San Felipe Plaza, Skyscraper in Houston, United States
San Felipe Plaza is a 46-story office tower west of Houston's Uptown district, designed by architect Richard Keating and built in 1984 by Linbeck Construction Corporation. It holds 959,466 square feet of leasable space, making it the 16th tallest building in the city and the second tallest outside Downtown Houston.
San Felipe Plaza was designed by architect Richard Keating and built in 1984 by Linbeck Construction Corporation. In 1993 BHP Petroleum, then using the tower as its U.S. headquarters, moved about 200 clerical and professional employees to the Cigna Tower at Four Oaks Place. The Consulate of Canada in Houston opened in the building in 2003.
The building hosts international organizations, including the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service Office, contributing to Houston's business environment.
San Felipe Plaza stands about 2 miles west of the Houston Galleria and just outside Uptown Houston, so it is reached by car along San Felipe Street. It is a private office building with leased suites on floors up to the 46th; visitors should arrange meetings with a tenant in advance rather than expect public access.
San Felipe Plaza is the second-tallest building outside Downtown Houston, after the Williams Tower. Its 46 floors rise just west of Uptown, about 2 miles from the Houston Galleria, and the tower was designed by Richard Keating, not by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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