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^^^it looks nice, but a little too generic and office-park-ish. they should be planning something more dense and architecturally intriguing. that huge parking lot looks terrible
^^^it looks nice, but a little too generic and office-park-ish. they should be planning something more dense and architecturally intriguing. that huge parking lot looks terrible
Yeah, it does.
It looks good to me, but it could look better. This project will help revitalize Downtown. We have some other projects too. The deck park over Woodall Rodgers freeway, will make downtown and uptown one district. The new Museum Tower will be a nice addition to the skyline. There is rumor about a 75-80 story mixed-use tower proposed, It is very close to the Museum Tower. The tower will be taller than the Bank Of America Plaza. There is a proposed 53 story tower called the Lexi and lets not forget the Hall Arts center. It will have two 50 story towers.
Kohl's is still a department store. I wouldn't care if they put it in Downtown. Now, Sears is the WORST department store everrrrrrr!
What I'm saying is that DTD should strive for something much better than a Kohl's. Nobody is going to downtown to shop at the type of store equal to that of a Ross or Marshall's. Even people that could afford it won't go down there. Now Bloomingdale's, or Nordstroms, or Macy's? That's perfect for an area like DTD.
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....and please, please something better than Houston Pavilions
To be fair though, Houston Pavilions opened up mostly last year (2010) and is pretty brand new with construction finishing on it in late 2009, and they're in a pretty good location. There is nothing wrong with it in all honesty, and its not being treated fairly, they're still mostly vacant and searching for new tenants to sign. And when I say still searching for new tenants, I mean a lot of new tenants, for anyone whose actually been there, they can see how vacant it still is, it only looks like its 35% occupied at the most. And I know they have a few new places opening up there every month. This months shop to open up is a nice coffee shop.
It's a great start in the right direction though, because it keeps Houston's Downtown a step ahead of what it used to be. Houston's done great things with its downtown from 2000-2010, and when the Buffalo Bayou transition is done, it will be a much better place for everyone who is anything to enjoy a great place to live, work, & play.
With Houston the Downtown retail is in the, Houston Center, Houston Tunnels, Street Level Downtown Houston, & Houston Pavilions. And they're still expanding more options, some of the newer buildings being designed in Downtown Houston are going through a new concept of having more street level retail options for pedestrian friendly mode.
I think its nice, but there's no arguing that all in all, retail in general needs more improvement in Downtown Houston. I still have it pegged Downtown Dallas, based off what I have seen for the designated shopping centers, but it still trails Downtown San Antonio & Downtown Austin on the retail sector for Downtown shopping by a good margin. But like I said, its making rapid strides to change that up completely.
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