Is Houston expanding/developing at a greater rate than Dallas?

Not only the Metro as mentioned, it is even more so at the city at the city level. In the 30s and 40s they were nearly the same size, by 2020 Houston will be nearly double the size of Dallas, with only one decade since then did Dallas have a higher city growth rate than Houston. Sure it may not affect what amenities are in the region but it gives Houston better control of future growth and a bigger budget, on top of that Houston is still at the center of it's metro, Dallas is increasingly being pushed to the edge. Major amenities like DFW, Cowboy stadium and business campuses have long been moving north and west of Dallas city limits, so much so they make it sound as if access to jobs for anyone in the housing stock on Dallas's south side is increasingly problematic. If it were not for trends of historic city cores resurging then it probably would be losing population in recent years.

Hate to be a wet blanket, but I wonder how much a lot of this will get built. My cousin is a construction manager down there and he is actually getting worried about his job. Lots of projects have been shelved due to the oil price crash, especially in the past 90 days or so. As he tells it, stuff is still getting built, but things that don't have financing in place or are speculative in nature are getting chopped. Areas with a lot of O&G employment like the Katy Freeway area a/k/a the Energy Corridor and the Woodlands are most definitely slowing down.

It stinks for them. I actually really like what Houston is doing, and I say that as someone who grew up in Dallas. I tend to agree with the notion that a lot the development in Houston is focused inside the loop (as in inside of 610) whereas the more exciting projects in Dallas are rarely in Dallas itself, but Plano, Frisco, etc.

I tend to agree with the notion that a lot the development in Houston is focused inside the loop (as in inside of 610) whereas the more exciting projects in Dallas are rarely in Dallas itself, but Plano, Frisco, etc.

That's what I've noticed as well. There are some neat residential projects going up in and around downtown Dallas, but some of the more exciting stuff has been built in the outlier areas of the Dallas metro. I won't delve too much into Dallas since this is a Houston thread, but there are some cool things going on in both cities that I hope is more than just speculative.

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Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke's Health to build second tower at McNair campus - Houston Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/12/exclusive-expansion-plans-revealed-for-baylor-chi.html)


Exclusive: Expansion plans revealed for Baylor, CHI St. Luke's McNair campus

The Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke's Health plan to break ground on the next phase of their McNair Campus in early 2016.

The next phase of the campus will feature a second patient tower that will house 420 beds, and a medical office building. The patient tower is expected to begin construction in January, and the medical office building will begin in the fall. The projects are expected to be completed by 2019, according to a statement.

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No man but it could be. It just isn't.

I used to live in Kingwood. It's the Scotsdale of Houston. For Kingwood, that is a highrise alright. Even the biggest signs for the retail stores there aren't more than 6 ft. high.

I used to live in Kingwood. It's the Scotsdale of Houston. For Kingwood, that is a highrise alright. Even the biggest signs for the retail stores there aren't more than 6 ft. high.
Yeah I've made my position pretty clear on what I consider to be a high-rise. I usually look at things in the grand scheme so I will consider cities like NYC, Dubai, Los Angeles, etc. and use buildings there to compare them to buildings in OKC or Houston. So I just don't consider a six story building to be a high-rise. That is just me though. :)

Hanover Co. Begins Site Prep on $95M 32-Story Luxury Apts in Uptown Houston
(https://www.virtualbx.com/construction-preview/24108-hanover-co-begins-site-prep-on-95m-32-story-luxury-apts-in-uptown-houston.html)

Hanover Company*has begun site preparation for the construction of a 32-story, $95 million apartment tower in*Uptown Houston*near The Galleria.*

According to the architect's project report to the state licensing board,*Boulevard Residential LC*is the owner of record that is constructing a 280-unit high-rise multifamily building made of cast-in-place concrete within the 1700 block of South Post Oak Lane.

The project name is*Hanover Boulevard Place. Boulevard Residential is a holding of Hanover Company, which specializes in developing luxury apartment towers.
Hanover Company developed the*Hanover Post Oak*tower at 1750 Sky Lark Lane and the new tower is directly adjacent. Hanover Company owns adjacent tracts of land to the south and north of Hanover Post Oak.

The architectural firm is Chicago-based*Solomon Cordwell Buenz*(SCB) and the designer of record is*Clara Wineberg.

The estimated construction start date was entered as Oct. 1, 2016, however, the project manager has already set up a mobile project site office. Construction is scheduled for completion March of 2019.

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Now this would be a nice addition to the Stage Center lot.

Houston developer plans new luxury condo tower in River Oaks area (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/24/houston-developer-plans-new-luxury-condo-tower-in.html)


Giorgio Borlenghi is planning to construct a new luxury condominium tower in the River Oaks area.

The long-time Houston developer — well-known for building high-end office, hotel and condo buildings in Uptown — will begin pre-sales Aug. 25 in his first condo project inside the 610 Loop.

