Three Houston Center/Fulbright Tower At 1301 McKinney St.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--Crescent Real Estate Equities Company (NYSE:CEI) announced today that its major tenant Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. has exercised its option for the naming rights at 1301 McKinney, formerly known as Chevron Tower. The building will now be officially named Fulbright Tower. Constructed in 1982, Fulbright Tower is a 51-story, 1.2 million square-foot Class A office property located within the Houston Center complex in downtown Houston.

The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski occupies over 350,000 square feet in Fulbright Tower and has officed in this location since 1985. In 2003, Fulbright renegotiated and extended its lease and received the naming rights option.

Jane Page, Managing Director, Asset Management and Leasing at Crescent, commented, "We are pleased that Fulbright & Jaworski has exercised its right to name the building. Fulbright & Jaworski's prominence as a leading international law firm enhances the prestige and desirability of Crescent's newest Houston asset and the overall Houston Center development."

Frank G. Jones, co-partner-in-charge of Fulbright's Houston office, said, "We welcome this opportunity to recognize the name Fulbright by which our firm has become known. R.C. Fulbright founded the firm with John Crooker, Sr. in 1919. As part of the office space remodeling which is taking place with the building name change, we are designating our conference space on our top floor as the Leon Jaworski Conference Center. We are pleased to be able to recognize the legacies of the men for whom our firm is named."

[editor]

Here's some pictures from Houston Architecture Info

[Trophy Property]

It would have been a lot easier just to call the building 3 Houston Center, but oh well. Either way it is nice that Crescent has the entire Houston Center under ownership.

[LTAWACS]

Cool.

[kjb434]

So when do you think the Enron building will be renamed for Chevron-Texaco when they finally move in?

[Houston19514]

I think ChevronTexaco moved into the 1500 Louisiana Building some time ago, at least they have mail sent there, according to their website.

I may be wrong, but I do not believe the building at 1301 McKinney was ever named ChevronTexaco Tower (and the current owner, Crescent Real Estate Equities, seems to be under that impression as well... note that they refer to it as "formerly Chevron Tower", not 'formerly ChevronTexaco Tower'.)

[kjb434]

Yeah, I saw that too. I thing the move to 1500 Louisiana was to solidfy that this two companies are now one.

I didn't realized the moved into 1500 Louisiana already. Cool. I'm glad the building is getting used.

I haven't noticed it they put any decorative sign by the entrance that denotes their name.

[Subdude]

Wasn't the Fulbright Tower originally built as new headquarters for Gulf Oil, and then became the Chevron Building after Gulf was taken over by Chevron?

[Houston19514]

^ yes

[The Great Hizzy!]

^ Yes, Pt. II

[TxDave]

On a related note, what is the current status/name of the (possibly former) Texaco Heritage Plaza on Bagby? (pyramid building across from Doubletree Allen Center)

After the Chevron-Texaco merger, I never heard what the future held for this building. Are they still there or does it have some other use?

It is such a significant building in the Houston skyline, it must have some high purpose.

[ricco67]

I think this is starting to be an interesting trend downtown.

1301 McKinney recently completed a similar project in one part of the building and they had just closed off another part and I suspect they're going to do the same thing.

There are a number of buildings aorund town in which this would improve the look of their buildings. Besides, it'll give the smokers a place to stand in the shade.

[MidtownCoog]

Chase Tower did the same thing recently with a bunch of trees. Looks nice.

I watched them build the 1301 McKinney area when I was in 2 Houston Center.

But why should the smokers get all the cool spots to hang? They should have to smoke while standing in a puddle of bum tinkle.

Smokers were a big problem at 2 Houston Center.

[strickn]

Had been wondering the height of 1301 McKinney's nonarchitectural rooftop lattice tower:

794'
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https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2023/10/03/nrg-energy-to-move-headquarters-to-houston-center.html

"Houston-based NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has leased approximately 245,000 square feet on the top 10 floors of 3 Houston Center, at 1301 McKinney St., Brookfield Properties said Oct. 3. The integrated power and home services company is expected to move into the new space in January 2026.

Chris Oliver, Trey Strake, and David Guion of Cushman & Wakefield represented NRG in the lease negotiations, while Doug Little, Kelli Gault, Jack Scharnberg, and Parker Burkett of Transwestern represented Brookfield Properties."