Developers are not about to let the growing demand go unmet. New high-rise towers are appearing on the Houston skyline and a significant number of additional condo projects are proposed. It was the first to be built in Houston since the early 1980s and it probably is the most successful high-rise project ever built in Houston. Ninety-five of the project's 100 units have been sold. A parcel of land near the Villa d'Este is being eyed for another condominium tower, said Interfin Corp. President Giorgio Borlenghi, developer of the project.
Children are a rarity in Houston's high-rise condominiums.
It's the aging of the baby boomer generation. The baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964, a post-World War II bulge in the population that sends aftershocks into the marketplace as it twists, turns or changes its buying habits. Judith Rosenstock and her husband, Harvey, recently moved into a high-rise, giving up their home in Meyerland shortly after their youngest child graduated from college. So far, she's giving high-rise living two thumbs up. There's a concierge to help bring up the groceries, somebody to let in the repairman, no need to worry about getting mulch for the flower beds and no trekking out into the front yard get the newspaper or take out the garbage.