BG Group Place

BG Group Place

BG Group Place May 2011
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Location 811 Main Street, Downtown Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°45′28″N 95°21′49″W / 29.7578°N 95.3636°WCoordinates: 29°45′28″N 95°21′49″W / 29.7578°N 95.3636°W
Construction started 2008
Completed Feb 2011
Owner Hines Calpers Green Fund
Height
Roof 630 ft (190 m)
Technical details
Floor count 46 Total
Floor area 940,000 sq ft (87,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators 18 in building, 3 in garage.
Design and construction
Architect Pickard Chilton & Kendall/Heaton Associates
Developer Hines
Main contractor Harvey Builders

BG Group Place (formerly MainPlace) is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was completed in February 2011 and has 46 floors. It is LEED Platinum Certified [1]LEED. When it was completed, BG Group Place became the 15th tallest building in Houston and features a skygarden on the 39th floor.[2] It is the tallest building built in Houston in 23 years, after the Heritage Plaza was completed in 1987. The naming was done when BG Group Plc became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.[3]
The primary monument & all core signage for the facility was built by Ad Display Sign Systems.[4]
Current major tenants include:

Environmental features

Features included in the building is a 39th-floor skygarden and a fully gardened top floor of the parking garage, that soaks up rainwater. Water that condenses in the building's air-conditioning system is used to irrigate the plants.[1]

Glass fins that act as sunshades reduce the building's need for air-conditioning. The 10-foot ceilings (a foot higher than the modern standard) allow in more sunlight, cutting the need for electric lights.[1]

Layout

Each floor is on average 27,000 square feet (2,500 m2) and can hold up to 8 full corner offices.[5]

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