Drewery Place

Australian developer Caydon built Drewery Place as its first United States project, a 27-story tower on Fannin Street intended to anchor a much larger Midtown masterplan called Laneways. Hines came in as an acquisition partner and now manages the building. Homes range from micro studios to two-bedrooms and average a little over 1,000 square feet, with floor-to-ceiling glass and smart-home hardware specified throughout at delivery, including programmable lighting, smart thermostats, Bluetooth door hardware and license-plate recognition at the garage.

The amenity deck was billed at opening as the largest in Houston, with a swim-up bar, private cabanas and an outdoor yoga lawn, plus a rooftop lounge, a juice bar, a yoga studio and a private dog park. Ground-floor retail opened with The Flying Biscuit, Black Swan Yoga and Earthcraft Juicery, so a cafe and a fitness studio are reachable without leaving the block.

Fannin at Drew places the tower on the Red Line corridor, which makes Downtown, the Museum District, Hermann Park and the Texas Medical Center reachable without a car, a practical draw for med-center staff and downtown professionals. Midtown’s bar and restaurant density runs north and west along Main, Milam and Bagby.