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Main Place is going to make a noticeble impact on the skyline while driving southbound on US 59. Speaking of which, will US 59 still be the alignment for I-69 through Houston?
Very interesting updates, especially the Woodlands. I had no idea it was suppose to be that large in size. |
Great showoff of Houston!
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Wow West Ave looks very nice. Once they get those stores filled up, it will look even better. Probably my second favorite project after Regent Square.
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Houston Business Journal reports a massive complex for Exxon/Mobile that will 'clearly happen.' It will be built where the Hardy Toll Road intersects with I-45 in Spring at the Montgomery/Harris County line. This complex could total a couple million square feet as they consolidate offices from around the country. This massive complex (think HP complex as far as asthetics go) will house people from the Virginia offices as well as others from around Houston.
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/01/18/story2.html?b=1263790800^2732161 Here's the same article. Makes it easier for you guys... EXXON MOBIL CAMPUS 'CLEARLY HAPPENING' Real estate professionals say a long-running rumor is now a sure thing — Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to build a large corporate campus near the town of Spring. “Exxon Mobil’s campus is clearly happening,” according to Sanford Criner, an executive vice president with CB Richard Ellis Inc. Criner’s declaration came during a Jan. 7 presentation at the real estate firm’s downtown offices. He declined to disclose the source of his information concerning Exxon’s project slated for the west side of Interstate 45, where the Hardy Toll Road intersects the freeway. “It is uniformly believed in the real estate community that Exxon is developing a new campus,” Criner said. “That’s a huge story.” Speculation has ebbed and flowed over the past few months that the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company planned to buy roughly 400 acres to consolidate thousands of employees from Houston and Fairfax, Va. In the Houston area alone, Irving-based Exxon has people working in more than two-dozen locations who are expected to share a single address in the future. Criner said the relocation would be a big blow to the Greenspoint area, where Exxon leases 2 million square feet of office space for 6,000 employees. Employees downtown and those in company-owned buildings would not move to the new location. In attendance at the CBRE meeting was Jack Drake, president of the Greater Greenspoint Management District. When asked to comment on Exxon’s exit, Drake wryly replied that George Bush Intercontinental Airport is not leaving Greenspoint, and neither are Beltway 8 and Interstate 45. Covert developments Exxon keeps a tight lid on information regarding real estate plans, and would not comment for this story. The conglomerate with an estimated 104,000 employees worldwide avoids discussion of operational activities. In deference to Exxon’s covert character, businesspeople with knowledge of the company’s plans would only speak off the record. Sources who received campus details directly from Exxon or others connected to the deal paint a picture of an elaborate complex north of Houston, possibly with several million square feet of space. “They’re doing it,” one well-placed source states emphatically. In other recent developments cited by sources: • Exxon sent a company e-mail informing employees that the company is conducting an analysis of U.S. office buildings, but no decision on a Harris County campus is anticipated until the study is complete in 2011. • Deed records show an entity purchased a large amount of acreage late last year at the Interstate 45 site, bordered on the north by Spring Creek. The entity, believed to be connected to Exxon, purchased 400 acres of vacant land from New York-based Coventry Development Co., which owned as much as 1,500 acres in the area through affiliate Springwoods Realty Co. Executives with Coventry, which developed the local Baybrook Mall, did not respond to phone calls regarding the land. Activity on the potential site indicates development is in the offing, whether it involves Exxon or not. |
Hess Tower has topped off, and the Embassy Suites had just gotten above ground earlier this month.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/...071cfe25_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/42761264@N07/4297747244/ It also looks like MainPlace has begun work on its "sky garden" floors.... |
Just announced this week - a new 14 story office building on Post Oak Blvd @ Hidalgo. Construction starts (with or without pre-leasing) in late 2010.
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houst...95600^2772881# http://assets.bizjournals.com/story_...91-300-0-1.jpg |
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Always nice to see something new in the galleria...
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I'd like to see downtown and uptown connect one day. Have a Chicago style skyline that has many 500+ ft. towers stretching for miles along the lakeshore or in this case, along Memorial Park, Allen Parkway, I-10 and 59. Expand Greenway, make extend downtown west instead of east and do the same for uptown.
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I'd rather see it fill in the area between the Med Center and downtown. You already have midtown and some newer dense developments plus there's the rail so I could definitely see the area filling in some day.
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You already have the scattered high-rises of Midtown(like HCC), Allen Parkway(AIG and the Royalton, etc), and the Museum District(Hotel Zaza, etc) |
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That structure on the Embassy Suites looks wierd, looks like it's hanging off or something.
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Downtown and Uptown will never connect with highrises due to the HUGE area called Memorial Park (to the North of Buffalo Bayou) and The River Oaks Country Club (to the South of the bayou).
I agree with the poster above, I'd love to see Downtown and The Texas Medical Center connect. That is more possible even with Hermann Park in the way... DOWNTOWN MIDTOWN/MONTROSE MUSEUM DISTRICT/PARK PLAZA HOSPITAL HERMANN PARK/ALMEDA ROAD TEXAS MED CENTER |
I just want to see another 1000 footer, go up in downtown. That would be nice. Make it 1275 Feet, with a nice spire. Yes I would like that very much...
