HOUSTON | Development Thread II - Page 394

Urbannizer · #**7861** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 12:53 AM**

You can see changes in the HSPVA design, more modern look to it now.

http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2014/1...ng/#27582101=1

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Originally Posted by Chron

HSPVA to get $80 million makeover with roof terrace, outdoor dining

During HISD’s 2012 bond campaign, the $80.2 million price tag for a new High School for the Performing and Visual Arts drew some concerns, with the cost estimated at $107,000 per student.

The design plans are in for the five-story, 168,000-square-foot campus for our city’s “Fame” high school. The new downtown site, closer to the city’s theater district than its current Montrose spot, will include an 800-seat theater, dance and music studios, art galleries, an outdoor dining area on the first level, and an outdoor roof terrace near the library.

Construction is expected to be complete in mid to late 2017, according to the district.

Double L · #**7862** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 2:23 AM**

^^^

Wow, that is so cool!

Urbannizer · #**7863** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 5:12 PM**

Hanover Upper Kirby: It looks like Hanover is planning more than one high-rise for the Kirby area, the other that we already know about is Hanover River Oaks.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...ors-300-units/

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Originally Posted by Bidclerk

Hanover Upper Kirby

Site work and new construction for a mixed-use development in Houston. Preliminary design plans call for the construction of a 30-story, 300-unit upscale apartment tower with restaurants on the ground floor. Plans will include parking and associated site improvements.

The developer will close on the property early 2015. An architect has been selected. Information on how a general contractor will be selected has not yet been released. Construction is scheduled to begin summer 2015.

toxteth o'grady · #**7864** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 7:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urbannizer

The design plans are in for the five-story, 168,000-square-foot campus for our city’s “Fame” high school.

That damned movie is going to dog us forever.

Hope there's room for the Gonkulator.

toxteth o'grady · #**7865** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 8:07 PM**

I think this was already announced, but why not mention it again? Embassy Suites in the Woodlands.

Woodlands to get lakeside hotel

toxteth o'grady · #**7866** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 8:22 PM**

More development in the Woodlands. From the guys who brought you the Ashby.

Exclusive: New luxury apartment project to rise near The Woodlands

[IMG]http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4085991/woodlofts-preliminary-view*600xx3737-2494-175-0.jpg[/IMG]

Urbannizer · #**7867** Posted **Oct 17, 2014, 3:45 AM**

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/busi...5828150.php#/0

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Originally Posted by Chron

Tall buildings to arise near River Oaks District

With most of the Westcreek apartments now gone and the River Oaks District well under way on a portion of the property, residential developers are staking their claims on the remaining parcels of land behind it.

Their plans include a cluster of tall buildings to house well-to-do Houstonians who can pay the steep prices that come with living next to one of the city's newest and flashiest mixed-use developments.

"People will be able to walk to restaurants, high-end retail and theaters. It's something that hasn't been offered in Houston," said Robert Bland of Pelican Builders, which is planning a 17-story residential tower on Westcreek Lane just north of River Oaks District, which is being built just inside the 610 Loop along Westheimer.

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An office building, a hotel and two additional high-rise apartment building are planned on the remaining Westcreek property, Brand said.

The surge of development has led to concerns over increased traffic congestion in the area.

High-density development will increasingly take the place of low-rise buildings in desirable, close-in areas, Bland said, as more people want to live in the city center and land become more expensive.

Additional traffic, he said, is the price of progress. But he also points out that the number of new residential units proposed on the old Westcreek site won't be a whole lot higher that what was there originally.

"Surprisingly, if you take all the apartments that were demolished, the total number of (new) residential units is not going to be much more," Bland said.

toxteth o'grady · #**7868** Posted **Oct 17, 2014, 7:39 PM**

If there are any concerns about a bubble, they may be dispelled in part by the latest figures from the Texas Workforce Commission's LMCI database, which shows Houston has added 119,000 jobs in a year (after 83,000 last year and 106,000 the year before). Undoubtedly, construction hiring has helped those numbers, but it's still over 300,000 additional jobs in 3 years.

http://www.tracer2.com/admin/uploade...houstonmsa.pdf

Urbannizer · #**7869** Posted **Oct 17, 2014, 8:51 PM**

http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/...oaks-district/

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Originally Posted by Chron

Gables to build luxury high-rise near River Oaks District

Gables Residential is planning to break ground in the second quarter of next year on a 15-story apartment building north of River Oaks District.

The yet-to-be-named building will have 300 units, averaging 1,400 square feet and priced in the range of $2.60 per square foot.

Ziegler Cooper designed the building, which will go up on a 2.5-acre site along Westcreek Lane between Westheimer and San Felipe.

Joshua Landry, area vice president of investments for Gables Residential, said the building will target “a sophisticated renter with a higher disposable income.”

“We are doing a higher level of service, concierge service and amenities we will offer will be different from other projects,” Landry said.

