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Houston Center is a retail and office complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is owned and operated by subsidiaries of Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (NYSE: CEI). The three towers in Houston Center have almost of Class A office space.〔Dawson, Jennifer. "(Crescent trophies on sales block )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Friday May 21, 2004. Retrieved on May 10, 2009.〕 The buildings in Houston Center include: * 1 Houston Center * 2 Houston Center * Fulbright Tower (formerly 3 Houston Center) * 4 Houston Center * 5 Houston Center * The Shops in Houston Center (formerly The Park Shops〔"(A makeover for Park Shops / More appealing exterior part of plan for downtown mall )." ''Houston Chronicle''. February 27, 2003. Accessed June 22, 2008.〕〔"(Brooks Brothers to Close Downtown Houston Store. )." ''Tribune Business News''. Accessed June 22, 2008.〕) * * The Shops, built in 1982, is an enclosed shopping mall. * Four Seasons Hotel Houston ==History== Texas Eastern Corporation bought 32 blocks of land in Downtown Houston for $50 million. Texas Eastern razed the existing buildings and proposed building Houston Center, a large office space development. Texas Eastern planned to build elevated walkways, people movers, and underground garages. Houston Center was one of the largest private development projects ever, however only a small portion of the plan was realized, leaving a large swath of downtown Houston covered in parking lots and vacant land.〔Broidy, Dan. ''The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money''. John Wiley and Sons, 2004. (113 ). Retrieved from Google Books on November 11, 2009. ISBN 0-471-63860-9, ISBN 978-0-471-63860-5.〕 Panhandle Eastern Corporation acquired Houston Center when Texas Eastern was sold to Panhandle for $2.5 billion in stock in June 1989.〔〔Boisseau, Charles. "(Houston Center sale closes )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday December 30, 1989. Business 1. Retrieved on August 2, 2009.〕 Later that year Panhandle sold Houston Center to JMB Realty for $400 million; Panhandle planned to use the money from the sale to reduce its debt, which it accumulated from the merger. Panhandle planned to move out of the of office space that it occupied in Houston Center and move its operations and 1,300 employees at Houston Center to its corporate headquarters near the Uptown District. Panhandle planned to move in increments over a three-year period after 1989, with one third of its Houston Center workforce moving each year.〔 In 1989 Houston Center consisted of three office buildings and one hotel.〔 Its occupancy rate in December 1989 was about 90%.〔 Crescent purchased Houston Center in 1997 for $328 million.〔Bivins, Ralph. "(Downtown to get 27-story tower / Opening planned for 2002 )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday August 10, 2000. Business 1. Retrieved on November 12, 2009.〕 In 2000 Crescent sold the Four Seasons Hotel Houston, a hotel that is a part of Houston Center, to Maritz, Wolff & Co., a hotel investment group, for $105 million.〔Bivins, Ralph. "(A time to sell / Group buys Four Seasons / Downtown room crunch also spurs building )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday November 7, 2000. Business 1. Retrieved on November 15, 2009.〕 In October 2002 Houston Center was 95% leased.〔"(Crescent's 5 Houston Center Opens Its Doors Nearly 90% Leased. )" ''Business Wire''. Tuesday October 8, 2002. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.〕 In 2004 Crescent attempted to sell a 50% equity position in both Greenway Plaza and Houston Center. During that year the Class A office space in the entire complex was 94% leased.〔 In addition, in 2004 many of the 32 blocks that were originally scheduled to be a part of the Houston Center development remained undeveloped.〔 In 2009 Castle Brands (USA) Corp., R.F. Borghese, LLC, Bennett G. Fisher, and Third Planet Windpower, LLC renewed their leases in their sections of Houston Center. Together they held of space.〔"(Crescent Announces Lease Expansion and Extensions at Houston Center )." ''Business Wire''. Friday June 26, 2009. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houston Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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