150,000-SF LEED Office Gets Moving at '08 End

SUGAR LAND, TX-Construction will launch by year’s end on the 150,000-sf Eco Centre at Lake Pointe, with completion scheduled for late 2009. The project, which could have a green roof and solar panels, is one of only a handful of multi-tenant office developments to receive LEED Core and Shell Platinum level pre-certification before groundbreaking.

Cosentino North America, a natural quartz surface manufacturer, supplier and installer, will be the first tenant in the building at 16750 Creek Bend Dr., in the 190-acre Lake Pointe Town Centre. Cosentino will take 50,000 sf on two floors in the seven-floor building for its regional headquarters, which is now located at 13124 Trinity Dr. in Stafford, TX. Details about lease length and consideration are still being hammered out, but word is Cosentino eventually plans to take over the entire building. Until that happens, the remaining space is being marketed for lease.

Lake Pointe developer Midway Cos. of Houston sought LEED pre-certification because Cosentino’s parent, Prisma Properties LP of Spain, was adamant about going green. Acho Azuike, a Midway associate, points out that the building will be Cosentino’s future regional headquarters so “it was extremely important for the owners to seek the LEED Platinum goal.”