Four Seasons Hotel Houston is a hotel in Houston , Texas , United States. It is operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts . The hotel includes Four Seasons Place, a group of 64 apartment units, and an Italian restaurant. It is a part of the Houston Center complex.
64-632: Four Seasons Hotel Houston opened in 1982. It became the city's first AAA Five-Diamond hotel in 1996. In 2000, Crescent Real Estate Equities, the owner of Houston Center , sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston to Maritz, Wolff & Co. , a hotel investment group, for $ 105 million. In 2006, Institutional Investor ranked Four Seasons Hotel Houston the 87th "Best Hotel in the World". The hotel currently houses 404 guest rooms, including 12 suites, throughout 30 floors. In 2013, Maritz, Wolff & Co. sold
128-627: A 10-year lease for about 127,000 square feet (11,800 m ) of space in the building. Crescent waited for another lease agreement before finalizing plans to build the tower. Construction began in November 2000. The tower, opened ahead of schedule in September 2002, was the first multi-tenant development in Downtown Houston completed since 1986. When it opened it was 88% leased. The building opened with an eight level parking garage inside. The garage, with
192-830: A K-8 Catholic school that is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston , is in the area. Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning , a private K–12 Islamic school, is in the area. Two Catholic high schools, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and Saint Agnes Academy , are located in Sharpstown , southwest of Uptown. Other nearby private schools include The Awty International School , St. John's School , and The Kinkaid School . The Awty school moved to 1615 Garrettson Street in Uptown in 1960. In moved to its current location in Spring Branch in 1979. As of 2019 The Village School in
256-570: A center in 2 Houston Center. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close. The Houston Downtown Management District is headquartered in Suite 1650. The Consulate-General of Japan in Houston is located in Suite 3000. The lobby of 2 Houston Center was used as a filming location for The Swarm back in 1978. 4 Houston Center is a 674,246 square feet (62,639.5 m ) office building. In 2001
320-476: A hotel that is a part of Houston Center, to Maritz, Wolff & Co., a hotel investment group, for $ 105 million. In October 2002 Houston Center was 95% leased. In 2004 Crescent attempted to sell a 50% equity position in both Greenway Plaza and Houston Center. During that year the Class A office space in the entire complex was 94% leased. In addition, in 2004 many of the 32 blocks that were originally scheduled to be
384-524: A large block of vacant space in Downtown Houston because of the tight market. Calibre represented RWE in the lease. 5 Houston Center, a 27-story 580,875 square feet (53,965.1 m ) tower, has Class A Office space. Each floor of the tower has 29,000 square feet (2,700 m ) of space. When the building opened, every floor had broadband internet capability. The tower was worth $ 117 million in 2002. At one time Halliburton had its world headquarters in 5 Houston Center. In 2000 Ernst & Young signed
448-465: A major renovation by Development Design Group of Baltimore was enacted. Retail operations at The Shops at Houston Center include: In 2010 Kelsey-Seybold Clinic stated that it would move from its original location at 1 Houston Center to the Shops at Houston Center at 4 Houston Center. Kelsey-Seybold will take 23,000 square feet (2,100 m ) of space and will house an imaging center, a clinical laboratory,
512-479: A new K-5 campus in the Atherton site. As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln for the middle school level. Previously it was zoned to Bruce Elementary. As part of rezoning for the 2014–2015 school year, this tower was rezoned from Bruce to Gregory-Lincoln K-8 for elementary school. In the second volume of Scarlet Spider published by Marvel Comics , Kaine Parker stays in this castle. On
576-527: A part of the Houston Center development remained undeveloped. In 2009 Castle Brands (USA) Corp., R.F. Borghese, LLC, Bennett G. Fisher, and Third Planet Windpower, LLC renewed their leases in their sections of Houston Center. Together they held 6,758 square feet (627.8 m ) of space. In September 2017 Houston Center's offices were 75% leased and its retail area was 70% leased. In December of that year Brookfield Property Partners finalized plans to buy
640-532: A pharmacy, and primary care and specialty physicians. The construction of the center was scheduled to begin in July 2010, and completion was scheduled to occur in December 2010. The Kelsey Seybold in 1 Houston Center has 12,700 square feet (1,180 m ). Nicholas Ro, Kelsey-Seybold's vice president of strategic and legal affairs, said that if a customer walked into the lobby of 1 Houston Center, he or she would be unable to see
