highrise living in houston

[madrone2k]

Well, I can think of 3 that are 40 stories: the 2 Four Leaf Towers in Uptown and The Spires by the TMC.

[tebor79]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

I know Houston is not known for tall residential buildings, but I'm curious. What is Houston's tallest 100% residential building?

List of tallest buildings in Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks like it's One Park Place at 517 feet and 37 floors.

The Spires is 40 stories but only 427 feet tall.

2727 Kirby is 405 feet and 30 stories.

The Royalton is 360 feet.

[likeeveryoneelse]

Its more expensive to go up than it is to go out. For some east coast cities, you dont have the option to go out anymore, so everything has to go up. Texas has no shortage of open spaces, so the cities just spread out. You wont find too many families who will voluntarily choose a more expensive "urban" living, when they can buy a roomy house on a big lot in a quiet suburb somewhere. and there are no shortage of those.
The only places where new higher rise (maybe not high rise, but more than 4 or 5 stories) buildings seem to be going up are the areas that are hip for the younger crowd or in luxury areas that people want to be close to, like midtown or the galleria.
You dont see too many 6+ story high rises going up in suburbs or the west/northwest section where the city just keeps sprawling out further and further.

As mentioned though, there are a number of residential high rises for urban living....if you got the money to pay for them.

[tebor79]

four leaf towers are 443 feet

[jordanaf]

Most of the mid and high rise buildings I have been showing are full of young professionals. Don't recall ever seeing a kid there. People tend to head to the burbs when the kids come. There are some nice town homes with small yards or near parks in Midtown, Montrose or River Oaks.

[moving_houston_soon]

Originally Posted by jordanaf

Most of the mid and high rise buildings I have been showing are full of young professionals. Don't recall ever seeing a kid there. People tend to head to the burbs when the kids come. There are some nice town homes with small yards or near parks in Midtown, Montrose or River Oaks.

I agree. The market is rather segmented with lower priced units for young professionals that are smaller and more expensive places for older folks. In our case, we're two very hard working professionals that don't want to spend any time maintaining a house. We want the amenities of a high rise and are willing to pay for it. But we also don't want to be in a party building with 20 somethings, nor in an "old age home." Having lived in Boston and NYC, these buildings are pretty easy to find. But not in Houston.