811 Main

811 Main (formerly BG Group Place)
BG Group Place May 2011
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location811 Main Street, Downtown Houston, Texas
Coordinates29°45′28″N 95°21′49″W / 29.7578°N 95.3636°W / 29.7578; -95.3636
Construction started
2008
Completed
Feb 2011
OwnerInvesco
Height
Roof631 ft (192 m)
Technical details
Floor count46 Total
Floor area1,262,865 sq ft (117,324.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators18 in building, 3 in garage.
Design and construction
ArchitectsPickard Chilton & Kendall/Heaton Associates
DeveloperHines
Main contractorHarvey Builders

811 Main (formerly BG Group Place and 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. When it was completed, BG Group Place became the 15th tallest building in Houston and features a skygarden on the 39th floor. 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.
The primary monument & all core signage for the facility was built by Ad Display Sign Systems.
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.

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.

Layout

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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "BG Group Place". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. 1 2 3 Grey, Lisa (2011-04-14). "Green is the new tall in Houston skylines". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  3. ↑ "Building website". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Hines lands anchor tenant for MainPlace Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010
  5. ↑ "Photo Gallery". addisplaysigns.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hines Mainplace". www.mainplacehouston.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07.

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