Highrise Tower Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 wow! I did not know Isaac Brochstein (and family?) owned the 17-acre parcel of what is now Post Oak Central. Exhibit 2.4 Purchase and Sales Agreement POC Purchase And Sale Agreement (Post Oak Central) Between Crescent POC Investors, L.P. As Seller And Cousins POC I LLC As Purchaser https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523213000011/exhibit24purchaseandsalesa.htm “Easement Agreements” means collectively (i) that certain Easement and Right of Way Agreement dated July 31, 1974, by and between Raymond Brochstein, Joel Brochstein, Branard Brochstein and Robert Brochstein, RMI, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Ralph C. Rupley, Jr., Robert S. Rupley and Betty Rupley Allen recorded under Clerk's File No. E746455, of the Real Property Records of Harris County, Texas, and terminated by that certain Release and Termination of-- Post Oak Central https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-HN87 Post Oak Central is a three-building-plus-garage complex developed by Gerald D. Hines Interests on a flat, seventeen-acre tract that belonged to architectural millwork manufacturer I. S. Brochstein. It was Brochstein, though, who brought Hines together with Philip Johnson by insisting that Hines retain Johnson/Burgee to design the Post Oak Central complex. Official company website: https://brochsteins.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 Random compliment.. I will say 609 Main's lobby is stellar. Great job Brochsteins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Have you ever been inside of their headquarters on South Main / 90? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 11530 Main St Houston, TX 77025 to be precise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspersonBuildings Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 I have never been inside of their headquarters but have always been curious about it. My parents bought their first home just south of it in 1963 where I grew up. We always passed by it on the way home from being out. The Art Deco style with the reflecting basin is rather classic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 6 hours ago, strickn said: Have you ever been inside of their headquarters on South Main / 90? Never personally. Have you? I know all about the area of their campus though Do they need all that extra land behind their factory? Reminds me of wealthy family's in the 1920s to 1950s who have their house in the middle of a large parcel surrounded by trees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I haven't been... I would like to know how to get us a tour though. I'd bet it's well worthwhile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/10/2023 at 4:28 PM, EspersonBuildings said: I have never been inside of their headquarters but have always been curious about it. My parents bought their first home just south of it in 1963 where I grew up. We always passed by it on the way home from being out. The Art Deco style with the reflecting basin is rather classic. Is south of there also called Willow Meadows area by those in the vicinity? I see that the City of Houston considers South Main to be a boundary between superneighborhoods. Ordinarily I would be skeptical of that -- since both sides of a street do not work anything like both banks of a river -- but this particular bypass route is not part of a neighborhood streetscape in either direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 https://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/snmapsbyzip.pdf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspersonBuildings Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 South is the Hiram Clarke area, where Madison High School is (77045). North is the Willowbend/Willow Meadows area (77035), and West would be the Westbury area (77035). Whenever our relatives would ask where we lived, my father's usual reply was "south of the Domed Stadium." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 Stopped by on the way home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 I remember hearing a story about Brochsteins sourcing some wood from a unique spot in Africa. Maybe the trees were by a creek or river if I recall correctly? Definitely the best specialist in wood there is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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