HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 224

DanielG425 · #**4461** Posted **Feb 26, 2013, 4:15 AM**

I cant wait to see the finished product! There are over 15 buildings under construction or proposed that are at least 20 stories in The Galleria, Energy Corridor, and Downtown! If only downtown was planned better though. Downtown would seem so much better if there were thin cobblestone streets for pedestrians only, and if all the streets in general weren't so wide. A downtown shouldn't be a grid.

TexasPlaya · #**4462** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 1:33 AM**

Better rendering from swamplot:

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AND HERE’S what BHP Billiton Petroleum’s new 30-story tower might look like. The company announced yesterday that construction will begin at 1500 Post Oak in November on the fifth skyscraper at Four Oaks Place; the proposed 560,000-sq.-ft. building, going up where a vacant 24-Hour Fitness now sits, will be connected by a skybridge to the company’s existing 1360 Post Oak building.

This will be across the street from Astoria...

Updated Astoria renderings from ChannelTwoNews:

TexasPlaya · #**4463** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 1:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Shasta

Yep.

Original plan called for a 16 story LeMeridien Hotel, a 35+ story W Hotel with condos up top, a 30+ story apartment tower, a 12+ story office tower AND low rise apartments with ground floor retail.

They are actually building FEWER apartments than they are tearing down and building a ton of retail space. Frankly, I think that's stupid. They should be doing the exact opposite. Apartments are filling up as quickly as they come on line, but retail is harder to fill (just ask West Avenue which is in a better location than this project... mostly because this project competes more directly with Highland Village and The Galleria being right in between those two).

They are building fewer apartments, but the overall picture is that there is a lot of apartments being built in this general vicinity. You have all the apartments going up west in Uptown and east in greenway plaza. Also there are more garden style apartments directly north of this to knock over and add more apartments.

This location is great, north of Westheimer was/is getting very dense in this area east of 610.

nature's calling · #**4464** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 2:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by ()_T

Updated Renderings of River Oaks District:

http://www.olivermcmillan.com/riveroaks

Has a construction date been announced?

econik · #**4465** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 2:52 AM**

The BHP building is kinda blah, imo.

photoLith · #**4466** Posted **Feb 27, 2013, 3:03 AM**

River oaks district looks pretty boring. Oh well.

oscarinhouston · #**4467** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 2:00 AM**

New H-E-B coming up in the Up Town area... man I wish I had the money to move in there or at least close to it .

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...-fountainview/

oscarinhouston · #**4468** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 2:06 AM**

Just in case you're wondering... "whats going on on hwy 290 @ hwy 610?" here's the plan, which I kinda like... http://www.my290.com/construction-up...n-details.html

TexasPlaya · #**4469** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by photoLith

River oaks district looks pretty boring. Oh well.

... they should add a super slide or rock wall maybe?

TexasPlaya · #**4470** Posted **Feb 28, 2013, 6:28 AM**

A very awesome PDF update on the status of the office market in the Houston metro, includes all the major employment centers. It's a pretty long read but well worth it.

Urbannizer · #**4471** Posted **Mar 1, 2013, 4:21 AM**

Astoria site by Golyadkin, taken today:

Whiteco Tower by Golyadkin:

3009 Post Oak

River Oaks District - Signs up, no demo as of yet

Gables Post Oak

High Street

Briarglen Commons

The Millennium

Tanglewood - Rendering

807 S. Post Oak by Golyadkin (no rendering):

TexasPlaya · #**4472** Posted **Mar 1, 2013, 4:49 AM**

Thanks for the updates.

oscarinhouston · #**4473** Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 4:51 PM**

All the construction in Houston is very exciting, although I think the city can handle a boom as big as Dubai and it's tall buildings...

JoninATX · #**4474** Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 4:54 PM**

Nice infill going on.

DanielG425 · #**4475** Posted **Mar 4, 2013, 5:13 AM**

Are there any developments downtown right now?

RumbleFish · #**4476** Posted **Mar 4, 2013, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by oscarinhouston

All the construction in Houston is very exciting, although I think the city can handle a boom as big as Dubai and it's tall buildings...

Keep dreaming

toxteth o'grady · #**4477** Posted **Mar 6, 2013, 6:34 PM**

Another biggie - but it's a petrochemical plant expansion. 10,000 jobs, though, during construction.

http://www.chron.com/business/energy...wn-4331134.php

toxteth o'grady · #**4478** Posted **Mar 6, 2013, 10:22 PM**

Fly-through of the Grand Texas Theme Park.

http://http://www.bizjournals.com/ho...to-likely.html

F G Gonzalez · #**4479** Posted **Mar 7, 2013, 5:27 PM**

Anybody know what is going to be build on the east side of Minute Maid Park right below 59. Old building is getting demo.

cole world11 · #**4480** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 12:26 AM**

I'm so jealous of everything going on in Houston. If y'all can send some development down I-10, that'd be great!

kidding of course