HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 25

LordElPaso · #**481** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 6:50 AM**

maybe for some, that kind of density makes for a nicer skyline - but i think houston's skyline(s) generally reflects the people who live here - they'd much rather have room breathe and be themselves rather than be packed like sardines in a place like NYC, where surely many houstonians would go insane

rdavis4559 · #**482** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 8:01 AM**

I agree.... I think its great when you can drive through streets like San Felipe and see the contrast of mid-rise buildings almost literally next to or in within neighborhoods.

Trae · #**483** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 1:18 PM**

I like the way Houston's skyline is, too, but I don't know if they would all fit Downtown anyway.

CALMSP · #**484** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 7:15 PM**

i just wish we had a subway system like the "L" in Chicago, where it travels right through the neighborhoods!!!

Trae · #**485** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 8:55 PM**

Photos of the crane from HAIF (Houston Pavilions):

A veritable gaggle of cranes!!!

weatherguru18 · #**486** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 9:43 PM**

This is my first post guys...be nice to me! j/k.

According to the Chronicle, a 25 story apartment building is planned for Studemont and Memorial! Has anybody heard anything on Discovery Tower and it's final height or any other office structures?

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4692578.html

Boris · #**487** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 9:48 PM**

You should visit the HAIF.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/index.php

Trae · #**488** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 9:58 PM**

Yeah, that is where most Houston posters are.

guess · #**489** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 10:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

You should stay away from

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/index.php

yep

Trae · #**490** Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 10:42 PM**

^^ Ha

Nah, HAIF is a good forum.

Boris · #**491** Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 1:36 AM**

Quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boris
You should stay away from

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/index.php

Originally Posted by Guess
Yep, you should go to the HAIF

I agree with Guess, you should go to the HAIF

Xeelee · #**492** Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 11:04 PM**

why cant we all just get along?

Trae · #**493** Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 11:12 PM**

METRO buys land to sell to developer at later date

THE DEAL
• Buy : The Metropolitan Transit Authority buys two square blocks in Midtown from a developer for $7.2 million, with the sale closing in the next four months.

• Hold : Metro holds the property for a year to 18 months while the developer seeks city building code variances and designs a transit-oriented residential, retail and office project.

• Sell : Metro sells the property back to the developer and construction begins.

• Pros : Midtown can draw residents, and Metro can draw riders. Metro can hold the land without paying property taxes or interest.

• Cons : The city, county and other taxing entities lose property tax revenue while the property is off the rolls.

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4689600.html

Shasta · #**494** Posted **Apr 8, 2007, 4:34 AM**

Baylor College of Medicine activity

The Alkek Building for Biomedical Research

The DeBakey Library and Museum

Trae · #**495** Posted **Apr 8, 2007, 4:37 AM**

How much more is the Med Center going to do?

TexanatPenn · #**496** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 7:54 PM**

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but here is the redering of the Collaborative Research Center going up at Main and Dryden

http://www.collaborativeresearchcent...NE_Hub2_ed.jpg

Trae · #**497** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 9:57 PM**

Xeelee · #**498** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 5:04 AM**

nice

Cory · #**499** Posted **Apr 11, 2007, 1:13 PM**

M.D. Anderson, Health Science Center break ground on research facility

Houston Business Journal - 1:46 PM CDT Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are collaborating on a new imaging research facility.

The organizations broke ground Tuesday at The University of Texas Research Park on what will become the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research, dedicated to developing technologies that will detect heart disease, cancer and other illnesses at their earliest stages.

The facility, scheduled for completion in late 2009, is being built in cooperation with GE Healthcare and the Texas Enterprise Fund.

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging Research is the fourth building to be constructed, and one of six centers that will comprise M.D. Anderson's Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer. The McCombs Institute is located on the UT Research Park.

The six-story, 315,000-square-foot building, near El Paseo and Cambridge streets in the Texas Medical Center, will accommodate research laboratories for synthetic and analytical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and facilities for production of clinical-grade imaging agents such as radiopharmaceuticals, nanoparticle-based agents, gene-reporter and cellular tracers.

The building will also house UT-Houston's new Department of Biomedical Engineering.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/s...l?surround=lfn

Cory · #**500** Posted **Apr 11, 2007, 2:32 PM**

Westcreek Update:

Here are some more renderings of the mixed use development that will replace the westcreek Apartments. 350,000 sq ft of retail, 300 apartments, 200,000 sq. ft. of office, two hotels

View from Plaza

Southwest Corner

View of Plaza

Conceptual Drawings

From Westheimer looking north into the project

Westheimer looking west

Center of Project

Aerial