The Enron building and the Transco Tower are my two favorite buildings in Houston. I’ve taken lots of photos of both. These are some of the Enron building. I chose these because, in my opinion, it isn’t immediately obvious what makes them special.
The beautiful towers sustained damage after Hurricane Ike.
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Last night I went to a little dive bar with my friend DeAnna and her friend Jessie. We sat outside and drank frozen mimosas and ZOMG they were so good. I needed it; it felt so nice to have some girl talk and whatnot. The weather was perfect, not humid and about seventy degrees. A nice breeze rattled the leaves of the big oak trees we were sitting under. Right smack in front of me was the downtown sector. But I couldn’t look away from the prettiest building of all:
There is always something there to remind me.
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Enron’s former headquarters [..] was purchased by Brookfield Office Properties for $120 million in 2006. Brookfield is now close to a deal to sell the gleaming 50-story tower to Chevron Corp., its tenant, for as much as $380 million, according to people familiar with the deal. That would set a record for the city.
Known as Four Allen Center, the building formerly had Enron’s trademark crooked “E” sign near the entrance. It became a poster child for the market’s troubles when it remained virtually empty for several years in the wake of Enron’s bankruptcy.
As energy prices rose, Brookfield snapped up the tower and leased it to Chevron through 2019, signaling the market’s resurgence.
Chevron declined to comment on the building.
Blackstone Group LP holds a roughly 4% stake in the Houston tower. If it sells for $380 million, the initial annual yield for the buyer would be about 5%, based on estimated net operating income in offering documents related to a $240 million mortgage on the building.
I am appallingly sentimental about that structure and do not want ownership to change again. Alas.
Here are some photos of the beautiful building.
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Today is a lovely day in Houston – much too sunny and temperate to spend indoors. So I went downtown with the aim to walk around and take pictures, and this was the result. You can see the entire set at my Flickr page.
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This morning, I ran downtown. I like it in the mornings because it is empty and because I can photograph the beautiful Enron building without people coming and going. I took some pictures and one video. I don’t know why I was talking so fast in the video. I was a little out of breath from running, I guess. I am not usually so rush-rush.
After I left I felt like I was a prisoner in the Bastille, looking through the bars, and observing the slaughter of nobles.
And this one just broke my heart. It was like something that I didn’t want to happen suddenly became really officially official:
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7am. Drove through the night to see it just like this — all gauzy blue and sleepy.
I came here before even checking into a hotel. I am a radical extremist.
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