^ Got it, so it's going to be 40 to 45 floors?! Man, that thing is going to be awesome!!! Besides the height, the design is to die for.
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Wulfe also said it is "pretty definite" that the apartment building will be developed by Houston-based Hanover Co. An industry source says Hanover plans to buy Wulfe's land for a 55-story apartment tower, making it the second-tallest building in the Galleria area behind the Williams Tower.
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San Felipe Plaza is 625 feet, so another 600+ footer for the Galleria area. That is awesome.
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Originally Posted by Metro Matt
WOW...just WOW
This is huge news for Uptown!
We are looking at 3 massively tall buildings here folks, one in the 700-800 foot range, & two in the 600-700 foot range. The 55 story tower would easily over take San Felipe Plaza as being the second tallest building in Houston outside of downtown.
Here are some interesting numbers taken from a couple of downtown Houston's tallest buildings
Bank of America - 56 stories, 780 ft.
Enterprise Plaza - 55 stories, 756 ft.
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Residential buildings usually have less space between the floors than office towers do. So I'm not sure these towers will be quite as tall as those office towers you listed, and 800 feet is even less likely. They may be near 700 feet, and certainly if they have any major decorative top, such as spires, they could be 700+ feet. In Austin they're building The Austonian which is a 56-story tower that will be 683 feet tall. The building is all residential, (condos) with retail on the ground floor. The top of the building has a 61 foot mechanical penthouse. The mainroof is at 621 feet 11 inches, and the top floor (occupied floor) is 607 feet 5 inches off the ground. At any rate I'm sure the Galleria area will be getting a 2nd tallest for sure, even that quote above said so. Residential towers, especially now days, and even more so in that area, have decorative tops. Big crowns and spires. So it very well could end up being 700 feet tall.
It's amazing to be talking about a 55+ story tower going up in a district far from downtown in an American city, maybe 700 feet tall. Most others that have secondary skylines are really only disconnected officially from downtown by a few blocks or for reasons like the kind of usage being different, like a university or government complex. So to have a true secondary skyline that is well defined and separate from downtown is amazing. Not only is it separate from downtown, but it's actually miles away from it. Houston is such a powerhouse. Houston's development, at least in having skyscrapers all over town in fairly urban clusters, resembles that of foreign cities. The only thing those clusters lack is more pedestrian friendly access and rail connections. Other than that the density, and acceptance of density is already there.