| One Allen Center | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 500 Dallas Street, Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°45′27″N 95°22′13″W / 29.7575°N 95.3704°W / 29.7575; -95.3704Coordinates: 29°45′27″N 95°22′13″W / 29.7575°N 95.3704°W / 29.7575; -95.3704 |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 452 ft (138 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 27,000 square feet (2,500 m2) per floor; approximately 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) total. |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties |
| Architect | Wilson Morris Crain and Anderson |
| Structural engineer | Ellisor Engineers Inc. |
One Allen Center is a 452 ft (138m) tall skyscraper. It was completed in 1972 and has 34 floors. It is the 31st tallest building in the city. One Allen Center employs a composite stub-girder steel frame floor system, originally developed in part by Joseph Colaco then of Ellisor Engineers Inc., currently of CBM Engineers, Inc..
Macquarie Bank houses its Houston representative office in Suite 3100 of the building.
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