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Old Posted May 24, 2016, 12:01 AM
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UHD to buy downtown land to expand campus

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University of Houston – Downtown plans to buy acreage adjacent to its existing campus to grow its footprint by 74 percent.

The UH System’s board of regents approved the purchase of a 17-acre parcel immediately north of the existing campus. It will increase the campus to 40 acres.

UHD plans to build its new Science and Technology Building on the parcel. The Texas Legislature approved the new building last year, and architecture selection is underway. UHD hopes to complete the project by summer 2019.

The new property will also ensure UHD has space for other new academic and student life facilities, though exact plans have yet to be determined.
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Old Posted May 24, 2016, 3:59 AM
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^^^ more wonderful and exciting news for UH. GO COOGS!
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Please be true. Regent Square has always been my most anticipated development for Houston.
That is a beautiful project!

GID is about to launch a project here as well that I'm pretty excited about, High Street. It was first proposed prior to the recession, but it isn't Downtown like Regent Square. This is across the street from the Dunwoody train station, in the rapidly urbanizing Perimeter Center area. This area of town has become our largest office submarket.

The design aesthetic seems somewhat similar, and I love both.

http://highstreetatlanta.com/
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Not hugely familiar with downtown Houston. Would this lot be the one across the freeway to the north from the current buildings?
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Not hugely familiar with downtown Houston. Would this lot be the one across the freeway to the north from the current buildings?
Yes. More buildings may end up being constructed on the site once TxDOT plans for I-10 & I-45 are finalized.

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^^^ more wonderful and exciting news for UH. GO COOGS!
They aren't Coogs..they are alligators or something like that.
UHD is part of the University of Houston system but they are all different campuses (like UTEP, UTSA, etc.)

UH-Clear Lake
UH- Victoria
UH- Downtown
..and I think they've opened a building in San Antonio for the UH college of Hotel and Restaurant Management-San Antonio

They are currently working on a UH medical school. Not sure if it will be located as part of the main campus or in the med center.
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They aren't Coogs..they are alligators or something like that.
UHD is part of the University of Houston system but they are all different campuses (like UTEP, UTSA, etc.)

UH-Clear Lake
UH- Victoria
UH- Downtown
..and I think they've opened a building in San Antonio for the UH college of Hotel and Restaurant Management-San Antonio

They are currently working on a UH medical school. Not sure if it will be located as part of the main campus or in the med center.
^^^ props for the clarification. somehow, i had forgotten about the huge mural with the alligator / croc.... or whatever....
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Mixed-use district near Exxon campus lands major headquarters

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CityPlace, a delayed 60-acre urban district near Exxon Mobil Corp.’s new campus in Springwoods Village, has secured a major tenant for an office building.

Houston-based American Bureau of Shipping will move its global headquarters to CityPlace 2, a 10-story, 326,800-square-foot mixed-use building that will begin construction early next year. ABS and a subsidiary, ABS Group, will occupy the entire office portion of the building, which also will include 23,700 square feet of ground-floor retail. It is expected to be complete in late 2018.

When completed, CityPlace will include 4 million square feet of Class A office space with 400,000 square feet of integrated retail space, a full-service hotel and additional luxury multifamily projects. The project was announced before oil prices started to fall and was thus delayed. As of last summer, the development partners were still deciding whether they would wait for a lead tenant before breaking ground or would begin construction speculatively.
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The River Oaks

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https://www.facebook.com/GT-Leach-Co...8581561322825/

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On Monday...The River Oaks project team moved in a 275 Ton Capacity Lattice Boom Crawler Crane. The crane will be used by GT Leach's subcontractor Postel Steel Erection. Postel will set and install the steel frame for the 2 NEW Floors that are being added to the existing 16 story concrete structure..... All photos are by GT Leach


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They aren't Coogs..they are alligators or something like that.
UHD is part of the University of Houston system but they are all different campuses (like UTEP, UTSA, etc.)

