35K SF ADDITION OF LAW FIRM BROWN SIMS BRINGS YEAR-TO-DATE LEASING ACTIVITY AT UPTOWN HOUSTON’S ICONIC POST OAK CENTRAL CAMPUS TO OVER 80K SF WITH TRIO OF RECENT TRANSACTIONS

HOUSTON, TX – October 3, 2022 – Parkway Property Investments, LLC (“Parkway”) has executed more than 80,000 square feet of transactions at its iconic Post Oak Central campus in Uptown Houston this year, including a long-term lease with Brown Sims. Serving nearly every major industry, the national litigation firm, which was founded more than 50 years ago, will occupy two full floors spanning 35,198 square feet and served by an internal staircase. Brown Sims was represented by Griff Bandy at Partners (formerly NAI Partners), and Parkway was represented by Leasing Director Amanda Nebel.

“Brown Sims was focused on taking advantage of the market conditions but only for an office environment that had the right ingredients to promote collaboration and enhance the culture of the firm,” said Bandy. “The Post Oak Central campus provides numerous amenities close by and easy access from multiple alternatives – important factors in the decision process.”

The addition of Brown Sims follows recent transactions including a long-term renewal of 10,297 square feet for Patrinely Group, a national real estate investment, development and management firm focused on large scale, Class A commercial office, multifamily, industrial and data center properties in major markets; a long-term lease renewal of 10,090 square feet for the Consulate of Qatar; and a lease of 8,177 square feet for Houston-based Icon Wealth Partners, which provides customized financial strategies, investment and liquidity solutions delivered with the utmost integrity, transparency and commitment to the fiduciary standard.

Icon was represented by CBRE’s Lucian Bukowski, Vice Chairman, and Wyatt McCullough, First Vice President.

Eric Siegrist, Parkway’s Managing Director of Leasing added, “We are so thankful to be able to attract and retain tenants of this caliber at Post Oak Central.  These significant lease commitments to the Post Oak Central ‘ecosystem’ feel like endorsements of the prime location of the campus, the ‘operational excellence’ Parkway strives to deliver, and the curation of the types of enhancements that connect people and increase productivity.”  

A Houston landmark, Post Oak Central was the Houston BOMA 2022 “The Building of the Year” award winner in the Over One Million Square Feet Category based on judging of criteria that included community impact, tenant and employee relations programs, energy management, accessibility, emergency evacuation procedures, building personnel training programs and overall quality indicators.

The 17-acre project consists of three, Class A 24 story towers with approximately 1.2 million square feet of office, 90,000 square feet of pedestrian-oriented, street level retail and large central greenspace with signature fountain fronting Post Oak Boulevard. Steps from the MetroRapid Silver Line, connecting Uptown to two transit centers, Post Oak Central is LEED Gold, Energy Star, BOMA 360 and Wiredscore certified.

About Parkway

Parkway is a privately owned, full service real estate investment firm led by a team with a strong track record of investing in high-growth markets across the U.S. and across economic cycles. Parkway owns, operates, and manages institutional quality commercial office assets throughout the Sunbelt region. In addition, Parkway identifies and structures acquisitions and provides best-in-class property and asset management, leasing, accounting and construction management services. Parkway currently operates and/or provides accounting services for approximately 27 million square feet of high-quality office properties located in attractive submarkets in California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Virginia.