HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 161

Urbannizer · #**3201** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 2:57 AM**

New Plan for River Oaks District, major downsize.

Previous Plans:

daithi · #**3202** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 4:20 AM**

Looks a little cheesy. Well at least the empty lot will be filled I guess.

TexasPlaya · #**3203** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 4:43 AM**

Thanks for the updates. Not surprising it was scaled back.

N90 · #**3204** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 7:02 AM**

The Horizon- Neartown Luxury Apartment Tower

http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx
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The Horizon is a 290 unit luxury apartment tower consisting of 21 stories featuring panoramic views of the downtown Houston skyline, the Buffalo Bayou, Memorial Park, River Oaks, and the Galleria. The building will be Houston’s most advanced high-rise residential product and is being designed to achieve LEED Sliver Certification.

Source: http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx

N90 · #**3205** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 4:57 PM**

35 Story Luxury Apartment Tower for Inner Loop Houston:

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PM Realty Group LP plans to build a 35-story apartment tower on a prime site inside the Loop, where the Confederate House, formerly State Grille, served diners for more than 50 years.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p....html?page=all

Reverberation · #**3206** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by N90

The Horizon- Neartown Luxury Apartment Tower

http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx
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Source: http://www.gid.com/development/horizon.aspx

Wow. Where are they going to put it?

Michi · #**3207** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 6:28 PM**

Hmm, I thought it was a component of Regent Square, but it looks like one of the articles states West Alabama & Weslayan.

N90 · #**3208** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Michi

Hmm, I thought it was a component of Regent Square, but it looks like one of the articles states West Alabama & Weslayan.

The towers in the Regent Square development are separate from The Horizon development in Houston.

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Originally Posted by Reverberation

Wow. Where are they going to put it?

Neartown.

Urbannizer · #**3209** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 5:38 PM**

Dynamo Stadium - As of Sept 23rd

Link

weatherguru18 · #**3210** Posted **Sep 26, 2011, 2:40 AM**

New 35-story residential tower to break ground in 2012 inside the loop!! Apparently it was supposed to be 27-stories when the article was first published in 2008 but has since been increased to 35-stories. See articles below:

2008

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/s...14/story6.html

2011

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p....html?page=all

dgpatel · #**3211** Posted **Sep 26, 2011, 5:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by nava

Saw memorial city hospital area is expanding again infront of the main tower, and phoned the project runners to email me the project plans:

All photos from a pdf MetroNational sent to me...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5768986...th/6170560753/

cant figure out how to put those visually on the site

Great find!

Does anyone know whats happening on the other side of Memorial City mall (opposite to the side of the hospital)? I've seen atleast two cranes there. I think this is the location: LINK

N90 · #**3212** Posted **Sep 26, 2011, 6:08 PM**

147 Unit Multifamily Complex for Midtown Houston [Elgin & Louisiana Streets]:

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Well it looks like Midtown will soon be getting another round of upscale apartments. However, this time it’s nice to see they will be being built along Elgin. According to Nancy Sarnoff, Crosspoint sold their lot along Elgin to the Morgan Group and plans are similar to the existing Calais across the street (two levels of parking with four stories of apartments above. Wallace Garcia Wilson designed the project, which won’t break ground until the fall of 2013.

Source: http://innerlooped.com/1291/new-apar...ng-to-midtown/

I like the infill, this multifamily complex will have the same design as the one across the street and will replace a surface parking lot!

N90 · #**3213** Posted **Sep 27, 2011, 6:36 PM**

Winfield Gate in River Oaks:

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Imagine a cozy townhouse quarter in London where the architecture reflects Palladian influences. That's what the company has in mind for this development, which is not so coincidentally named after Winfield House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London. In fact, each of the 10 floor plans is named after a U.S. ambassador. The Farish, the Harriman and the Annenberg, for example.

Source: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsde...y-ambassadors/

weatherguru18 · #**3214** Posted **Sep 27, 2011, 10:30 PM**

From today's Chronicle: More info on the 35-story tower to rise.

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...te-house-site/

pacarlson · #**3215** Posted **Sep 27, 2011, 11:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by dgpatel

Great find!

Does anyone know whats happening on the other side of Memorial City mall (opposite to the side of the hospital)? I've seen atleast two cranes there. I think this is the location: LINK

I was told it's being built for Nexen Inc., which is moving their Dallas area office to Houston. I was also told it will be about 15 stories.

Michi · #**3216** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by N90

The towers in the Regent Square development are separate from The Horizon development in Houston.

Neartown.

I know. This rendering just looks like the proposal for the first Regent Square parcel to be developed.

I'm with ya.

N90 · #**3217** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 10:48 PM**

Resurrection of the 23 story Ashbury Apartment Tower:

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The plans represent the same 23-story design that was previously approved by the city in August 2009, according to Houston-based Buckhead Investment Partners Inc. Instead of for-sale condominiums, however, the units will be apartments.

“We are moving forward with a wonderful high-rise redevelopment project because the best multifamily rental market conditions in years, coupled with keen investor interest in this unique opportunity, clearly suggest that now is the right time to do so,” said Buckhead’s Matthew Morgan.

Source: http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...ashby-is-back/

JManc · #**3218** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 11:21 PM**

^ they need to build this instead:

and it needs the arms.

weatherguru18 · #**3219** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 11:50 PM**

Posed this question on another forum: Why here? Love the tower but seems like a very odd place for a highrise---i mean in the middle of a neighborhood with limited access. For some reason i thought this was to always be built right off the SW FRWY....not blocks away in the middle of a residential hood. I guess I never really thought about it until I looked at a map of the location.

mfastx · #**3220** Posted **Sep 30, 2011, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by weatherguru18

Posed this question on another forum: Why here? Love the tower but seems like a very odd place for a highrise---i mean in the middle of a neighborhood with limited access. For some reason i thought this was to always be built right off the SW FRWY....not blocks away in the middle of a residential hood. I guess I never really thought about it until I looked at a map of the location.

It's a very good place for a highrise. Right on a major thoroughfare, and in a very desirable neighborhood. Houston is going to get denser, we can't have inner-city suburbs forever. To accommodate this, we need to improve our transit system, but that's another topic. There are many highrises in Houston right next to single family homes.