1500 Louisiana Street

Skyscraper in Houston, Texas February 2025 1500 Louisiana Street Near_1400_Louisiana,_1400_Smith_-_panoramio.jpg 200px 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 29.75470 -95.37115 inline,title region:US-TX_type:landmark 1999 2002 Office 602 ft on 40 $200 million ENRON'S COLLAPSE: THE OFFICE; Morale and Occupancy Are Low At the Headquarters in Houston David Barboza The New York Times January 24, 2002 February 5, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/business/enron-s-collapse-office-morale-occupancy-are-low-headquarters-houston.html 1,284,013 sqft on Cesar Pelli Chevron Corporation 1500 Louisiana Street The Skyscraper Center Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat February 5, 2025 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1500-louisiana-street/2222 Crosbie 2005 47 1500 Louisiana Street, formerly Enron Center South, is a 600 ft (183m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It was completed in 2002 and has 40 floors and a total building area of 1,284,013sq.ft.1500 Louisiana St https://www.credifi.com/ui/freemium/propertydetails/1500-Louisiana-St-Houston-TX/552e5ac5cbda711f18d1c172 CrediFi 10 October 2016 10 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161010212309/https://www.credifi.com/ui/freemium/propertydetails/1500-Louisiana-St-Houston-TX/552e5ac5cbda711f18d1c172 dead It is the 20th tallest building in the city and the tallest completed in the 2000s. Houston The Skyscraper Center Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat February 5, 2025 http://skyscrapercenter.com/city/houston live https://web.archive.org/web/20190309094420/http://skyscrapercenter.com/city/houston March 9, 2019 It was designed by César Pelli. Enron set to build Houston office tower The Journal Record February 4, 1999 February 5, 2025 https://journalrecord.com/1999/02/04/enron-set-to-build-houston-office-tower/ History After the completion of Heritage Plaza in 1986, no new office skyscraper was built in Houston until the late 1990s. This was caused by the city's high office vacancy rate during the 1980s. As Houston's economy continued to recover in the following decade, demand for new office spaces began to return. In 1999, Enron, a major local company, started the construction of a new office tower for its main headquarters. It is located on the block owned by the company in Downtown Houston. Due to a scandal in late 2001, the company collapsed and filed for bankruptcy that same year; Enron never occupied the building. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE; Houston Tries to Banish Enron's Ghosts Terry Pristin The New York Times March 3, 2004 February 5, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/business/commercial-real-estate-houston-tries-to-banish-enron-s-ghosts.html In 2002, Intell Management and Investment Co. paid $102 million for the tower, Empty Enron Tower Looms Over Houston Dana Calvo Los Angeles Times September 29, 2003 February 5, 2025 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-29-fi-tower29-story.html which came equipped with technology that was, in 2003, the latest for energy firms. In 2003, Charlie Giammalva of Lincoln Property Co., the leasing company of 1500 Louisiana, said that the building was "zero percent occupied." Giammalva said that the management of the building had contacted several firms, such as ExxonMobil, about the possibility of leasing space in the building. By July 2003 none of the firms contacted the management.Bivins, Ralph. "SURVIVAL OF THE NEWEST / OCCUPANCY DOWNTOWN TUMBLING, BUT THREE TOWERS DEFY TREND." Houston Chronicle. Sunday July 27, 2003. Business 1. Retrieved on November 11, 2009. ChevronTexaco bought the building in 2004 for $340 million.Dawson, Jennifer. "Chevron finalizes downtown Houston office tower purchase." Houston Business Journal. June 24, 2011. Retrieved on August 3, 2011. By 2005 the firm announced that it would move out of the former Chevron Tower in Houston Center and moved into 1500 Louisiana Street.Sarnoff, Nancy. "Building becomes Fulbright Tower / Law firm takes name of former Chevron space." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday March 30, 2005. Business 3. Retrieved on November 11, 2009. In 2006 4,000 employees worked in 1500 Louisiana.Dawson, Jennifer. "Chevron ends space odyssey with landmark lease." Houston Business Journal. Friday March 3, 2006. Retrieved on November 11, 2009. In October 2024, Chevron announced a $66.5 million renovation plan for the building, as well as the $2.9 million restroom renovation project on floors 31–39, which was started a month prior. Both projects were slated to complete in August 2025. Chevron plans massive $66.5 million update to its Houston headquarters Janet Miranda Chron October 21, 2024 February 5, 2025 https://www.chron.com/business/article/chevron-downtown-houston-renovation-19851493.php Design The 40-floor building was designed by César Pelli as a lozenge shaped office skyscraper. The structure has 7 floors of podium and covered with glass curtain wall. It is connected to 1400 Smith Street by a circular skybridge. Crosbie 2005 43 See also Texas Architecture List of tallest buildings in Houston References Books Curtain Walls: Recent Developments by Cesar Pelli & Associates Michael J. Crosbie Birkhäuser 2005 10.1007/3-7643-7654-6 978-3-7643-7083-1 60589146 External links Emporis Skyscraperpage Houston Architecture (Archived 2009-06-22) Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Houston Category:Office buildings completed in 2002 Category:2002 establishments in Texas Category:Buildings and structures in Houston Category:César Pelli buildings