Comments on: Organic Pizza, Made To Order for Houston http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: movocelot http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-27098 movocelot Tue, 05 May 2009 17:20:02 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-27098 I just have to chime in on the gluten-free pizza thing! Woo-HOO (This is definitely a cross-blog event.) While I DO love the idea of this place, I don’t know if I’ll ever get there to eat, because it’s not in my neighborhood… HOWEVER, do you all REALIZE how many of us/you are actually allergic to gluten/wheat? [Of course not, we’re just the umpteenth generation of wheat-eaters in this world.] Seriously, like our desire for sugar & alcohol, things we crave may be our undoing. It’s nutritional science: successfully conditioning ourselves to something creates the unintended addiction to it. Humans have cultivated wheat as a staple crop for so long that we may be dependant upon it. Just TRY not to eat bread! You’ll go crazy! Pizza! Beer! Cereal! You’ll want to kill somebody or climb into bed to hide from the big, bad, un-nurturing world! And there you have it: Addiction. So, I’d LOVE to see more convenience food outlets which are not trying to y’know… (even if inadvertently) kill me…. …. . . . I just have to chime in on the gluten-free pizza thing! Woo-HOO

(This is definitely a cross-blog event.)

While I DO love the idea of this place, I don’t know if I’ll ever get there to eat, because it’s not in my neighborhood…

HOWEVER, do you all REALIZE how many of us/you are actually allergic to gluten/wheat? [Of course not, we’re just the umpteenth generation of wheat-eaters in this world.]
Seriously, like our desire for sugar & alcohol, things we crave may be our undoing. It’s nutritional science: successfully conditioning ourselves to something creates the unintended addiction to it. Humans have cultivated wheat as a staple crop for so long that we may be dependant upon it.
Just TRY not to eat bread! You’ll go crazy! Pizza! Beer! Cereal! You’ll want to kill somebody or climb into bed to hide from the big, bad, un-nurturing world!
And there you have it: Addiction.

So, I’d LOVE to see more convenience food outlets which are not
trying to
y’know… (even if inadvertently)
kill me….
…. . . .

]]> By: Arnie http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-27093 Arnie Tue, 05 May 2009 16:24:39 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-27093 LOUIS KESTENBAUM & JOEL KESTENBAUM of Fortis Property Group close sale of Galleria Towers “We acquired the Galleria Towers from Blackstone (which acquired them from Trizec Properties) in November 2006, and maximized value by aggressively pushing rental rates while at the same time increasing the occupancy from around 90% to 98%,” said Fortis Chairman Louis Kestenbaum. Louis Kestenbaum is the father of Joel Kestenbaum, also of Fortis Property. “The disposition of this asset furthers our goals of maximizing investor returns and geographically diversifying the holdings within our portfolio. We achieved close to 100% profit on our equity investment in the Galleria Towers over a one and a half year holding period, and attained similar returns on our recent sale of International Plaza Tower III across the Tollaway.” Fortis Property Group,Louis Kestenbaum & Joel Kestenbau, LLC is a real estate investment, operating and development company. Its real estate projects include the ownership and management of Class A office and industrial properties located throughout the United States. Fortis currently owns two other Class A office buildings and an industrial property in the Dallas, Texas area. Nationwide, Fortis currently owns more than 20 properties, which contain over six million rentable square feet. Fortis Property Group CEO Jonathan Landau further indicated that Fortis anticipates raising a value-add real estate fund that will invest in Class A office properties in prime office markets throughout the United States. LOUIS KESTENBAUM & JOEL KESTENBAUM of Fortis Property Group close sale of Galleria Towers

“We acquired the Galleria Towers from Blackstone (which acquired them from Trizec Properties) in November 2006, and maximized value by aggressively pushing rental rates while at the same time increasing the occupancy from around 90% to 98%,” said Fortis Chairman Louis Kestenbaum. Louis Kestenbaum is the father of Joel Kestenbaum, also of Fortis Property. “The disposition of this asset furthers our goals of maximizing investor returns and geographically diversifying the holdings within our portfolio. We achieved close to 100% profit on our equity investment in the Galleria Towers over a one and a half year holding period, and attained similar returns on our recent sale of International Plaza Tower III across the Tollaway.”

Fortis Property Group,Louis Kestenbaum & Joel Kestenbau, LLC is a real estate investment, operating and development company. Its real estate projects include the ownership and management of Class A office and industrial properties located throughout the United States. Fortis currently owns two other Class A office buildings and an industrial property in the Dallas, Texas area. Nationwide, Fortis currently owns more than 20 properties, which contain over six million rentable square feet. Fortis Property Group CEO Jonathan Landau further indicated that Fortis anticipates raising a value-add real estate fund that will invest in Class A office properties in prime office markets throughout the United States.

