One Park Place is a 518 ft (158 m) tall apartment building located adjacent to

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park in

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. Completed by The Finger Companies in May 2009, the building has 340 units on 30 floors with a total height of and 37 floors. The building has 346 apartment units. The ground floor has retail shops and restaurants, while the six floors immediately above the ground floor have secure parking.

Grocery store

Phoenicia Specialty Foods opened a grocery store location in of space on the ground floor of One Park Place.Sarnoff, Nancy.
Downtown bags grocery store
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''. April 30, 2010. Retrieved on May 3, 2010. The Downtown location focuses on serving residents in the Downtown area by stocking staples such as bread, eggs, and milk in addition to the signature products of Phoenicia Specialty Foods. In addition the store will have a Wine Bar, a cafe, and a delicatessen to attract area workers. Katharine Schilcutt of the ''

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'' said prior to the store's opening that Phoenicia will become the first major grocery store in Downtown.Shilcutt, Katharine.
Phoenicia To Give Downtown A New Place To Grocery Shop
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''. Tuesday May 4, 2010. Retrieved on May 5, 2010. Zohrab "Bob" Tcholakian, the owner of Phoenicia Deli, designed the venting system, located beneath the garage and residential units at One Park Place, that allows the store to bake its own bread on-site. Tcholakian has a background of being an architect, allowing him to design the system. Shilcutt said that the facility has "ample parking" that would "surely" attract residents of the

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and Montrose to the store. The MKT Bar is located inside of the grocery store.Shilcutt, Katharine.
Lebanese Queso and More at the Fabulous New Phoenicia Downtown
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''. Thursday November 17, 2011. Retrieved on November 19, 2011. Before the announcement by Phoenicia occurred, rumors spread stating that

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wanted to lease space in One Park Place to establish a store there. Originally the opening was scheduled for December 2010. It was moved to May 2011, but due to issues with the design of the electrical and plumbing lines, the opening was moved to July 15. By November the store opened.

School zoning

The building is within the

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boundary. As of 2015 the building is assigned to

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(Grades K-8),Gregory-Lincoln Elementary School Attendance Zone
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. Retrieved on April 18, 2018.Gregory-Lincoln Middle School Attendance Boundary
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. Retrieved on April 18, 2018. and Northside High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High). By Spring 2011 Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site.Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations
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''. November 14, 2008. As a result, for middle school the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln.Gregory Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone
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''. Retrieved on July 26, 2011.E. O. Smith Middle Attendance Zone
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''. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. As part of rezoning for the 2014-2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school.AGENDA Board of Education Meeting March 13, 2014
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. Retrieved on March 15, 2014. "Current Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 31/119. ''and'' "Proposed Attendance Boundaries" New 03/06/04 Attachment F-2 March 2014 p. 32/119. Image:OneParkPlaceHoustonConstruction.JPG, Construction as May 17, 2008

References

External links

SkyscraperpageOfficial Site One Park PlaceOfficial Site The Finger CompaniesPhoenicia Foods Downtown Market
{{Houston skyscrapers Residential skyscrapers in Houston Residential buildings completed in 2009 Downtown Houston

Grocery store

School zoning

See also

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