HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 413

Urbannizer · #**8241** Posted **Jan 8, 2015, 8:05 PM**

Work has begun on 1600 West Loop South. 1/8 by houstontexasjack on HAIF.

Rendering:

Double L · #**8242** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 12:09 AM**

I think Capitol Tower is an excellent building. Way better than the Houston Club Building it is replacing.

econik · #**8243** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 1:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by shakman

Capital Tower will also be well hidden due to its orientation and close proximity to its neighbors. I think this tower is an excellent design; especially since I views this development as an infill project.

It's an alright looking building but its basically just a rectangle. It looks fit for a suburban highrise to me. Yea, its infill and thats great but I think a beautiful original design would go well next to the Pennzoil building. Anyways, I hope it looks nice when its finished.

toxteth o'grady · #**8244** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 5:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Work has begun on 1600 West Loop South. 1/8 by houstontexasjack on HAIF.

Rendering:

So after freaking out about (nonexistent) inflation, Fertitta decided to build his hotel after all?

toxteth o'grady · #**8245** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 5:45 AM**

And another hotel rises in Galveston - to all of five stories. The Best Western Plus:

All that work on seawall site is for 100-room hotel

Urbannizer · #**8246** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 10:41 PM**

GRB Redevelopment Well Underway:

Pearl on Helena: By DrLAn34

MATCH

Urbannizer · #**8247** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 10:16 PM**

Photos by Skylineview on HAIF - 1/10

Amegy Bank Headquarters: Mat pour; crane base on site.

1600 W Loop South

SkyHouse River Oaks: Close to topping out

Azalea Court

Kirby Grove

3737 Buffalo Speedway

San Felipe Place

Photo by hindesy on HAIF - 1/10

Mid-Main: Crane going up.

Dariusb · #**8248** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 4:45 AM**

Love seeing all of the cranes in Houston!

Urbannizer · #**8249** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 12:38 AM**

21Eleven: Nearly complete

TexasPlaya · #**8250** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 6:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

21Eleven: Nearly complete

Really like this one.

kolbyRyan · #**8251** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

One thing Dallas has that might be copied on some of the new highrises in Houston is LED banding that allows the buildings to display graphics, lettering, etc. in a form that looks a bit like Times Square. I saw it on the side of the Omni Hotel downtown and at least two other office buildings. They've also incorporated dynamic color imagery into the lights of the Reunion Tower ball. It's pretty slick. I could imagine such a display on the backside of the GRB facing I-69.

You must be from dallas.

houabz · #**8252** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 12:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by kolbyRyan

You must be from dallas. Just remember when you look up top of this page, the header's skyline of select skyscrapers doesn't have one of dallas's "unique or better" skyscrapers on it but infact one of Houston's.

He was just making a suggestion, and I don't think he's from Dallas.

shakman · #**8253** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 12:50 AM**

Welcome to the forum kolbyRyan.

Urbannizer · #**8254** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 6:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Houston Chronicle

Museum of Fine Arts Houston unveils dramatic $450 million redevelopment plan

Buoyed by some of the largest donations in the city's history, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will unveil a $450 million project today that envisions its campus as the cultural heart of the city.

The project, by Steven Holl Architects, is the most exciting in the institution's 90-year history, board chairman Richard Kinder said. The plan, named the Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, is so transformational that in five years Houstonians might not recognize the 1000 block of Bissonnet.

It has garnered hefty donations, with lead gifts of $70 million by Sarofim; $50 million by Kinder and his wife, Nancy; and $10 million each from eight other donors.

Holl, who has offices in New York and Beijing, has re-imagined the campus' north side as a pedestrian-friendly cultural hub with a lively landscape, two distinctive new buildings, ample underground parking and smooth circulation patterns for vehicles and people.

Full Article: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ente...6011568.php#/7

Urbannizer · #**8255** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 8:08 PM**

Amegy Bank Headquarters:

Finally have a rendering for this one, as well as more info:

https://www.amegybank.com/about-us/newsroom/amegy-hq

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350,000 square feet
24 stories
Approximately 100,000 square feet will be leased
In-tower podium parking
Planned for LEED Certification

Urbannizer · #**8256** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 8:22 PM**

Block 387: New 290-unit building for downtown proposed by Fairfield Residential.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...7-residential/

Urbannizer · #**8257** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 9:56 PM**

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/h...ion-expansion/

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Originally Posted by Culture Map Houston

There's nowhere to go but up in Texas Children's Hospital $506 million expansion

At the Texas Medical Center, there's nowhere to go but up.

The board of Texas Children's Hospital has "enthusiastically approved" a $506 million expansion on the medical center campus that includes construction of a 19-story tower on top of the existing building base next to Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, officials announced Tuesday.

The project will add 640,000 square feet and 130 beds and make the tower the new home to Texas Children's Heart Center.

The addition, slated to be completed in 2018, is the latest development supported through the hospital's $475 million Promise campaign, a fundraising effort to "ensure the future of Texas Children's as a lead in pediatric and women's health," a release from the board states.

The new tower focuses on additional space for pediatric and cardiovascular intensive care, as well as new operating rooms. After the tower is completed, the Emergency Center and other areas in the hospital's West Tower will be renovated.

Urbannizer · #**8258** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 10:26 PM**

https://www.facebook.com/hinesglobal?fref=nf

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Construction started today on the new Hines-developed One Market Square at Travis & Preston in Houston. The 32-story luxury high rise will feature 274 apartment homes when it’s completed in 2016.

Monarch · #**8259** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 11:06 PM**

common words, are just not enough to convey what we are all feeling in lieu of the brilliant new museum design concepts.. now officially unveiled.
the only thing that immediately comes to mind, is... pure gold.

Urbannizer · #**8260** Posted **Jan 14, 2015, 12:31 AM**

Alexan Blaire House

http://globenewswire.com/news-releas...sidential.html

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Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BRG) ("BRG" or "the Company") announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) to develop a 269-unit, Class A apartment community known as Alexan Blaire House, utilizing BRG's 'Invest-to-Own' convertible preferred equity structure. Located on approximately 4.2 acres, the development will be situated two miles from Texas Medical Center in Houston.

Alexan Blaire House will be situated within Houston's Inner Loop in the City of Southside Place.