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    2016 Was Record Year For Houston Home Sales

    Last year, Realtors sold 76,449 single-family homes in Greater Houston – almost 1,000 more than in 2014, the previous record year, and up 3 percent from 2015.

    Cindy Hamann, chairman of the Houston Association of Realtors, said many were surprised when the market seemed to stabilize in the first quarter after a below-average 2015.

    “About April it started picking up and then after the election things started happening,” she said. “I think the consumer was tired of the doom and gloom and tired of the election and everybody got back to business.”

    Only upper-end homes seemed to be affected by the oil downturn, Hamann said.
    “Our luxury properties took a dive during the latter part of the summer,” she said.

    “That’s when oil companies and (other) companies were starting to lay off.” But by the end of the year, the upper-end market had recovered.

    In December, sales of homes above $500,000 increased 23 percent compared to a year earlier.
    Hamann expects sales of all homes to increase even more in 2017.

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    TMC hotel expected to break ground this year

    Lubbock, Texas-based Pearl Hospitality is moving forward on it latest Houston-area hotel with plans to break ground at the end of 2017.

    Archit Sanghvi, regional vice president at Pearl Hospitality's JW Marriott Houston Downtown, told the Houston Business Journal that the hospitality group is currently in the design phases of its the Embassy Suites in the Texas Medical Center. Pearl expects to open the hotel by the end of 2018, Sanghvi said.

    The hotel will be adjacent to the Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center towers and will be part of The Medical Center Crossing development. The project was first announced in January 2016 and will also include street level retail and restaurants. The space, at 1709 Dryden, was previously occupied by the Baylor College of Medicine, which leased the entire 150,000 square feet of office building. The property was put up for sale when the college made plans to consolidate.

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    Eight new restaurants revealed for United's second phase at IAH

    Chicago-based United Continental Holdings Inc. (NSYE: UAL) and New York-based OTG, which specializes in airport redesigns, have revealed eight restaurants that will open in the second phase of the ongoing renovation at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

    Additional projects will continue through 2021, as existing restaurant leases throughout the terminals expire, according to Rick Blatstein, OTG’s CEO. Altogether, the projects will cost $120 million when completed, Gavin Malloy, United’s vice president of corporate real estate, previously told the HBJ.

    In addition to the eight new planned restaurants in Terminals C South and E, United and OTG will also renovate the holding areas for passengers waiting to board flights, Malloy said.
    Agave





    Agave from restaurateur Sharon Haynes, who started Taco A Go Go in Houston in 2006, is a casual taqueria that will focus on fajitas. Agave will be in terminal C South.
    H-Burger



    H-Burger, a burger bar with ranch-to-table offerings with a Houston twist, will be in Terminal C South. H-Burger is from Houston Chef Antoine Ware, the chef behind Harold's Heights.
    CIBO Express



    A new concept to IAH as part of the renovations are the CIBO Express Gourmet Markets, where United customers can use reward miles to purchase food and other items. Terminal E will also include a CIBO Express Gourmet Market.
    Magnolia Meatball Shop



    Magnolia Meatball Shop will offer comfort food and will be in Terminal C South. Magnolia Meatball Shop is a concept from Chef Christopher Williams, who co-founded Lucille's Restaurant in Houston.
    BeerHive



    In Terminal E, BeerHive is a locally sourced craft beer bar. It will also include bar pies, sandwiches, salads and other foods.
    Gavi





    Gavi is an Italian concept by by Chef Ryan Pera and will be in Terminal E. Pera is the chef behind Houston restaurants Coltivare and Revival Market. Gavi will also have a wine bar.
    Q







    Q is a project by Chef Greg Gatlin of Gatlin's BBQ and will be in Terminal E. Q will include fresh-smoked meats made in a custom smoker along with signature rubs.
    Tanglewood Grille





    Tanglewood Grille is a collaboration between Chefs Seth Siegel Gardner and Terrence Gallivan. The chefs met developing Maze at the London Hotel in New York and are behind Houston's Pass and Provisions. Tanglewood Grille will be in Terminal E and serve hand-cut steaks, burgers, fresh seafood and farm-to-table greens.
    Yume





    Yume will be in Terminal E and is a sushi and ramen kitchen with a focus on Japanese-sourced ingredients. Yume will also have an Asian biergarten and is a collaboration between Chefs Chris Kinjo and Mike Tran. Tran is also the chef at Tiger Den, a Houston yakitori and ramen restaurant and Kinjo is behind Houston's MF Sushi.

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    Latitude Med Center & Intercontiental Hotel





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    New "Cloud Column" sculpture installed at the plaza of the new Glassell School of Art.

    Move over Chicago, Houston has a bean now too

    Driving down Montrose Boulevard outside the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, you can catch a glimpse of “Cloud Column,” a newly installed sculpture from Anish Kapoor, the same artist behind “Cloud Gate,” better known as Chicago’s Bean sculpture.

