1500 Louisiana Street, formerly Enron Center South, is a 600 ft (183m) tall skyscraper in

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. It was completed in 2002 and has 40 floors and a total building area of 1,284,013sq.ft. It is the 17th tallest building in the city and the tallest completed in the 2000s. It was designed by César Pelli.

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, a Houston-based company, had the building constructed to serve as its US headquarters. Due to a

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in late 2001 the company collapsed and filed for bankruptcy that same year; Enron never occupied the building. Intell Management and Investment Co. paid $102 million for the tower, which came equipped with technology that was, in 2003, the latest for energy firms. Charlie Giammalva of Lincoln Property Co., the leasing company of 1500 Louisiana, said that the building was "zero percent occupied." Giammalva said that the management of the building had contacted several firms, such as ExxonMobil, about the possibility of leasing space in the building. By July 2003 none of the firms contacted the management.Bivins, Ralph.
SURVIVAL OF THE NEWEST / OCCUPANCY DOWNTOWN TUMBLING, BUT THREE TOWERS DEFY TREND
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''. Sunday July 27, 2003. Business 1. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.

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bought the building in 2004 for $340 million.Dawson, Jennifer.
Chevron finalizes downtown Houston office tower purchase
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''. June 24, 2011. Retrieved on August 3, 2011. By 2005 the firm announced that it would move out of the former Chevron Tower in Houston Center and moved into 1500 Louisiana Street.Sarnoff, Nancy.
Building becomes Fulbright Tower / Law firm takes name of former Chevron space
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''. Wednesday March 30, 2005. Business 3. Retrieved on November 11, 2009. In 2006 4,000 employees worked in 1500 Louisiana.Dawson, Jennifer.
Chevron ends space odyssey with landmark lease
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''. Friday March 3, 2006. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.

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