704-454: A pond with a lighted fountain; the fountain was first activated on the day of the park's opening. Prior to 1998, the Houston Press was located in Suite 1900 of the 2000 West Loop South building in Uptown. In 1998, it moved to a new location in Downtown Houston . The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas , provides public bus service to Uptown. Bus routes that serve
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#1733085511249768-454: A portion of 5 Houston Center in 2002, moved its headquarters there by July 2003. Halliburton occupied 26,000 square feet (2,400 m ) of space on the 24th Floor in 5 Houston Center. The occupancy rate at 5 Houston Center became 80% after Halliburton signed the lease agreement. In addition Jackson Walker, a law firm, moved into 5 Houston Center by 2003. Halliburton planned to move its headquarters to another site in Houston by 2012. By 2009
832-491: A ratio of 2.2 cars per 1,000 square feet (93 m ), had the highest car to square foot ratio of any garage in Downtown Houston in 2002. In 2003 5 Houston Center was 92 percent leased. When the tower opened, Ernst & Young U.S. LLP became the largest tenant in the building. Ernst & Young moved its employees and operations to 5 Houston Center from 1 Houston Center. Halliburton , which signed its lease to occupy
896-598: A shop at the Park Shops. In 1995 the complex held the "Park Shops Holiday Trolley Tour" which traveled to several sites in Downtown with no admission cost. Uptown Houston 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
960-539: A tram system that would have tied in with Interstate 69 / U.S. Highway 59 and run into the tower itself, and a four-story 40,000 car parking garage. It currently has six levels of parking for 495 cars. Several levels of this building extend across Fannin Street and connect to 1 Houston Center. They include a x bracing where the tramway would have been and a patio. It sits on top of Houston's six-mile (10 km) tunnel system. In 1999 former Mayor of Houston Bob Lanier moved
1024-574: Is a retail and office complex in Downtown Houston , Texas , United States . It is owned by Brookfield Property Partners and Spear Street Capital, LLC, and operated separately by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Brookfield Property Management. The three towers in Houston Center have almost 3,400,000 square feet (320,000 m ) of Class A office space. The buildings in Houston Center include: Texas Eastern Corporation bought 32 blocks of land in Downtown Houston for $ 50 million. Texas Eastern razed
1088-568: Is also home to other buildings designed by noted architects such as I. M. Pei and César Pelli among others also designed by Philip Johnson; Pelli designed the Four Oaks Place complex. Large-scale office construction in Uptown came to an end with the collapse of energy prices and the meltdown of Houston's economy in the mid-to-late 1980s. Uptown had 23.8 million square feet (2,210,000 m ) of office space in 2001, whereas Downtown Houston had about 40 million square feet (4,000,000 m ). In
1152-641: Is headquartered in Suite 1580 in 2 Post Oak Central at 1980 Post Oak Boulevard in the Post Oak Central complex. Uptown Houston is located in Texas's 7th congressional district and Harris County Precinct 3. The United States Postal Service operates the Galleria Post Office in Suite 1200 at 5015 Westheimer Road, in Uptown Houston. The City of Houston announced in December 2008 that it would purchase
1216-435: Is home to approximately 2,000 companies and represents more than 11 percent of Houston's total office space. In 1948, what is now Uptown was 3 miles (5 km) outside the city limits of Houston. A local reporter described the roads as "lonely, unlit, pockmarked booby trap for nocturnal animals and boozed up motorists." Development increased after Gerald D. Hines and other individuals began to develop properties in Uptown in
1280-814: Is located near the Southwest Freeway and Loop 610 interchange. Cushman & Wakefield 's Houston office is in Four Oaks Place. In the 1990s Weatherford Enterra (now Weatherford International ) had its corporate headquarters in Four Oaks Place. By 2000 Weatherford moved to a new location in Houston. Before its dissolution Stanford Financial Group had its headquarters in Uptown. Many international hotel chains have locations in Uptown. Several consulates-general are located in Uptown. The consulates of Angola , Australia , Argentina , Chile , Denmark, France , Germany , India , Italy , Peru , Qatar, South Korea , Spain, Turkey, Vietnam , and
1344-608: Is now Uptown in 1953. The station moved to Chimney Rock at Dolores in 1987. The station received a minor renovation in the fiscal year of 2006. The neighborhood is served by the Houston Police Department 's Midwest Patrol Division, headquartered in Greater Sharpstown . Residents are a part of Houston City Council District G. In the first 1991 Mayor of Houston election most voters within and around Uptown voted for Bob Lanier . The Uptown Management District
