The OMA-designed renovation will include a 5-acre rooftop park and organic farm Houston may be getting a new High Line-esque signature park space, as an ambitious reuse of the city?s abandoned central post office aims to build a massive rooftop garden atop an office and entertainment center to the edge of downtown.
This new vision for Houston?s Barbara Jordan Post Office, to be called POST Houston, will be one of the city?s largest adaptive reuse projects. The mixed-use facility will boast one of the world?s largest rooftop farms, a concert venue, and a mixture of retail and office space including restaurants, bars, an international market hall, and flexible coworking spaces.
Lovett Commercial, the Houston-based firm that purchased the 15-acre site in 2015, will use the historic tax credit as part of a broad plan to overhaul the site. They haven?t announced how much they plan to spend on the project. ?Houston is the country?s most culturally diverse community,? said Frank Liu, President of Lovett Commercial. ?We hope POST Houston will become a destination for Houstonians and travelers and we are determined to create a one-of-a-kind urban ecosystem that will showcase the vibrancy of our great city.?
The cavernous 550,000-square-foot concrete campus, which features a two-story warehouse connected to a five-story administration building, was designed by the firm Wilson Morris Crain & Anderson in 1962, and recently had a second life as a concert venue, playing host t...