Villa Borghese will rise on a city block bounded by Bammel Lane, Earl, Sackett and Philfall streets, just east of Lamar High School near River Oaks Boulevard and Westheimer Road.

Borlenghi, the founder of Houston-based The Interfin Cos., purchased the property last year for an undisclosed price. Currently, there are about 20 older homes on the site, all commercial businesses ranging from a restaurant, hairdresser, doctor’s office and shops. Most of the homes will be moved to new locations around town, Borlenghi said.

Borlenghi plans to sell half of the units before breaking ground a year from now. Construction will take two years to complete, which means delivery will be in the second half of 2019.

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Chinese firm will change Houston (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/gansu/2016-08/22/content_26559908.htm)


Tianqing Real Estate Development LLC (Tianqing RED), a US subsidiary of one of China's largest real estate companies, has acquired a prime location in Houston to build high-rise buildings of mixed use that will change the city's skyline in the next few years.

Tianqing RED recently closed on the purchase of the land on Allen Parkway, west of downtown and across from the newly improved green space Buffalo Bayou. It is the last track of undeveloped land of that scale at such a prime location in the city.

"The land is a rectangle with hard corners, sufficient depth and width for development. It has great views all around. To the north there is the Buffalo Bayou, to the south the Texas Medical Center, to the east downtown Houston, and to the west the financial district Galleria. We are very happy to be able to get our hands on it," said David Du, president of Tianqing RED.

A total of $500 million will be invested in the project. The planned first phase includes a luxury hotel of 150-180 rooms and a high-rise condo. Construction is expected to start by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Another high-rise condo, a class-A office building and possibly a luxury senior-living building will be built later.

Upon completion, there will be two condo towers with a total of 180 units along with the hotel, an office building and ground-level retail spaces. The project aims to become a new landmark in Houston.

EB-5, the popular immigration investment program among Chinese, will be used to raise part of the money for the project.

However, Du said Tianqing RED will not rely heavily on EB-5 for financing. When it gets ready to start construction, parent company Tianqing Group will guarantee and provide the remaining funds for the project, he said.

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UH basketball arena to be renamed after $20M gift (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/25/uh-basketball-arenato-be-renamed-after-20m-gift.html)


It's official: Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is behind the once anonymous multimillion-dollar donation for the University of Houston's basketball arena renovation.

Fertitta, CEO of Houston-based Landry's Inc., donated $20 million, the largest-ever gift in UH Athletics history. The renovated arena, formerly the Hofheinz Pavilion, will be named the Fertitta Center beginning in the 2018-2019 season. The Houston Chronicle broke the news in July that Fertitta anonymously donated the money for the $60 million renovation project.

“Facilities are a critical part in college athletics today, and the Fertitta Center will play an important role as we recruit the best student-athletes to our campus," men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said in a statement. "Houston basketball will soon have the finest facilities in the country.”

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Demolition permit filed for Midtown building, new tower planned (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/23/demolition-permit-filed-for-midtown-building-new.html)


The Houston Chronicle reports that a demolition permit for 3300 Main St. has been filed. Although Houston-based PM Realty Group has been under contract to buy the property for more than a year, it’s still owned by the Midtown Redevelopment Authority. PMRG is expected to close on the sale at the end of the year, a Midtown official told the Chronicle.

The mixed-use development will include 336 residential apartments, 14,390 square feet of retail space and 521 parking spaces, according to plans posted by Los Angeles-based Aecom (NYSE: ACM), a partner on the project.

* 30 stories, 351 feet. The building will have 14 different floor plans to choose from,

Work schedule: 09/01/2016 to 09/01/2018

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rechlin (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/29037-3300-main-by-pm-realty-group-336-unit-high-rise/?do=findComment&comment=539078)

Thanks a million for these updates!

I was down there last weekend. Every time I go I am more impressed with what is going on. Cranes everywhere.

UH basketball arena to be renamed after $20M gift (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/25/uh-basketball-arenato-be-renamed-after-20m-gift.html)

It's official: Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is behind the once anonymous multimillion-dollar donation for the University of Houston's basketball arena renovation.

Fertitta, CEO of Houston-based Landry's Inc., donated $20 million, the largest-ever gift in UH Athletics history. The renovated arena, formerly the Hofheinz Pavilion, will be named the Fertitta Center beginning in the 2018-2019 season. The Houston Chronicle broke the news in July that Fertitta anonymously donated the money for the $60 million renovation project.

“Facilities are a critical part in college athletics today, and the Fertitta Center will play an important role as we recruit the best student-athletes to our campus," men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said in a statement. "Houston basketball will soon have the finest facilities in the country.”

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I think the Bubba Gump Shrimp Center has a slightly better ring to it.

Thanks a million for these updates!