    It took a massive crane to hoist the more than 20,000 pound sculpture into place Monday as a sea of hard-hats and reflective safety vests looked on.

    “Cloud Column” lay unfinished in Anish Kapoor’s London workspace after the sculptor’s original commissioners were unable to see the project to completion, said Tinterow. While “Cloud Column” remained in storage, Kapoor began work on other projects like Chicago’s “Cloud Gate.” When MFAH staff learned “Cloud Column” was available to acquire, the museum decided to install the work outside the future Glassell School of Art which is still under construction, slated to open in May.


    Houston Botanic Gardens Meets Fundraising Goal; Will Begin this Spring

    Work will begin within months on the first phase of converting Houston’s Glenbrook Golf Course into what the nonprofit Houston Botanic Garden hopes will be a marquee destination for visitors and residents alike.

    Golf operations will cease at Glenbrook on April 1, Mayor Sylvester Turner said, in announcing Wednesday that the botanic garden group had met its commitment in its contract with the city to raise at least $20 million by the end of 2017.

    The garden’s first phase is scheduled to open in late 2020, the mayor said, with site construction beginning next year.


    Arch-Con Underway on 251-Unit Apartment Community in Northeast Houston

    HOUSTON — Arch-Con, a general contractor with offices in Dallas and Houston, is underway on construction of a 251-unit multifamily community within Redemption Square, a 52-acre mixed-use district in northeast Houston. Designed by Steinberg Dickey Collaborative LLP and Looney Ricks Kiss, the project will feature 17,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include a 75-foot pool, fitness center, a dog park, business center and multiple outdoor grilling areas. McCord Development is developing the property, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2019.

  6. #131

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    St. Joseph Professional Building Midtown

    Crosses have been removed from this building.

    http://swamplot.com/st-josephs-falle...ed/2018-03-27/

    Boxer Property bought the tower last year and announced it had commissioned artists to develop concepts for an “iconic” design that would go up in place of the now-vanished signs. A new name is also in the works for the building. Less prominent planned changes include the addition of coworking facilities inside the highrise, as well as renovations on the retail spaces that now line Gray St., Crawford St., and the surface lot that neighbors the tower.




    The Driscoll River Oaks

    Site prep now underway for this 29-story high-rise

    http://swamplot.com/new-construction...et/2018-03-22/






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    Skanska’s Capitol Tower in downtown Houston tops out

    Downtown Houston’s newest skyscraper has reached its highest point.

    New York-based Skanska USA Commercial Development held a topping out ceremony for Capitol Tower on April 4. Members of the development, design and construction crew signed the ceremonial beam before it was hoisted to the top of the 35-story tower.

    Gensler designed the 750,000-square-foot tower, which broke ground last summer and is expected to be complete in 2019. The building is at 811 Rusk St., on the site of the former Houston Club building, which was demolished in October 2014.







  8. #133

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    Houston has got some amazing things going on! If you don't mind, send one or two of those developments to OKC! LOL

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    Or at least send us back a few energy companies.

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    I thought we don’t like energy companies here.

  11. #136

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rover View Post
    I thought we don’t like energy companies here.
    If they come with skyscrapers I'll support them!

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    Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge Announce Next-Generation Office Development in Downtown Houston

    Site prep already underway. Parking meters were removed and the lot is closed off. :cheers:

    (HOUSTON) – Hines, the international real estate firm, in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, today announced the start of construction of a new, 47-story, one-million-square-foot office tower on the 800 block of Texas Avenue (the former site of the Houston Chronicle) bounded by Milam, Prairie and Travis streets. The building will not only become an architectural presence in Houston’s skyline, it will also offer a radical new approach to lobby and common-area design and activation. This, coupled with a market-leading suite of amenities, heralds a revolution in Hines’ approach to building design to support employee recruiting, retention, engagement and collaboration. The building will open in late 2021.

    Leasing activity for the project is well underway with the signing of two anchor tenants. Vinson & Elkins, the largest and one of the oldest law firms in Houston, has signed a 16-year lease for 212,000 square feet. The prestigious firm will occupy the top seven floors. Hines will also relocate its global headquarters to the new building, signing a 15-year lease for approximately 155,000 square feet covering five floors.

    “We are pleased to join Hines as the anchor tenants for this new world-class, state-of-the-art building,” said V&E Managing Partner Scott Wulfe. “This move presents a unique opportunity to host clients and will allow our teams to work in a space that fosters innovation, efficiency and teamwork. This next-generation building will also allow us to continue to attract and retain the best talent and to provide the highest level of client service.”

