Energy Corridor: Hottest area for new office construction in Houston area

One new tower completed structurally, a second one
in progress.

According to a ranking of the top Houston Submarkets with the Most Office Construction published by the Houston Business Journal in its Dec 19-25, 2014 issue, the Energy Corridor beat The Woodlands with 5.7 million square feet under  construction vs. 4.6 for The Woodlands. The rest are far behind. Next in decreasing order: Westchase with 1.8 mil and Downtown with 1.6 mil. The latter leads in rent with $42.10 per square foot.  

New Office construction under way
on Eldridge Parkway just South of Katy Fwy 

Construction cranes on the Energy Corridor skyline
View from intersection of Eldridge and Memorial looking North
toward Katy Freeway 

SKANSKA Office Development on Memorial Drive
across from the parking lot at Terry Hershey Park & Playground  

Another Office Tower emerging on Eldridge Parkway between Memorial and I-10

 View from the West across Katy Freeway

View for office tower construction from Addicks Dam (zoom shot) 

View from Eldridge Parkway

Construction Cranes against sky

Northbound on Eldridge at intersection with Memorial Drive 

Skanska project site on 15300 Block of Memorial Drive (photos)

SKANSKA Office Building Project on Memorial Drive
seen from Terry Hershey Park parking lot (July 2014 pic)

View of growing Skanska Office Tower from the trail
on the bank of Langham Creek at dusk 

New Energy Corridor Office Buildings emerge on the Skyline

New office building on corner of I-10 and Eldridge, with a second one next to it under way
This view is from Barker Dam (July 10, 2014 photo with zoom)

New Class A Office Tower at I-10 and Eldridge

nearing completion (view from Terry Hershey Trail Extension North of Katy Freeway)

June 2014 photo

Sunrise Luxury Living LLC new development on Briar Forest near SH-6

1717 Eldridge Emergency Room coming

First Choice Emergency Room

New construction on Eldridge Parkway (March 2014)

Self-Storage Facility coming at Crescent Circle across from
Ray Miller Park

1775 S Eldridge Parkway Construction Site (March 2014 pic)

Construction site between Memorial and Katy Freeway (3/22/2014)

Almost completed new office building at corner of Eldridge and I-10
seen from Memorial Drive at Langham Creek Bridge

New Chick-Fil-A on Briar Forest at Eldridge

In anticipation of hundreds of new residents moving into the luxury apartment complexes nearing completion on Briar Forest between Eldridge Parkway and Highway 6 (Alexan and Elan), a newly constructed Chick-Fil-A restaurant opened its doors February 20 on the South side of the Kroger parking lot. It has two drive-through lanes. The new fast food restaurant joins La Madeleine just a bit farther West on Briar Forest; Tossed right on the corner, and three other restaurants on the Eldridge Parkway side that have in business at the Briar Forest/Eldridge location quite a bit longer: The Pecan Grill, the Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant, and a McDonald's.  

New Chick-Fil-A Restaurant on Briar Forest across new luxury apartment development
West of intersection with Eldridge Parkway

chick-fil-A's wagon at the 2014 Rodeo Parade in Downtown Houston

Alexan Enclave Apartment Development (status of construction mid-Feb 2014)

Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant

Energy Crossing II Construction Update (photo of skeleton of Class A office building under construction at Katy Fwy and SH-6)

Energy Crossing II -  Project status as of June 5, 2013
(photo from Barker Dam looking North)

Barker Dam Construction Zone near Briar Forest at Highway 6 (updated)

How it looks after completion:

June 21, 2013 photo of Barker Dam and widened channel at Briar Forest / Noble Road
Looking South

Channel on the North side of the culvert

ORIGINAL BLOG POST:

Construction work underway on Barker Dam near Briar Forest
May 8, 2013 photo 

Barker Reservoir Dam is undergoing some improvements. Heavy equipment has been deployed on the city-facing side to reinforce and apparently widen the bed of the conveyance channel running in northerly direction at the base of the earthen dam built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control purposes. The dam reportedly  has some stability problems that would not allow the reservoir to perform anywhere close to full capacity in a major flood event, and would thus diminish the amount of water it can temporarily retain to avoid or reduce flooding downstream in the City of Houston.  

Construction Cranes attest to Boom under way West Houston Energy Corridor

Construction cranes can be seen all around the Energy Corridor both North and South of Katy Freeway. New office towers are emerging, others are in the planning stages, and residential multi-family construction continues too, as the projected creation of new jobs or relocation of workers to the new office buildings entails heightened demand for high-end apartment space in the surrounding neighborhoods too.

Contsruction crane at BP America Westlake Campus between Katy Freeway and Memorial Drive
Construction site is located South of Katy Freeway inbound frontage road

Construction crane in the distance North of Katy Freeway
at Dairy Ashford 

Energy Crossing II Office Building  soon to join Energy Crossing I
Photo of  crane at construction site soaring over the Barker Dam

7 Seventy Luxury Apartment Construction on Eldridge Parkway

Construction work ongoing at site of 770 Eldridge Apartment Development Project facing Eldridge Place Office Towers on Eldridge Parkway just South of Memorial Drive

Trail Extension to Addicks Dam and West to Highway 6 (Jan 2013 construction pic update)

NEW COMMUTING OPTION FOR ENERGY CORRIDOR 

BICYCLE RIDERS IN THE WORKS

Construction work continues on the extension of the Terry Hershey Trail system to connect to the Addicks Dam Road, or rather to a new hike and bike trail being built at the base of the Southern (outside) slope of the dam that will continue on westward to Highway 6, and will provide a new route for bike commuters to  and from corporate campuses and energy corridor office buildings.

Here are a few pics taken this month (January 2013) illustrating the status of ongoing earth-moving and construction activity at various points between Terry Hershey Park / Memorial Loop Trail and Addicks Dam, including a panoramic view of the scene at the flow control gate where the reservoir empties into Langham Creek.  

Another Luxury Apartments Project underway in the Energy Corridor at 770 Eldridge near Memorial Drive (updated)

Partially completed multi-level parking garage at 7 Seventy luxury apartment development site 

January 30, 2013 photo 

7 SEVENTY - A Broadstone Community Project Sign (11/6/12 photo)
Alliance Residential Company

770 Eldridge Pkwy construction site in November 2012