No problem! We may have hit our peak, but there's still a lot of things underway. A lot of projects preparing for the next cycle.

The Post Oak and new Amegy Bank HQ

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skylineview (http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/15076-the-post-oak-36-story-high-rise-conference-center/?do=findComment&comment=539075)

609 Main 50 Percent Leased as Construction Continues (http://skyrisecities.com/news/2016/08/609-main-50-percent-leased-construction-continues)


Houston's tallest under-construction development celebrated topping off some time ago and the Hines-developed office tower has now reached another significant milestone. With international law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe recently signing a 12-year, 56,731-square-foot lease, 50 percent of space within 609 Main at Texas has been committed.

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Large plot of land below is in a good location so it's nice to see it being cleaned up for public use in the meantime at least.

Spacious park planned near River Oaks District (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/16/exclusive-spacious-park-to-rise-near-river-oaks.html)


Dallas-based Stonelake Capital Partners, the entity behind The James luxury apartment development, is developing a five-acre park at the northeast corner of Westheimer and Mid Lane, Stonelake's William Peeples told the Houston Business Journal. Specifically, the park will be between the railroad tracks that separate Highland Village from the River Oaks District and Mid Lane.

Stonelake is in the process of demolishing the office buildings on the land, including a former Wallis State Bank retail branch and the original location of Kiran's, a longstanding Indian restaurant that recently announced plans to move into the Kirby Grove development. Construction on the park should begin in 60 days, Peeples said. It's unclear how long construction will take.

However, Uptown residents shouldn't get too acclimated to the added green space.

"(The) highest and best use is not a park, but we feel it's a great amenity for the development and the area," Peeples said.

Rather, Stonelake's long-term vision for the prime plot is to develop a luxury mixed-use project. Plans aren't solidified, but the development could include office, retail and perhaps residential units, Peeples said. A timeline wasn't provided, other than Stonelake's plans to move forward with the mixed-use development "when market conditions change," Peeples said.

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The James and The Ivy:

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Phase II:

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Houston's bike share program expands to Texas Medical Center, several college campuses (http://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/08-24-16-houstons-bike-share-program-expands-to-texas-medical-center-several-college-campuses/)


It's going to get a little more convenient to get around Houston on a bike — even if you don't own one.

The expansion will be paid for by a $3.5 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration and $880,000 from Houston Bike Share, the local nonprofit that administers the Houston B-cycle program. When completed, it will bring the total to 102 stations and 793 bikes around Houston.

The system currently has 31 stations, largely located in and around downtown, Midtown, Montrose, and the Heights, with 225 bikes.

The expansion will be paid for by a $3.5 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration and $880,000 from Houston Bike Share, the local nonprofit that administers the Houston B-cycle program. When completed, it will bring the total to 102 stations and 793 bikes around Houston.

“The expansion of the B-cycle system will bring bike sharing into new neighborhoods and to new users,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement. “As I’ve said, we need a paradigm shift in transportation away from single-occupancy motor vehicles. Making cycling more accessible by building a strong bike sharing system is a critical component of that change.”

Houston B-cycle is a bike share program that provides a quick transportation alternative for getting around the city. With a base "membership fee'"of $5 daily, $15 weekly or $65 per year, bikes can be checked out from stations for free for the first 60 minutes and riders are charged $2 for each subsequent half-hour.

Since January 1, cyclists have made 73,577 trips and traveled 508,044 miles. Houston Bike Share CEO Carter Stern estimates Houstonians are on track to exceed 100,000 trips by the end of 2016.

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La Colombe d'Or to take luxury to new heights - 34 stories (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/La-Colombe-d-Or-to-take-luxury-to-new-heights-9191635.php)


More than three decades ago, a New Orleans native who had been practicing law in Houston turned a stately mansion on Montrose Boulevard into an exclusive boutique hotel modeled after a small inn and restaurant in the south of France.

Now the hotel is expanding with a more modern bent: a luxury residential tower.

Steve Zimmerman, the hotel's longtime owner, and real estate development firm Hines said Monday they will partner on what will be a 34-story building to be called the Residences at La Colombe d'Or.

With 285 high-end apartments, the building is scheduled to break ground during the second quarter of next year.

The new tower is being planned for a site just behind the original mansion in place of a parking lot and the ballroom, which Zimmerman says will be replaced on another site nearby at some point in the future. The owner plans to save the existing wood paneling and fixtures to reuse in the new ballroom. The hotel will remain in place.

As part of the new development project, the hotel and restaurant will undergo a $10 million renovation and expansion.

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All this and still no Ashby high rise lol

All this and still no Ashby high rise lol

The group says they still plan to move forward, we'll see. Court of appeals recently overturned a jury ruling (http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Court-of-appeals-rules-in-favor-of-Ashby-8336479.php) where the developer would pay *damages* if the tower was built.