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#17330855112491408-543: Is roughly bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, 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). 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 . The district
1472-514: The 610 Loop . In 2007 the city seized land from James and Jock Collins via eminent domain in order to widen San Felipe and convert the rest into a park. The city planned to build the Post Oak Lane Park, a 0.09-acre (0.036 ha) pocket park in Uptown. The pocket park is so small that it will not have a basketball court. City of Houston officials, including the Mayor of Houston Bill White and
1536-626: The Consulate of the Netherlands are in Uptown. From its founding on May 25, 1982, to April 1988, the Consulate-General of Indonesia in Houston was located in Post Oak Central in Uptown. The Consulate-General of Egypt in Houston was located in Suite 1750 at 2000 West Loop South and later in Suite 2180 in Post Oak Central. As of 2008 the consulate is now at 5718 Westheimer Road, outside Uptown. The Uptown District boomed along with Houston during
1600-600: The Energy Corridor area has a bus service to an area along Westpark, via Royal Oaks Country Club . This stop serves students living in the Galleria area. Houston Public Library operates the Jungman Neighborhood Library at 5830 Westheimer Road. The Texas Legislature designated Houston Community College System (HCC) as serving Houston ISD (including Uptown). The Houston Weekend College of Our Lady of
1664-535: The Houston City Council , said that there was a public need for the park. The City of Houston operates the 4.7-acre (1.9 ha) Grady Park, which is located outside Uptown and two blocks away from the site of the Post Oak Lane Park. According to Carolyn Feibel and Bradley Olson of the Houston Chronicle , the Houston Chronicle obtained documents that show that the city eminent domain helped Ed Wulfe,
1728-536: The Uptown District . Panhandle planned to move in increments over a three-year period after 1989, with one third of its Houston Center workforce moving each year. In 1989 Houston Center consisted of three office buildings and one hotel. Its occupancy rate in December 1989 was about 90%. Crescent purchased Houston Center in 1997 for $ 328 million. In 2000 Crescent sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston ,
1792-883: The 17th largest business district in the United States, has 23,600,000 square feet (2,190,000 m ) 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 , Aon , Apache Corporation , BBVA Compass , BHP , Bechtel Corporation , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, Bindview Corporation, CBRE , Dow Chemical , Duke Energy , General Electric , Hines, iHeartMedia , Inoapps , Litton Loan Servicing, Marathon Oil Corporation , MWH Americas, Net IQ Corporation, Nextira One, Panhandle Pipeline Co, Schlumberger , Stewart Title Guaranty Company , Telecheck International, The Lab Consulting , GDF Suez Energy Resources NA , and Williams Companies . Around 2,000 companies maintain operations in Uptown. Numerous radio studios are located in Uptown. Two of
1856-470: The 1960s. By 1987, the Uptown area had more hotel rooms and retail shopping centers than Downtown Houston had. The Uptown area, with 55,000 employees, also had more office space than Downtown Atlanta and Downtown Denver . The Uptown District measures about 5 million square feet (500,000 m ) of retail space, and is the center for Houston's high-fashion retail. Various trendy shopping centers, eateries, and other sorts of entertainment venues exist in
1920-508: The 1970s and early 1980s. A collection of mid-rise office buildings appeared along the Interstate 610 west (or simply "West Loop"). It became one of the most impressive instances of the edge city . The highest achievement of Uptown was the construction of the 901-foot-tall (275 m) landmark Williams Tower , designed by Philip Johnson (known as the Transco Tower until 1999). At the time, it
1984-861: The Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School . Mark White Elementary School is scheduled to open in August 2016. Residents of the Briargrove Elementary zone, along with those of the Pilgrim, Piney Point, and Emerson zones, will be allowed to apply to this school. Middle and high school pupils living in Uptown are zoned to Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School ) and Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School) attendance boundaries, although students in
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2048-462: The Four Seasons Place, a total of 468 guest accommodations. The Four Seasons Place apartments are zoned to Houston Independent School District schools. Residents are zoned to Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades K-8), and Northside High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High School). By Spring 2011, Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with
