Construction has begun on the complete exterior and lobby renovation to the 90,000-sf, four-story office building at 1300 W. Sam Houston Parkway. The tab for the re-do will be about $4 million.

"When complete, the renovated building will compete with class A and B properties in the hot West Houston market," says Kris Lilly, leasing agent for Moody Rambin Interests, which is handing construction and managing the property. "Leasing has already begun in anticipation of an April 2001 move-in date," Lilly tells GlobeSt.com. "We'll begin building in tenant spaces in February. We're conducting hard-hat tours for the hardy types."

Gone will be the small standard windows. They'll be replaced with larger 6.5-ft. vision windows. All offices will have state-of-the-art telecommunications capabilities.Fiber-optic wiring is being installed to every office suite for easy connections to such current business essentials as teleconferencing, video teleconferencing and high-speed Internet access. Long distance and local phone service can be bundled in, providing voice mail, digital satellite TV and digital desktop equipment.