BG Group Place is a 630 ft (192 m) tall skyscraper in Downtown

Downtown Houston

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 Houston, Texas

Texas

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. It was completed in 2010 and has 46 floors. It has been pre-certified Platinum LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

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. When it was completed, BG Group Place became the 15th tallest building in Houston and features a skygarden on the 39th floor. It is the tallest building built in Houston in 23 years, after the Heritage Plaza

Heritage Plaza

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 was completed in 1987. According to the building's website, MainPlace will be ready for occupancy by February 2011.
The naming was done when BG Group Plc

BG Group

BG Group plc is a global oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It has a major Liquefied Natural Gas ...

 became an anchor tenant and leased 164,000sq ft of space.

Environmental features

Features included in the building is a 39th-floor skygarden, and a fully gardened top floor of the parking garage, that soak up rainwater. Water that condenses in the building's air-conditioning system is used to irrigate the plants.

Glass fins act as sunshades reduce the building's need for air-conditioning. The 10-foot ceilings (a foot higher than the modern standard) allow in more sunlight, cutting the need for electric lights.

Transportation

Travel to and from this location can be accessed by onsite and nearby parking, Taxi, Metro, and a Houston METRORail

METRORail

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train stop will be located just outside of the lobby and main entrance upon completion of the line.

Layout

Each floor is on average 27000 square feet (2,508.4 m²) and can hold up to 8 full corner offices.

• Basement Floor 2: Parking
• Basement Floor 1: Parking, access to Downtown Houston tunnel system, and a small area for retail space.
• 1st Floor: Lobby, 1 large and 1 small retail space area, as well as reserved and unreserved parking. Access to the Downtown Houston tunnel system will also be available via an escalator to Basement Floor 1. The 30 feet (9.1 m) high ceilings will extend through Floor 2 and half of Floor 3.
• Floors 2-10: Parking
• Floor 11: Garage rooftop garden and premium office space.
• Floors 12-20: Low rise office space
• Floor 21: Low to mid transfer
• Floors 22-33: Mid rise office space
• Floor 34: Mid to high transfer
• Floors 35 and 36: High rise office space
• Floors 37 and 38: Premium loft office space
• Floors 39-43: Sky Garden and premium office space (not open to the public)
• Floors 44-46: High rise office space
• Floors 47 and 48: Mechanical Area