HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Southside Commons, an 80,000-square-foot redevelopment of the former Palace Bowling Lanes, has welcomed its first tenant: The Center for ENT.
The Center for ENT, a clinic specializing in sinus, allergy, and hearing care, has relocated into 20,840 square feet on the second floor of the mixed-use building after serving patients for 50 years in the Texas Medical Center.
Located at 4191 Bellaire Blvd., just west of Weslayan, Southside Commons is a thoughtful adaptive reuse of a beloved neighborhood bowling alley that long served Southside Place, Bellaire, and West University Place residents.
Arch-Con Corporation, the general contractor responsible for renovating Southside Commons for developer Triple Crown Investments, completed the tenant build-out for this first-generation medical space.
Arch-Con, a Houston-based firm noted for multiple adaptive-reuse projects, has recently restored several historic properties across the city. Examples include the rebuilt Quality Laundry/Gibbs Boat building at West Gray and Montrose Boulevard and the 1914 Gulf Oil headquarters, now repurposed as an AC Marriott hotel.
The former Palace Lanes has been transformed with new façades and an interior designed to support diverse tenant uses, from medical practices to street-level retail.
Southside Commons is nearly fully leased, with most interior spaces either under construction or completed. Planned and current tenants include Houston Methodist and Greater Houston Orthodontics occupying second-floor medical suites, while first-floor retail will host Dish Society, Palace Social, and Eye Theory.
The Center for ENT occupies the northwest portion of the building’s floor plate, a position chosen to maximize visibility and simplify patient arrival and wayfinding. Page, an architecture and engineering firm, designed the interior to create a seamless check-in flow and to integrate modern clinical technology with a warm, hospitality-influenced aesthetic. Color is used strategically throughout the design to reinforce branding and guide patients.
Color-coded zones help streamline the patient experience: varying shades of blue denote ENT services, greens signal allergy care, and purple accents highlight hearing services. These hues appear in furniture, wall accents, and signage to organize spaces clearly—from the arrival lounge through check-in to treatment rooms—promoting a patient-centered, easy-to-navigate environment.
“Working with the physicians was a fulfilling, creative process for us as designers,” said Marissa Yu, Principal and Interior Design Director at Page. “They wanted a fresh, distinctive space that reflects their practice and energy—from choosing the most visible, accessible location in the building to incorporating hospitality design features that create a modern, approachable clinic.”
Southside Commons is situated roughly two miles west of the Texas Medical Center, offering The Center for ENT a more convenient footprint for many patients.
“Our new location is a modern facility featuring cutting-edge technology, improved access, less traffic and free parking on a surface-level lot,” said Dr. Samuel “Ross” Patton of The Center for ENT.
July 15, 2020 Realty News Report Copyright 2020
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