2112-479: The Fulbright Tower. Crescent proposed the building of 6 Houston Center in the 2000s. As of 2009 the plans did not materialize. As of 2010 4 Houston Center's Shops at Houston Center has over 35 specialty retailers and 30 restaurants; as of the same year 14,000 people per day shop at the Shops at Houston Center. The Houston Chronicle said that the shops are "a haven for the lunch-hour shopping fix." In 2003
2176-469: The Halliburton headquarters had moved. The Fulbright Tower is a 52-story skyscraper originally known as 3 Houston Center . The tower has 1,247,061 square feet (115,855.8 m ) of Class A office space. The building at one point was owned by ChevronTexaco . As of 2005 Crescent owns the tower in a joint venture with the affiliates of GE Asset Management and JPMorgan Asset Management. Construction on
2240-495: The Lee attendance area may choose to attend Lamar High School or Westside High School . Grady Elementary opened in 1929 and moved to its present location in 1950. In 1979 it was no longer an elementary school. In 1992 it was converted into a middle school. When Westside opened in 2000, residents of the Lee attendance boundary gained the option to attend Westside instead of Lee, with no free transportation provided. St. Michael School,
2304-594: The Lyondell/LyondellBasell operation has been at 1 Houston Center for 25 years. In 1999 Merrill Lynch Capital Markets expanded its lease to 23,520 square feet (2,185 m ). In 2000 Ernst & Young occupied 140,000 square feet (13,000 m ) of space on five floors in 1 Houston Center. When 5 Houston Center opened in 2003, Ernst & Young pulled its operations from 1 Houston Center and moved them into 5 Houston Center, leaving 100,000 square feet (9,300 m ) of space in 1 Houston Center vacant. Two of
2368-516: The Uptown area include: Local routes 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. In 2013, it was announced that
2432-585: The Williams Tower Park and Fountain from Hines REIT for approximately $ 8.5 million. The city will operate the site as a public park protecting the popular park and landmark waterwall fountain from the threat of future development. Hines and the city will share maintenance and upkeep costs of the park and fountain. In addition the City of Houston operates the Post Oak Park at the intersection of Post Oak Drive and
2496-414: The adjacent tower. Both the fountain and tower were designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson . Construction of the complex was completed in 1983. The semi-circular fountain is 64 feet (20 m) tall and sits among 118 Texas Live Oak trees. Approximately 11,000 US gallons (42,000 L; 9,200 imp gal) of water flow over both sides of the wall every minute. The Uptown District
2560-603: The area as well as citywide chain stores that appear in many Houston-area malls. It also includes several well-regarded restaurants and a large indoor ice skating rink. The Uptown District is bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, the I-610 (West Loop) to the east, Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 to the south, and Yorktown Street to the west. Several subdivisions, including Afton Oaks , Briarcroft, Briargrove , Broad Oaks, Briarmeadow, Del Monte, Larchmont , St. George Place, Tanglewood, and Westhaven Estates border Uptown Houston. Uptown,
2624-423: The building is attractive to firms which need space for energy trading firms since the building has broad floors, each with over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m ) of space. Energy trading companies typically have wide-open trading floors. Many office buildings have half of the amount of space per floor that 5 Houston Center has. Marian Livingston of Calibre said that in 2001 it was difficult for an energy firm to find
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2688-439: The building was 97% leased. The lower levels of 4 Houston Center have the Shops at Houston Center. In 2001 RWE Trading Americas leased 25,000 square feet (2,300 m ) of space in 4 Houston Center for its United States headquarters. The firm had the option to lease an additional 50,000 square feet (4,600 m ) of space in the following 18 months. Candace Baggett, the president of the real estate firm Calibre Group, said that
2752-652: The building's total electricity usage by 11%. The new systems may save Crescent and the tenants of 2 Houston Center $ 400,000 combined each year, and carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by over 1,300 tons per year. Crescent plans to reduce 2 Houston Center's electricity usage by 20% over a 10-year period beginning in 2008. The company anticipates that the reduction will save the company $ 700,000 per year. In 2009 McJunkin Red Man Corporation expanded its lease in 2 Houston Center to 13,865 square feet (1,288.1 m ) of space. The United States Postal Service operates