Houston apartment developer plans new project in Midtown (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/08/30/houston-apartment-developer-plans-new-project-in.html)


A Houston multifamily developer is planning a new project in Midtown, according to public records.

Allied Orion Group, through a business entity called Atma at McGowen LLC, submitted a plat record to the city of Houston for a multifamily project on a half city block bounded by McGowen, Austin and La Branch streets. The half-acre site at 1403 McGowen St. is currently vacant.

8-stories, 71 units

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Houston’s retail market leads the Nation in construction activity (http://www.colliers.com/en-us/texas/houston/marketreports/retail_report/2016q2)


Houston’s retail market continues to expands with 3.9M SF under construction. According to our data provider, CoStar Property, Houston ranks first in construction activity when compared to other U.S. markets. Northern New Jersey was second with 3.7M SF and Dallas/Ft. Worth third with 3.5 M SF.

Approximately 82.6% of the 3.9M SF of retail space under construction at the close of Q2 2016 is pre-leased. Despite the 1.8M SF of new inventory delivered in Q2 2016, Houston’s average retail vacancy rate remained under 6.0%, decreasing to 5.8% over the quarter from 5.9% in Q1 2016.

Houston retail surges with strongest absorption in nearly a decade (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2016/07/houston-retail-surges-with-strongest-absorption-in.html)


Thanks to a healthy pipeline of mixed-use developments and hungry grocery developers, Houston's retail industry posted some of the highest absorption numbers in nearly a decade, according to a recent CBRE report.

Houston absorbed roughly 1.5 million square feet during the second quarter of 2016, which is the best net absorption for Houston retail since 2007, according to the report. The greater Houston retail market's occupancy is 94.2 percent and the Class A retail market has even higher occupancy rates, according to the report.

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Upper Kirby/River Oaks area of Houston

Kirby Collection (http://www.kirbycollection.com/)

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The River Oaks (http://theriveroaks.com/)

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More student housing coming to UH (http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/More-student-housing-coming-to-UH-TSU-area-9197870.php)


Austin-based Aspen Heights Partners has launched its first student-housing project in Houston, adding another apartment option near the University of Houston's main campus.

The four-story, $60 million project is being built the six-acre site of a former shopping center at 4971 Martin Luther King Blvd. Completion is planned in July.
The complex, just south of MacGregor Park at Old Spanish Trail, is a half-mile from the university and one Metro light-rail line stop away. The land was acquired in 2015.

"We just saw it being at a fantastic corner right across the street from the new rail line, right across the street from MacGregor Park," said Ryan Fetgatter, vice president of development for Aspen Heights Partners.

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Emancipation Park partners with city of Houston, plans to unveil completed renovations this fall (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/09/02/inner-loop-park-partners-with-city-plansto-unveil.html)


Emancipation Park, which is undergoing a $33.6 million renovation and new construction project, received a boost from the city.

The city of Houston and the Emancipation Park Conservancy are teaming up for the next 30 years to run the park, according to a release. The agreement frees up the conservancy to focus on fundraising and allows the group office space at the Houston Parks and Recreations Department.

The 11.7-acre park expects to reopen Nov. 12 following the renovations and construction, per the release.

Phil Freelon, of Chicago-based global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, designed the park, according to a release. The group has a Houston office.

Plans for the park include restoration of a community center and pool house, construction of a new recreation center and creation of a 3,000-person multipurpose space. The park is located at 3018 Dowling St. just south of downtown.

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Next Phase of Massive Regent Square Project Moving Forward (http://skyrisecities.com/news/2016/08/next-phase-massive-regent-square-project-moving-forward)

*Phase II breaks ground before the end of the year.


Last week, SkyriseCities published new photos of the work progressing at Boston's Seaport Square, a 23-acre swath of waterfront land that is gradually undergoing a shift from a post-industrial desert to a lively urban hub. Similar large-scale redevelopment projects are taking root in cities across the United States, as millennials abandon the thought of automobile-oriented suburban living and embrace urban conveniences instead. The phenomena is what's partially driving GID Development Group's Regent Square project, a multi-phase city-building intervention that will form the new town centre within the Inner Loop of Houston.

Like Seaport Square, the development will span 23 acres of land. To make way for the walkable community, most of the existing 1960s-built apartment neighbourhood was demolished. The first phase of what is ultimately expected to become a five-phase implementation was completed in 2014. It consisted of The Sovereign, a 290-unit rental apartment tower that is 21 storeys tall. With that stage completed, the highly anticipated second phase is primed to move forward. Standing on a site adjacent to The Sovereign, the 40-storey residential tower will boast 260 apartments.

