HOUSTON | Development Thread II

[Double L]

Maybe if we move enough dirt, we can make JMancuso's avatar a reality.

[Shasta]

Good news for downtown, Pearl Real Estate developers have announced their first Houston project; 806 Main Street.

Pearl specializes in hotel development and operations. They will convert 806 Main from a Class B/C office tower into a hotel. I used to work in 806 Main right out of college in the mid 1990s. It's located right across from Main Place which is currently still rising. Despite the 1960s facade that (de)graces the building, it is Houston's oldest skyscraper.

No word yet on the hotel brand, but Pearl has developed Embassy Suites (Ft Worth, Lubbock and Austin), Homewood Suites (Lubbock and Austin), Hilton Garden Inns (Fort Worth, Austin and Lubbock) and Springhill Suites (Lubbock). They're currently building a Westin in Austin now too.

Here's the link http://houston.bizjournals.com/houst...8/story12.html

Details include;

22 story tower at 806 Main St

bldg closes Feb 15th for renovation

Most tenants moved out by Dec 31st 2009

Domino's Pizza and Christian Science Reading Room on street level will remain open until their leases expire at year's end

[simms3_redux]

Wish this amount of development were happening in Atlanta right now. From reading posts over there it is clear we are too bored, but the city is still highly overbuilt from the boom.

[SouthmoreAve]

Nice Find Shasta.

Cool.

[Complex01]

Thats kewl, bring a little more life to downtown and hopefully bring more people and further business... Nice...

[Shasta]

Here's how 806 Main St. used to look before the horrible cladding was put on in the 1970s.



And here it is today;



Rumors are this will be a Kimpton Hotel project under the Hotel Palomar brand.

[JManc]

are they going to replace that horrible facade?

[TexasBoi]

A Kimpton Hotel brand? That would be great and it closes today. Keep us updated.

[JoninATX]

any updates?

[VivaLFuego]

Are all of the parcels surrounding Discovery Green spoken for in terms of having live proposals? Obviously there is the residential tower, the Hess office tower, and the Embassy Hotel at various stages of construction... I'm just looking ahead at what the fully enclosed park may look like.

Also maybe a Houston wonk would know: are there any long-range plans regarding the I-45 Pierce Elevated? It would really be less of a blighting eyesore if it got a similar treatment as the one the Southwest Fwy got to submerge the highway.

[Hillaryrocks]

^^^ i would think submerging it underground would interfer with the bayous in that area. i don't know if it still a go, but there were extensive plans to turn the bayous of DT into waterways which are pedestrian/tourist/sightseer friendly. Speaking of that particular side, i wish they would tear down a parking structure or two and put up an iconic highrise to add to the already iconic view from that angle. Something with a spire would be great!

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[JManc]

Originally Posted by VivaLFuego

Are all of the parcels surrounding Discovery Green spoken for in terms of having live proposals? Obviously there is the residential tower, the Hess office tower, and the Embassy Hotel at various stages of construction... I'm just looking ahead at what the fully enclosed park may look like.

Also maybe a Houston wonk would know: are there any long-range plans regarding the I-45 Pierce Elevated? It would really be less of a blighting eyesore if it got a similar treatment as the one the Southwest Fwy got to submerge the highway.

no.

[SouthmoreAve]

Originally Posted by VivaLFuego

Are all of the parcels surrounding Discovery Green spoken for in terms of having live proposals? Obviously there is the residential tower, the Hess office tower, and the Embassy Hotel at various stages of construction... I'm just looking ahead at what the fully enclosed park may look like.

Around the entire park, no, there are no live proposals. However, there is intrest on building a second convention center hotel. And rumors of a La Quinta have been talked about as well. But thats it, to my knowledge.


Anyways heres Hess Tower and Main Place, in case you haven't visited MP's construction thread.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keelerju/4454919318/




And the MD Anderson Administrative Support Building(taken from flickr)


And the Texas Childrens Hospital Maternity Center(from Jax, HAIF)
I put the renderings in case you didn't know about the project.

[Urbannizer]

More on EarthQuest
http://www.earthquestadventures.com/
Pangea


Life


Resort Hotel


EarthWalk

[Complex01]

Wow those renderings looks really kewl. The hotel looks awesome. Houston needs a nice new theme park. Kewl...

[weatherguru18]

WOWZERS! Look at that hotel! I have a feeling that the north Houston burbs including Kingwood, Porter, Panorama Village, The Woodlands, Humble and Spring will all benefit from this. Porter is likely to be transformed from a sleepy town to a bustling burb as hotels, themed restaurants, transportational hubs (trains, buses, cars) spring forth into the area.

[Dan Denson]

That Med Center shot taken from Reliant Center is awesome.

[JManc]

i took that same shot a few weeks ago:

[TXLove]

^^^ I like that you can see St Luke in yours.....Earthquest looks like tons of fun!!! Hope that gets going!!!

[Hillaryrocks]

Originally Posted by SouthmoreAve

Around the entire park, no, there are no live proposals. However, there is intrest on building a second convention center hotel. And rumors of a La Quinta have been talked about as well. But thats it, to my knowledge.


Anyways heres Hess Tower and Main Place, in case you haven't visited MP's construction thread.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keelerju/4454919318/




And the MD Anderson Administrative Support Building(taken from flickr)


And the Texas Childrens Hospital Maternity Center(from Jax, HAIF)
I put the renderings in case you didn't know about the project.

Holy Crow! From that angle taken from the MC toward DT, that could be NY or Chitown. Excellent perspectives.

m.