitan condo tower.

[Complex01]

How tall is it going to be???

[Xeelee]

I would say the lo3 300' or upper 200'.

[Xeelee]

not really sure though.

[CALMSP]

anyone have a link for what is being built just west of hte JW on westheimer on the westbound side?? I drove by there an hour ago, but coudlnt stop in the middle of traffic to take a pic of the billboard they just placed on the empty lot.

[Wattleigh]

anyone have a link for what is being built just west of hte JW on westheimer on the westbound side?? I drove by there an hour ago, but coudlnt stop in the middle of traffic to take a pic of the billboard they just placed on the empty lot.

I think that's the new AD Players Theater. Haven't been able to find their renderings online since the sign's been up, but it looks pretty nice...

[CALMSP]

yes..........from the quick glimpse that I saw, it does look like its suppose to be a nice place!!

[Xeelee]

Yes. It is the AD Players Theater.

[JMancuso]

AD players owns the property and is now raising money to start construction.

[Wheelingman04]

Nice tower.:yes:

[toxteth o'grady]

Only 80? Sounds pretty exclusive.

That works out to 5 to a floor, which might be about right... if those are big units.

[rdavis4559]

" An office condominium building developed by American First National Bank sold out before construction was completed.

American First Tower is a 12-story, 212,000-square-foot building at 9999 Bellaire Blvd. that sold to various tenants for $160 per square foot.

American First is the building's anchor tenant with 68,000 square feet of space on four floors. The bank moved in during September, and is currently the only occupant. The building was finished this month..."

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/12/17/daily57.html?ana=from_rss

[Wattleigh]

:previous:

Hopefully the first of many for that part of town. The fact that the LA Times article on the Vietnamese Migration from CA to Houston has this about an upcoming project...

Developer Luu Trankiem is planning to open the New Saigon Shopping Plaza next year, a high-end center on 32 acres near Bellaire Boulevard. The plaza's seven high-rise buildings come at a price of about $300 million.

Good schtuff. :yes:

Hopefully the next place to grow a skyline. I can kinda see something with the Energy Corridor & Westchase skylines being bridged and expanded by some new highrises in that area. I'm curious about that $ figure though. Memorial Hermann's one new tower at Memorial City alone is supposed to cost $335M or thereabouts. Not that I'm expecting anything that big...

[Complex01]

Well that is great news if they can sell out a tower before it is even built. This means great things for bigger and better buildings. I hope 2008 brings lots of suprises to Houston. Plus we have some great projects that will keep us busy, better get those cameras ready...


:wizard:

[weatherguru18]

You know The Woodlands has a nice little business district developing as well. One crane comes down, another goes up. It's ridiculous...in a good way.

Can somebody give a rundown of projects (big projects) and status...including Earthquest Adventures??

[Cuzco1]

You know The Woodlands has a nice little business district developing as well. One crane comes down, another goes up. It's ridiculous...in a good way.

Can somebody give a rundown of projects (big projects) and status...including Earthquest Adventures??
I noticed they are building a tower for cancer patients right down the road from the Anadarko Tower. But you're right, there are so many towers being built there... I just can't keep up.

[rdavis4559]

These has been under construction for a while but I haven't posted until now... both are very near to where I live.
http://www.costar.com/FreeSearch/Detail/Detail.aspx?p=D1AE319384DA9176AB5F81F0547213DE
It is at 249 and Cypresswood, near the HP campus.

This is at 249 and 1960:
http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18591830&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532256&rfi=6
In the past few years the area has gone from bare land to 5 Medical buildings (so far), 2 of which belong to Methodist Willowbrook.

[rdavis4559]

Anyone know whats up with Shamrock Tower? The leasing office isn't even there anymore...

[Trae]

Shamrock Tower is old news. Was canceled years ago.

[rdavis4559]

Really? The sign with the phone number is still up though as I said, the leasing office isn't there anymore.

[Great_Hizzy]

That thing was flatlined about two years ago. Financing was a really big problem. Further, it seemed as if the project's mastermind, Tracy Suttles, didn't have a lot of experience financing and putting together highrise projects to begin with (most of what he'd done previously were midrise projects such as Gramercy Park), and with DT already being new ground so to speak for new highrise residential projects, his apparent inexperienced proved to be too much to overcome.

