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TXU Subleases 55,000 SF of Class A Space

SUGAR LAND, TX-The energy giant's third call center in Texas will open in June under a seven-year lease, with expansion rights, in a one-million-sf complex master leased to Fluor Corp. TXU execs say the ready-to-go space made the close.

By Jennifer Brenner Andrade | Updated on March 08, 2004

SUGAR LAND, TX-With a June deadline hanging overhead, TXU Energy has subleased 55,000 sf of class A office space for seven years from the Fluor Corp. at Lake Pointe Plaza. The Dallas-based energy giant will open doors on a third call center in the home turf of two chief competitors.

TXU intends to open the location in June, creating 420 new jobs for the region. The Aliso Viejo, CA-based Fluor, the master leaseholder for the one-million-sf, four-building complex, is attempting to backfill about 195,000 sf vacated last year when the Hartford, CT-based Aetna Inc. downsized to 55,754 sf at One Fluor Daniel Dr.

Last year, TXU cut 300 to 400 jobs from its call center operations, but then concluded that it “was a mistake,” Barbara Curry, TXU Energy senior vice president, said in a press release issued last Friday, “and we were fortunate because our customers were patient with us. But that experience provided us with valuable information in not only how to quickly ramp up our operations, but also how important this level of customer service is.” TXU already has backfilled the jobs and is looking to add another 600 positions, of which 420 are headed to Sugar Land.

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