BUFFALO BAYOU BUILDOUT
Midway’s East River — a $2.5-billion, 150-acre mixed-use development just east of downtown — broke ground last week.
The developer’s most ambitious project to date, East River is planned to eventually cover a mile of waterfront on the north shore of Buffalo Bayou on the southern edge of Fifth Ward. At completion, the project would span the equivalent of 60 city blocks and include 1 million square feet of new construction — including apartments, office space, restaurants, retail shops and medical and entertainment buildings. It could take 15 to 20 years to complete. The buildings in Phase One are loosely arranged around a 13,000square-foot plaza and will include 250,000 square feet of office space and 110,000 square feet of retail, with design elements connecting the commercial space to the outdoors.