HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[Wattleigh]

Profile of The Residences at La Colombe d'Or in Forbes...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cynthia...ing-in-houston

MAY 1, 2018 @ 03:03 PM

Houston Project Combines An Old-World Hotel And New High-Rise Living

Cynthia Lescalleet, CONTRIBUTOR

A new luxury-living high-rise and an old-world boutique hotel have linked up, literally, with a shared project in Houston. Between the structures, which share a city block, an amenity corridor of gardens, sculpture and parkland will serve both sides of the juxtaposition.

Site-prep for the Residences at La Colombe d'Or began earlier this year on the back lot of neighboring hotel La Colombe d'Or. Hotelier Steve Zimmerman has operated the storied lodgings since 1982 in a 1923-vintage historic manse located in the city’s Montrose area, near the Museum District and close to downtown.

The Zimmerman family is part of the project’s joint venture with Hines and TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment arm of TIAA. The estimated total development cost, which includes a $10 million renovation of the hotel and restaurant, is $150 million, according to Kevin Batchelor, Hines’ senior managing director.


Munoz+Albin's design for the sleek tower features a brick, limestone and glass exterior, with interiors by Rottet Studios.

Slated for 2020 completion, the tower will occupy the back of the jewel-box hotel's one-acre lot. For the past 25 years, that spot was occupied by the hotel's tony ballroom—and its lavish 1730s French Rococo salon panels (now in storage).

Batchelor says the joint venture's potential for synergy and compatible uses helped drive the project’s inception, which dates back to 2014.

[clubtokyo]

Cool project!

[DBGHouston]

Menil Drawing Institute to open Nov. 3
Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle May 1, 2018

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ent...3-12876282.php

The Menil Drawing Institute, which has looked so enticingly ready for months from Richmond Avenue, will open Nov. 3 with an exhibition of works on paper by Jasper Johns that has been almost as highly anticipated. The now-official date falls more than a year after the Menil Collection initially planned to open the world's first building dedicated to modern and contemporary works on paper. Johnston Marklee's innovative design for a sleek, low-slung and relatively modest building proved harder to execute than expected, given the architects' exacting standards. Menil Collection director Rebecca Rabinow, cautious after having to cancel an opening originally scheduled for October 7, 2017, has made a case for patience.

photo: Johnston Marklee

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ent...photo-10108648

[Urbannizer]

Alta West Gray




Heights Waterworks: The Heights

8-story, 275-unit apartment complex and existing buildings on site being refurbished for retail.

[chjbolton]

Just as a larger conversation, do we know why downtown Houston exploded in the early 80s and then sort of just... coasted. What's behind that? Did uptown and all the other areas still its thunder?

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by chjbolton

Just as a larger conversation, do we know why downtown Houston exploded in the early 80s and then sort of just... coasted. What's behind that? Did uptown and all the other areas still its thunder?

The oil bust of the 80s which essentially caused a lost decade and half where we had sun belt population growth leapfrog the previously built shiny office towers and apartments during the oil boom of the 70s/early 80s. Houston really didn't start taking off again until the late 90s and has been doing well overall since. Infill is occurring , but we have a bit of an office vacancy issue due to the last oil bust in 2014.

[N90]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

The Herons Kingwood Marina

http://www.civiltecheng.com/projects-3/kingwood-marina

Major mixed-use development potentially proposed for Kingwood. SOM listed as the architect.

This development would actually have been perfect for Galveston or maybe around Lake Conroe.

It kinda looks outtaplace in Kingwood. Something like North Uptown would fit in better in Kingwood.

[chjbolton]

Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

The oil bust of the 80s which essentially caused a lost decade and half where we had sun belt population growth leapfrog the previously built shiny office towers and apartments during the oil boom of the 70s/early 80s. Houston really didn't start taking off again until the late 90s and has been doing well overall since. Infill is occurring , but we have a bit of an office vacancy issue due to the last oil bust in 2014.

Alright, thanks for the explanation
I hope Houston 'wakes up' soon again; we always hear the Texas economy is booming but I'd love to see this materialize into a few 800-900-1000 footers you know...

[TexasPlaya]

Originally Posted by N90

This development would actually have been perfect for Galveston or maybe around Lake Conroe.

It kinda looks outtaplace in Kingwood. Something like North Uptown would fit in better in Kingwood.

My vote is for The Woodlands town center, create a second "uptown" type of district. Or maybe it would be like a Fort Worth situation.

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by JManc

I live in Kingwood and not that far from where this would go...a flooded swampy area. This doesn't seem very realistic. At all...

Oh? Wonder how any flooding will affect this.

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by TexasPlaya

My vote is for The Woodlands town center, create a second "uptown" type of district. Or maybe it would be like a Fort Worth situation.

This thing should be in midtown for sure.

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by Wattleigh

It's not the same building.

The Helix Tower/Three Hermann would be located on the vacant parcel of land between the this one and the mid-rise at the corner of Hermann Drive & Jackson Street.

Ah ok... thanks!

[DBGHouston]

The "Under Construction/Built Tabs" in the City Database are behind. Anyone care to move these to their proper headings? I have no idea about the Medical Center Buildings, but some of them must be finished too. The residential projects and hotels are based on their websites.