2816-470: The center. Opened in 1978, this building, originally called 1 Houston Center, has 46 floors with Class A office space and is located at 1200 block of McKinney Street. The building is 678 feet (207 m) tall. It was designed by Caudill Rowlett Scott and built by W.S. Bellows Construction. LyondellBasell has its Houston offices in 1 Houston Center. When Lyondell was an independent company, its headquarters were in 1 Houston Center. As of January 2012,
2880-465: The developer of the BLVD Place complex adjacent to the park, complete a $ 12.5 million land sale related to the development. Wulfe was a major donor to White. As of December 2008 the city had not created any plans for the Post Oak Lane Park. Houston Parks and Recreation Director Joe Turner said in a sworn disposition in November 2008 that his department did not create the idea of the park and that he opposed
2944-464: The district. Uptown is home to many upscale boutiques, as well as many Houston-based and local high-fashion designers and stores. Uptown is also host to Houston's largest hotels, which host about 20 million visitors a year. A major feature of Uptown Houston is The Galleria , the largest shopping mall in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest in America. The Galleria hosts many of the upscale shops of
3008-471: The existing buildings and proposed building Houston Center, a large office space development. Texas Eastern planned to build elevated walkways, people movers, and underground garages. Houston Center was one of the largest private development projects ever, however only a small portion of the plan was realized, leaving a large swath of downtown Houston covered in parking lots and vacant land. Panhandle Eastern Corporation acquired Houston Center when Texas Eastern
3072-423: The firm occupies 350,000 square feet (33,000 m ) of space. On February 24, 2005, Crescent completed the joint venture agreement involving the Fulbright Tower; a pension fund investor advised by JPMorgan Asset Management bought a 60% ownership interest in the building and an affiliate of GE Asset Management bought a 16.15% ownership interest. In 2004 ChevronTexaco sold the building to Crescent. During that year
3136-546: The five floors that Ernst & Young left behind were leased to other firms by July 2003. Cozen O'Connor opened an office in 1 Houston Center in 2004. On November 22, 2005, Alain Robert , a French rock and urban climber nicknamed " Spider-Man ", was arrested attempting to climb the building. In 2008 the law firm Fish & Richardson opened an office in 1 Houston Center on October 1, 2008. As of 2010 Haynes and Boone has an office in 1 Houston Center. As of January 2012,
3200-515: The four major English-language commercial radio broadcasters have studios here. Three radio stations owned by Urban One , which are KKBQ , KGLK , and KHPT , is in 3 Post Oak Central . The IHeartMedia Houston cluster of KBME , KODA , KQBT , KPRC (AM) , KTBZ-FM , and KTRH is located in 2000 West Loop South. Spanish-language Univision Communications Houston TV studio ( KXLN-DT and KFTH-DT ) and radio cluster ( KLTN , KAMA-FM , KLAT , KOVE-FM and KQBU-FM )
3264-516: The late 1990s, there was a mini-boom of mid-rise residential tower construction, typically about 30 stories tall. Uptown has accumulated a large concentration of high-rise residential structures. Four Leaf Towers , a high-rise residential complex consisting of two 40-story buildings located on San Felipe Street was constructed in 1982. The towers were designed by architect César Pelli. Completed in 2004, Saint Martin's Episcopal Church (with spires and antennae reaching 188 feet (57 m) into
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#17330855112493328-407: The lead single for Hobo Johnson on his second studio album The Fall of Hobo Johnson Frank, a.k.a. Hobo Johnson references his experience at The Four Seasons Hotel. [REDACTED] Media related to Four Seasons Hotel Houston at Wikimedia Commons 29°45′15″N 95°21′46″W / 29.7543°N 95.3627°W / 29.7543; -95.3627 Houston Center Houston Center
3392-891: 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. Children living in Uptown are zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District . The community is within Trustee District VII, represented by Harvin C. Moore as of 2008. Uptown elementary school pupils located north of Westheimer Road are zoned to either Briargrove Elementary School (in Briargrove), while pupils located south of Westheimer Road are zoned to St. George Place Elementary School (in St. George Place ). Residents of
