Type Office Floors 29 Opened 2010 Architect Marshall Strabala | Floor count 29 Height 149 m Construction started 2008 | |
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Main contractor Gilbane Building Company Similar BG Group Place, One Park Place, Bob Lanier Public Works Bu, El Paso Energy Building, Calpine Center | ||
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.
Map of Hess Tower, 1501 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, USA
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.
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