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BG Group Place
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	811 Main Street, Downtown Houston, Texas
Construction started	2008
Estimated completion	May 2011
Height
Roof	630 ft (190 m)
Technical details
Floor count	46 Total
Floor area	940,000 sq ft (87,000 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

BG Group Place (formerly MainPlace) is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was completed in 2010 and has 46 floors. It has been pre-certified Platinum LEED. 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. According to the building's website, MainPlace will be ready for occupancy by February 2011. The naming was done when BG Group Plc became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.

Environmental features

Features included in the building is a 39th-floor skygarden, and a fully gardened top floor of the parking garage, that soak 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.

Transportation

Travel to and from this location can be accessed by onsite and nearby parking, Taxi, Metro, and a Houston METRORail train stop will be located just outside of the lobby and main entrance upon completion of the line.

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
• Floors 47 and 48: Mechanical Area

See also

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• List of tallest buildings in Houston

• At the halfway point
• topped out

Notes

1. ^ Grey, Lisa (2011-04-14). "Green is the new tall in Houston skylines". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
2. Building website
3. http://www.mainplacehouston.com/Building_Features.html
4. Hines lands anchor tenant for MainPlace Prime Property by Nancy Sarnoff October 25, 2010
5. http://www.mainplacehouston.com/Floor_Plans.html

References

• MainPlace
• Skyscraperpage
• Hines

• Office buildings in Houston, Texas
• Skyscrapers in Houston, Texas
• Office buildings completed in 2010
• Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certified buildings
• Buildings and structures under construction in the United States