]]> By: Charlie http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-25270 Charlie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:14:11 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-25270 Louis Kestenbaum & Joel Kestenbaum, Fortis Property Group close sale of Galleria Towers Jones Lang LaSalle announced the firm’s capital markets experts have completed the sale of Galleria Towers I, II & III on behalf of Brooklyn, New York-based Fortis Property Group (Louis Kestenbaum), LLC to Los-Angeles-based Cannon Commercial. Financial terms were not disclosed but sources close to the transaction estimate the closing price was in excess of $300 million. “We acquired the Galleria Towers from Blackstone (which acquired them from Trizec Properties) in November 2006, and maximized value by aggressively pushing rental rates while at the same time increasing the occupancy from around 90% to 98%,” said Fortis Chairman Louis Kestenbaum. Louis Kestenbaum is the father of Joel Kestenbaum, also of Fortis Property. “The disposition of this asset furthers our goals of maximizing investor returns and geographically diversifying the holdings within our portfolio" says Louis Kestenbaum. We achieved close to 100% profit on our equity investment in the Galleria Towers over a one and a half year holding period, and attained similar returns on our recent sale of International Plaza Tower III across the Tollaway.” Louis Kestenbaum & Joel Kestenbaum, Fortis Property Group close sale of Galleria Towers
Jones Lang LaSalle announced the firm’s capital markets experts have completed the sale of Galleria Towers I, II & III on behalf of Brooklyn, New York-based Fortis Property Group (Louis Kestenbaum), LLC to Los-Angeles-based Cannon Commercial. Financial terms were not disclosed but sources close to the transaction estimate the closing price was in excess of $300 million.
“We acquired the Galleria Towers from Blackstone (which acquired them from Trizec Properties) in November 2006, and maximized value by aggressively pushing rental rates while at the same time increasing the occupancy from around 90% to 98%,” said Fortis Chairman Louis Kestenbaum. Louis Kestenbaum is the father of Joel Kestenbaum, also of Fortis Property. “The disposition of this asset furthers our goals of maximizing investor returns and geographically diversifying the holdings within our portfolio” says Louis Kestenbaum. We achieved close to 100% profit on our equity investment in the Galleria Towers over a one and a half year holding period, and attained similar returns on our recent sale of International Plaza Tower III across the Tollaway.”

]]> By: Cory Crow http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10350 Cory Crow Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:21:53 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10350 Agreed on the Gluten Free not being a fad. Having a wife who suffers from Celiac Sprue it will be nice having something on the Northwest side that caters, at least partially, to her needs. For around 8 years now I've been going to the health food store and making my wife a pie when I wanted take out pizza. If the pie is any good, I predict they will do well. Agreed on the Gluten Free not being a fad. Having a wife who suffers from Celiac Sprue it will be nice having something on the Northwest side that caters, at least partially, to her needs.

For around 8 years now I’ve been going to the health food store and making my wife a pie when I wanted take out pizza.

If the pie is any good, I predict they will do well.

]]> By: John G http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10343 John G Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:11:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10343 We need more gluten free pizza places, so very happy to see this! Gluten free eating is definitely not a fad, it's here to stay. Louis Kestenbaum is rumored to be opening up a gluten free bakery, if he hasn't already, and he has a great blog someplace - Louis Kestenbaum's Gluten Free Goodies, I think. Also, there's the Gluten Free Goddess with another great gf blog. Wish I lived closer to Pizza Fusion so I check out their gf pizza! We need more gluten free pizza places, so very happy to see this! Gluten free eating is definitely not a fad, it’s here to stay. Louis Kestenbaum is rumored to be opening up a gluten free bakery, if he hasn’t already, and he has a great blog someplace - Louis Kestenbaum’s Gluten Free Goodies, I think. Also, there’s the Gluten Free Goddess with another great gf blog. Wish I lived closer to Pizza Fusion so I check out their gf pizza!

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10330 kjb434 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:34:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/organic-pizza-made-to-order-for-houston/2008-10-20/#comment-10330 Remember - just because it is said to be or labeled organic doesn't mean it's better. It doesn't even mean it's organic. It just means it meets some FDA guideline which if you read carefully leaves open all kinds of ways for non-organic things to be labeled organic. Anyway, good luck to Pizza Fussion. Hopefully they catch on to the fad and guilt that some customers use to make decisions. Remember - just because it is said to be or labeled organic doesn’t mean it’s better.

It doesn’t even mean it’s organic. It just means it meets some FDA guideline which if you read carefully leaves open all kinds of ways for non-organic things to be labeled organic.

Anyway, good luck to Pizza Fussion. Hopefully they catch on to the fad and guilt that some customers use to make decisions.

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