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Upper Kirby mixed-use is targeting these types of office tenants

The Kirby Collection, a $146 million mixed-use project in Upper Kirby, is one of the city's most ambitious undertakings – especially considering how much of a down cycle the office market is in.

The million-plus-square-foot development will have a 13-story, 210,000-square-foot Class A office building. New York-based Thor Equities is developing the project, and Jack Bousquet, a developer at Thor Equities, said he's received interest from law firms, real estate companies, brokers and other boutique-oriented users. He's also designing the office space with a specific kind of tenant in mind.

"Houston's office (market) isn’t great right now. But, at the same time, we never thought that this building would attract an energy user," said Jack Bousquet, a developer at Thor Equities. "We specifically designed this to attract a nonenergy user."