BLVD Place is a
mixed-use development
Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...
located in
Uptown Houston
Uptown (more commonly called The Galleria Area) is a business district in Houston, located west of Downtown and is centered along Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road (Farm to Market Road 1093). The Uptown District is roughly bounded by W ...
,
Houston
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,
Texas
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,
United States
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, encompassing 20 acres at the intersection of Post Oak Boulevard and San Felipe.
The development is the largest in Uptown with over 1.8 million square feet with of retail space and of office space. BLVD Place is home to
Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market IP, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, is an upscale American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. A US ...
and numerous upscale shops, boutiques, and restaurants. Phase II of the development contains about of retail, restaurant, and office space, and is 99.9% leased. Phase I, including of retail and office space, was completed in 2009.
It is located on the former site of a strip mall and a 1972 mall originally called the
Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion (later "Pavilion at Post Oak").
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History
By 2005, Wulfe & Co. owned a strip mall
A strip mall, strip center or strip plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. ...
at the south end of the current BLVD Place, then acquired the Pavilion at Post Oak mall occupying the north end of the site. The mall, which originally went by the glamorous name of Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion, had long been in decline, especially since losing its anchor department store, Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; Colloquialism, colloquially Saks) is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street and ...
, in 1997 when Saks moved to a new $50 million location in The Galleria
The Galleria, stylized theGalleria and also known as the Houston Galleria, is an upscale mixed-use urban development and shopping mall located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, United States.[Apache Corporation
APA Corporation is the holding company for Apache Corporation, an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It is organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston. The company is ranked 431st on the Fortune 500.
Current operations
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, currently headquartered nearby at Post Oak Central, acquired in BLVD Place for their Houston headquarters.
Frost Bank
Frost Bank is a Texas-chartered bank based in San Antonio with 155 branches and 1,700 automated teller machines, all of which are in Texas. It is the primary subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., a bank holding company. It is on the list of ...
signed a lease in Phase II of BLVD Place for . The bank will consolidate its Houston region headquarters into the new space.
See also
* Architecture of Houston
The architecture of Houston includes a wide variety of award-winning and historic examples located in various areas of the city of Houston, Texas. From early in its history to current times, the city inspired innovative and challenging building des ...
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