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	'''811 Main''' (formerly BG Group Place and MainPlace) is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in ] ], ]. It was completed in February 2011 and has 46 floors. It is ] Platinum Certified.<ref name="chron1">{{cite journal \| title = Green is the new tall in Houston skylines \| journal = Houston Chronicle \| date = 2011-04-14 \| first = Lisa \| last = Grey\| url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/7522028.html \| access-date = 2011-04-22}}</ref> When it was completed, BG Group Place became the ] and features a skygarden on the 39th floor.<ref></ref> It is the tallest building built in Houston in 23 years, after the ] was completed in 1987.		'''811 Main''' (formerly BG Group Place and MainPlace) is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in ] ], ]. It was completed in February 2011 and has 46 floors. It is ] Platinum Certified.<ref name="chron1">{{cite journal \| title = Green is the new tall in Houston skylines \| journal = Houston Chronicle \| date = 2011-04-14 \| first = Lisa \| last = Grey\| url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/7522028.html \| access-date = 2011-04-22}}</ref> When it was completed, BG Group Place became the ] and features a skygarden on the 39th floor.<ref></ref> It is the tallest building built in Houston in 23 years, after the ] was completed in 1987.
	The naming was done when ] became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.<ref> Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010</ref><br />		The naming was done when ] became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.<ref> Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010</ref><br />
	The primary monument & all core signage for the facility was built by Ad Display Sign Systems.<ref>http://addisplaysigns.com/gallery.html#prettyPhoto/0/</ref><br />		The primary monument & all core signage for the facility was built by Ad Display Sign Systems.<ref>http://addisplaysigns.com/gallery.html#prettyPhoto/0/ {{bare URL inline\|date=April 2023}}</ref><br />
	Current major tenants include:		Current major tenants include:
	*Crestwood Midstream Partners		*Crestwood Midstream Partners

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630 ft skyscraper in downtown Houston Texas

811 Main (formerly BG Group Place)
BG Group Place May 2011

General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	811 Main Street, Downtown Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°45′28″N 95°21′49″W / 29.7578°N 95.3636°W / 29.7578; -95.3636
Construction started	2008
Completed	Feb 2011
Owner	Invesco
Height
Roof	631 ft (192 m)
Technical details
Floor count	46 Total
Floor area	1,262,865 sq ft (117,324.0 m)
Lifts/elevators	18 in building, 3 in garage.
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pickard Chilton & Kendall/Heaton Associates
Developer	Hines
Main contractor	Harvey Builders

811 Main (formerly BG Group Place and MainPlace) is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was completed in February 2011 and has 46 floors. It is LEED Platinum Certified. When it was completed, BG Group Place became the 15th tallest building in Houston and features a skygarden on the 39th floor. It is the tallest building built in Houston in 23 years, after the Heritage Plaza was completed in 1987. The naming was done when BG Group Plc became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.
The primary monument & all core signage for the facility was built by Ad Display Sign Systems.
Current major tenants include:

Crestwood Midstream Partners
KPMG
Baker Hostetler
Latham & Watkins
Quorum
Citi
Kayne Anderson
Reed Smith

Environmental features

Features included in the building is a 39th-floor skygarden and a fully gardened top floor of the parking garage, that soaks up rainwater. Water that condenses in the building's air-conditioning system is used to irrigate the plants.

Glass fins that act as sunshades reduce the building's need for air-conditioning. The 10-foot ceilings (a foot higher than the modern standard) allow in more sunlight, cutting the need for electric lights.

Layout

Each floor is on average 27,000 square feet (2,500 m) and can hold up to 8 full corner offices.

Basement Floor 2: Parking
Basement Floor 1: Parking, access to Downtown Houston tunnel system, and a small area for retail space.
1st Floor: Lobby, 1 large and 1 small retail space area, as well as reserved and unreserved parking. Access to the Downtown Houston tunnel system will also be available via an escalator to Basement Floor 1. The 30-foot (9.1 m) high ceilings will extend through Floor 2 and half of Floor 3.
Floors 2-10: Parking
Floor 11: Garage rooftop garden and premium office space
Floors 12-20: Low rise office space
Floor 21: Low to mid transfer
Floors 22-33: Mid rise office space
Floor 34: Mid to high transfer
Floors 35 and 36: High rise office space
Floors 37 and 38: Premium loft office space
Floors 39-43: Sky Garden and premium office space (not open to the public)
Floors 44-46: High rise office space
Floor 47: Mechanical Area

Notes

"BG Group Place". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
^ Grey, Lisa (2011-04-14). "Green is the new tall in Houston skylines". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
Building website
Hines lands anchor tenant for MainPlace Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010
http://addisplaysigns.com/gallery.html#prettyPhoto/0/
"Hines Mainplace". www.mainplacehouston.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07.

References

External links

Media related to BG Group Place at Wikimedia Commons

Downtown Houston

Areas

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Houston ISD Kinder HSPVA Incarnate Word Academy
Colleges and universities	University of Houston–Downtown (Template) South Texas College of Law Houston Community College (closest campus is Midtown)
Libraries	Houston Public Library (Jones Building, Julia Ideson Building, and HPL Express Discovery Green)

Skyscrapers and
complexes

Parks and
public plazas

National Register of
Historic Places

Other landmarks

METRORail lines

METRORail stations

History

This list is incomplete.
Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center was in Downtown until 1955

v t e Skyscrapers in Houston
Completed	1000 Main 1200 Travis 1400 Smith Street 1500 Louisiana Street 1600 Smith Street (Continental Center I) 2727 Kirby One Allen Center Three Allen Center America Tower Bank of America Center BG Group Place Bob Lanier Public Works Building Calpine Center CenterPoint Energy Plaza Devon Energy Tower El Paso Energy Building Enterprise Plaza Niels Esperson Building ExxonMobil Building First City Tower Four Leaf Towers I Four Leaf Towers II 1330 Post Oak Boulevard Great Southwest Building Eleven Greenway Plaza Five Greenway Plaza Nine Greenway Plaza Heritage Plaza Hess Tower Fulbright Tower One Houston Center Two Houston Center Houston Tower Hyatt Regency Houston JPMorgan Chase Building JPMorgan Chase Tower KBR Tower Marathon Oil Tower Memorial by Windsor Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza One City Centre One Park Place One Shell Plaza Pennzoil Place Phoenix Tower San Felipe Plaza The Huntingdon The Mercer West Tower The Spires Total Plaza Wedge International Tower Wells Fargo Plaza Williams Tower
Proposed	Houstonian Texas Medical Center
Unbuilt	Bank of the Southwest Tower
See also: List of tallest buildings in Houston

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