Post Oak Central

Post Oak Central is a skyscraper complex in Uptown Houston, Texas, United States.[1]

Post Oak Central consists of the three striped buildings in this image

The 17-acre (69,000 m2) Philip Johnson-designed complex includes three 24-story buildings, 1 Post Oak Central (2000 Post Oak Boulevard), 2 Post Oak Central (1980 Post Oak Boulevard), and 3 Post Oak Central (1990 Post Oak Boulevard), and a parking garage. The complex includes 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of Class A office space and retail. The complex includes a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) retail center and parking for 4,200 cars.[2]

History

1 Post Oak Central opened in 1975. 2 Post Oak Central opened in 1979. 3 Post Oak Central opened in 1982.[2]

In 2011 Crescent announced that it plans to build, on the 2-acre (0.81 ha) park property, buildings for retail operations.[3]

Tenants

The headquarters of APA Corporation is at 1 Post Oak Central, Suite 100.[4]

2 Post Oak Central has the headquarters of the Stewart Title Guaranty Company.[5] In addition the headquarters of the Uptown Management District are in Suite 1580.[6]

3 Post Oak Central has the headquarters of GDF Suez Energy Resources NA.[7] In addition it contains three consulates, those of Qatar (Suite 810),[8] South Korea (Suite 1250),[9] and Turkey (Suite 1300).[10] The Houston Korean Education Center, belonging to the consulate, is in Suite 750.[11]

The Cox Radio Houston cluster of KKBQ,[12] KGLK,[13] KHPT,[14] and KTHT[15] occupy Suite 2300. Gymboree Play & Music has a classroom location in Suite C.[16]

Former tenants

From its founding on May 25, 1982 to April 1988, the Consulate-General of Indonesia in Houston was located in Post Oak Central.[17] The Consulate-General of Egypt in Houston was located in Suite 2180.[18] As of 2008 the consulate is now at 5718 Westheimer Road, out of the complex.[19] The Consulate of India was previously in Suite 600.[20] It had been located in the 11,353-square-foot (1,054.7 m2) space since the consulate opened in October 1995. On August 30, 2011, the consulate moved into a new standalone facility at 4300 Scotland.[21]

The consulates are in 3 Post Oak Central.

See also

References
  1. "Uptown District Map." Uptown Houston District. Retrieved on January 30, 2009.
  2. "Three Post Oak Central." Hines Interests Limited Partnership. Retrieved on January 17, 2009.
  3. Dawson, Jennifer. "Bullish on Post Oak." Houston Business Journal. Friday July 22, 2011. Retrieved on August 2, 2011.
  4. "Contact Us". APA Corporation.
  5. "Contact Us Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine." Stewart Title Guaranty Company. Retrieved on April 26, 2009.
  6. "Contact Us / Subscribe." Uptown Houston. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  7. "Contact Us Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine." GDF Suez Energy Resources NA. Retrieved on July 7, 2010.
  8. "Consular Services Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine." Embassy of Qatar in Washington, DC. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  9. "Home". Consulate-General of South Korea in Houston. Retrieved 2020-05-16. Address : 1990 Post Oak Blvd #1250, Houston, TX77056
  10. "Contact Us." Embassy of Turkey in Washington, DC. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  11. "Location & Contact". Houston Korean Education Center. Retrieved 2020-05-16. 1990 Post Oak Blvd Suite 750., Houston, TX 77056 U.S.A.
  12. "Contact Us Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine." KKBQ. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
  13. "Contact Us Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine." KGLK. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
  14. "Contact Us Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." KHPT. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
  15. ""Contact Us on countrylegends971.com". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-04-24. Contact Us]." KTHT. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
  16. "Post Oak Central - Houston, Texas 77056 - Calendar - Gymboree Play & Music Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine." Gymboree Play & Music. Retrieved on December 24, 2009.
  17. "Short History of the Consulate General of Indonesia in Houston." Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia in Houston. March 31, 2008. Retrieved on December 24, 2009.
  18. Maxwell, Virginia, Mary Fitzpatrick, Siona Jenkins, and Anthony Sattin. Egypt. Lonely Planet. 2006. "526.
  19. Home page. Consulate-General of Egypt in Houston. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  20. Home page. Consulate-General of India in Houston. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  21. "Houston consulate starts functioning from its own premises." India Herald. Retrieved on October 12, 2012.
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