The third phase would become the mixed-use heart of the modern neighbourhood. In addition to more rental apartment units — 617 in total — this component would contain 200,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 12-screen cinema, and a wealth of pedestrian-friendly streets, promenades, and public spaces. At full build-out, Regent Square will hold 2,000 luxury residences, 325,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, 200,000 square feet of office space, and a hotel.

http://regentsquarehouston.com/

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Next Phase of Massive Regent Square Project Moving Forward (http://skyrisecities.com/news/2016/08/next-phase-massive-regent-square-project-moving-forward)

*Phase II breaks ground before the end of the year.



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Very nice. We need projects like this in the OKC.

Very nice. We need projects like this in the OKC.

Something like this would have been incredible in Lower Bricktown.

Something like this would have been incredible in Lower Bricktown.

I second that.

anything would have been better than lower bricktown.
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Block 387 (http://meekspartners.com/block-387?c=T24tVGhlLUJvYXJkcw==) (1810 Main)

10-story, 291 unit residential building by Fairfield Residential breaking ground in Downtown next quarter.

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Metropark Square (http://www.sammoongroup.com/industry-real-estate)


Metropark Square is an exciting 70 acre mixed use development in The Woodlands, TX area. This development already contains a 156,000 sq/ft shopping center and is the home of Sam Moon Trading Woodlands. The next phase will add an additional 150,000 sq/ft of restaurant and retail, a theater, a limited service hotel, a full service hotel, and over 300 units of multi-family. Construction will begin in early 2016.

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Post Office site in Downtown will be transformed into a mixed-use development. December's Day for Night (http://www.dayfornight.io/) Music event will be here. Afterwards 401 Franklin will continue to be used as event space in the short term.

Developer has mega mixed-use plans for defunct downtown post office, call it Post HTX (http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-16-16-post-office)


While December’s Day for Night is making headlines for its stellar lineup of musical artists, including Aphex Twin, Travis Scott and Bjork, announcement details are also bringing attention to the festival’s location: the former Barbara Jordan Post Office situated at 401 Franklin Street.

Since the post office closed its doors, several avant-garde music and art groups, such as Cirque Noir, have used the raw space for events, but there's a lot more to come courtesy of Lovett Commercial.

The Houston-based developer has begun renovating the architectural landmark, slotted for a mixed-used complex called Post HTX with a new private event space, plus residential, office, retail, and restaurant spaces.

“Post HTX is our vision as the next centerpiece for interaction and communication in the heart of our city,” Frank Liu, Jr. with Lovett Commercial tells CultureMap. “With the decline of our reliance on the postage system, Post HTX is a new vision of human interaction and a transformative means of communication for the 21st century and the digital age.”

With the goal of keeping the majority of the existing building in tact, Lovett Commercial has commenced work on phase one of the massive undertaking. In collaboration with local interior designers Jawda and Jawda, the first floor of the building is being converted into a 150,000 square-foot event center set to open in early 2017.

The space will be a blank canvas in an industrial chic setting, easily transformable from an elegant setting to a casual soirée venue.

Phase two of the project, which includes architectural modifications to the structure, will roll out in several stages over the course of the next five to eight years.

"We want to showcase Houston in a new light by working with architects and designers around the world who are on the cutting edge of innovative ideas of how cities will function in the 21st century,” says Liu, Jr.

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Construction underway for Latitude Med Center and Intercontinental Hotel (http://www.medistarcorp.com/in-development/) in the Texas Medical Center.

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Latitute Med Center


Located on the same site as the InterContinental Houston Medical Center and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center - the largest medical complex in the world - Medistar is developing this luxury apartment tower in partnership with Greystar, the largest multi-family development company in the U.S. Now in construction and scheduled for completion in late 2018, the project features:

38 story apartment tower
6 level parking structure
400 units ranging from 349 to 3,767 square feet
10th floor amenity deck
Rooftop infinity pool

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InterContinental Houston Medical Center


Located adjacent to the Texas Medical Center - the largest medical complex in the world - Medistar is developing the four-star InterContinental Houston Medical Center. Now in construction and scheduled for completion in late 2018, the hotel features:

22 story hotel tower
353 guestrooms and suites
11,800 square feet of meeting space
7,800 square foot grand ballroom
6 level parking structure

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Luxury Italian designer helps launch Giorgetti Houston mid-rise project (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/style/home-design/article/Luxury-Italian-designer-helps-launch-Giorgetti-9225731.php?t=b31cb73461#photo-10925485)


Giovanni del Vecchio was on a whirlwind trip to the city, visiting Internum and launching the sales portion for Giorgetti Houston, a new mid-rise planned for the Upper Kirby District.

The CEO of the 118-year-old Italian luxury home furnishings maker visited local media, potential buyers and the project's Houston team, Jerry Hooker, a principal at Mirador Group, Jacob Sudhoff, owner of the Sudhoff Companies real estate consulting firm, and the project's builder, Will Stolz of the Georgia-based Stolz Partners.

The project's 32 condos and penthouses will range from 2,400 square feet to 4,024 square feet and cost $1.4 million to $3 million, about $500 per square foot, Sudhoff said.