Oh well.

(NOTE: I'll readily admit that the second part is mere conjecture but financing issues were talked about in good detail in HBJ articles as well)

If all goes well, maybe City Centre (no not the Town & Country variety) will go on that lot in its stead.

[rdavis4559]

Fine by me. Shamrock didn't look too impressive to me.

[Complex01]

:previous:

Here Here...

[Xeelee]

I liked it... could have been more... elegant or architecturally rebellious though. Blah...

[Wattleigh]

La Quinta bringing a hotel to downtown near Minute Maid Park...

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/12/24/story10.html?b=1198472400%5E1567319

A now dead project: Sterling at Memorial Villages, which couldn't secure the buyers necessary to get it off the ground.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/12/31/story5.html

Can't say I'm particularly sad about that one going away. The signs (or lack thereof) were there for a while. When they took down the sign with the rendering, the promotional delivery truck and the sales office disappeared... yeah. Kinda knew where that was heading.

Even less bad news when you consider Boymelgreen's twin 27-story condos will be built regardless of the pre-sales and is within walking distance of the old shopping center this was planned for.

[rdavis4559]

La Quinta gives a decent rate for a downtown room (unless you want to stay at the Montagu)

[Wattleigh]

La Quinta gives a decent rate for a downtown room (unless you want to stay at the Montagu)

But the Montagu guarantees you a front row seat to (or in) the implosion! :haha:

[WesternGulf]

I do not think this was posted before:

An aerial view of the art deco West Avenue mixed use

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6152/46416607xr2.png

[weatherguru18]

Medical Center to rival downtown in 20 years or so. Take a look at this mornings Chronicle.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/5410035.html

[CALMSP]

west ave looks awesome!!!! just needs some light rail or a subway station near by1!!!

[WesternGulf]

Model
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7800/lymegw6.png


Elevation
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7897/lyme2tm5.png

[pm91]

where is the lyme center supposed to be and what are all the details on it?

[Complex01]

Medical Center to rival downtown in 20 years or so. Take a look at this mornings Chronicle.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/5410035.html


That is an intresting story. I still want to see more stuff Down Town though...

:yes:

[WesternGulf]

where is the lyme center supposed to be and what are all the details on it?

The Lyme proposal is suppose to be rise on Holcombe near the Spires condomininiums, across the bayou from the rest of the Medical Center.

Original Rendering (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2366597&postcount=83)

[Xeelee]

good work.

[Wattleigh]

The Lyme proposal is suppose to be rise on Holcombe near the Spires condomininiums, across the bayou from the rest of the Medical Center.

Original Rendering (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2366597&postcount=83)

I thought the Lyme proposal was cancelled a while back. I know there was a residential project proposed around there that went nowhere.

[pm91]

ok, well, looking at the rendering posted earlier on this thread there is a tall tower in the background. what is that supposed to be? at first i thought it was supposed tpo be the jp morgan chase building, but now i now it isnt because lyme is in the med center.

[Reverberation]

I do not think this was posted before:

An aerial view of the art deco West Avenue mixed use

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6152/46416607xr2.png

Where will this be?

[Wattleigh]

Where will this be?

It's being built at Westheimer and Kirby, right across from 2727 Kirby.

[Xeelee]

art deco? hrm...

[Wattleigh]

A few photos from yesterday...

One Park Place
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/OPP10108.jpg

Enterprise Plaza/1100 Louisiana plaza reconstruction, since the Monument Au Fantome has been moved to Discovery Green
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02225.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02226.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02227.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02228.jpg

2727 Kirby
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02229.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02231.jpg

A.D. Players Theater rendering and site
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02236.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/DSC02241.jpg

[Xeelee]

thanks!

[Complex01]

I think its almost time that they raise the crane on One Park Place...

:yes:

[Xeelee]

I cant tell what's being done with Enterprise Plaza/1100 Louisiana plaza. Looks the same to me.

[vjhe]

I cant tell what's being done with Enterprise Plaza/1100 Louisiana plaza. Looks the same to me.

That fountain in the rendering is being added, now that the scultpure has been moved to Disco Green. I'm sure the waters will dance.

