Galleria / Uptown Commercial Real Estate
Uptown Houston, anchored by Post Oak Boulevard and The Galleria mall, is the city's dense trophy-office and luxury-retail concentration outside downtown. The submarket blends 1.2M-square-foot campuses like Central Park Post Oak (formerly Post Oak Central) and Four Oaks Place with mixed-use destinations like Williams Tower, The Post Oak Hotel, and BLVD Place. Flight-to-quality has kept trophy Class A buildings tight while older commodity product carries deeper concessions.
Why Galleria / Uptown
Trophy office spine on Post Oak Boulevard with Williams Tower, Four Oaks Place, and the redeveloping Central Park Post Oak all within a walkable core
Luxury retail gravity from The Galleria — Texas's largest mall at ~2.4M SF — plus BLVD Place, Highland Village, and River Oaks District nearby
Direct Loop 610 and Westheimer access, adjacent to River Oaks and Memorial executive housing, with the Uptown Bus Rapid Transit spine down Post Oak Blvd
Cost snapshot
| Class A trophy office (Post Oak core, full-service) | mid-$30s to high-$40s per SF |
| Class A general Uptown/Galleria (full-service) | high-$20s to mid-$30s per SF |
| Class B office (full-service) | low-$20s to high-$20s per SF |
| Class A overall vacancy | roughly 22–27% (trophy core tighter at ~9–12%) |
| Structured parking (typical) | unreserved ~$150–200/mo; reserved ~$250–350/mo |
| As of | Q1 2026, cross-checked against Partners Real Estate, Colliers, Avison Young, and JLL Houston office reports |
Bands are current-market ranges; specific building rents vary by class, view, floor, and TI package. Text a broker for a real quote.
Anchor tenants / employers
- Williams CompaniesHouston HQ at Williams Tower, 2800 Post Oak Blvd (owner-occupied ~360K SF after July 2026 acquisition)
- Fertitta Entertainment / Landry'sHQ at The Post Oak Hotel & Tower, 1600 W Loop S — parent of Landry's, the Houston Rockets, and Golden Nugget
- WeaverHouston HQ at Five Post Oak Park (5POP), 4400 Post Oak Pkwy — ~60,000 SF
- UBSRegional wealth-management office anchoring Five Post Oak Park (5POP), 4400 Post Oak Pkwy
- TDECUNew corporate office, 8 floors / ~125,000 SF at Central Park Post Oak (Central Park One), opening 2026
- DCCMCorporate HQ relocated to 1801 Post Oak Boulevard (2025)
Major landlords / owners
- Williams CompaniesOwner-occupier of Williams Tower (2800 Post Oak Blvd) after $300M acquisition from Invesco in July 2026
- Nuveen Real Estate (with Allianz JV)Owner of Four Oaks Place, a ~2.3M SF Class A campus on Post Oak Blvd
- Midway / Parkway / 3Edgewood JVOwner of the 17-acre Central Park Post Oak (formerly Post Oak Central), acquired October 2023 — 1.2M SF office plus retail redevelopment
- Simon Property GroupOwner of The Galleria, Texas's largest mall (~2.4M SF), undergoing a multi-year renovation
- Fertitta EntertainmentOwner of The Post Oak Hotel & Tower, a 36-story mixed-use trophy on Loop 610
Access & amenities
- ·River Oaks
- ·Memorial / Tanglewood
- ·Greenway Plaza
- ·West University Place
- ·Highland Village
- ·The Heights
Angelo Mitlo
Bulldog Broker represents both tenants and owners across Uptown's trophy Class A stock and the softer commodity buildings ringing Post Oak. We track live availability at Williams Tower, Four Oaks Place, Central Park Post Oak, 5POP, and BLVD Place — and can benchmark concessions against the wider Houston flight-to-quality trend before you sign or list.
Frequently asked
What are current Class A office rents in the Galleria / Uptown submarket?+
Trophy Class A buildings in the Post Oak Boulevard core generally quote in the mid-$30s to high-$40s per SF on a full-service basis, while older Class A product further from the core sits closer to the high-$20s to mid-$30s. Concessions on non-trophy space remain meaningful in 2026.
Who owns Williams Tower now?+
Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) bought Williams Tower from Invesco Real Estate for roughly $300 million in July 2026 and is occupying about 360,000 SF as its Houston headquarters. Hines developed the tower in the 1980s but sold it to Invesco back in 2013.
Is Post Oak Central still called Post Oak Central?+
The 17-acre campus was acquired by a Midway / Parkway / 3Edgewood joint venture in October 2023 and is being rebranded and redeveloped as Central Park Post Oak, with 1.2M SF of office plus expanded retail and green space. Groundbreaking was April 2025 and completion is targeted for fall 2026.
Are the big oil-and-gas names still headquartered in Uptown?+
Several are not. ConocoPhillips is headquartered in the Energy Corridor (925 N Eldridge Pkwy). Apache Corp vacated Post Oak Central at the end of 2024 for Briarlake Plaza in Westchase. Marathon Oil ceased to exist as an independent brand when ConocoPhillips closed its acquisition in November 2024. Uptown's current corporate mix leans more toward professional services, financial services, hospitality, and diversified energy players like Williams.
What retail and hospitality anchor the submarket?+
The Galleria — Texas's largest mall at roughly 2.4M SF — is owned by Simon Property Group and is midway through a multi-year renovation. BLVD Place (Whitestone REIT), Highland Village, and River Oaks District round out the luxury retail set, and The Post Oak Hotel by Fertitta is Houston's only Forbes Five-Star property.
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