Ground won't be broken until next summer, but the idea for this unusual collaboration — a seven-story building with Giorgetti branding inside and out — was first hatched some time ago when Hooker and Sudhoff were in Italy and saw Giorgetti furniture up close.

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Modera Shepard (http://www.edi-international.com/modera-shepherd)

7-story, 245-unit complex underway at 611 Shephard in The Heights.

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Post Oak Market (http://levcor.com/projects/post-oak-market)

Northwest Mall near the 290/610 interchange will become a mixed-use development. The site is also being considered for Houston's high-speed rail station.


The site currently houses major and local retailers alike, including Palais Royal and Foot Locker. Levcor is currently working on a redevelopment plan to turn the project into a mixed-use, grocery-anchored development. Space is currently available at the site for short-term leasing.

Post Oak Market is an upcoming planned mixed use development on Levcor's Northwest Mall site. The project is currently in touch with key anchor tenants, which will inform the overall project development. The project will include hotel, residential, office and retail development within a dense, urban environment in the heart of Houston. Post Oak Market will promote walkability and new urbanism design principles, as well as the densification of Houston's urban core.

Post Oak Market will be located at the confluence of seven major thoroughfares in Houston - I-610 W, I-610 N, US 290, I-10, Hempstead Rd, 18th St and N. Post Oak Rd. The 290/I-10/I-610 interchange, at which the project is located, is undergoing a massive ~$3 bn redevelopment plan to improve connectivity and traffic flow, and will be completed in late 2017. In addition, discussions of the proposed high speed rail from Houston to Dallas is expected to have a station in the site's immediate area.

Further, the site is located minutes away from major Houston residential and commercial regions, including Galleria / Uptown (<10 min drive), the Greater Heights (<10 min drive), Spring Branch / Spring Valley (<10 min drive), Memorial Villages (10 min drive) and Downtown (10-15 min drive). Being at a critical interchange, Northwest Mall also has excellent access to and from Northwest and West Houston highly populated sub-regions Katy and Cy-Fair.

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Midway plans 'transformative' project east of downtown (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Midway-making-plans-for-transformative-project-9302558.php#photo-10491012)


One of the city's most prominent developers on Wednesday will give investors a look at early plans for the former KBR site, a 147-acre tract with water and skyscraper views that could be transformative for the traditionally working-class East End.

"This is generational real estate," Jonathan Brinsden, CEO of Midway, the company behind CityCentre and other high-profile projects, told the Chronicle in an exclusive preview of the project. "It will shift the center of gravity of Houston's urban core toward the east."

The abandoned office and industrial complex offers an opportunity most developers only dream of — a huge plot of mostly vacant land, a blank canvas on which to design and build a community for thousands. Specific details are still being determined, but it ultimately could be as large as 8 million square feet of shops, offices and entertainment venues. Over time, the investment could reach the billions.

Midway, which is developing the site in a joint venture, will discuss the project during its annual investor conference in the high-end hotel on the grounds of the company's CityCentre development in west Houston. For comparison sake, the new project could be as large as four CityCentres combined.

Keeping in mind the amount of planning and marketing yet to be done, and acknowledging the current challenge developers have financing large-scale projects during the energy downturn, Brindsen said he is taking a long-term view. Midway hopes to start on the project within a couple of years, building it in phases over perhaps a decade and a half.

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Astrodome renovation project gets approved (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/09/27/astrodome-renovation-project-gets-approved.html)


The Harris County Commissioners Court on Sept. 27 voted unanimously to take the first step in a roughly $105 million plan to put the Astrodome to use after years of sitting vacant.

The commissioners voted to approve spending $10.5 million to draw up the plan that would create parking under the dome, the Houston Chronicle reports. That cost would be paid for by the county’s general fund, hotel taxes and parking revenues, and the design process is expected to take about a year.

The underground parking plan was proposed earlier this year and met with less resistance than many previous proposals.

By raising the Astrodome’s floor to ground level, it would create more than 500,000-square-feet of rentable space. The 9-acre space would also be air conditioned. The project would create 1,400 underground parking spaces, and funding sources could include parking fees, rental fees and tours.

The project “would result in a ground level surface for potential development. … Specific proposals for this project will be brought to Court for approval in September,” commissioners court documents from June stated.

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Rendering is out for The Midtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=222640), a 26-story, 380 unit apartment building. Construction begins in January.

http://www.wylieassociates.com/project/caydon-midtown-apartment-building/


New Apartment Building Including:

– Outdoor Pool, Fitness Area, and Club/Meeting Area

– 14,000 SF, Shell Retail Space

– 208,200 SF, Parking Garage

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The Soutmore

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Vantage Med Center

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The Courtlandt

28-story, 150 unit high-rise proposed for Midtown across from Pearl Whole Foods.

http://www.munozalbin.com/64-courtland.html


This 150-unit, apartment tower is designed in an urban setting with a food and beverage component on the ground level. The project is a podium type facility with parking capacity to support the residents and a number of food and beverage facilities on site and on neighboring sites.

