Post Oak Central

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

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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 former headquarters of APA Corporation was 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] and KHPT , [14] occupy Suite 2300. Gymboree Play & Music has a classroom location in Suite C. [15]

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. [16] The Consulate-General of Egypt in Houston was located in Suite 2180. [17] As of 2008 the consulate is now at 5718 Westheimer Road, out of the complex. [18] The Consulate of India was previously in Suite 600. [19] 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. [20]

The consulates are in 3 Post Oak Central.

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  2. 1 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. ↑ "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.
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