Iconic downtown Houston office tower renamed TC Energy Center

One of the best known skyscrapers in the city has been renamed. The 56-story post-modern building in 700 Louisiana is now called the TC Energy Center, named after TC Energy Corp, a tenant, pipeline, power generation and gas storage company.

TC Energy occupies more than 300,000 square feet, about 25{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of a 12.5 million square foot building. The new name was announced on Tuesday by the construction of Calgary of TC Energy, located in M-M Properties and Alberta, with representatives from the leasing teams of Madison Marquette and Lisbon.

Stan Chapman, vice president of TC Energy and head of the US natural gas pipeline, said, “More than 8,000 are strong, with more than 3,600 US employees and in-house contractors working across assets in 40 states.” "More than 1,000 of our US workforce is in Houston, with the majority at our headquarters, the TC Energy Center."

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Designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee and developed by Heinz as RepublicBank Center in 1983, the building was most recently known as the Bank of America Center. The former nomenclature rented about 168,000 square feet by renters in June, integrating downtown operations into the new Bank of America Tower at 800 Capitol.

TC Energy has been six months since TC Energy changed its name at TransCanada to better reflect the scope of operations across North America and the growth of the US TC. TC Energy says that about 25{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} of US gas demand is transported through a 31,000-mile pipeline and operates about 10 percent of US natural gas storage. We are expanding our network to supply oil to the midwest and Gulf coast refineries.

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TC Energy has been a tenant in the tower since mid-2013.

According to John Spafford of Madison Marquette, who is in charge of leasing with Madeline Gregory, “When TC Energy first planned to move to a building, it was able to show a path of growth that met both the tenant and the ownership goals. . "I'm very happy to see the plan fully realized."

Tenants at the TC Energy Center will have access to new amenities in the next few years.

The first phase of the $ 20 million renovation program going on in the lobby offers a white tablecloth restaurant and 10,000 square feet of creative office space, giving you a view of Jones Plaza on Capitol Street.

The next step in the renovation will bring mezzanine-level collaboration space above the new tenant lounge, conference center, lobby coffee bar and the former Bank of America lobby.