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811 Main

Skyscraper in Houston, Texas

Field	Value
name	811 Main (formerly BG Group Place)
image	BG_Group_Place_Houston_TX_2014_08_03_01.jpg
image_size	200px
caption	BG Group Place May 2011
location	811 Main Street, Downtown Houston, Texas
coordinates
status	Complete
start_date	2008
completion_date	Feb 2011
building_type	Office
roof	631 ft
floor_count	46 Total
elevator_count	18 in building, 3 in garage.
floor_area	1,262,865 sqft
architect	Pickard Chilton & Kendall/Heaton Associates
main_contractor	Harvey Builders
developer	Hines
owner	Invesco

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.{{cite web

Current major tenants include:

Crestwood Midstream Partners
KPMG
Baker Hostetler
Latham & Watkins
Quorum
Citi
Kayne Anderson
Reed Smith

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 27000 sqft and can hold up to 8 full corner offices.

Basement Floor 2: Parking
Basement Floor 1: Parking, access to Downtown Houston tunnel system, and a small area for retail space.
1st Floor: Lobby, 1 large and 1 small retail space area, as well as reserved and unreserved parking. Access to the Downtown Houston tunnel system will also be available via an escalator to Basement Floor 1. The 30 ft high ceilings will extend through Floor 2 and half of Floor 3.
Floors 2-10: Parking
Floor 11: Garage rooftop garden and premium office space
Floors 12-20: Low rise office space
Floor 21: Low to mid transfer
Floors 22-33: Mid rise office space
Floor 34: Mid to high transfer
Floors 35 and 36: High rise office space
Floors 37 and 38: Premium loft office space
Floors 39-43: Sky Garden and premium office space (not open to the public)
Floors 44-46: High rise office space
Floor 47: Mechanical Area

Notes

References

"BG Group Place". CTBUH.
Grey, Lisa. (2011-04-14). "Green is the new tall in Houston skylines". Houston Chronicle.
"Building website".
[http://blogs.chron.com/primeproperty/2010/10/post_94.html Hines lands anchor tenant for MainPlace] Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010
"Hines Mainplace".

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