HOUSTON | 609 Main at Texas | 752 FT / 229 M | 49 FLOORS - Page 18

Urbannizer · #**341** Posted **Oct 13, 2015, 2:45 AM**

10/11 by fkp5 on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**342** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 9:20 PM**

Via Flickr:

Houston by Fred Agho, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**343** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 6:56 PM**

10/19 by Nate99 on Haif

Urbannizer · #**344** Posted **Oct 21, 2015, 1:19 PM**

IMG_9819 by James Fremont, on Flickr

IMG_9695 by James Fremont, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**345** Posted **Oct 27, 2015, 3:53 PM**

10/22 by brijonmang on HAIF

Jibba · #**346** Posted **Oct 27, 2015, 5:53 PM**

Looking good so far. Architect is Pickard Chilton, yes?

Urbannizer · #**347** Posted **Oct 27, 2015, 6:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jibba

Looking good so far. Architect is Pickard Chilton, yes?

Yessir

Urbannizer · #**348** Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 1:11 PM**

Houston 10.28 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr

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caltrane74 · #**349** Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 1:28 PM**

I've never seen Houston on the board like this before. Big towers too!

I like it!!

In terms of cities that I wish we could emulate, especially when it comes to big hulking towers, it's Houston.

Urbannizer · #**350** Posted **Nov 6, 2015, 11:06 PM**

This is home by Peter Chau, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**351** Posted **Nov 8, 2015, 8:40 PM**

11/8 by hindesky on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**352** Posted **Nov 12, 2015, 12:11 AM**

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image by Mario Duran, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**353** Posted **Nov 13, 2015, 4:46 AM**

11/12 by Yoda on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**354** Posted **Nov 18, 2015, 10:20 PM**

11/15 by brijonmang on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**355** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 11:53 PM**

609 Main at Texas

11/21 c/o brijonmang on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**356** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 12:15 AM**

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By Yoda on HAIF

Urbannizer · #**357** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 11:39 PM**

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12.5 by Chris Rojas, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**358** Posted **Dec 15, 2015, 1:28 AM**

Downtown Houston at Main by Marc longoria, on Flickr

Urbannizer · #**359** Posted **Dec 21, 2015, 10:35 PM**

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/m...struction.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by HBJ

Hines' spec office tower under construction downtown lands major tenant

As Houston deals with a softening office market, Hines just landed its first major tenant for a speculative tower under construction downtown.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, an international law firm, signed a 62,000-square-foot lease for the top two and a half floors of 609 Main at Texas. The tower is expected to be complete in early 2017, and Kirkland will relocate its 75 Houston office employees from 600 Travis St.

skys the limit · #**360** Posted **Dec 22, 2015, 2:07 AM**

FINALLY! That is good news.

With the building now being about 63% complete in its floor count it has been a long time coming .... but at least someone has made a commitment. That is the positive.

The negative is the tenant is leaving another downtown tower so the lease is due to cannibalization from another downtown building.

At the end of 3Q15, Transwestern reports in the first 9 months of 2015 downtown Houston has net negative absorption of -1,976,000 square feet with 6,255,676 square feet vacant and another 1,463,258 square feet under construction (of which 609 Main is a little over 1,050,000 of that).

It is a "softening" market for sure.

Transwestern 3Q15 Houston office report: http://www.transwestern.net/Market-R...0Q3%202015.pdf