If, as rumored, Skanska USA Commercial Development is the buyer of this sprawling former ARCO building at 15375 Memorial Dr. west of Eldridge, the Swedish construction giant will soon be the owner of a small one-of-each collection of Houston office types: The Houston Club building Downtown, the 20-story tower Kirksey designed for the company that just began construction on the Galleria side of the West Loop, and this 21-acre Energy Corridor campus. According to reports, the company is likely to tear down both the Memorial Dr. building and the one Downtown and build office buildings on each site from scratch.
- Houston office developers rev up Energy Corridor projects [Houston Business Journal]
- Previously on Swamplot: First Sign of Skanska: Where the New Spec Office Tower Near the Galleria Will Go, Skanska Helping Houston Club to Early Exit, Will Skanska Knock Down the Houston Club?, Skanska Post Oak Tower: We Don’t Need a Bank To Build This
Photo: Silberman Properties
Thank god! That building was approaching eyesore status.
But Brown Bag deli is street level at the Houston Club. Oh, the humanity!
Gee and I thought that the ex Arco building would be the new home for the ConocoPhillips downstream unit, which will be named “Phillips66” — soon to be chucked out of its digs at Woodcreek on Dairy Ashford. Maybe Skanska doesn’t need to rebuild much for the new tenant…