Newspaper and radio technology answer guy Jay Lee snaps this photo of the new 30-story Memorial Hermann tower going up along I-10 next to the Memorial City Mall . . . then posts it to the “Look Like a Robot” photo pool on Flickr.
Does he realize offices in that robot-head are available for rent? From a January report in the Houston Business Journal:
Marshall Heins, Memorial Hermann’s real estate guru, says he gets asked about the cone at least four or five times a day by inquiring citizens.
The top three floors of the cylinder will house mechanical systems, but the bottom three floors will house small offices. . . .
The cone’s footprint is 2,500 to 3,000 square feet, while the office floors below in the main building have a 25,000-square-foot floor plate.
Building developer MetroNational Corp. will lease the three small floors to tenants, but Memorial Hermann will not be one of them. No word yet from MetroNational on who might occupy the special space.
After the jump: what the whole thing’s supposed to look like when it’s finished!
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- Robot Building [Bald Heretic]
- Tower rises to occasion with cone topper [Houston Business Journal]
- Looks Like a Robot [Flickr]
Photo: Jay Lee. Drawing of Memorial City Gateway Tract: MetroNational
Wow.
So…that’s a hot mess. Can’t wait. Although, I’m finally glad to know that the robot head is actually office space. Now I can stop arguing with my coworkers who were resolutely determined that it was some kind of ridiculous helicopter landing pad (WTF?).
It is a very futuristic looking building I do have to admit.
Thanks for the clarification…I thought the head was going to be some gigunga communications tower.
THIS BUILDING IS A DISGRACE. UG-O.
If you can imagine a tall radio antennae on top of the “head”; then looking at the building from I-10 makes it look like a syringe being held by two fingers.
There is actually a lounge area in the top floor