[Wattleigh]

http://www.commercialpropertynews.com/cpn/content_display/regions/southwest/houston/e3ie18fc18af9d5a143f65d968a442f6a89

Office Tower Planned on Houston Galleria Parcel
Jan 4, 2008
By: Tonie Auer, Southwest Correspondent

Houston-based developer Lasco Ventures L.L.C. has purchased 9.4 acres of undeveloped property with plans for an office tower in the Galleria area of Houston.

Financials of the transaction were not disclosed. The property was sold by Rich Oak Properties L.L.C. of New York. Located at the northwest corner of Richmond Avenue and Post Oak Boulevard in Houston’s Galleria area, the site is currently a vacant parking lot, CB Richard Ellis Inc. first vice president Simmi Jaggi, who represented the seller, told CPN today.

“It is an undeveloped tract that has been sitting there,” she said. “The whole south side of Post Oak and the Galleria has gone through a lot of transition in the last few years. The Galleria added Nordstrom’s and that pushed activity south, making this tract appealing.”

Lasco plans to break ground this year on the first phase of the project, a high rise office tower. The second phase may include a possible residential tower, Jaggi said.

“The site is located adjacent to the Williams Tower, the tallest office tower in Houston, which is connected to the Galleria via a tunnel and located near the Cosmopolitan high-rise condo tower,” Jaggi said. Additionally, 34-story condo tower Turnberry Tower is also going up just south of the Galleria Mall. That tower is expected to be finished in December 2009.

In addition to Jaggi, CBRE's Elizabeth Clampitt also worked on behalf or the seller of the land parcel.

Other than the misstatement on the "tallest office tower in Houston"... good news all around. :yes:

[TexasPlaya]

Awesome news. Wondering how tall this office building is going to be. Hopefully it will give the Williams Tower a run for its money, but thats probably wishful thinking.

[rdavis4559]

Good riddance
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMG00322.jpg

[Wattleigh]

Good riddance

Absoloutely. I mean, I know it would've been nice if the renovation plans had gone through for the West Building, but MainPlace is sure to be far more of a catalyst for cleaning up that part of downtown and bringing an eye to that portion of the skyline from new directions.

There are about 4 or 5 backhoes on the Legacy at Memorial (Studewood near Washington Ave.) so I assume something is going to be happening there soon. It's the first time the gates to the property have been closed as well in quite a while.

[toxteth o'grady]

The summary page now shows 15 Houston projects under construction. That's up from 12 (and 9 in the summer). Things sound like they're heating up.

[rdavis4559]

I don't remember the numbers for this but about 6 months ago I did a search on skyscraperpage for Houston, filtering to show all Houston buildings under construction. The total amounts for number of feet under construction as well as for number of floors under construction was pretty impressive. The same goes for proposed buildings. In fact, I tallied the same numbers for Dallas just for comparison, and Houston was doing pretty well.

[Xeelee]

Absoloutely. I mean, I know it would've been nice if the renovation plans had gone through for the West Building, but MainPlace is sure to be far more of a catalyst for cleaning up that part of downtown and bringing an eye to that portion of the skyline from new directions.

There are about 4 or 5 backhoes on the Legacy at Memorial (Studewood near Washington Ave.) so I assume something is going to be happening there soon. It's the first time the gates to the property have been closed as well in quite a while.

I think it's an office midrise of some sort. I took some pics over the weekend. I will try to post them up soon. :)

[Wattleigh]

I think it's an office midrise of some sort. I took some pics over the weekend. I will try to post them up soon. :)

No, this is the plot where the 25 story apartment tower has been proposed for. In fact, I don't think any relatively tall office projects have been pitched for the Memorial corridor in a while. Mostly residential as of late...

[Xeelee]

No, this is the plot where the 25 story apartment tower has been proposed for. In fact, I don't think any relatively tall office projects have been pitched for the Memorial corridor in a while. Mostly residential as of late...

Ah... I was confusing this with that crane up on Dickson street. It's right off of Jackson Hill and Memorial... which is half a mile from what you're talking about. :)

[rdavis4559]

"The city took a major step towards acquiring land for a permanent home stadium for the Dynamo, Mayor Bill White said today.

