HOUSTON | Texas Tower | 735 FT / 224 M | 47 FLOORS

[Dale]

Originally Posted by JManc

If it's only 700', there's still 300' of Chase poking out from the top.

That works for me. FYI: I think Chase looks good from the louvered side. It must have been an off-month for Pei on this one.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Dale

That works for me. FYI: I think Chase looks good from the louvered side. It must have been an off-month for Pei on this one.

Totally. he's one of my favorite architects but this was not his finest hour.

[KevinFromTexas]

I like the Chase Tower. It's a slab skyscraper same as the AON Center and the original WTC. The appeal of the Chase Tower for me is that it's 5 sided, which is sort of unusual, and it's just a really tall slabby building in a city with a relatively flat terrain so that it stands out even more so. It just seems to shoot up out of the ground.

[Dale]

I just don't like the punch-out windows. And for some reason it always looks dirty.

[JManc]

I don't mind the windows but it's the mix of the 5th side's all glass facade and the 4 punch-out window sides that don't do it for me.

[NYC2ATX]

I have high hopes for this one, but I wonder sometimes when I hear "distinctive crown" because for me there's truly distinctive and then there's 609 Main distinctive. It's not uninteresting but it's far from showstopping.

This may have been said before, but I always thought the Chase Tower could benefit enormously from a reclad a la First Canadian Place in Toronto some years back. The design itself is great but the current facade is DINGY.

[SLO]

Originally Posted by Dale

I just don't like the punch-out windows. And for some reason it always looks dirty.

I actually really like that building, the size / height / flat roof that proclaims its height without any spire or antennae. Just an impressive building.

[The Best Forumer]

Originally Posted by Dale

I hope it'll obscure the ugly Chase Tower.

Yeah me too... horrific look, horrific design. But hey....

[Urbannizer]

This should come in around the same height as 609 Main, that tower is 752 ft / 49 floors. For Block 58 to be taller than 609 Main the floor to ceiling height would have to be higher and / or feature a pretty tall crown.

I expect Block 42 to be in the ~550 - 600 ft range.

[kingkirbythe....]

Texas Commerce Tower (never call it Chase) is beautiful and subdued design.

[shakman]

I actually love the plain and simple look of Chase. Sometimes simple can be a good thing. Hopefully this proposed tower will contrast Chase Tower. I like when skylines have architectural contrast.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah, and I like the funky recessed windows. Walk up to the building sometime and look up that channel. It's impressive, and it really conveys the height of the building. And I like the black windows on the entrance side of the building. It's a powerful building but in an understated way.

[Urbannizer]

@CREguy13

This really will be a special project and a ground floor unlike anything existing in Houston currently. Hines is also renovating the ground floor of 717 Texas and their plan is to make it a seamless transition between 717 Texas, Block 58, and Block 42 so they all will complement one another's ground floor experience.

[Urbannizer]

According to Cloud713, the bidding process is currently underway for Block 42.

[JMKeynes]

Houston is booming!

[Urbannizer]

With so much info leaking from multiple sources, an official announcement has to be im imminent.

@TexasGeneral

Heard today that Hines is close with another major tenant (not V&E) for this building. The prospective tenant has a need for a significant amount of space in late 2020.

[JMKeynes]

That’s excellent. Has the design been released?

[The Best Forumer]

I have been scouring the interweb for it to no avail.

[JMKeynes]

Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

I have been scouring the interweb for it to no avail.

Thanks

I look forward to it.

[Urbannizer]

Parking meters have been removed and the lot is now closed.