Houston19514 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Citigroup had some pretty nice digs. I wonder if BG's offer was VERY competitive or if they just were unhappy with the galleria.Neither. Citigroup outgrew their space. They are moving one group downtown, keeping another group Uptown (Williams Tower IIRC) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 There is a new tenant added to the sign outside the front door, can't recall the name though.To answer your other question: Lantham & Watkins (they moved out of the Wells Fargo tower) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Sorry to dig up an old thread, but she was looking pretty this morning:  Downtown Houston by brijonmang, on Flickr  Downtown Houston by brijonmang, on Flickr  BG Group Place by brijonmang, on Flickr  BG Group Place by brijonmang, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Thanks again. I really like how thin it looks from this view compared to other angles. Your pictures today look really good. The glass looks silver, especially in that first picture. Good job! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I thought some you might enjoy this case study summary video. It reveals some info about their thoughts and strategies they were considering before and during construction while entering the economic downturn. https://youtu.be/0LotN1Mkq9w 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted September 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2015 BG Group Place by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Great shot. Maybe my equilibrium is off but just a bit of constructive criticism, the photo looks a little uneven, maybe just by a fraction of a degree. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nole23 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Is there supposed to be retail along Main Street in this building? Is it leased? I haven't walked by this building since my contract at my client downtown ended a while ago but it seemed there was a dead zone along main street.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 By, uneven, do you mean it looks rotated slightly counter-clockwise? Â I've noticed that my iPhone does that, so I try to manually correct for that when I take a pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Great shot. Maybe my equilibrium is off but just a bit of constructive criticism, the photo looks a little uneven, maybe just by a fraction of a degree. Thank you.  I think you're right, as there is a slight tilt in the photo (as well as a few other photos I took last night) but I also think my perspective plays a little into it.  I don't have a fancy tripod/DSLR yet so I'm still toying around with a glorified point and shoot.  One day I'll have truly quality shots for everyone that the city deserves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Is there supposed to be retail along Main Street in this building? Is it leased? I haven't walked by this building since my contract at my client downtown ended a while ago but it seemed there was a dead zone along main street....There's a WichWich on the Rusk side, so kind of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Is there supposed to be retail along Main Street in this building? Is it leased? I haven't walked by this building since my contract at my client downtown ended a while ago but it seemed there was a dead zone along main street....Super dead. There is a frost bank there with all of the window shades pulled. I don't think there are any entrances along main.  They did make the sidewalk and landscaping nice though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Reading through old posts, it looks like there was initially a retail entrance planned from Main. I imagine it was Frost Bank's decision not to go this route. They probably signed a ten year lease.Downtown will just have to evolve to a point where Frost or some other tenant decides it's better to open onto Main than not. We're moving in the right direction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 With the JW Marriott open across the street now, there is a lot more foot traffic in the area. Unfortunately, some of it is still folks scattering from outside the corner store because a cop showed up. I think there is a new ABC permit notice hanging in the window of the bar/cub across Rusk though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Thank you.  I think you're right, as there is a slight tilt in the photo (as well as a few other photos I took last night) but I also think my perspective plays a little into it.  I don't have a fancy tripod/DSLR yet so I'm still toying around with a glorified point and shoot.  One day I'll have truly quality shots for everyone that the city deserves. You can adjust your horizon in post processing too, don't need no fancy dslr to do that, it's just heavier equipment that costs more. Unless you get one of those fancy new mirrorless doohickies, then it still costs more than a point and shoot, but is not quite as heavy and more compact. I like the photo as is, but I wish you had aimed just a hair to the right. It would remove the building in the foreground on the very left edge that is distracting from the subject, and you get more of the gulf building in the shot (and who doesn't like the gulf building?). It moves your subject a little to the left, but with how the perspective plays, your eyes are drawn to the top left of the image anyway. Edited September 17, 2015 by samagon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) I would imagine that Frost doesn't open directly onto Main for security reasons. Â There are very few (if any) banks downtown that have a direct street entrance. Edited September 17, 2015 by mollusk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I would imagine that Frost doesn't open directly onto Main for security reasons. There are very few (if any) banks downtown that have a direct street entrance.But there are plenty of banks in other cities' downtowns that do. And as the pedestrian environment downtown improves, ours will to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Scrolling through old pages...and find this. Damn Urb, your screename is unique but your OG is rough.... Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Scrolling through old pages...and find this. Damn Urb, your screename is unique but your OG is rough.... Your background looks a little... 80s? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Nahhhh lol  (low res)  Edited September 17, 2015 by BigFootsSocks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ozone Files Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/05/09/exclusive-namesake-tenant-to-vacate-downtown.html  Quote U.K.-based BG Group PLC, which was recently acquired by The Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A, RDS-B), is vacating BG Group Place in downtown Houston, according to an internal memo obtained by the Houston Business Journal.  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) On 9/17/2015 at 5:56 PM, BigFootsSocks said: Nahhhh lol  (low res)  Reminds me of the album art for Kanye's Graduation. (way after the fact here...lol) Edited May 16, 2016 by The Pragmatist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 9 hours ago, The Pragmatist said: Reminds me of the album art for Kanye's Graduation. (way after the fact here...lol) Bruh I was just listening to that album today 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 So all of your Kanye references are actually serious.. It was hard to tell. Ugh, this vacancy sucks.. 300,000 sq ft of space hitting the market while Hines tries to lease up 609. I guess at least it sort of fills (some of?) the Shell Plaza vacancy.. This tower should be more attractive/easier to lease out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 View from the 60th floor of Chase Tower, the sky lobby. Â 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeerNut Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 What's the current naming for this building? Is it just 811 Main? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, BeerNut said: What's the current naming for this building? Is it just 811 Main?  Correct.  https://www.hines.com/properties/811-main-houston 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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