    Hines President and CEO Jeff Hines said, “This tower promises to be a true ‘next-generation’ office building, drawing from the research and best practices we have learned from our office developments around the world. We are excited to not only be building it, but also to move our headquarters there. And, we are proud to once again partner with Ivanhoé Cambridge, with whom we have enjoyed a number of successful partnerships in cities such as Chicago, Toronto and Paris.”

    Pelli Clarke Pelli is the design architect, and the project will be built to the highest standards that Hines has ever developed in Houston, including both LEED® Platinum and WELL Building certifications. Hines previously partnered with Pelli Clarke Pelli to develop signature buildings in Houston, Minneapolis, Boston, Chicago and Milan. The Pelli/Hines collaboration was responsible for the recently-opened, iconic Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.

    The new Houston project will feature unprecedented amenities in the vertically integrated campus, including: a dramatic lobby with cues from the hospitality sector; multiple food and beverage offerings; abundant spaces for networking; a full-service conference facility; public gardens on level 12; and a high-performance fitness center.

    Ten-foot, full-height windows will allow for an abundance of natural light across the 30,000-square-foot floor plates and a sophisticated underfloor HVAC system will put comfort choices in the hands of occupants. Protruding, cantilevered bays on each face of the floorplate project away from the building providing opportunities for dramatic internal stairs, atriums and communal spaces, as well as potential access to fresh air and outdoor green space.

    The tower will be placed diagonally on the site resulting in unique, more interesting view angles and a powerful civic presence, punctuated by an elliptical “City Room” at the corner of Texas and Milam. The unique site is at the confluence of the CBD, the Theatre District and the Historic District—Houston’s ‘main and main’ location for a lively place to live, work and play. The building’s location—the most desirable in Downtown—leverages the myriad of restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, as well as an exploding residential population.

    Parking for more than 1,500 cars will be provided in an internal 11-level garage. Tenants and visitors will enjoy a variety of transportation options outside of its advantageous vehicular access, connectivity to Houston’s tunnel system and mass transit.

    “The Tower was designed from the inside out,” said Fred Clarke, senior principal with Pelli Clarke Pelli. “We put ourselves in the mindset of future tenants to create a building that is an exciting, healthy and compelling place to work. And, given its unique placement at the northern end of the city, diagonally across from Jones Hall, the tower presents an opportunity to definitively frame Houston’s skyline while—at the street level—creating a lively, professional and civic environment. It is rare for an office building to help foster the public realm the way this building will.”

    “We are very proud to partner again with Hines in a project that will set a new standard for downtown Houston and beyond,” said Daniel Fournier, Chairman and CEO at Ivanhoé Cambridge. “Hines has demonstrated over and over again why they are the best at what they do; this project promises to deliver even more.”

    “This will be a game changer for office product as we know it in Houston and the state of Texas,” added Mark Cover, senior managing director and CEO of Hines’ Southwestern U.S. Region. “We set new standards in Houston when we developed 811 Main and 609 Main at Texas. We will again take those standards to an even higher level with a larger, activated lobby, expanded user experience and by fully realizing the direction in which tenants and their employees are going, by striving to meet the needs of the ever-changing workforce in ways the Texas market has never seen.”















    c/o Nate99 @HAIF

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    I love that. I wish OKC could get one more Hines project.

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    Weingarten’s new high-rise at River Oaks Shopping Center underway

    Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) started demolition work in early July to clear the way for its 30-story, 318-unit luxury high-rise that will tower above its River Oaks Shopping Center off West Gray.

    The Driscoll, set to deliver by 2021, is the publicly traded company’s first foray into Houston’s residential market in 15 years. The company has owned the roughly one-acre high-end retail destination since 1971.

    Houston-based Hanover Co., the developer and contractor for the project, filed a $26 million building permit with the city of Houston but total construction costs weren't disclosed. The luxury high-rise will sit atop 10,000 square feet of retail, which will be a mix of “high-end restaurants and additional specialty retail that will complement the existing tenant mix at River Oaks Shopping Center,” said Gerald Crump, a senior vice president with Weingarten, in an email.

    In 2017, Drew Alexander, Weingarten’s president and CEO, told the Houston Business Journal this likely won’t be the company’s last high-rise development in Houston. Crump said there aren’t any definite plans to add residential towers at this time, but the company “continues to seek opportunities” that can add value.





    http://swamplot.com/the-breakdown-of...ns/2018-07-19/

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    Caydon buys more land for Midtown mixed-use project

    Australian developer Caydon, now building a high-end residential tower in Midtown, has acquired an adjacent parcel to complete what it says will be a three-block mixed-use development.

    The company purchased a 30,000-square-foot property at 2711 Main. The site houses an art supply store, which will relocate in early spring 2019, the developer said Thursday.