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Maybe if we move enough dirt, we can make JMancuso's avatar a reality.:hmmm:
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Good news for downtown, Pearl Real Estate developers have announced their first Houston project; 806 Main Street.
Pearl specializes in hotel development and operations. They will convert 806 Main from a Class B/C office tower into a hotel. I used to work in 806 Main right out of college in the mid 1990s. It's located right across from Main Place which is currently still rising. Despite the 1960s facade that (de)graces the building, it is Houston's oldest skyscraper. No word yet on the hotel brand, but Pearl has developed Embassy Suites (Ft Worth, Lubbock and Austin), Homewood Suites (Lubbock and Austin), Hilton Garden Inns (Fort Worth, Austin and Lubbock) and Springhill Suites (Lubbock). They're currently building a Westin in Austin now too. Here's the link http://houston.bizjournals.com/houst...8/story12.html Details include; 22 story tower at 806 Main St bldg closes Feb 15th for renovation Most tenants moved out by Dec 31st 2009 Domino's Pizza and Christian Science Reading Room on street level will remain open until their leases expire at year's end |
Wish this amount of development were happening in Atlanta right now. From reading posts over there it is clear we are too bored, but the city is still highly overbuilt from the boom.
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Nice Find Shasta.
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Thats kewl, bring a little more life to downtown and hopefully bring more people and further business... Nice...
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Here's how 806 Main St. used to look before the horrible cladding was put on in the 1970s.
http://overanalysis.org/postcards/secnd.jpg And here it is today; http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2003/04/189104.jpg Rumors are this will be a Kimpton Hotel project under the Hotel Palomar brand. |
are they going to replace that horrible facade?
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A Kimpton Hotel brand? That would be great and it closes today. Keep us updated.
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any updates?
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Are all of the parcels surrounding Discovery Green spoken for in terms of having live proposals? Obviously there is the residential tower, the Hess office tower, and the Embassy Hotel at various stages of construction... I'm just looking ahead at what the fully enclosed park may look like.
Also maybe a Houston wonk would know: are there any long-range plans regarding the I-45 Pierce Elevated? It would really be less of a blighting eyesore if it got a similar treatment as the one the Southwest Fwy got to submerge the highway. |
^^^ i would think submerging it underground would interfer with the bayous in that area. i don't know if it still a go, but there were extensive plans to turn the bayous of DT into waterways which are pedestrian/tourist/sightseer friendly. Speaking of that particular side, i wish they would tear down a parking structure or two and put up an iconic highrise to add to the already iconic view from that angle. Something with a spire would be great!:yes:
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Anyways heres Hess Tower and Main Place, in case you haven't visited MP's construction thread. http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...%20Up/1-31.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/keelerju/4454919318/ http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...%20Up/1-29.jpg And the MD Anderson Administrative Support Building(taken from flickr) http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...%20Up/2-11.jpg And the Texas Childrens Hospital Maternity Center(from Jax, HAIF) I put the renderings in case you didn't know about the project. http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...%20Up/3-12.jpg http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...%20Up/2-13.jpg http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k...g%20Up/4-8.jpg |
More on EarthQuest
http://www.earthquestadventures.com/ Pangea http://www.earthquestadventures.com/...ngea_large.jpg Life http://www.earthquestadventures.com/...life_large.jpg Resort Hotel http://www.earthquestadventures.com/...otel_large.jpg EarthWalk http://www.earthquestadventures.com/...rthwalkmed.jpg |
Wow those renderings looks really kewl. The hotel looks awesome. Houston needs a nice new theme park. Kewl...
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WOWZERS! Look at that hotel! I have a feeling that the north Houston burbs including Kingwood, Porter, Panorama Village, The Woodlands, Humble and Spring will all benefit from this. Porter is likely to be transformed from a sleepy town to a bustling burb as hotels, themed restaurants, transportational hubs (trains, buses, cars) spring forth into the area.
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That Med Center shot taken from Reliant Center is awesome.
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^^^ I like that you can see St Luke in yours.....Earthquest looks like tons of fun!!! Hope that gets going!!!
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Are you on crack?
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The JPMorgan Chase Building needs to be reclad. A nice all glass facade would look really nice.
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HOWEVER, we all know Houston will never EVER compare to NYC, so nothing to take seriously. |
Houston's skyline really is pretty easy to play with in photos. Line up all the business districts from different vantage points and you can make it look as large or as small, as long or as skinny, as your heart desires.
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Chase Tower & Memorial Hermann Tower New Lighting
The Chase Tower is lit up again. Does anyone know if this will be permanent?
http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050041.jpg http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050038.jpg This is the new Memorial Hermann tower off of I-10 West and Gessner. This would have been a great addition to downtown. The spotlights go up really high above this building and can be seen from miles away. http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050037.jpg http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/w...4/P4050036.jpg |
Does anybody know why the new tower in the medical center (I believe it is called the outpatient center or something) isn't lit up anymore. It had fantastic lighting but about a month after it was finished it just stopped lighting up. :shrug:
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The lighting was only on a short time and it has been off since. I work near the medical center, so I will keep my eye out for when they turn it back on. The building is still not open yet, so they may have been testing the lighting when it was on before.
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The City Council and County Commissioners Court have voted to build the Dynamo a stadium on the east end of downtown! Finally!!
:banana: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...c/6957689.html |
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