The tower massing and the envelope solution compliment the downtown corridor views it will offer the residents that is in close proximity to the tower. The architectural expression of the tower transitions from a limited progressive appearance on the upper levels to a more traditional ground and second level. The lower levels speak stylistically with the neighborhood and brakes the scale of the project to appeal to the pedestrian traffic.

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Mimosa Terrace

7-Story, 11 unit condo building proposed for River Oaks.

Leafy Green Mustaches To Help Latest Planned Mimosa Dr. Condo Midrise Keep A Low Profile (http://swamplot.com/leafy-green-mustaches-to-help-latest-planned-mimosa-dr-condo-midrise-blend-in/2016-11-15/)

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A REP FROM Citiscape tells Swamplot that the company will be starting up presales for 11 multi-million-dollar condo units in the 7-story midrise it’s planning for 2240 Mimosa Dr. The building would replace the 1965 apartment complex currently occupying the space (half a block east from the corner with Revere St. where that other condo midrise project got tangled in a protracted variance request fight last fall). Citiscape’s chief designer says the project is designed to eventually “fade into the landscape” with the help of some up-the-wall greenery on the facade. Ledges on each of the 6 residential floorsalso appears to support some over-the-edge greens.

Per the current plans, the top floor would be occupied by a single penthouse, while the 5 floors below it would be split into 2 units of 3 bedrooms each. The price tags on those start at just below $2 million for a 4,400 sq.-ft. unit on the 2nd floor; both numbers appear to rise with elevation up to the $2.65 million, 4,486-sq.-ft. units on the 6th story. Here’s one of the layouts currently on display on the trio of HAR listings for the midrise.

The ground floor will be mostly occupied by parking spots.

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After art controversy, soaring sculpture unveiled at George R. Brown Convention Center (http://houston.culturemap.com/news/arts/11-14-16-soaring-sculpture-unveiled-at-george-r-brown-convention-center/?utm_source=sf_twitter#slide=0)


After a contentious history, the clouds have lifted over the George R. Brown Convention Center. Houston artist Ed Wilson’s Soaring In The Clouds, a 67-foot-high mobile of shiny metal clouds and cutout birds commissioned for the facility's atrium, was unveiled last week as part of Houston First's $175 million project to spruce up the area before Super Bowl LI early next year.

The large-scale sculpture was the center of controversy last year after the Houston Arts Alliance rescinded Wilson's commission to create the $830,000 project, alleging it had been awarded prematurely, amid documents that revealed that some members of the selection committee believed that Wilson did not have enough of a national reputation to receive the commission.

Director of civic art and design Matthew Lennon, who is a friend of Wilson, resigned in protest. The selection process was reopened and the project got back on track when Wilson was awarded the commission once again.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/11/22/exclusive-upper-kirby-luxe-mixed-use-project-hits.html


Developers of The Kirby Collection, a 1 million-square-foot luxury mixed-use project underway at 3200 Kirby Drive, announced on Nov. 21 the property's office tower has topped out.

The Kirby Collection is on schedule for a fourth quarter 2017 delivery.

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Apartment developer to share plans for historic Heights waterworks (http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Apartment-developer-buying-historic-Heights-10625519.php#photo-9933215)

Said to be a new complex with retail; existing structures will undergo renovations.


Apartment builder Alliance Residential will outline plans late this month for a proposed development of nearly four acres the company is buying in the Heights.

The properties, catty-corner lots along Nicholson at West 20th streets, are owned by the city of Houston and include one of the city's early pumping stations that provided water to residents of the Heights.

The historic waterworks includes a 1928 concrete and brick reservoir building recorded in the National Register of Historic Places; an Art Deco pumping station from 1939; and a pump building constructed in 1949.

"The preservation of the three historic structures ... is a top priority for Alliance," according to the flyer.

"The decommissioned water plant is a City of Houston protected landmark, which means it cannot be demolished; a certified rehabilitation of the historic structures could qualify for city preservation incentives with the approval of the Houston Archeological & Historical Commission and City Council.

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609 Main & Aris Market Square

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609 Main above the clouds.

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Market Square Tower's pool extends 10 feet beyond rooftop (http://www.chron.com/homes/article/Market-Square-Tower-s-pool-extends-10-feet-beyond-10507973.php#photo-11728332)


Downtown's Market Square Tower hasn't formally debuted to the public, but it's already drawing attention for one unique amenity.

The new apartment building features a swimming pool, dubbed the "sky pool," which extends 10 feet beyond the side of the building. The pool has an 8-inch-thick plexiglass floor that allows swimmers to look directly down 40 stories — or 500 feet — onto Preston street. The dramatic view is almost as impressive from the ground level, where a look up shows the cantilevered pool bottom.

