Building Features

Exterior
Spandrel and lower exterior of building consists of king-sized, velour-face, face-brick over 1/2" gypsum sheathing of heavy gauge metal stud wall anchored to building structure. Black anodized aluminum Window wall with solar gray dual pane glazing.

Lobby
Office Tower lobby entries and elevator lobbies at Ground Level have walls clad in polished Sardo Pink granite, with flooring of similar granite paving with polished finish. Painted gypsum board ceilings rise over twenty (20) feet at the entry lobby with recessed fluorescent lighting. The adjacent elevator lobby ceilings of painted gypsum board at 12'-0 with coved incandescent lighting featuring matte black baffles. Fourth level lobby walls are clad in Sardo Pink granite. Lobby flooring consists of flame-cut Sardo Pink granite squares bordered by honed Sardo Pink granite combined with polished Cafe Brazilian granite in a diamond thatch pattern that is mirrored in relief by the gypsum board ceiling. In front of the passenger elevators, the granite pavers surround a carpet inset. A coved ceiling at 11'-0" with recessed fluorescent light fixtures accent the elevator lobby.

Floors
Twelve floors of office space sit atop two retail levels and four levels of parking. Typical floor area is 56,660 square feet. Total net rentable office area is 674,246 square feet.

Views
4 Houston Center directly faces the George R. Brown Convention Center and Houston Center garden blocks, and is a prime focus of retail and pedestrian activity for both downtown workers and convention visitors.

HVAC
2,850-ton chilled water system

Parking
517 spaces on four parking levels beneath the building. Additional customer and visitor parking, accessible via skybridge, is available in the nearby First City Tower Garage and Houston Center Garage 1.

Elevators
4 Houston Center has two separate elevator banks, with six passenger elevators and one freight elevator per block, serving 56,600 square foot floor plates to offer tremendous space planning flexibility for office tower customers. Two passenger elevators provide customer and visitor access to parking levels.

Building Amenities
Direct access to The Shops At Houston Center - a 200,000 square foot retail center. Connection to 6.2 mile tunnel system. Connected by skybridges to 1 Houston Center, 2 Houston Center, Four Seasons Hotel, the Four Seasons Apartments and the Downtown Club at Houston Center.

Additional Amenities
Four Seasons Hotel - 399 luxury guest rooms, banquet and ballroom facilities and three superb restaurants.
The Shops At Houston Center - downtown's only shopping center, contains 200,000 square feet and over 60 locations of first-quality retail space, including Waldenbooks, a 20-outlet food court, Massa's Seafood Grill, Ninfa's and Longhorn Café Uptown. For a complete list, visit the mall directory.
The Downtown Club at Houston Center - a full-service health and social club providing dining and athletic facilities.
Excellent mail and parcel service with full service post office. Over 1,700 available surface parking spaces adjacent to the building. Over 6 acres of landscaped gardens, providing a park-like setting for customers and visitors to Houston Center. Connected to the downtown tunnel complex, an underground system providing access to all major business points in the Central Business District.
Four Seasons Place Apartments - downtown's most prestigious address, providing 120 high-rise private, corporate and residential apartments.

4 Houston Center is four blocks away from Minute Maid Park, the newest sports facility in major league baseball and home to the Houston Astros, and Toyota Center is also nearby. Located just three blocks away is the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston's major convention facility. There is easy access to all major freeways and the North Houston Tollway.

Being Green at Houston Center
At Houston Center, recycling is part of the business plan. In fact, it's a goal to make recycling so easy and automatic...

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