City officials signed letters of intent Monday to purchase parcels of land east of 59, near the downtown central business district. Officials would not identify the exact location, but said that discussions with the Dynamos were proceeding, with the intent of having the team finance construction of the stadium.

The preferred location of Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner of the Dynamo, has been between the George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park on the other side of U.S. 59..."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5440589.html

[Wattleigh]

Ah... I was confusing this with that crane up on Dickson street. It's right off of Jackson Hill and Memorial... which is half a mile from what you're talking about. :)

Ah, it's cool. I was kinda wondering what that was myself. I drove by on New Year's day and it looked like it was a project done by Gables residential. Not sure about anything else about it though.

[rdavis4559]

" Office space in both downtown Houston and the suburban market is expected to grow through 2011, according to Integra Realty Resources Inc.

Space in downtown will grow by 14 percent during the four-year period, with 6.1 million square feet expected to be built. Current inventory is 43.5 million square feet, according to the New York real estate data company's "IRR Viewpoint 2008."

That number puts Houston fourth among U.S. cities for downtown construction, which is expected to total 88.5 million square feet nationwide over the four years.

New York tops the list with an expected 20.8 million square feet of new construction, followed by Washington, D.C., at 9.69 million. Rounding out the Top 10 are Chicago; Seattle; Miami; Salt Lake City; Charlotte, N.C.; Boston; and Nashville..."

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/07/daily33.html?ana=from_rss

[Complex01]

:previous:

Nice news for Houston. We need more office towers. A new Tallest would be awesome...

:yes:

[toxteth o'grady]

That number puts Houston fourth among U.S. cities for downtown construction, which is expected to total 88.5 million square feet nationwide over the four years.

New York tops the list with an expected 20.8 million square feet of new construction, followed by Washington, D.C., at 9.69 million. Rounding out the Top 10 are Chicago; Seattle; Miami; Salt Lake City; Charlotte, N.C.; Boston; and Nashville..."

No Dallas?:notacrook:

[toxteth o'grady]

I should add that a 2008 economic forecast for Houston from an economist at the Dallas Fed projects that the employment numbers for 2007 will be revised substantially upward - to 100,000. That's solid growth, the kind that fuels building booms. But 2008 will be more modest - around 80,000.:banana:

[Cuzco1]

:previous:

Nice news for Houston. We need more office towers. A new Tallest would be awesome...

:yes:
Indeed. It usually takes cities 30 years to create another "city tallest" building, so let's see if it happens anytime soon.

[Von]

hey guys has anyone notice that there are starting to connect the Houston Pavillions?? I just saw the bridge going across san jacinto street i think?.. well could someone take some shots of that??

[rdavis4559]

I can see it from my window at work and all I can say is that it is a massive sky bridge if indeed that is what it is. I will take a picture when I get to work and post it.

[rdavis4559]

Here it is:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMG00323.jpg

[Great_Hizzy]

Stupid firewall. I can't see half the pictures posted here anymore.

:(

[Complex01]

Kewl i want to go and drive under it now...

:wizard:

[rdavis4559]

I was shocked to see it. It wasn't there Friday and it was there Monday.

[Trae]

Awesome. It will look really nice when finished. Will there be small retail shops on the large walkway, too?

[Von]

yay thanks :) so i am guessing you work at One Houston Center??

[CALMSP]

when i left hte Macy's parking garage on the south side of the Galleria, there was a billboard about a new shopping center going up across the street on the corner of McCue and Hidalgo.....anyone have info on this??

[rdavis4559]

I actually work in Two Houston Center, but my office includes the office bridge that hangs between One and Two Houston, above San Jacinto. That picture was taken from the seventh floor of that bridge.

[Xeelee]

Stupid firewall. I can't see half the pictures posted here anymore.

:(

Use ur 1337n3ss.

[Xeelee]

Kewl i want to go and drive under it now...

:wizard:

I'll drink to that!

http://www.gadgetell.com/images/2007/06/beer.jpg

[rdavis4559]

Let me know of an imagehost other than photobucket that will get through the firewall and I can post again.

[Xeelee]

snapfish?

[Wattleigh]

Updated renderings of the Oaks District from OliverMcMillan (http://www.olivermcmillan.com/deve/houston/index.htm)

Also check out the updated PDF (http://www.olivermcmillan.com/pdf/Houston.pdf). It has some not found on their other pages.

