HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 465

Urbannizer · #**9281** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 7:59 PM**

Treviso at Waterway Square

The design for this 24-story condo tower in The Woodlands has changed (again).

New:

Previous design:

toxteth o'grady · #**9282** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 11:32 PM**

The four-story tiltwall rising on the east side of I-45 in the Woodlands has a name...

Office building near The Woodlands on track for January delivery

Havenwood Office Park

Urbannizer · #**9283** Posted **Oct 15, 2015, 3:24 AM**

Kirby Collection

http://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com...king-pics.html

3615 Montrose

7-story condo building with prices ranging from $1M to $3M. More than 10 of the 34 units have been sold; construction begins Spring 2016.

California Square

http://houston-texas-us.blogspot.com...-blvd-new.html

Urbannizer · #**9284** Posted **Oct 15, 2015, 4:10 AM**

Menil Expansion Includes New Multifamily High-Rise

May contain affordable housing units. The developer is rumored to be Hines.

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Originally Posted by Houston Chronicle

One possible deal the expanded district could finish is an agreement city officials long have discussed with The Menil Collection to help the museum expand its 30-acre campus in south Montrose.

The Menil has added a cafe, rebuilt its parking lot and is building a drawing institute. Up next, deputy director Sheryl Kolasinski said, is the renovation of apartments the museum owns along Richmond Avenue into a new multifamily tower.

The museum plans to develop a 2.6-acre park next to the new tower and extend the dead-end streets of West Main, Colquitt and Loretta, laying new utilities in the process. The city has proposed asking the museum to build the public infrastructure and park, then reimbursing up to $10 million of those costs via a tax break on the new tower.

A portion of Midtown's funds, by law, are set aside for affordable housing, Icken noted, adding that likely will be part of the discussion surrounding the new tower.

Urbannizer · #**9285** Posted **Oct 15, 2015, 6:39 PM**

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/b...-on-first.html

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Originally Posted by HBJ

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has officially broken ground on its $450 million new campus.
Oct 15, 2015, 12:05pm CDT

The first phase of the project will include the new Glassell School of Art, which replaces the building that has housed the school since 1979. The new building will be 80,000 square feet, nearly double the size of the previous building. It will include space for the junior and adult schools, which serve 7,000 students each year.

Also part of the initial phase is the construction of the Brown Foundation Plaza. Part of the L-shaped Glassell School will be a sloped roof with stairs going down to an amphitheater and up to the BBVA Compass roof garden, which will provide a view of the entire campus.

At the groundbreaking, New York-based Deborah Nevins & Associates was announced as the landscape architect for the project, tasked with unifying the disparate buildings into a pedestrian-friendly and cohesive campus. New York-based Steven Holl Architects designed the Glassell School, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building and the master plan for the campus. San Antonio-based Lake Flato Architects designed the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation conservation center, which will begin construction next year. St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. is the general contractor.

Urbannizer · #**9286** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 4:21 AM**

Crown lighting is on for BHP Billiton

ooooaaaah! · #**9287** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 2:02 PM**

In the morning the reflection from the BHP building with the sun coming from the east is amazing. like a still lake in the morning.

Urbannizer · #**9288** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 5:40 PM**

The scaffolding for 500 Crawford in Downtown collapsed around 11 am today. Firefighters on scene searching through the debris; 6 people sustained non life-threatening injuries.

http://www.chron.com/houston/article...php#item-38488

JoninATX · #**9289** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 7:13 PM**

^wow^ glad no one was killed.

East7thStreet · #**9290** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

The scaffolding for 500 Crawford in Downtown collapsed around 11 am today. Firefighters on scene searching through the debris; 6 people sustained non life-threatening injuries.

http://www.chron.com/houston/article...php#item-38488

Did this happen around the 8th inning in game 4?

Urbannizer · #**9291** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by East7thStreet

Did this happen around the 8th inning in game 4?

This happened yesterday around 11am. Game 4 was October 12th. Luckily a game was not taking place, it'd be a much more unfortunate situation.

Reverberation · #**9292** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by East7thStreet

Did this happen around the 8th inning in game 4?

Zing!

photoLith · #**9293** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 6:07 AM**

So it seems some jack ass hit the scaffolding with their car and sped off causing the collapse. Seems like the building came away pretty much unscathed which is incredible and that nobody was killed.

Urbannizer · #**9294** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

So it seems some jack ass hit the scaffolding with their car and sped off causing the collapse. Seems like the building came away pretty much unscathed which is incredible and that nobody was killed.

A car hitting the scaffolding was ruled out. The scaffolding was more likely experiencing too much weight or was not properly installed.

Here's a video of the scaffolding collapsing:

https://twitter.com/KHOUJackie/statu...33055061856256

Urbannizer · #**9295** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 10:08 PM**

Alexan Southside Place

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/busi...#photo-8499608

4-Story, 269-unit apartment complex planned for 4139 Bellaire Blvd.

toxteth o'grady · #**9296** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 7:54 PM**

So everything around the old Shell Labs is coming down. What a change.

Urbannizer · #**9297** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 10:50 AM**

Hines Closes Deal to Buy Chronicle Building; Parking Garage

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A partnership led by Houston development firm Hines closed on a deal Tuesday to buy downtown's Houston Chronicle building and an adjacent half-block that houses a parking garage.

"Given the site(s) adjacency to the business and theater districts and the proximity to Market Square, we consider this one of the most strategically connected locations for future development in the central business district," John Mooz, senior managing director for Hines, said in a statement. "That likely confirms the intense market interest among the bidding community last spring."

Urbannizer · #**9298** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 10:56 AM**

Camden Conte Phase I

More renderings released by Ziegler Cooper.

http://zieglercooper.com/camden-downtown/

Urbannizer · #**9299** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 10:27 PM**

BLVD Place Phase II

Moving through the city planning commission. Phase II is the "33-story office tower" (Apache's new HQ) and future tower along BLVD Place Drive. The latter will be a multifamily high-rise.

TexasPlaya · #**9300** Posted **Oct 22, 2015, 8:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Hines Closes Deal to Buy Chronicle Building; Parking Garage

I'm sure we'll hear more about this during Houston's next boom cycle... So probably about 3 years.