HOUSTON – Hines, in alliance with Cerberus Capital, has secured the 600 Travis building, a 75-story office property known as the tallest tower in Texas.
I.M. Pei & Partners designed the building, previously known as the JP Morgan Chase Tower and earlier as the Texas Commerce Tower.
The tall tower is across the street from a construction site where Hines is building a 47-story office project. The new building, located on Texas Avenue, is called the Texas Tower.
Hines is planning a thorough renovation to the tallest building in Texas. HOK architecture is working on the plan now.
Here’s a submission for the Suggestion Box. Rather than letting the 1982-vintage building exist with its Travis Street address as its name, why not connect it to its heritage? Just rename the building “Texas Commerce Tower” again.
The 1002-foot tall skyscraper has some history to it. While I worked across the street at the Houston Chronicle, I’d frequently see Texas Commerce Bank CEO Ben Love walking in the bank’s tunnel level. George Mitchell, too.
In those days, the Chronicle would hand you a paycheck on Friday morning and you would walk across the street to deposit it in Texas Commerce Bank. The whole system had a steady, solid and secure aura about it. No online transfers. No Bitcoin. No Blockchain. No Libra. Just real money.