For those afraid of heights, there's another pool on the fourth-floor terrace.

Market Square Tower, at 777 Preston, is new to Houston's downtown scene and is accepting leases now. As of Wednesday, 25 percent of the tower's 463 units have been leased.

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Market Square Tower's pool extends 10 feet beyond rooftop (http://www.chron.com/homes/article/Market-Square-Tower-s-pool-extends-10-feet-beyond-10507973.php#photo-11728332)



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Deal finally closed on Hanover River Oaks, construction to begin within a year.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/12/05/exclusive-houston-developer-finally-closes-on.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search


But on Nov. 17 — about two-and-a-half years since the deal was initially set to close— Hanover finally purchased a nearly 1.7-acre site off Kirby Drive near Kipling Street, near the West Ave mixed-use project. The longtime developer plans to build a 40-story, 300-plus-unit apartment tower and a standalone restaurant on the property, where the 1940s-era Kirby Court apartments used to stand.

Hanover hopes to start construction on the $150 million project, designed by Chicago-based architecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz, within the next 12 months.

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Texas Medical Center to develop hotel at TMC3, rest of campus still in progress (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/12/02/texas-medical-center-to-develop-hotel-at-tmc3-rest.html#i3)


Dr. Robert Robbins, CEO of the Texas Medical Center, announced Dec. 1 the TMC plans to push forward on its planned hotel and convention center, but offered few details on the rest of the TMC3 campus at the annual State of the Texas Medical Center.

The hotel, expected to open in 2020, is the first piece of the puzzle for the planned TMC3 campus, a 30-acre district focused around life science and health care commercialization. According to a slide in the State of the TMC presentation, the hotel is estimated to be 350 rooms, but Robbins told the HBJ the exact size of the hotel and conference space could fluctuate depending on upcoming studies.

"I would really love to see it break ground in late 2017, but it may be early 2018," Robbins added.

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Loews Regency Houston

*Hotel only now, residential levels have been dropped from the plans. Though the number of rooms has jumped from 175 to 455.

http://www.hidisecurity.com/portfolio/#/loews-regency-houston/


HIDI Security is providing security consulting as a subconsultant to Electro-Media Design (EMD) for this 22-storey, 427,205 ft² hotel which includes 455 guest rooms as well as restaurants, bars, function rooms, an outdoor pool, spa, health club, salon, administration and BOH areas.

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Previous design:

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Braun Nails Down Fastener Warehouse at I-10 and W. Loop for Heights Market, Brewery, Food Hall (http://swamplot.com/braun-nails-down-fastener-warehouse-at-i-10-and-w-loop-for-heights-market-brewery-food-hall/2016-12-12/)


HERE’S A peek at what the old Delta Fastener warehouse at 7122 Old Katy Rd. might look like once Braun Enterprises gets done with it. The property — located just inside the W. Loop in that wedge of industrial parks hemmed in by I-10 and Hempstead Rd., west of Cottage Grove — was snagged by Braun at the end of November. A handful of renderings from Tipps Architecture (also behind the design for another of Braun’s not-in-its-namesake-neighborhood redevelopments) depict the 57,845-sq.-ft. warehouse done over in brown and bearing the label Heights Market.

The renderings show some new windows, large and small, sliced into exterior of the 1940s warehouse, and an existing loading dock redone as a cafeteria space. The renderings also show a spot labeled for a brewery, a collection of vendors and some office space.

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Bank of America in talks to anchor new downtown Houston tower (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/01/06/exclusive-bank-of-america-in-talks-to-anchor-new.html)


Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is in negotiations to anchor Capitol Tower, a 35-story, 750,000-square-foot tower that hasn't broken ground yet.

Bank of America has been in talks with New York-based Skanska USA Commercial Development, the tower's developer, for more than a year, sources close to the deal told the Houston Business Journal. The bank would take between 200,000 and 250,000 square feet in the downtown tower.

When asked to comment on Bank of America's interest, Skanska issued the following statement to the Houston Business Journal:

“Recently, we have been in talks with a number of tenants interested in Capitol Tower, and we are optimistic that the downtown leasing market will continue to present new opportunities as we move through 2017," the statement read. "Capitol Tower is a premier address in the heart of downtown and we look forward to going from ‘in development’ to ‘under construction.’”

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Braun Nails Down Fastener Warehouse at I-10 and W. Loop for Heights Market, Brewery, Food Hall (http://swamplot.com/braun-nails-down-fastener-warehouse-at-i-10-and-w-loop-for-heights-market-brewery-food-hall/2016-12-12/)

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That's amazing. That's what I wish they could pull off on the Co-op site.

The new Marriott Marquis opened to guests December 26th.

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