An addition to downtown Houston’s skyline is nearing completion as crews overcome difficulties that came with building one of the city’s heaviest towers on the site of the former Houston Chronicle building.
Texas Tower is a 47-floor, 1-million-sq-ft Class AA office tower on the 800 block of Texas Avenue. Pelli Clarke Pelli and Kendall-Heaton are leading the design, and Gilbane Building Co. is serving as general contractor on the construction manager at-risk project for clients Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge. This tower is being built to the highest standards Hines has ever developed in Houston, seeking LEED Platinum and Silver under the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Standard.