STATOIL EXPANDS LEASE AT HOUSTON’S CITYWESTPLACE TO 581,000 SF

HOUSTON — Thomas Properties Group Inc. has signed Statoil Gulf Services LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA, to a long-term lease for 581,000 square feet at the CityWestPlace campus in Houston’s Westchase District. Statoil, which previously occupied 225,000 square feet at CityWestPlace, will now occupy all 431,000 square feet of the complex’s Building 2 and 150,000 square feet of Building 4. The location will serve as the Statoil’s North American headquarters. Chip Colvill, Clark Thompson, Win Haggard Jr. and Michael Anderson of Colvill Office Properties represented landlord Thomas in the negotiations. Mark O’Donnell of Studley Inc. represented Statoil.