801 Texas Cantilevered bays on each floorplate front project away from the building.

HOUSTON—Construction is underway on a 47-story 1-million-square-foot office tower on the 800 block of Texas Avenue, the former site of the Houston Chronicle. The building will open in late 2021.

The building will not only become a presence on Houston's skyline, it will also offer a new approach to lobby and common-area design as well as amenities, according to Hines, in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.