The American General Center is a complex of several office buildings in Neartown
Houston
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,
Texas
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located along
Allen Parkway
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.Neartown Super Neighborhood the Neartown Association now shows the super neighborhood boundarie as of 06/04/2019 and previously had its ow boundaries circa 2008 to 2018 (Retrieved October 20, 2008)Cook, Lynn. " ''
Houston Business Journal
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes The Business Journals, which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States, Hemmings Motor New ...
''. Friday February 19, 1999. Retrieved on August 22, 2009. It is the global headquarters for
Corebridge Financial
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, formerly ''American General''.
The America Tower is a 590 ft (180m) tall skyscraper. It was completed in 1983 and has 42 floors. It is the 19th tallest building in the city. It serves as the headquarters of Baker Hughes. It served as the former headquarters of Continental Airlines; it now houses
AIG American General
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and
BDO USA, LLP
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. The other buildings include the Life Building, the Wortham Tower, the Woodson Tower (a.k.a. the Liberty Tower), and the Riviana Building.American General Center " Drillinginfo. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
History
On July 1, 1983 Continental Airlines's headquarters were located at the America Tower, and would remain there until relocation to
Downtown Houston
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in 1998 and 1999. Stephen M. Wolf, the president of Continental said that the company moved its headquarters because Houston became the largest hub for Continental. During the existence of Texas Air Corporation in the 1980s, its headquarters were in the America Tower. In September 1997, Continental announced that it would move its headquarters to
Continental Center I
1600 Smith Street (previously named Continental Center I and also known as Cullen Center Plaza) is a 51-story, office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It served as the headquarters of Continental Airlines prior to its merger wit ...
. Continental had occupied approximately in space in the America Tower before its lease expired in July 1998.
In 1998 Andersen Consulting, now Accenture, announced that it would consolidate its existing
Downtown Houston
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and suburban workforces into in the America Tower, with more than 1,100 employees based in the space. Lynn Cook of the ''
Houston Business Journal
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'' described this as "an astonishing number for the size of Andersen Consulting's lease." In 1999, realty firm
Cushman & Wakefield
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moved its Houston office into the America Tower from the Wells Fargo Tower of Four Oaks Place in
Uptown Houston
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Ebro Foods
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North America Riviana & New World Pasta is in the Riviana Building. The
Consulate-General of Norway in Houston
The Consulate-General of Norway in Houston is Norway's diplomatic mission in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in the Neartown area.Welcome to the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Houston. ''Consulate-General of Norway in Houston''. April 25, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2009. It has since relocated in another building in Neartown. " Norway in the United States. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
Gallery
File:AmericanGeneralComplex4Towers.JPG, Four of the towers of the American General Center
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Houston
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