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In 2008, Hines REIT Properties LP, an affiliate of Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., purchased the Williams Tower for $ 271.5 million from Transco Tower Ltd., a partnership consisting of Kuwaiti investors represented by Atlanta-based Fosterlane Management Corp. The building was offered along
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The building was built to function as two separate towers stacked directly on top of one another, one comprising the first forty floors and the other the forty-first to sixty-fourth. The building has separate banks of elevators and lobbies for each of the two building sections. A majority of the
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in association with Houston-based Morris-Aubry Architects (now known as Morris Architects). Construction began in August 1981, and the building was opened in 1983. The tower is among Houston's most visible buildings as the
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Real estate developer Gerald D. Hines hired New York–based John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson to design the building, in association with Houston-based Morris-Aubry Architects (now known as Morris Architects).
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There are six elevators that take tenants to the 51st floor, where they can transfer to other elevators to get to the 49th through 64th floor of the building. There is no public observation deck.
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Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. put the Williams Tower up for sale in August 2012, selling it to Invesco Ltd. subsidiary Invesco Advisers Inc. for $ 412 million in March 2013.
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that sweeps across the sky and can be seen up to 40 miles (65 km) away on a clear night. Topped by such a beacon, the tower hearkens back to the
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The building is connected to a 10 level, 3,208 car parking garage by a sky bridge. The bridge also connects the building to retail outlets, like
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label for each year since 2000 in which the building was eligible to receive the award. As of 2009, the building managers are seeking to gain
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In December 2002, Ryan John Hartley climbed the tower and jumped from about halfway up, resulting in his death, which was ruled a suicide.
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Philip Johnson's Moderne-Deco Transco Tower in Houston, for example, became an instant classic when it was built a few years ago...
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At 64 stories and 909 feet (277 m) above the ground level, the Williams Tower is the tallest building in Houston outside of
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The building was named the Transco Tower after its first major tenant, Transco Energy Co. Transco Energy Co. merged with the
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with a parking garage, a 2.3-acre (0.93 ha) tract across the street from the Williams Tower, and a 48% stake in the
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The top four angles of the building form cat-like shapes with tails that run down all the way to street level.
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bottom 40 floors are occupied by Williams. The remainder of the building is occupied by a variety of tenants.
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The building was originally named for its major tenant, Transco Energy corporation, now part of the
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said that the tower gave Post Oak Boulevard "a center, an anchor, which most out-towns lack".
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Panoramic view of one of the Uptown Skylines. The Williams Tower is clearly distinguished
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said that the building became an "instant classic" when it opened. Paul Goldberger of
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said that the tower was "designed to be energy efficient". The building received the
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Williams Tower showing the word "TEXANS" using its office lights, the night before a
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Williams Tower was named "Skyscraper of the Century" in the December 1999 issue of
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in 1995 and in 1999 the name of the building was changed to the Williams Tower.
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Construction was completed in 1983, with an open house held in April.
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During the nighttime hours, the building is defined by a 7,000
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A long exposure of the Williams Tower spotlight at night.
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In a grass field adjacent to the Williams Tower is the
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Lemann, Nicholas (January 1983). "Behind the Lines".
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Williams Tower viewed from the street
Postmodern
Houston, Texas
Coordinates
29°44′14″N 95°27′41″W / 29.73722°N 95.46139°W / 29.73722; -95.46139
Williams Companies
Quanta Services
Valaris Limited
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Consulate General of Denmark, Houston
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
John Burgee Architects
Philip Johnson
CBM Engineers Inc.

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