Uptown (more commonly called The Galleria Area) is a business district in Houston, located 6.2 miles (10.0 km) west of Downtown and is centered along Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road (Farm to Market Road 1093). The Uptown District is roughly bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, the I-610 (West Loop) to the east, Richmond Avenue to the south, and Yorktown Street to the west. It covers 1,010 acres (410 ha).^[2]

At 23.6 million square feet (2.19 million square meters) of office space, the Uptown District is the 17th-largest business district in the United States, comparable in size to the downtowns of Denver and Pittsburgh.^[3] The district is home to approximately 2,000 companies and represents more than 11 percent of Houston’s total office space.^[3]

Uptown, the 17th largest business district in the United States, has 23,600,000 square feet (2,190,000 m²) of office space, representing 11% of all of Houston’s office space and 22% of Houston’s Class A office space. Major employers include 3D/International, Air Liquide America, AON Risk Services of Texas, Inc., Apache Corporation, BBVA Compass, BHP Billiton, Bechtel Corporation, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP, Bindview Corporation, CB Richard Ellis, Clear Channel, Dow Chemical, Duke Energy, General Electric, Hines, Inoapps, Litton Loan Servicing, Marathon Oil Corporation, MWH Americas, Inc., Net IQ Corporation, Nextira One, LLC, Panhandle Pipeline Co., Schlumberger, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Telecheck International, Inc., The Lab Consulting, GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, and Williams Companies.^[3][8] Around 2,000 companies maintain operations in Uptown.^[3][9]

METRORail expansion plans include the Uptown/Gold Line which will serve the Uptown Houston area and run primarily down the median strip of Post Oak Boulevard. In 2010, Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced that there were no available funds to construct the rail line, although it still remains in METRO’s future expansion plans.^[59] In 2013, it was announced that the line will be constructed initially as a bus rapid transit line, but with the capability to convert to light rail in the future. The bus rapid transit line could be functioning as early as 2017.^[60]

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