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Old 02-08-2013, 12:05 AM
 
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For the supposed amazing prosperous economy in the region, we haven't seen any news about a supertall skyscraper. [mod edit rude]

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Old 02-08-2013, 12:42 AM
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Location: Houston
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You mean one that is flex and can lean when hurricane passes through? LOL... just kiddin' with you. Not meant to be sarcastic or anything
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Old 02-08-2013, 05:55 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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For the supposed amazing prosperous economy in the region, we haven't seen any news about a supertall skyscraper.

Do we need one??? I prefer we keep building the mid-rises and urbanizing the city. A supertall really isn't needed.

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Old 02-08-2013, 06:05 AM
 
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Its not necessary if you think about it.

Cities like NY have a lot of limitation on actual land and must go up or not at all.

Houston on the other hand, land is plentiful and we can build mid rises all day long with land left to spare.

Also I suspect it has to do with the cost to build and then maintain "supertalls."
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Old 02-08-2013, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Not that many supertalls are being anywhere , with the exception of Ny and a few other places.. most new places coming on line are of the 40-50 story range.. the few super talls out side of new york , have been on hold for yrs
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Old 02-08-2013, 07:16 AM
 
Location: Waterworld
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A lot of the supertalls that we got were built from speculation during the 80's oil boom, once that went bust we had high vacancy rates for quite a while.

I would rather build structures that we KNOW will fill up and densify the area rather than a supertall because it looks nice.
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Old 02-08-2013, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Spring, TX
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maybe its been an "amazing prosperous economy" , is because they haven't over spent on unnecessary skyscraper.

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Old 02-08-2013, 11:39 AM
 
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For the supposed amazing prosperous economy in the region, we haven't seen any news about a supertall skyscraper.

So you wouldn't call what was, at the time of completion, the tallest building in the Unites States outside of New York or Chicago a supertall?

Personally, I rather have 4 blocks of tall builings, with integrated urban fabric, as compared to a super tall with 3 empty parkign lots surrounding it.

I hope we are trying to build a 'city' and aren't trying to build another Dubai.

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Old 02-08-2013, 12:29 PM
 
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A super tall ? There hasn't been any new office development in downtown since our economy has been booming. If we can't get a 30-50 story office building built why would we get a super tall.
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Old 02-08-2013, 12:45 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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A super tall ? There hasn't been any new office development in downtown since our economy has been booming. If we can't get a 30-50 story office building built why would we get a super tall.

The Hess Tower was just completed a few years ago in downtown and the pricing of buildings is at an all time high.

The real reason we can not get a supertall is due to the FAA height restriction of 75 stories. You can build bigger but it would be labeled hazardous. The cost of insuring a building the FAA labels hazardous skyrockets. The JP Morgan Chase building was suppose to be 80 stories but cut 5 off to keep it under the limit.
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