Greenway Plaza
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Greenway Plaza is a master-planned mixed-use development off of U.S. Highway 59 in Houston, Texas, five miles (8 kilometers) west of Downtown Houston and three miles (5 kilometers) east of Uptown Houston. Greenway Plaza is Houston's first totally planned business-commercial-residential complex developed by the late Kenneth Schnitzer. Greenway Plaza is owned and operated by subsidiaries of Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (NYSE: CEI). Most buildings within the Greenway Plaza campus are interconnected by environmentally-controlled bridges, and/or tunnels and covered walkways.
The complex, composed of 10 commercial buildings, has a total of 4.25 million square feet (395,000 m²) of Class A office space. Within the complex is the Renaissance Hotel Houston, the Houston City Club, and Tony's - one of Houston's premiere restaurants. The commercial buildings in the complex range from 11 to 31 stories. Landmark Theatres operates the Landmark Greenway, an "arthouse" theater inside the complex.
Greenway Plaza neighbors the City owned Compaq Center (The Summit), which became Lakewood Church. Privately owened residential condominiums are also located near Greenway Plaza, just west of Timmons Lane.
It is located at about .
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[edit] Commercial Office Buildings in Greenway Plaza Complex
- One Greenway Plaza
- Two Greenway Plaza
- Three Greenway Plaza
- Four Greenway Plaza
- Five Greenway Plaza
- Eight Greenway Plaza
- Nine Greenway Plaza
- Eleven Greenway Plaza
- Twelve Greenway Plaza
- 3800 Buffalo Speedway
Neighboring buildings are considered to be in the Greenway sub-market and are owned and operated independently from Greenway Plaza.
[edit] Fire service
Houston Fire Department operates Station 3 at 3735 West Alabama at Cummins [1].
[edit] Police service
The complex is within the Houston Police Department's Central Patrol Division [2].
[edit] Education
Residents who live in the condominiums are zoned to the following Houston ISD schools:
Prior to spring 2006, the Greenway Condominiums were zoned to Will Rogers Elementary School. Will Rogers was closed after spring 2006 and the Greenway Condominiums were rezoned to Poe [3] [4].
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.
- Greenway Plaza
- Houston City Club
- Tony's (Restaurant)
- Greenway Condominiums
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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