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HOUSTON'S Sky-High Guide Project: HANOVER POST OAK Address: 1750 Sky Lark Lane. Developer: The Hanover Company. Floors & Units: 30 floors, 355 units. Status: Completed and open. Square Footage: 624 to 3,700 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Chicago-based Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Amenities: Technogym fitness club, resort-style pool with private cabanas, outdoor kitchen and grilling stations, catering kitchen and private dining room, private screening room, valet dry cleaning, bike storage and repair room, pet washing station and pet park. Luxe Factor: You're basically on Post Oak Boulevard — anywhere you turn, you can eat well, spend a lot. Walkability: A short stroll to the expanding BLVD Place, with restaurants Peska, North Italia and True Food Kitchen, as well as a massive Whole Foods Market. Why We'd Live Here: Delivery from Whole Foods (in case you don't want to go all the way downstairs). Dollar: For lease; $1,850 to $13,400 monthly. Move-In Date: Now. Contact: On-site leasing office, 832.982.1861, hanoverpostoak.com. Project: HANOVER SOUTHAMPTON Address: 5122 Morningside Drive. Developer: The Hanover Company. Floors & Units: 12 floors, 206 units. Status: Under construction. Square Footage: 739 to 3,060 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Houston-based Ziegler Cooper Architects. Amenities: Technogym fitness club, rooftop pool, outdoor kitchen and grilling stations, catering kitchen and private dining room, private screening room, valet dry cleaning, bike storage and repair room, pet washing station and pet park. Luxe Factor: The upper-level courtyard is an outdoor oasis with sweeping views of Rice University, Southampton, Downtown and the Medical Center. Walkability: Near Rice University and in the heart of Rice Village and all its restaurants and shopping. Steps away: Benjy's in the Village, Local Foods, Coppa Osteria, Cyclone Anaya's and Punk's Simple Southern Food. Why We'd Live Here: First luxury high-rise to open in the center of Rice Village. Dollar: For lease; $2,040 to $8,000 monthly. Move-in Date: October 2015. Contact: On-site leasing office, 844.881.8901, hanoversouthampton.com. Project: THE JAMES Address: 2303 Mid Lane. Developer: Street Lights Residential. Project: MARKET SQUARE TOWER Address: Block bounded by Preston, Louisiana, Milam and Congress streets (exact street address not set yet). Developer: Woodbranch Investments Corp, affiliate of Houston-based BMS Management. Floors & Units: 40 floors, 463 units. Status: Under construction. Square Footage: 550 to 1,950 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Houston-based Jackson & Ryan Architects. Amenities: Indoor basketball court, virtual Project: THE MILLENNIUM KIRBY Address: 7600 Kirby Drive. Developer: The Dinerstein Companies. Floors & Units: 5 floors, 378 units in two buildings. Status: Under construction. Square Footage: 512 to 1,350 square feet. Starchitect/ Designer: Dallas-based Humphries & Partners Architects; North Hollywood-based Ariel Fox Design. Amenities: Workout areas, club room, a built-in smart sound and video system that allows residents to control everything from lights to TVs on an iPad. Luxe Factor: A tech lover's paradise. Walkability: Hermann Park is not far, and easy access to Med Center. Why'd We Live Here: Great indoor air quality, with high-grade air filters, controlled fresh-air ventilation that increases the overall air quality and low-VOC paints, sealants, adhesives and carpet. Dollar: For lease; rates to be determined. Move-in Date: January 2016. Contact: On-site leasing, 832.209.1200, themillennium.com. Project: KIRBY COLLECTION Developer: New York-based Thor Equities. Address: 3200 Kirby Drive. Floors & Units: 25 floors, 199 units. Status: Scheduled to be completed 2017. Square Footage: Units to average just under 1,500 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: L.A.-based Richard Keating Architecture and Houston- based Kirksey; L.A.-based Dianna Wong Architecture and Design. Amenities: Resort-style pool, cabanas, fire pits and bar areas — with more to be revealed. Luxe Factor: Pairs high-rise building perks with townhouse privacy, with seven two- story ground-level townhomes and seven loft residences with private green spaces. Walkability: Restaurants and retail slated for the Kirby Collection complex. Whole Foods Market just across the street, and West Ave with more shops and restaurants is a stroll away. Why We'd Live Here: This is part of a massive new complex. Plans call for new restaurants and retail, which will put even more options right outside your door. Dollar: For lease; rates to be determined. Movie-In Date: Late 2017. Contact: Thor Equities, George Stanchfield, leasing has not yet begun, 212.529.8422, info@thorequities.com. Project: MARLOWE Address: 1311 Polk Street. Developer: Randall Davis. Floors & Units: 20 floors, 100 units. Status: