Courtesy of Rice Management Co.
Rendered view from the fourth floor of the Ion.
If you’ve driven by Midtown on Interstate-69, you’ve probably seen the big new, shiny glass building on Main Street.
The Ion, now scheduled to open this fall, is the heart of Houston’s new innovation district, housed in the former Sears building that stood on the southern tip of what today is considered Midtown for nearly 80 years until it closed in 2018. Rather than razing the four-story building, the developer, Rice Management Company, is adding a fifth floor and remodeling it.
View of the Ion from Wheeler Avenue at Fannin. Florian Martin/Houston Public Media