Under Construction

Capitol Tower
Arabella
Latitude Med Center
Hanover Boulevard Place
Marlowe
InterContinental Hotel Houston Medical Center (opens February 2019 according to website)

Under Construction - Recent Ground Breakings none are listed, some are out of the ground and the cranes are up

Caydon Midtown
Hanover River Oaks
The Driscoll Hanover West Gray (River Oaks Shopping Center)
Columbe d'Or Residential/Hotel
3300 Main Midtown
Village of Southampton (Rice Village)
Camden Conte (Downtown)
Blossom Hotel (?) Med Center

Built or Under Construction? - all are listed as "under construction" but some are already open for business

The Post Oak (open)
Le Meridien Hotel (open) was a renovation project not a new building
The Carter (open/leasing)
Hotel Zaza Memorial City (now open according to website)
The Ivy (open/leasing)
The Wilshire (opened in January according to Houstonia)

Texas Childrens u/c?
Methodist Hospital North Campus Expansion u/c?
Methodist Inpatient Hospital u/c?
Memorial Hermann Expansion u/c?

[Slyfox]

I saw above someone proposing the kingwood-marina for Galveston, and I wanted to ask. Why is Galveston run down looking? With its proximity to Houston and the related wealth of the city and the nearly year round beach weather, I'd kind of expect it be one giant resort town with Mediterranean architecture and maybe even some more prominent commercialization, especially given the money put into constant development in Houston and all the gorgeous architecture and infrastructure. Instead it looks like every building was last renovated in the 60's? I know the actual citizens of Galveston have a higher rate of poverty and a very low average income, but I'm still surprised no developers came in and just pumped in a bunch of money.

Is there a reason for this? Are people afraid of hurricanes?

[Wattleigh]

Capitol Tower

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



Camden Conte/Camden Downtown

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



Marlowe

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



The Midtown

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



3300 Main

Barriers now up around the block

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



Memorial Hermann TMC Expansion

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



Residences at La Colombe d'Or Hotel


c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF



The Village of Southampton


c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF

Pier drilling for the foundation is underway







South Main Apartments

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF








Residence Inn NRG Park/South Main

c/o 'hindesky' on HAIF

[Urbannizer]

Hines Block 58 office tower comes in at 48 floors; with a tenant reportedly close to signing a lease.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...comment=568238

HOUSTON - (Realty News Report) - Houston's next skyscraper - expected to be a 48-story, 1 million-SF tower - is quickly moving toward a construction start with the anticipated signing of an anchor tenant in the offing, Realty News Report has learned.

Hines will develop the tower on the site of the former Houston Chronicle building, which was demolished and is now a surface parking lot. The site, known as Block 58, is bounded by Texas Avenue, Travis, Milam and Prairie.

The Vinson & Elkins law firm is expected to sign a lease soon for approximately 250,000 SF, which is enough to accelerate the timetable for development. Vinson & Elkins' current lease in the 1001 Fannin building, formerly known as First City Tower, expires in 2021 and construction work needs to start soon to meet the law firm's deadline. No formal lease announcement has been made, but people in the real estate community say it appears to be close to a done deal.

The new Hines building is designed to be 36 stories of office space stacked atop a 12-level podium with street-level restaurants, a hospitable lobby, a fitness center and a parking garage with landscaped terraces. The building is expected to feature a distinctive crown to mark this new addition to the Houston skyline by the international development firm founded by master developer Gerald D. Hines in 1957.

[JManc]

^ Can't they make it an even 50 floors?

Originally Posted by N90

This development would actually have been perfect for Galveston or maybe around Lake Conroe.

It kinda looks outtaplace in Kingwood. Something like North Uptown would fit in better in Kingwood.

The Woodlands had to start from somewhere and I think Kingwood is ripe for some major development; it's a well-to-do area but there are a lot of infrastructure issues that would need attention before anything like this could be considered. There are few thoroughfares that could handle traffic in the area and most importantly, the San Jacinto river and water front in the area has to be dredged to alleviate flooding issues.

[JMKeynes]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Hines Block 58 office tower comes in at 48 floors; with a tenant reportedly close to signing a lease.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...comment=568238

Great news. Have any renderings been released?

What's being built on the block next to that between Prairie and Preston?

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Hines Block 58 office tower comes in at 48 floors; with a tenant reportedly close to signing a lease.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...comment=568238

I thought I saw something with a spire in one of the little models of the downtown manangement district.

[Urbannizer]

Generation Park adds Courtyard by Marriott as 1st hotel

A Courtyard by Marriott hotel is going up in Generation Park, a master-planned business park of McCord Development in northeast Houston.

Houston-based McCord announced the groundbreaking of the 5-story, 144 room hotel, which will be the first hotel in the Redemption Square lifestyle and entertainment center. Completion is targeted for 2019.

Hotel Development Services, which purchased a one-acre site in Redemption Square, is developing the hotel, its first in Texas. It will have more than 2,000 square feet of meeting space, a business center, 24-hour market, fitness center, outdoor pool, casual workspaces and a bistro.