Bathija said the idea that some buyers might want to acquire multiple units was factored into the building’s initial design, which was overseen by New Haven, Connecticut-based Pickard Chilton in collaboration with Houston-based Kirksey Architecture and Dallas-based interior design firm ForrestPerkins.
“We have the flexibility to combine select units to accommodate homeowner requests for larger floorplans,” Bathija said. “When you consider that prior to today’s groundbreaking (ceremony) penthouses have achieved record-breaking prices and pre-sales, it is evident Houstonians are responding to the new paradigm of residential experience we are offering. And this is Texas, where everything is bigger.
As the St. Regis Residences breaks ground near Memorial Park Wednesday, all seven of the project’s penthouses have presold, including two residences at potentially record-setting prices.
Overall, about 45% of the development’s 90 residences are now under contract, exceeding Bathija’s expectations. The high-rise at 102 Asbury Street is slated to complete in 2029.
The St. Regis Residences is the latest sign that Houston’s luxury condominium market is starting to mature as the city’s ultra-luxury buyers increasingly commit to multimillion-dollar condos well before they’re built.
A penthouse at the forthcoming Ritz-Carlton Residences, Houston that’s asking $30 million is in contract to sell in what is likely to be a record condo deal for Texas.
In addition to the residences, there will also be a 156-room Ritz-Carlton hotel. The project’s architect or record is Houston-based firm Ziegler Cooper Architects, with design by Connecticut-based architectural firm Pickard Chilton.
Developed over nearly two decades, the area surrounding Takanawa Gateway Station has been conceived as an “experimental platform for well-being over the next 100 years.” It presents a new urban model where business, culture, and daily life intersect within a single, integrated framework.
Mutual of Omaha headquarters reaches pinnacle at 677 feet to become the tallest building in Nebraska
The new downtown headquarters reached its pinnacle after three years of construction, becoming a defining feature of the Omaha skyline.
Architect Jon Pickard, founding principal of Pickard Chilton Architects, said he has been working on the project for about six years.
T3 RiNo: Mass Timber Office Advances Denver's Low-Carbon Workplace Design
The exposed timber structure—comprising glulam columns and beams supporting cross-laminated timber floor panels topped with a concrete slab—anchors the building’s architectural expression while reducing embodied carbon. The structure contains about 188,000 cu ft of mass timber, sequestering more than 4,100 metric tons of C02 and cutting embodied carbon roughly 38% compared with conventional construction.
“As the facade pulls back, you start to see the timber grid behind it,” says Anthony Markese, principal at Pickard Chilton. “Even from blocks away, you understand that the building is something different.