Uptown Houston
The Galleria area | |
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 Uptown Houston Skyline | |
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| Coordinates: 29°44′46″N 95°27′50″W / 29.74611°N 95.46389°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| County | Harris County |
| City | Houston |
| Website | uptown-houston.com |
Uptown (more commonly called The Galleria Area) is a business district in Houston, located 6.2 miles (10.0 km) west of Downtown and is centered along Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road (Farm to Market Road 1093). The Uptown District is roughly bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, the I-610 (West Loop) to the east, Richmond Avenue to the south, and Yorktown Street to the west. It covers 1,010 acres (410 ha).[2]
At 23.6 million square feet (2.19 million square meters) of office space, the Uptown District is the 17th-largest business district in the United States, comparable in size to the downtowns of Denver and Pittsburgh.[3] The district is home to approximately 2,000 companies and represents more than 11 percent of Houston's total office space.[3]
- ^ "Interactive Population Map". Archived from the original on 2011-05-08. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2004 Budget" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-27.
- ^ a b "Office." Uptown Houston. Retrieved on January 18, 2009.
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