Scheduled to begin construction November 2015. Square Footage: 727 square feet to 2,967 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Houston-based Powers Brown Architecture. Amenities: Starlight pool, steam room, massage room, sauna, outdoor fire pit, state-of-the-art fitness center. Luxe Factor: The seven penthouses have private two-car garages. Walkability: The Toyota Center, Discovery Green, Phoenicia grocery store, George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park are all short walks. Why We'd Live Here: Marlowe, the crazy-handsome man in the ad campaign, might be part of the amenities. His pick-up line: "Marlowe is smarter than you. He traded rent for ownership." Dollar: For purchase; $385,000 to $1.55 million. Move-In Date: November 2017. Contact: On-site sales center, Stefanie Cotton, 832.441.4759, stefanie@ meetmarlowe.com. golf simulator, movie screening room with lie-flat recliners, cantilevered pool on rooftop with cabanas, Jacuzzi, spa facilities. Luxe Factor: It's one of the tallest residential high-rises in Houston and will have 22,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurants. Walkability: Market Square Park, restaurants and Main Street area's resurgent bar scene. Why We'd Live Here: The ultimate adult playground. It's a tall tower for living large. Dollar: For lease; $1,800 to $5,800 monthly. Move-In Date: January 2017. Contact: marketsquaretower.com. Floors & Units: 8 floors, 344 units. Status: Under construction. Square Footage: 504 to 1875 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Dallas-based Looney, Ricks and Kiss; Waldrop & Nichols. Amenities: Health and fitness center with a yoga and spin studio, spa-inspired infinity- edge pool with fireside seating, library, catering kitchen, resident lounge/bar and private garages to lease. Luxe Factor: The James is Phase I of a two- phase development; plans call for the mid-rise to be joined by The Ivy high-rise late 2016. Walkability: Shops and restaurants in Highland Village, Central Market and River Oaks District. Why We'd Live Here: You're in the shopping epicenter — fashion, food and more fashion, what else could one want. Dollar: For lease; $1,510 to $6,090 monthly. Move-in Date: July 2016. Contact: On-site leasing, 832.239.5590, thejamesriveroaks.com. Project: HANOVER RIVER OAKS Address: 2920 Steel Street. Developer: The Hanover Company. Floors & Units: 40 floors, 370 units. Status: Construction begins December 2015. Square Footage: 572 to 3,160 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Chicago-based Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Amenities: Technogym fitness club, resort- style pool with private cabanas, outdoor kitchen and grilling stations, catering kitchen and private dining room, private screening room, valet dry cleaning, bike storage and repair room, pet washing station and pet park. Luxe Factor: Everyone's at your beck and call, from dry cleaning delivered to your front door to the fantastic shopping and grocery stores that are your neighbors. Walkability: In the heart of Upper Kirby, it's easy walking to Whole Foods Market and the shops and restaurants at West Ave (Tootsies!). Why We'd Live Here: It's being a good neighbor. The building will focus on green preservation by saving five of the large historic oak trees that line the street and adding pedestrian-friendly sidewalks. Dollar: For lease; $1,830 to $9,950 monthly. Move-in Date: Fall 2017. Contact: The Hanover Company, 713.267.2100, hanover.com. Project: HANOVER MONTROSE Address: 3400 Montrose Boulevard. Developer: The Hanover Company. Floors & Units: 30 floors, 330 units. Status: Under construction. Square Footage: 543 to 3,100 square feet. Starchitect/Designer: Chicago-based Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Amenities: Technogym fitness club, resort-style pool with private cabanas, outdoor kitchen and grilling stations, catering kitchen and private dining room, private screening room, valet dry cleaning, cold storage room with lockable freezers, wine cellar and tasting room, art and craft room, bike storage and repair room, pet washing station and pet park. Luxe Factor: You'll be living at the site of the old Skybar Houston, and the ghosts of so many parties past will surely smile upon you. Plus, its Montrose location is great for arts and dining. Walkability: Steps away from the 1920s-era La Colombe d'Or hotel and its luxe French dining, Restaurant Cinq. Why We'd Live Here: You'll never lack culinary options; it's minutes from Houston's Westheimer Restaurant Row, with spots such as Uchi, Underbelly and Triniti. Dollar: For lease; $1,785 to $7,715 monthly. Move-in Date: Pre-leasing begins Spring 2016; first occupancy, July 2016. Contact: The Hanover Company, 713.267.2100, hanover.com. Hanover Montrose Hanover Post Oak Hanover Southampton Market Square Tower The Millennium Kirby The James Hanover River Oaks Kirby Collection Marlowe OCTOBER | PAGE 116 | 2015