2000 St. James Place is a 12 story,[1] 335,000 square feet (31,100 m2) office building in Houston, Texas. It formerly housed the headquarters of Minute Maid.[2] The building is located on a 6 acres (2.4 ha) site.[1] The building is in proximity to The Galleria.[3]
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2000 St. James Place was built in 1978.[1] In 1985, The Coca-Cola Company purchased 2000 St. James Place from Bechtel Corporation to use for Minute Maid. Minute Maid moved in to the new office building the following year.[4] The building housed the headquarters of Minute Maid. In 2006 the building had a $11.8 million renovation. In 2007 Coca-Cola sold the building to Cameron Management, Wachovia Bank and a group of local investors for an undisclosed amount. Coca-Cola leased 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) of space to continue housing the Minute Maid headquarters until the headquarters were moved to Sugar Land Town Square in Sugar Land, Texas.[5] Anticipating the departure of Minute Maid, Cameron planned to market the building as having the largest block of contiguous office space in the Uptown area.[3]
On Monday February 16, 2009 Minute Maid moved its headquarters from 2000 St. James Place to Sugar Land Town Square.[6] In 2009 2000 St. James Place became the only office building in Texas and one of 49 buildings in the United States to receive the LEED-EB v2.0 Gold certification.[1] In 2010 Wachovia Bank foreclosed the vacant building, taking it from owner Cameron Management Inc. The building was offered for sale on May 4, 2010 at the Harris County courthouse, but there were no buyers.[2]
Nearly one third of the building's site is landscaped to reduce heat island effects and stormwater drainage. To save energy, the designers coated the roof with a special material. In addition the property has high efficiency chillers. The building automation control system is managed through a Web-based user interface.[1] The building has a cafeteria, a fitness center, and 1,230 parking spaces.[5]