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Old 04-25-2015, 08:38 AM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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there isn't a single parking lot on the northeast part of the development..? thats the current Landrys HQ building.

as for suburban.. the tower has 240 hotel rooms, 22 residential units, 120,000 sq ft of office space, restaurant space and retail space. the only other new structures on site besides the tower are the new Mastros and Willie Gs restaurants along 610. ill agree the 2 restaurants seem to be layed out more like a highway side chain restaurant (which i guess they are), but the tower is arguably one of the most mixed use developments one could build in what little area he's working with. I'm not sure what more you want..?
Technically it is when you are actually traveling north. As far as suburban, it is what it is. Uptown already is suburban itself and this won't help it become urban. I am talking about how it is built, not what is actually going there.

 
Old 04-25-2015, 09:05 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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technically what is? i don't follow that. if you are traveling north, the northern most building along the feeder road (northeast quadrant) is the Landrys HQ building. the parking lot you speak of is on the southwest side, and id imagine thats for a future tower but maybe they plan to use it as surface parking for Mastros, Willie Gs and the new showroom part of the existing Bentley dealership.

i agree the existing complex is pretty suburban, as much of the older designed Uptown developments are. this new addition is really only the tower and 2 restaurants though, and the tower is about as urban as they come. it would of been nice for an entire redevelopment of the 10 acre property into some ultra urban pedestrian haven, but this place is supposed to be pretty exclusive.
 
Old 04-26-2015, 12:58 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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at least a dozen of the almost 20 tower cranes downtown are in view, along with a handful of crawler cranes..

projects from left to right

500 Crawford - 7 story residential
GHP Building - 24 story hotel/office
Marriott Marquis - 29 story hotel
Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites - 14 story hotel
The Catalyst - 28 story residential
Texaco Building redevelopment - residential
Hilcorp Tower - 23 story office
609 Main - 48 story office
Residences at Market Square - 32 story residential
Market Square Tower - 40 story residential

might have to watch in 1080p full screen to see a few. heh

 
Old 04-26-2015, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Man they just keep announcing these new residential high rise projects. This one is called Arabella and it will be located on San Felipe at Westcreek just north of the coming River Oaks District mixed use project.. 34 stories..
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Manhattan architecture influences condo developer - Houston Chronicle

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Old 04-26-2015, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Richardson
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Man, 20 cranes?! That's great, just keep up the good work Houston. With that kind of population growth, retailers would want to go because the population is booming. The skyline will change, but the streetscape is going to change the most. Businesses will always go where the people are, so it's only a matter of time before Dallas and Houston gets this.



Dallas continues to knock out the vacant buildings. There are so many of them being redeveloped at the same time. Already the CBD has people walking on a regular basis. But in a couple of years, things will be drastically different. Buildings that have been shells and struggled are now getting the love they need. I won't include a single new building built from the ground up.
  • The Butler Bros. building near the city hall "started construction" in Oct. 2012, but it's now in full swing. Converting to apartments and hotel space
  • 1700 Commerce and the old Mercantile Commerce building (next to one another), are being converted to hotels.
  • The Belo Building near Union Station is being redeveloped into quality office space, and the bottom floor is being completely revamped.
  • 1401 Elm may open a few months later than expected because of how massive the project is. There are also talks in relocating DART's HQ near 1401 Elm St, to another vacant building and using their space as a continuation of the project for more residential and retail space.
  • Statler Hilton is continuing the gutting process. This is my favorite one for sure!
  • 1600 Pacific is being converted to residential and hotel.
  • Mid Elm Lofts have leased their floor spaces to 3 or 4 restaurants
  • One Main Place is converting a sizeable amount of space for a hotel
  • 411 N. Akard is in the process of redeveloping into residential space, so it may start in the summer.
  • The former Ramada Plaza is going to be completely reskinned, redeveloped, and remade into a new hotel.
  • The Ambassador Hotel will start their redevelopment into hotel and residential space later this year.
  • And Dallas' most prominent and high-profile office towers continue to renovate and touch up their bottom floor spaces to compete with the new developments going on throughout DFW.
  • Deep Ellum is also cleaning up a ton. So many little commercial spaces are becoming restaurants and retail stores. On Elm St, walkways, trees, and street improvements are happening. Blocks containing historic vacant spaces will receive a facelift.
In no relation to the above: I saw the Old Parkland development at night, and I got to say, that is one spectacular development. Quality oozes and resonates in the entire development. I can't even tell if it was built today, or a century ago.

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Old 04-26-2015, 09:23 PM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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Houston comes in number 4 in Technology job growth, behind Austin, Raleigh, and San Jose. what happened to the Dallas tech industry?

The Valley And The Upstarts: The Cities Creating The Most Tech Jobs | Newgeography.com

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The biggest surprise may be No. 4 Houston, which enjoyed a 42.3% expansion of jobs in tech industries and a big 37.8% boost in STEM jobs from 2004-14. Much of the growth was in the now sputtering energy industry, but also medical-related technology, which continues to grow rapidly. Houston is the home to the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest concentration of medical facilities. It also ranks second to San Jose in engineers per capita.


this ones no surprise given all the culture in Houston..

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Ranking No. 1, as the "Best Cultural Festival" in the nation, is the Texas Renaissance Festival.

In its 40th year, the annual event, which spans 55-acres in Todd Mission, Texas (around 50 miles northwest of Houston), features tons of food, drinks and shopping, plus an interactive cast of entertainers of jugglers, musicians, fortunetellers and more. The RenFest nosed out the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta for the top spot.
 
Old 04-26-2015, 09:35 PM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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The City with (Almost) No Limits - Urban Land Magazine

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And while Houston has been derided by outsiders for its occasional out-of-scale tower—the urban planning website Next City once ran a story about seven buildings that it asserted would never be built anywhere else—the city’s essential degree of order persists, even in the midst of explosive recent growth. According to the Greater Houston Partnership, the city issued building permits for $8.5 billion in new construction in the 12 months ending October 2014—a 41 percent increase over the previous year. CoStar Group, a market research group, reported that at the end of 2014, nearly 18 million square feet (1.7 million sq m) of new office space was under construction—about 15 percent of what was being built nationwide.
 
Old 04-26-2015, 11:06 PM
 
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Dhaka, Bangladesh is growing even faster than Houston. Would I want to live in either? No way.
 
Old 04-26-2015, 11:39 PM
 
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Houston comes in number 4 in Technology job growth, behind Austin, Raleigh, and San Jose. what happened to the Dallas tech industry?

The Valley And The Upstarts: The Cities Creating The Most Tech Jobs | Newgeography.com





this ones no surprise given all the culture in Houston..

Technology job demand heats up Dallas office market - Dallas Business Journal
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Dallas had a growth rate of 16.5 percent from 2010 to 2013, making it the third largest tech talent labor market in the country, surpassing Silicon Valley.

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“Nothing is hotter than the high-tech industry in Dallas right now,” ...
 
Old 04-27-2015, 01:10 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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Dhaka, Bangladesh is growing even faster than Houston. Would I want to live in either? No way.
and you would rather live in Dallas...?

wow. thats pretty sad if nothing is hotter than the tech industry in Dallas, when even Houston has a hotter tech industry (which isn't the hottest industry in Houston). lol.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/...most-tech-jobs (info below from the graph at the bottom of the link)

4 Houston 77.8 42.3% 18.5% 1.26 37.8% 12.3% 1.30
18 Dallas 52.1 43.9% 6.0% 1.11 22.0% 5.4% 1.20

Houstons high tech industry grew by 18.5% between 2012-2014. Dallas' lagged behind with only 6% growth.


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