This is the company’s first high-rise in Houston, though it has built tall towers in other markets. the building should open about 20 months after construction starts.

Dariusb · #**7870** Posted **Oct 17, 2014, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

If there are any concerns about a bubble, they may be dispelled in part by the latest figures from the Texas Workforce Commission's LMCI database, which shows Houston has added 119,000 jobs in a year (after 83,000 last year and 106,000 the year before). Undoubtedly, construction hiring has helped those numbers, but it's still over 300,000 additional jobs in 3 years.

Wow! That is awesome!

pacarlson · #**7871** Posted **Oct 18, 2014, 1:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady

If there are any concerns about a bubble, they may be dispelled in part by the latest figures from the Texas Workforce Commission's LMCI database, which shows Houston has added 119,000 jobs in a year (after 83,000 last year and 106,000 the year before). Undoubtedly, construction hiring has helped those numbers, but it's still over 300,000 additional jobs in 3 years.

Any idea on what this latest add brings the current total Houston metro employed number to? A Google search didn't help me. I'd think the figure should be well over 1 million employed.

toxteth o'grady · #**7872** Posted **Oct 18, 2014, 7:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by pacarlson

Any idea on what this latest add brings the current total Houston metro employed number to? A Google search didn't help me. I'd think the figure should be well over 1 million employed.

Through August, the Houston metro had 2,921,000 jobs.

It's going to take another six months to get the latest population estimates, which were 6.3 million in July 2013. The city proper was just short of 2.2 million.

City Estimates - July 2013

Harris County had 4.337 million in July 2013.

County Estimates - July 2013

toxteth o'grady · #**7873** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 3:36 AM**

Sam Houston State University (where everything is uphill - even back to the car) is considering building a medical school in the former Camp Strake. No details yet, other than the size of the site - 10 acres.

University reportedly eyes Camp Strake site for proposed medical school

Meanwhile, Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke's have opened the McNair Campus on O.S.T., with plans for future expansion that call for at least one patient tower and one medical office building. No architect yet, so no renders.

Exclusive: First look at the Baylor College of Medicine McNair Campus

llamaorama · #**7874** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 3:59 AM**

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Sam Houston State University (where everything is uphill - even back to the car) is considering building a medical school in the former Camp Strake. No details yet, other than the size of the site - 10 acres.

Hilly by southeast Texas standards maybe. You clearly haven't visited Texas State then. The entire campus is either up or down a flight of stairs, and "ground level" is a very arbitrary concept in many of the buildings.

But that's cool about the med campus... shame about Camp Strake though. I think the scouts also go to the Sam Houston state forest more often than not though.

Urbannizer · #**7875** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 6:30 PM**

What was left of the Houston Club Building came down this morning:

• Video Link

toxteth o'grady · #**7876** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 6:59 PM**

Quite well choreographed. Looked like a Motley Crue concert.

mhays · #**7877** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

Sometimes I wonder if Houston has been without zoning for so long that implementing such a system at this point would be nearly impossible. I mean, in much of the city's core there's almost no districts that have only one or a select few building types. There's odd, random building scales and uses all over the place, so much that every zoning code would instantaneously have multiple illegalities on every block. How does one even zone a city like Houston?

A clarification on zoning....it doesn't regulate what's already there, or what's already vested under the current land use application process (whatever the local version is). It only applies to future projects.

AviationGuy · #**7878** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 8:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by llamaorama

Hilly by southeast Texas standards maybe. You clearly haven't visited Texas State then. The entire campus is either up or down a flight of stairs, and "ground level" is a very arbitrary concept in many of the buildings.

But that's cool about the med campus... shame about Camp Strake though. I think the scouts also go to the Sam Houston state forest more often than not though.

Edit: I deleted my post, which wasn't about Houston. Sorry.

toxteth o'grady · #**7879** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 10:11 PM**

Here's another campus - for Lone Star College. Not big in the scheme of things, but another project in the Woodlands.

Lone Star College plans new campus in Creekside Park

Urbannizer · #**7880** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 4:30 AM**

Second patient tower, and a office building planned near the new Baylor College of Medicine McNair Campus in the TMC (glass building in the foreground).

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Originally Posted by HBJ

Exclusive: First look at the Baylor College of Medicine McNair Campus

One of Houston's most interesting health care stories over the past year has been the relationship between Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives, St. Luke's Health System and the Baylor College of Medicine.

A by-product of that relationship is the new Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center McNair Campus. The 1.2 million-square-foot facility is in various stages of completion, renovation and construction, with the next wave of openings slated for January.

In addition to the current construction plans, there are also plans for a second patient tower as well as a medical office building. Construction of the second patient tower is estimated to start in November 2015, and the office building could begin within the year, said Charles Gianfagna, commissioning officer for the master facility plan.

Architects, engineers and builders have not been selected for the second tower, he said. RFPs for those projects will be released in the coming months.

Full Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/b...ollege-of.html