3456-490: The office of his real estate company to 2 Houston Center. Landar Corporation, Lanier's company, leased 9,700 square feet (900 m ) in 2 Houston Center. In July 2007, a fire was set in the northeast corner of the 16th floor of the building. In 2008 Crescent and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund worked together for 10 weeks to cost-effectively upgrade 2 Houston Center. As a result, Crescent will install new lighting, mechanical, and office equipment systems that will reduce
3520-426: The original clinic. Ro said that the clinic will move to gain a more visible location. The current Kelsey Seybold pharmacy opened on Monday January 17, 2011. Waldenbooks , formerly in Suite 399 in the Shops at Houston Center, was scheduled for closure. Continental Airlines had a ticketing office at the Park Shops until 2004, when it announced that the office would close. At one time American Express Travel had
3584-413: The property to Cascade Investment . Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, owned jointly by Cascade, Kingdom Holding Company and Triples Holdings, will continue to manage the hotel. The hotel's restaurant, Quattro, features an Italian-style menu. The Mobil Four Star restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and an antipasto bar. The hotel has 289 rooms and 115 suits, in addition to 64 apartment units at
3648-468: The sky), designed by Jackson & Ryan Architects, was featured on the covers of three national magazines: Civil Engineering magazine (April 2005), Modern Steel Construction magazine (May 2005) and Structure magazine (December 2005). Uptown Houston is a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ), which is a self-imposed taxing entity created by property owners in economically challenged areas in order to fund improvements and encourage development within
3712-472: The tower was 49% occupied. By March 2005 ChevronTexaco planned to move its operations out of the tower after buying 1500 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston. Fulbright & Jaworski used their naming rights, and in 2005 the building gained the name Fulbright Tower . In 2005 the Fulbright Tower was 57% occupied. In 2006 Chevron Corporation still occupied three floors at the Fulbright Tower. In 2009 Conway MacKenzie leased 4,619 square feet (429.1 m ) at
3776-470: The tower was given its current name, the LyondellBasell Tower. Around that time, LyondellBasell renewed its lease for 358,138 square feet (33,272.1 m ) of space in 1 Houston Center. Opened in 1974, this building has 40 floors with Class A office space. It is the 19th tallest building in the city. It was planned to be the center of a master-planned "city within a city" that would have included
3840-494: The tower was scheduled to begin in November 1980. The building was built in 1982 by W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation. The tower property was developed in 1985. Fulbright & Jaworski became a tenant during that year. Chevron became the building's main tenant, and its name became the Chevron Tower . Fulbright & Jaworski renegotiated and extended its lease in 2003 and retained the possibility of naming rights; as of 2005
3904-655: The usage of eminent domain. The Collins brothers said that the city government had used eminent domain to seize land only for the purposes of private development, which is not legal in Texas. On December 8, 2006, the Uptown District and the Texas Department of Transportation opened the Hidalgo Park, located south of the Galleria. The 3-acre (1.2 ha) park, previously a vacant plot of land, has 650 trees and shrubs and 240,000 square feet (22,000 m ) of sod. The park includes
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#17330855112493968-477: The zone. The area was designated as a TIRZ by city council. The Uptown District has used the funds for landscaping and mobility improvements as well as specialty street lamps, signage and stainless steel gateways and halos over major streets and intersections. Houston Fire Department operates Fire Station 28, a station in District 28, west of Uptown. Station 28 moved to a location at Westheimer Road at Sage in what
4032-521: Was believed to be the world's tallest skyscraper outside of a central business district. The Williams Tower was the product of a unique era in Houston: energy companies were highly profitable entities and they sought impressive, monumental structures to broadcast their power. The Williams Waterwall is a multi-story sculptural fountain which sits at the south end of Williams Tower in Uptown. It and its surrounding park were built as an architectural amenity to
4096-519: Was sold to Panhandle for $ 2.5 billion in stock in June 1989. Later that year Panhandle sold Houston Center to JMB Realty for $ 400 million; Panhandle planned to use the money from the sale to reduce its debt, which it accumulated from the merger. Panhandle planned to move out of the 900,000 square feet (84,000 m ) of office space that it occupied in Houston Center and move its operations and 1,300 employees at Houston Center to its corporate headquarters near
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