One Park Place and Hess Tower

A 37-story luxury apartment high-rise, One Park Place sits adjacent to Discovery Green in Downtown Houston. The luxurious building departs from the current trend of modern-looking apartment buildings, offering residents a classic vibe that is reminiscent of the historic structures that define the urban spaces of Central Park in New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. This distinctive design coupled with high-quality fixtures and finishes is why One Park Place is a true gem at the heart of Houston and quickly becoming a landmark of the downtown area. The 29-story Hess Tower takes up an entire city block adjacent to Discovery Green. Formerly called Discovery Tower until Hess Corporation leased it in 2009, Hess Tower features a 10-story parking garage attached via a sky bridge. Designed with a landscaped plaza, the building boasts an entrance pavilion with a porte-cochere that opens into a multilevel lobby. At 490 feet, the tower is unusually tall for a 29-story building, but that is due to a miniature wind farm located on the roof that has 10 wind turbines that offer the perfect finishing touch on a building that hopes to lunge Houston forward as a symbol of sustainability.

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