    "It's a phenomenal accomplishment for Caydon to secure the third parcel which brings us one step closer to delivering an exciting mixed-use district in one of Houston's most lively neighborhoods," Caydon principal Joe Russo said in a statement. "Caydon takes pride in creating developments that encourages a sense of community and supports people's health, happiness and a desire for a convenient lifestyle."

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    I love the building going on in Houston but what are they doing to alleviate the flooding problems. If you remember, the Hurricane only summed the flooding problems. Heavy rain earlier in the year caused significant, but less severe flooding. Like what ought to be in New Orleans, The main parts of Houston should be on stilts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mugofbeer View Post
    I love the building going on in Houston but what are they doing to alleviate the flooding problems. If you remember, the Hurricane only summed the flooding problems. Heavy rain earlier in the year caused significant, but less severe flooding. Like what ought to be in New Orleans, The main parts of Houston should be on stilts.
    Inner city Houston is fine for the most part (except some areas near the Bayou), it's the areas where homes are built close to bayous/in floodplains and reservoirs. Homes in some of those areas are either being bought out or raised. There's also $2.5 billion flood bond that will be put up to vote soon, it's expected to pass.

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    Block 42 46-story residential high-rises set to go up Downtown near Market Square Park.



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    where's the rest of that building? That would not seem safe in a hurricane

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    Broadstone Waterworks: The Heights

    *8-story multifamily building



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    Buffalo Heights

    http://www.buffaloheightsdistrict.com/

    The 1st phase of Buffalo Heights is a mixed-use project on approximately 4 acres at the intersection of Washington Ave and South Heights Blvd. The project includes a new urban prototype H-E-B, upscale residences at the St. Andrie, creative offices and retail.


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    The RO: Greenway/Upper Kirby

    http://www.transwesterndevelopment.c...section-line-3

    Location Details: 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX

    Project Type :Mixed-Use Multifamily
    Development Type:
    Total Units/SF: 340 apartments in a high rise tower
    Completion :Start construction in early 2019
    Management & Leasing:






    Hanover River Oaks: Upper Kirby







    Giorgetti: Upper Kirby

    http://www.giorgettihouston.com/



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    Villa Borghese Site: Upper Kirby





    The Sophie

    http://www.thesophiehouston.com/



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    Hanover BLVD Place: Uptown/Galleria

    http://www.hanoverblvdplace.com/





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    I might have the opportunity to move to Houston in October and am debating on whether or not it's the city for me. I've been needing a change of scenery from OKC for a long time but I also don't want to move somewhere I won't like. I'm hoping this will be my last move and I want to settle wherever I end up. I'm going to visit at some point this summer. I loved Houston in 2007 but that was then and my standards were very different then as I was still in college.

    Pros:
    -More diversity of things to do
    -Close to the beach
    -Much more active and vibrant LGBT scene with a much greater diversity of options for meeting people
    -Low cost of living for a world class city

    Cons:
    -Traffic
    -I hate tornadoes and OK's severe weather season, but I'll be trading that for hurricanes if I move to Houston
    -It's Texas. In 2019, I actually prefer Oklahoma politics over Texas. That could change of course if the OK legislature goes back to pushing religious issues but this year has been refreshing here in OK while in TX it's been rough. OK practically has legal weed while TX is nowhere close and probably won't be for several more years

    The other city I'm strongly considering moving to is Phoenix. It appeals to me more but it will be a much more difficult and expensive move for me.

    Can anybody more familiar with Houston compare living there with OKC? Of course the Houston metro is like 5 times larger so there's no comparison when it comes to actual things to do, but I'm thinking more quality of life.

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    I don’t think hurricanes should be much of an issue. Have home or renters insurance and you will be fine? Just my guess. There is plenty of time to evacuate during events like that.

  23. #148

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    You'd better live near to work and play as you can't begin to imagine how bad the traffic is compared to OKC. The other factor to consider is the humidity. You go outside and your glasses immediately fog over. I like Houston but I never want to live there again. When I need my Pappadeaux fix I can drive to Dallas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Plutonic Panda View Post
    I don’t think hurricanes should be much of an issue. Have home or renters insurance and you will be fine? Just my guess. There is plenty of time to evacuate during events like that.
    True, and every place has its severe weather, except for places like Phoenix. Of course they have the heat, but I actually like the dry heat so it won't be an issue for me.

  25. #150

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    Quote Originally Posted by rte66man View Post
    You'd better live near to work and play as you can't begin to imagine how bad the traffic is compared to OKC. The other factor to consider is the humidity. You go outside and your glasses immediately fog over. I like Houston but I never want to live there again. When I need my Pappadeaux fix I can drive to Dallas.
    That would be my plan. I lived in Charlotte which is much more humid than OKC so I think I can handle the humidity. As far as traffic, I'll be renting a room from my friend until I find a job and then I'll get an apartment near wherever I'm working. Dallas traffic can be bad but it's typically manageable. Is Houston that much worse?

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