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Old Posted Oct 26, 2007, 9:33 PM
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westchase needs to clean up its act though becuase while it maybe booming commercially, it's no longer a desirable place to live.
It sure does. The areas closer to Briar Forest aren't that bad though.
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Per the HBJ print edition from today...

The CityWestPlace Proposals & Their Placement in the complex



And the rendering of Technip's proposed building in the Energy Corridor from today's Chron. Kirkwood @ the Katy Freeway.


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Old Posted Oct 26, 2007, 9:56 PM
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Here is a rendering of Energy Tower II in West Houston:



Here is where it will be built (along with 14 story, 216 room hotel and twin 17-story towers):

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These proposals for west houston are amazing. Hopefully, this will help with my home's selling price.
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Old Posted Oct 26, 2007, 10:01 PM
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Are you trying to leave Houston?
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looking at the woodlands
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when will main place start construction?
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looking at the woodlands
Nice place. Far out though (like where I am at in Katy).
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when will main place start construction?
From what I've seen, spring 2008.
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From what I've seen, spring 2008.
That's right, the last portion of the old block (Hotel Montagu) will be imploded in early January. I think the West building will be manually demolished beforehand. After the cleanup is completed, excavation will begin for the tunnel level connection and the rest of the structure will follow.
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I dont know about you guys... but how could you live so far out? And I dont know about Briar Forest. A good friend of mine lives there now. He's having a hard time selling his house for about 300,000. He says something about all the Katrina evacuees. I always tell him to come to the Heights with me. Ah well.


Today though was a good day to take some pics of Houston. I was off of 288 incoming. Too bad I didn't have my camera.
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I dont know about all those new buildings in westchase. When I see them all I see is... Blah#5... blah#6 blah7#... blah8#.

Im not sure about ya'll but I really don't see much of a difference between the buildings...

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From what I've seen, spring 2011.
I fixed it for you to take into account the customary delays and cancellations common in the Houston market. :filthyanimal:
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the latest from Mayor White's office in regards to the 1717 Bissonnet proposal.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5250308.html
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Old Posted Oct 27, 2007, 2:22 PM
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I fixed it for you to take into account the customary delays and cancellations common in the Houston market. :filthyanimal:
I don't think so. It is going to be the same. Houston proposals have been following through on time as of late. MainPlace will be constructed on time.
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the latest from Mayor White's office in regards to the 1717 Bissonnet proposal.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5250308.html
This is fucking crazy.
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I dont know about all those new buildings in westchase. When I see them all I see is... Blah#5... blah#6 blah7#... blah8#.

Im not sure about ya'll but I really don't see much of a difference between the buildings...

I'm with you Xeelee, I am not moved whatsover with the designs of all of these new buildings on the Westside. I'm not saying they should be spectacles by any means, but all of these buildings are yet more examples of how when looking at the overall picture of building designs chosen for Houston in the past 10-15years, they have been blah at best. Why is that?
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Old Posted Oct 27, 2007, 10:20 PM
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Well, Westchase is a suburban-office district. You shouldn't expect too much. The area is getting an impressive skyline, though.

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Here's a map I made relatively quickly of the highrise condos appearing in the Clear Lake area. Feel free to mention projects I missed or if some of the pinpoints are in the wrong places.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&...079823&z=14
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Old Posted Oct 29, 2007, 5:27 PM
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Just out of curiosity... Anyone have the image of entry to the 1982 Bank of the Southwest tower for Houston? We've all seen Helmut's winning design and if we google for KPF Houston we can see the second design... Anyone have the third? The one with the dome on top? TIA.

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