Hess Tower Explained
| Hess Tower |
| Location: | 1501 McKinney St, Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates: | 29.7544°N -95.3602°W |
| Start Date: | March 2008 |
| Building Type: | Office |
| Floor Count: | 29 |
| Floor Area: | 844763ft2[1] |
| Architect: | Gensler [2] |
| Owner: | H&R REIT |
| Developer: | Trammell Crow |
| Main Contractor: | Gilbane Building Company |
Hess Tower is a 29-story building located adjacent to Discovery Green park in downtown Houston, Texas.[3] 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.[4]
The building was originally designed to house a number of wind turbines, but the turbines were removed in December 2010.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Hess Tower | H&R Reit . 2022-12-10 . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210143632/https://www.hr-reit.com/project/hess-tower/ . live .
- News: Houston Business Journal. Marshall Strabala Gives New Meaning to Supertall. June 9, 2011. January 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110127053913/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/09/27/newscolumn2.html. live.
- News: Houston Chronicle. Hess will lease entire downtown tower. Sarnoff, Nancy . January 19, 2009. 2011-06-08.
- News: Houston Business Journal. October 20, 2008. Hess Explores Discovery Tower. Dawson, Jennifer. 2011-06-08. 2011-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20111107171519/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/10/20/story1.html?b=1224475200%5E1717803. live.
- Web site: Pieces of Wind Turbine Fall Onto Street from Top of Hess Tower Downtown; Blades on "Lockdown" - Swamplot. 13 January 2011. 2012-01-17. 2011-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20111205120608/http://swamplot.com/pieces-of-wind-turbine-fall-onto-street-from-top-of-hess-tower-downtown-blades-on-lockdown/2011-01-13/. live.
