HINES SIGNS UP FOR 48-STORY HIGHRISE ON FORMER HOUSTON CHRONICLE DIGS DOWNTOWN 
Building permits filed last week for a concrete foundation in place of the Houston–Chronicle-building-turned-parking-lot at 801 Texas Ave. reveal the vertical extent of what Hines has planned for the site: 48 stories. They’ll soon rise up above the fought-over tunnel system where a judge buried the hatchet 5 months ago, awarding Hines’ neighbor Theater Square $200,000, reported Nancy Sarnoff. Theater Square owns the property across Prairie St. from 801 Texas and claimed it had the right to access tunnels beneath the former newspaper building that it needed to connect its own subterranean sprawl to Houston’s broader downtown tunnel system. That hookup is now complete — writes Sarnoff — though the neighboring developer has yet to break ground on its own planned tower. [Previously on Swamplot] Photo: Brie Kelman
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I will never be against a 48 story skyscraper ^_^.
I wonder if One Market Square will ever be built.
So, who or what is Hines?? The article might inform those of us who are apparently “not in the know”
It’s a pretty cool deal… You won’t be dissapointed ;-)
Houston should built a tall building tallllerrr than the one that is now
@Otto
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https://www.hines.com/
I believe this is the Hines that you are looking for.
Cathleen- have you heard of Google?
@Cathleen Otto – I’m calling the cops!
@Cathleen Otto: hines.com
lol “who is Hines?”
@Cathleen Otto “Hines Interests Limited Partnership is a privately held [Houston] company that invests in and develops real estate. The company has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,262 properties, comprising over 414 million square feet.” https://www.hines.com/
This will be their 12th ground-up office tower downtown (starting with One Shell Plaza in 1971 and most recently 609 Main in 2017)
View of new building for the curious:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/hines-assets/news-press/_1320xAUTO_crop_center-center_90/View01-May28.jpg?mtime=20180717191851
I like their latest building (609 Main). I wonder what this one will look like. Has anyone found a promotional rendering?
@cathleen,
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they are known best for their ketchup, but their steak sauce is what really put them on the map.
also v&e is planning to move into the new building when their current lease expires at first city tower. hines apparently will also move their offices there from williams tower:
http://realtynewsreport.com/2018/07/17/hines-starting-new-downtown-skyscraper-on-former-houston-chronicle-site/
@Cathleen Otto
you’ve never heard of Hines? Consider yourself very lucky!
https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/06/09/boca-firm-sues-over-alleged-construction-defects-that-forced-tenants-to-evacuate/