Heritage Plaza is a skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas. Standing at 762feet, the tower is the 5th tallest building in Houston, the 8th tallest in Texas, and the 60th tallest in the United States. The building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and has 53 floors.HistoryHeritage Plaza completed construction in early 1987. It was the last major office building completed in downtown Houston in the midst of the collapse of the Texas real estate, banking, and oil industries in the 1980s. The building stood as the most recently completed major skyscraper in Houston for nearly 15 years, until the completion of 1500 Louisiana Street in 2002.The building has 1150000sqft of leaseable space, of which a vast majority sat vacant until Texaco leased 550000sqft in 1989. The building went on to serve as the US headquarters of Texaco for 12 years. In 2001, Heritage Plaza became the US headquarters of the ChevronTexaco corporation.In 2005, Goddard Investment Group acquired the building. During that year, over 700000sqft in the building was unoccupied. In 2006, EOG Resources announced that it will move from 3 Allen Center to Heritage Plaza. The firm had signed a 15-year lease for 200000sqft and planned to move around 400 employees. The firm, scheduled to move in early 2007, became the largest tenant in the building at the time.
Parking Management is a Division of the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department. By servicing and maintaining 9,200 on-street parking spaces across the Greater Houston area, Parking Management creates sound regulations for all commercial and residential areas enhancing pedestrian safety, ensuring a smooth flow of traffic and allowing emergency vehicles to reach their destinations. Parking Management also encourages parking awareness while supporting public transit initiatives.
Hess Tower is a 30-story skyscraper located adjacent to Discovery Green park in downtown Houston, Texas. It was formerly called Discovery Tower until Hess Corporation leased the entire tower in January 2009. It will be the 30th tallest building in Houston. Occupation of the building should begin in June 2010.[citation needed] At the time of completion, it was the tallest building to be built in Houston in 7 years, after the Reliant Energy Plaza was completed in 2003
Hess Tower is a 29-story building located adjacent to Discovery Green park in downtown Houston, Texas. It was formerly called Discovery Tower until Hess Corporation leased the entire tower in January 2009.The global architectural firm Gensler designed the building. The building was a project of Trammell Crow Company, a real estate development and investment firm.The building was originally designed to house a number of wind turbines, but the turbines were removed in December 2010.