HOUSTON | Bank of America Tower | 579 FT / 167 M | 35 FLOORS - Page 6

Urbannizer · #**101** Posted **Feb 26, 2015, 7:54 PM**

2/26 by Nate99 on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**102** Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 7:37 PM**

3/30 by Nate99 on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**103** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 7:33 PM**

4/11 by hindesky on HAIF.

shakman · #**104** Posted **Apr 14, 2015, 1:46 AM**

A tower crane already installed. Moving right along.

Urbannizer · #**105** Posted **Apr 28, 2015, 2:15 AM**

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Urbannizer · #**106** Posted **May 23, 2015, 9:22 AM**

5/20 by MSAsafety on Twitter, a second crane base is on site.

Urbannizer · #**107** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 8:13 PM**

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...er/#23198101=0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chron

Developer to pour foundation for downtown office tower

The developer planning Capitol Tower, the 35-story office building slated for downtown’s former Houston Club building site, is planning to pour the foundation for the structure next month, but as of now, there are no plans to to construct the tower portion of the project.

So what’s with all the construction on the property?

The Houston Club building was imploded last year, but the garage on the site was to remain because of an existing parking contract. During the implosion, however, the garage was damaged and had to be demolished.

Project developer Skanska USA Commercial Development is now building a new garage on the southern half of the block.

“We’re still executing our project plans, said Michael Mair, executive vice president and regional manager for Skanska USA in Houston.

Urbannizer · #**108** Posted **Jul 10, 2015, 5:46 PM**

From Reddit

Urbannizer · #**109** Posted **Aug 3, 2015, 6:55 AM**

7/31 by amashgo on HAIF

toxteth o'grady · #**110** Posted **Aug 4, 2015, 3:36 PM**

All that for a freakin' garage?

Urbannizer · #**111** Posted **Aug 14, 2015, 6:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

All that for a freakin' garage?

It's also for the foundation of the tower, as mentioned a few posts up.

Urbannizer · #**112** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 6:15 PM**

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...t-in-downtown/

Quote:

Rain our shine, concrete trucks will line up in downtown Houston Saturday to pour the mat foundation for Capitol Tower this weekend.

Skanska USA Commercial Development and its subcontractor Baker Concrete Construction will pour the mat foundation for the proposed 35-story office building at 800 Capitol Street.

Workers will continuously pour the equivalent of 900 truckloads over Saturday and Sunday. The job will consist of pouring over 9,300 cubic yards of concrete using 1,200 tons of rebar on a footprint covering 35,000 square feet. The building’s footprint equates to about 60 percent of a football field.

Travis and Milam Streets between Capitol and Rusk will be closed to traffic, as will portions of Capitol and Rusk. Metrorail service will not be interrupted.

Rain will not affect plans, according to Skanska. However, for safety reasons, weather conditions such as high winds or lightning would halt the operation until those conditions passed.

Urbannizer · #**113** Posted **Aug 24, 2015, 7:55 AM**

8/24

http://imgur.com/gallery/3rpcmJ9

Urbannizer · #**114** Posted **Sep 2, 2015, 9:02 PM**

8/29 by Nate99 on HAIF

skys the limit · #**115** Posted **Sep 2, 2015, 9:24 PM**

^^^^^^^
Isn't Capitol Tower the building that has been put on hold until substantial pre-leasing occurs?

The building was originally planned as purely speculative but with the oil downturn and its effects on the Houston office market the change in plans was made.

The pouring of the foundation is occurring but the building itself will not be going vertical until substantial pre-leasing is achieved:

"The Houston Chronicle reported that the foundation for the 750,000-square-foot Class A office tower will be poured next month. However, New York-based Skanska USA Commercial Development will still hold off on vertical construction until a substantial portion of the tower is preleased, the Chronicle reported."

article: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/n...be-poured.html

Urbannizer · #**116** Posted **Sep 3, 2015, 12:38 AM**

^ Yep, what's being constructed is the 7-story parking garage for the building. Once Skanska moves forward with the tower itself, three more floors will be added to the garage.