HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 184

weatherguru18 · #**3661** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 2:52 PM**

Today is the big day. Hines to reveal a dazzling new project downtown today sometime after 4pm. Rumor has it that the new project will stand close to 50 stories.

Dale · #**3662** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 4:13 PM**

Sounds like a 700+ footer to me.

photoLith · #**3663** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 5:04 PM**

The gables at tanglewood

Bbva

lockmat · #**3664** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 5:31 PM**

BBVA Post Oak pics: http://goo.gl/zpk0t

2525 McCue apts pics: http://goo.gl/qEUS0

Dale · #**3665** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 5:35 PM**

Mr. Hines ? Hello ?

lockmat · #**3666** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 5:43 PM**

Skanska pics http://goo.gl/WAukx

mfastx · #**3667** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 7:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by llamaorama

Personally, I wonder why Metro never considered a southwest Houston LRT line. I guess it would only serve suburban sprawl and not get adequate ridership, but then again it would both serve some rather low income areas with captive ridership and could have hit some kind of Sugarland TOD thing if that was ever in the cards. Guess not.

METRO has plans for a southwest extension of the redline.

The plans are to run the rail along US 90.

lockmat · #**3668** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 7:34 PM**

The Pearl @ Greenway pics: http://goo.gl/XV2qK

Dale · #**3669** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 10:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by weatherguru18

Today is the big day. Hines to reveal a dazzling new project downtown today sometime after 4pm. Rumor has it that the new project will stand close to 50 stories.

Well ?

weatherguru18 · #**3670** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 10:53 PM**

From what I understand:

It's 48 stories tall. 36 office floors on top of 12 parking floors. Glass curtain wall.

Dale · #**3671** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 10:57 PM**

Well, where is it ? This was supposed to be the big day.

Anyway, 36 + 12 would be disappointing. We were expecting 50 stories.

weatherguru18 · #**3672** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 11:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

Well, where is it ? This was supposed to be the big day.

Anyway, 36 + 12 would be disappointing. We were expecting 50 stories.

Dude, you need to chill. The building was only unveiled like an hour ago. Geez. Give it some time.

JManc · #**3673** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 11:11 PM**

Looks like ExxonMobile wants to give its downtown building to the city which would be an epic fail...

http://swamplot.com/exxonmobils-humb...ty/2012-04-04/

as for the new hines building. if its 48 floors instead of 50, who cares? wouldn't even notice from the street or skyline anyway.

Dale · #**3674** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 11:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by weatherguru18

Dude, you need to chill. The building was only unveiled like an hour ago. Geez. Give it some time.

Couldn't have been too 'splashy' an announcement. Nobody has seen it.

Dale · #**3675** Posted: **Apr 4, 2012, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

Looks like ExxonMobile wants to give its downtown building to the city which would be an epic fail...

http://swamplot.com/exxonmobils-humb...ty/2012-04-04/

as for the new hines building. if its 48 floors instead of 50, who cares? wouldn't even notice from the street or skyline anyway.

Exactly, the 'splashy announcement' turns out to be filler.

photoLith · #**3676** Posted: **Apr 5, 2012, 12:24 AM**

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Dude man you need to stop freaking over this. We don't know hardly any details, no renders or anything. A 48 story tower is pretty damn good in my book and will fill in one of the last shit lots in that area. It will probably be around 630ft which is pretty tall. The day of 800 footers or more in Houston is over for a long time so don't worry about it.

Dale · #**3677** Posted: **Apr 5, 2012, 12:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

^
Dude man you need to stop freaking over this. We don't know hardly any details, no renders or anything. A 48 story tower is pretty damn good in my book and will fill in one of the last shit lots in that area. It will probably be around 630ft which is pretty tall. The day of 800 footers or more in Houston is over for a long time so don't worry about it.

Will you people please stop freaking out telling me to stop freaking out ?

Many thanks.

JoninATX · #**3678** Posted: **Apr 5, 2012, 1:16 AM**

We are all just excited to hear a new tall skyscraper being planned downtown, heck it got me excited.

JManc · #**3679** Posted: **Apr 5, 2012, 3:56 AM**

im more interested in good architectural than height. a 48 story building will definitely make a presence in the skyline so lets hope for a good design and not another modernist box.

vjhe · #**3680** Posted: **Apr 5, 2012, 6:21 AM**

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I'm with Jmancuso on that. A quality design is what I most desire for Houston at this point. We need a design to break the stranglehold that seems to have the city by the throat....... maybe this new Hines development will do it. ;-)