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Plume, a new Hollywood-inspired cocktail bar, is set to open this month in the Heights. This venture from Golden Ratio Hospitality, backed by veterans from the bar and real estate industries, promises to elevate the local lounge experience with sophisticated cocktails and a chic Art Deco design. Located near the Urban Office West Heights coworking space, Plume offers a refined alternative to the area's casual outdoor bars.

Houston-based Braun Enterprises is developing its third Urban Office in the Medical Center, offering 88 flexible office spaces for small companies and individuals at 8637 Fredericksburg Road. The development aims to provide all the amenities of a standard office with flexible lease terms and a focus on networking. Urban Office's North Side location has already reached full occupancy and expanded, and their Southtown location recently opened. The company is targeting professionals like therapists and attorneys and aims to foster a community of networking across its locations.

If there’s one thing Houston developers love, it’s renovating the city’s historic structures for commercial use - also known as adaptive reuse. The two newest structures to get an adaptive reuse makeover are a Victorian mansion in The Heights and 1950s era office building in the Museum District.

Houston-based Braun Enterprises is moving ahead with the latest additions to its growing portfolio of Urban Office developments, which aim to cater to smaller businesses looking for compact, amenitized workspaces.

Turns out, people like reducing their commute time and working in a walkable area with wine bars and coffee shops. So, anticipating higher demand for its flexible office spaces in such preferred locations, the real estate development company Braun Enterprises is doubling the size of its Urban Office branch in Spring Branch.

From one generation to another, learning by example has been the credo of Braun Enterprises. That’s the benefit Dan Braun received when, in his mid-20s in 2003, he joined his father, Gabriel “Gaby” Braun, z”l, in managing and leasing the industrial portfolio of the family’s Houston-based commercial real estate company.

Companies are doing a major rethink post-pandemic about their office spaces. It's no longer an option to offer employees a sub-par work space, and those signing the lease aren't willing to overpay for less-than-impressive amenities.

The opportunity to reimagine the future of work has never been stronger, leading real estate services firm JLL said in a recent report. "Work from anywhere is the only path forward," it said. Well, if you can work from anywhere, how about working from the “Heart of Houston” - the Spring Branch Management District?