CenterPoint Energy Plaza

CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston. The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation. Designed by Richard Keating, this renovation dramatically changed the building, the Houston Skyline and the downtown. Keating was also the designer of the nearby Wells Fargo Tower.^{[citation needed]} It has the headquarters of CenterPoint Energy.^[1][2]

CenterPoint Energy Tower
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	1111 Louisiana St. Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29.757214°N 95.367962°W / 29.757214; -95.367962
Construction started	1973; 52 years ago (1973)
Completed	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Opening	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Height
Roof	741 ft (226 m)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Floor area	1,399,986 sq ft (130,063.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

Historically the building housed the headquarters of Houston Industries (HI) and subsidiary Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P).^[3] In 1999 Houston Industries changed its name to Reliant Energy.^[4] When Reliant Energy moved out of the building and moved into the new Reliant Energy Plaza in 2003, the company left over 400,000 square feet (37,000 m²) of space vacant.^[5]

Around 1995 the building owners added a circle-shaped canopy that is five stories tall, due to a business competitor down the street having a building taller than theirs. Clifford Pugh of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "It was meant to resemble a lantern, but at night the lit open space looks more like a hovering spaceship."^[6]

Gallery

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  Entrance to CenterPoint Energy Tower
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  Damage to windows from Hurricane Ike in 2008
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  Damage to windows from the 2024 Houston derecho

See also

• Texas portal

• List of tallest buildings in Houston
• List of tallest buildings in Texas
• List of tallest buildings in the United States