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HOUSTON | Aris Market Square | 371 FT / 113 M | 32 FLOORS

a rendering was just leaked today along with more information on Hines planned residential tower at Market Square park. it will be 25 stories of residential units on top of a 7 story garage, on top of a level of ground floor retail.

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...4/01/HMS_2.jpg

http://swamplot.com/a-first-look-at-...re/2013-08-22/

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Originally Posted by Swamplot

A First Look at Some of the 33-Story Apartment Tower Hines Wants To Build in Market Square

HINES AND Ziegler Cooper have presented this drawing (and several maps and site plans) to the Historical Commission in their bid to build a 33-story residential tower on the Downtown block bound by Preston, Prairie, Main, and Travis, catty-corner from Market Square Park. Unfortunately, there’s no image available of the whole thing. (You’ll have to extrapolate upward, as they say.) But the application materials for a Certificate of Appropriateness to build in the Main Street Market Square historic district show that the once-rumored tower would comprise 25 stories and 289 residential units atop a 7-level podium parking garage atop 1 level of retail on the street.

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...727feature.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

http://zieglercooper.com/wp-content/...LL-940x626.jpg

Of all of the things going up in Houston, this is the most important one to me. It's a game changer for downtown... hopefully.

Market Square Park is the central point for most folks who live downtown (The Rice, Hermann Lofts, Hogg Palace, Bayou Lofts, etc...). The renovation of the square to add things residents would use like dog runs, playgrounds, and Niko Niko's was the catalyst to get things going. Now, there are all sorts of new restaurants and neighborhood type bars that might make it for the long haul and be attractive to potential residents unlike the club circuit of the early 2000s.

I cannot wait to see this one rise!

So this is different from the project that was supposed to replace the Houston Club?

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady (Post 6246293)

So this is different from the project that was supposed to replace the Houston Club?

That's the Capitol Tower, across from the Chase Tower.

The height for the high-rise: 359 Feet.

http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Co...ion_Action.pdf

According to that it's taller than 359 feet.

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Total height of the building is 359’ to the flat roof with an additional 5’ to 20’ for penthouse and equipment screening.

That link also shows the height as 359 feet 10 inches to the main roof with an extra 21 feet 8 inches to the mechanical penthouse roof. So it comes to 381 feet 6 inches.

Main roof according to the section diagram is 368'-10", mechanical penthouse adds 21'-8", for a total of 391'-6". The diagram appears to count 0'-0" at grade, note the height of the retail space in the 2 different section diagrams. Good enough for me.

You're right! It does say 368. It was too pixelated for me to tell. So 391 feet 6 inches should be the height. 359 feet seemed too short for a 33-story building.

Thanks Kevin and Shawn. I also thought it was 359' in the section diagram. Height updated.

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas (Post 6251618)

You're right! It does say 368. It was too pixelated for me to tell. So 391 feet 6 inches should be the height. 359 feet seemed too short for a 33-story building.

Seems about right for a 25-story residential on top of 7-floors of parking.

This one's fairly tall, but it might be screened in part by the International Tower, depending on its placement.

1Q 2016 Completion Date:

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Originally Posted by HBJ

A 33-story Market Square multifamily development with 289 units at 327,000 square feet. He said the company expects to be completed with this project by the first quarter of 2016.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/b...essionals.html

I'm guessing this one won't start until mid-2014 if it's delivering in 2016.

Detailed rendering of Hines Market Square tower from a news video.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9...fd8d526a_o.png

It's so awesome that all the shit parking lots around market square are getting developed and that they aren't tearing any historic buildings down to do so.

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer (Post 6270632)

Detailed rendering of Hines Market Square tower from a news video.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9...fd8d526a_o.png

There probably need to be more like this downtown.

http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/24/20/65..._landscape.jpg

Final Name TBD
33-Stories, 327,000 Square Feet (289 Units)
Construction Start: Sept. 2014, first resident move in May 2016, final completion Jan. 2017

Here is a bit of a better view of the main rendering and a close-up of the base from the architect's website...

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps93390ddc.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps5593c387.jpg

September 2014? That's a long time into the future. I hope they don't forget about it between now and then.