SkyHouse creates mini downtown Houston neighborhood

​​HOUSTON – One developer is adding hundreds of new apartments to the downtown residential market in a pair of 24-story towers along Main St.

The first tower, SkyHouse Houston, opened last year with 336 units. The building is 78 percent occupied, manager Kristina Cotter said.

Construction has reached the top floor of the second tower, SkyHouse Main, which will have 338 units.

Rents in SkyHouse Houston start at about $1,500 and go up to $3,300. Units include small studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Each has a balcony.

​Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Company along with Peter Dienna are jointly developing the project, which will include street level retail. Pizza chain Your Pie recently opened in the first building. 

SkyHouse Main is expected to open summer 2016.