UH-Clear Lake
UH- Victoria
UH- Downtown
..and I think they've opened a building in San Antonio for the UH college of Hotel and Restaurant Management-San Antonio

They are currently working on a UH medical school. Not sure if it will be located as part of the main campus or in the med center.
UHD are the Gators
UHCL are the Hawks
UHV are the Jaguars

UH medical school will probably near or on its main campus. It will probably be a part of the TMC even though it's physically not located there. UTMB in Galveston is a member of the TMC
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Ascent Med Center

Work now underway!




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Old Posted May 27, 2016, 8:28 PM
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The River Oaks

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Marquis at Greenway Plaza


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^^^ the new RIVER OAKS development is quite stunning... wow!
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Not the greatest photo but while catching a connecting flight from Austin to Pittsburgh I had to land at Houston and got this photo of most of the skyline. You rarely can get a view of the entire skyline, its really amazing how massive it is and I didnt even get all of it.

POT_5923 by photolitherland, on Flickr

Also passed over The Woodlands.

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Museum District Neighborhood Association received an update this week on Museo Plaza. Trammell Crow is the developer.

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Early stages of design - design will take another year
Development would be like City Center
3 buildings to be constructed in this order: medical tower, residential tower, luxury boutique hotel (the most luxurious in Houston or at least top 5)
Each building would have their own parking; underground is being considered but may not happen because of cost
All buildings would have first floor retail/restaurants with outdoor seating - this is why they want to close Palm street
The vision includes a performance stage
Palm street greenery would be open to the public but privately owned. One option they will explore is having the city turn Palm street into a public park
Palm street greenery would be enjoyable/designed to be used year round
Targeting all types of restaurants: family friendly, casual, fine, coffee shop, bars
Multiple entrances to buildings - all entrances will be attractive
Existing oak trees would be kept and additional trees and greenery would be added
Closing Palm street to make it all green space would be a beautiful entrance to Museum Park and would serve as a link between Museum District and Museum Park
Developers will continue to involve the neighborhood as plans progress.





http://www.museumparkna.org/resource...%204.27.16.pdf

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The project is presented as a unique, one-of-a-kind mixed use neighborhood development on three city blocks bounded by Main St., Fannin, Southmore and Wichita. The project will include a hotel at the current site of Mann Eye clinic with 150-180 keys, a residential tower with 300 units north of the hotel, and a medical office building east of the hotel. All will be linked by a pedestrian plaza/”green space” replacing Palm Street. A restaurant is planned on Palm St. along with a Performance Pavilion on Palm St. facing Main. Green space is considered the primary driver for success because a successful green space gives more opportunity for restaurants and retail to succeed. Parking will be above ground and Southmore will be required to be widened by the developer for the length of the project. Private ownership should deter the transient population.
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Mueso Plaza

It would probably behoove them to have Palm Street Park (Should it come to fruition) privately managed. Not that the city of Houston doesn't do a great job with parks, but as mentioned the transient population could be better dealt with, also it will save Houstonians the resources/tax dollars, and they can keep on top of it and update it if/when the surroundings change down the line. My favorite city park in the entire US is Bryant Park in NYC and it's been privately managed since either the 70's or 80's.
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[QUOTE=photoLith;7458250]Not the greatest photo but while catching a connecting flight from Austin to Pittsburgh I had to land at Houston and got this photo of most of the skyline. You rarely can get a view of the entire skyline, its really amazing how massive it is and I didnt even get all of it.

POT_5923 by photolitherland, on Flickr


It would be incredible if they could bring the right and left together with more mid-high rises in between and create one long continuous skyline.

Or at least build up high/mid rises around Memorial Park very densely (Kind of like central park) so you'd have a continues skyline from downtown to memorial/TMC.

Granted it would be tens of billions of dollars worth of investment but one can dream...
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Not the greatest photo but while catching a connecting flight from Austin to Pittsburgh I had to land at Houston and got this photo of most of the skyline. You rarely can get a view of the entire skyline, its really amazing how massive it is and I didnt even get all of it.

POT_5923 by photolitherland, on Flickr


It would be incredible if they could bring the right and left together with more mid-high rises in between and create one long continuous skyline.

Or at least build up high/mid rises around Memorial Park very densely (Kind of like central park) so you'd have a continues skyline from downtown to memorial/TMC.

Granted it would be tens of billions of dollars worth of investment but one can dream...
Its slowly happening.
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