I am almost certain that this is topped out. The crown is now lit up at night. Embassy Suites is the building on the right and the Hess Tower to the left. The turbines are also on at the neighboring Hess Tower. See my post on the Hess Tower for some short night videos.
Looks like the E.S. scaled back to 19 floors and it is possible this will have a flat roof and look nothing like the rendering.
The part that is lit up is an actual decorative light box that the developer was touting as being able to be seen from the elevated freeways. Not sure how they got around this as downtown Houston has a strict light ordinance/code prohibited this type of thing...
It is hard to tell how the design will be at this point. The top half of the building except for the crown has construction netting wrapped around. I drive past this building twice a day on my workdays, so I will keep the updates coming.
Wow, this topped out already, I was just there 2 months ago about and it was barely halfway TO, this went up crazy fast. I am sad now, no more towers for Houston in the foreseeable future, with the completion of ES, Hess, and Disco, nothings left
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Wow, this topped out already, I was just there 2 months ago about and it was barely halfway TO, this went up crazy fast. I am sad now, no more towers for Houston in the foreseeable future, with the completion of ES, Hess, and Disco, nothings left
Five Allen (or is it Five Houston) is still a possibility.
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Five Allen (or is it Five Houston) is still a possibility.
Yeah, 5 Allen Center is proposed, but I believe anything that has been proposed for 2+ years is dead, and I haven't followed major construction projects for long, but hasn't that been the case for Houston? Any "wiser" people out there could chime in on how long proposed projects take to go up in Houston. As I've only followed these buildings going up for the past 3-4 years.
Wow, this topped out already, I was just there 2 months ago about and it was barely halfway TO, this went up crazy fast. I am sad now, no more towers for Houston in the foreseeable future, with the completion of ES, Hess, and Disco, nothings left