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<\/p>\nAfter a\u00a0half-century\u00a0career in Houston construction and development, Joe Cleary is back where it all started. But this time, he plans to move in.<\/p>\n
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\n Joe Cleary outside of The Ritz-Carlton Residences Houston sales office on Thursday\n <\/p>\n
One of the namesakes of Houston\u2019s Harvey Cleary Builders,\u00a0he wanted to be involved in developing a skyline-defining, 44-story condominium and hotel tower in Uptown Houston<\/a> because he believes that the city is ready for \u2014 and deserves \u2014 the level of luxury that it will bring.<\/p>\n The Ritz-Carlton<\/a> Hotel & Residences Houston project is also on Post Oak Boulevard, where his career began. Cleary retired from Harvey Cleary after 49 years and established Cleary Interests to provide selective project advisory services.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cleary Interests and Houston real estate firm Deiso Moss are collaborating with Marriott International to debut The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences Houston at 2120 Post Oak Blvd., they announced in September<\/a>. Harvey Cleary has built 30 projects in the Galleria-Uptown area, and Cleary said they knew something very special could be done on the parcel.<\/p>\n Well-off empty nesters wanting to leave their sprawling single-family homes behind have fueled Houston\u2019s burgeoning luxury condo market<\/a> in recent years. But Houston is also a diverse city with many international and business travelers, creating another demand demographic, Cleary said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere’s a whole bevy of buyers, the international crowd, that we think will find this to be a fabulous choice,\u201d he said. \u201cThe understated elegance of our project will sell very well and be very well received by those discerning buyers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Ritz-Carlton became interested in a Houston proper project due to the success of The Ritz-Carlton Residences under construction in The Woodlands<\/a>,\u00a0Cleary said. The project announcement comes as a St. Regis-branded condo tower in Houston is also scheduled to break ground this year<\/a>, and The Birdsall, Auberge Collection at The RO is slated for a late 2027 completion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWith the high-rise residences becoming more prominent, it\u2019s time,\u201d Cleary said of The Ritz-Carlton. \u201cHouston deserves, and Houstonians deserve, a project like this. A high-rise, branded, luxury condominium project is much needed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences is designed with a signature crown inspired by the historic building at 712 Main St.<\/a> in Downtown Houston<\/a>, making the building visible and recognizable from every angle in the city.<\/p>\n \u201cYou’ll see it when you’re in the air. You’ll see it on the ground,\u201d Cleary said. \u201cIt’s just going to be a spectacular project.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Courtesy of The Boundary\n <\/p>\n \n A rendering of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences at 2120 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston.\n <\/p>\n The 44-story, 600-plus-foot tower will have 154 hotel rooms and 114 private residences. Residents will have their own entrance, parking and elevators separate from the hotel, as well as 27K SF of owner-only amenities and access to the 50K SF of hotel amenities.<\/p>\n The building was designed by Pickard Chilton<\/a> in collaboration with Ziegler Cooper Architects and Rottet Studio<\/a>, which curated the interiors.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThese three world-renowned design firms collaborated to give us the most spectacular design that I think Post Oak Boulevard has ever seen,\u201d Cleary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Harvey Cleary is the contractor for the project, and the private residences are being represented and marketed by Redeavor Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n The project\u2019s site, once slated for a 43-story mixed-use tower<\/a>, is about a block north of The Galleria<\/a>, the iconic mall built by Harvey Construction Co. around 1970.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n