Houston Business Journal – by Allison Wollam

A Houston builder is bringing a French accent to Uptown Park with a new super-upscale residential community.

Butler Brothers is planning a $25 million gated community, dubbed Place des Vosges, that will feature 17 French-inspired custom homes on a U-shaped street that is sandwiched between South Post Oak Lane and the Uptown Park complex just along the 610 Loop. The homes will range in price from $1.4 million to $2.2 million.

The street that will house Place Des Vosges, S. Wynden Drive, has historically been an exclusive residential area lined with older single-family homes on oversized lots. But that is all starting to change as more land in the area is acquired by investors and developers.

Butler Brothers estimates show that it has been about 10 years since a new community has been built in the area. The nearby Wynden Oak Estates, which includes 26 single-family homes, was built in 1997. The median home appraisal for that neighborhood is $770,213, according to the Houston Association of Realtors.