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/Houston_lg.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp4_1109finlA%20Small.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp1_1109finl_CORRECTEDA.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp2_1109finlA%20small.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp3_1109finlA.jpg

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp5_1109finl_CORRECTEDAsmall.jpg

[c4smok]

vnice =)

[Xeelee]

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/images/deve/houston/ROp4_1109finlA%20Small.jpg




I'll be in that pool there... ;)

[WesternGulf]

Definitely more revealing.

[Trae]

What does the M stand for?

[Wattleigh]

What does the M stand for?

It's a take off on "W"

Some of the renderings in the PDF actually have that building with the W logo on the sides.

[Trae]

That is what I was thinking. Also, will there be a Barney's Flagship? I remember seeing a rendering before.

[TexasPlaya]

I looked at the pdf and it shows a street lined with palm trees. I really hate palm trees in Houston.

[Complex01]

I love the whole concept, and that pool is hot. I wander how tall that tower will be. Looks pretty significant...

:yes:

[Wattleigh]

I looked at the pdf and it shows a street lined with palm trees. I really hate palm trees in Houston.

Why? They were already in some parts of the city anyway...

[Wattleigh]

Some of the various sites from earlier today.

One Park Place

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/OPP011308.jpg

Legacy at Memorial

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Legacy011308A.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Legacy011308D.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Legacy011308B.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Legacy011308C.jpg

West Ave.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/WestAve011308.jpg

2727 Kirby

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/2727Kirby011308B.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/2727Kirby011308C.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/2727Kirby011308A.jpg

Belle Meade at River Oaks

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/BelleMeade011308.jpg

Cosmopolitan

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Cosmopolitan011308A.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Cosmopolitan011308B.jpg

Life Science Plaza

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/LSP011308A.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/LSP011308B.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/LSP011308C.jpg

Serento

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Serento011308A.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/Serento011308B.jpg

[TexasPlaya]

Why? They were already in some parts of the city anyway...

They seem out of place in the bayou city.

[Xeelee]

Hrm... I'm not sure.

[Xeelee]

Thanks for the updates Wattleigh. :)

[Great_Hizzy]

They seem as natural in Houston as they do in any other part of the coastal plains: Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Gulfport, New Orleans, etc.

[Complex01]

I say, if you want pine trees in Houston go North of downtown and if you want plam trees go south of downtown...

:yes:

[vjhe]

I say, if you want pine trees in Houston go North of downtown

But you better be quick about it because pine trees, at least large groups of them in a single place, on the north side are disappearing at an alarming rate. Clear cutting is a sport in Houston.

[rdavis4559]

They just planted a lot of pine trees on either side of 249 in between the beltway and grant road. Hopefully they will do the same going further north. It will look nice in about 10 years.

[rdavis4559]

Hyatt Regency Houston is planning a $35-million revitalization project at the downtown hotel.

The project will include the transformation of all 900 guest rooms, the addition of new, high-tech meeting space and a Shula's fine-dining steakhouse.

Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood Capital Group LLC is responsible for the multimillion project, which is expected to be complete in late October.

Steve Trent, managing director of the Hyatt, said the project represents a rebirth of the downtown hotel. He said it's especially timely given the new downtown attractions currently under way at Discovery Green and Houston Pavilions.

The guest rooms will be renovated to include the signature Hyatt Grand Bed, work desks and wall-mounted consoles for Internet connectivity.

Guest room baths will include a walk-in shower, black marble-top vanity and matching black marble flooring.

The project also calls for the expansion of the hotel's meeting space. Specifically, 30 guest rooms on the hotel's sixth floor will be transformed into nine meeting rooms and three high-tech boardrooms.

Shula's America's Steakhouse will replace the hotel's two existing lobby level restaurants.

The Hyatt Regency, located at 1200 Louisiana, opened in 1972 and was the city's first atrium-style hotel.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/14/daily14.html?ana=from_rss

[Wattleigh]

An early rendering of 6 Houston Center from Crescent's Q1 Investor presentation (http://www.secinfo.com/dsvrp.ua8u.b.htm). The report itself is from last year... but it's something.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w208/houtosme/HouConstruction/6HouCtr.gif