Office

HOUSTON — Transwestern, through a joint venture with Denver-based Miller Global Properties, has purchased a 20.8-acre tract of land to develop Westgate, a 660,000-square-foot, Class A office project to be located in the Energy Corridor of Houston. The site has extensive frontage on the north side of Interstate 10. Westgate will consist of a four-story, 248,500-square-foot building; a four-story, 186,000-square-foot building; and a five-story, 225,500-square-foot building, each of which will have its own parking structure. The development is 67 percent pre-leased. EE Reed will be the project's general contractor, and Powers Brown Architecture will design the project to achieve LEED Silver certification. Carleton Riser, Sean Suffel and Mark Miller of Transwestern are spearheading the design and development of the project. Jeff Peden and David Cook of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Hearst Corp., in the land transaction. Transwestern was self-represented.

HOUSTON — Transwestern has brokered a 52,148-square-foot lease at the new, 350,000-square-foot Eldridge Oaks, a Class A office building located at 1080 Eldridge Parkway in Houston. Eric Anderson, David Baker and Paul Wittorf represented the landlord, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, in the lease transaction. Mark O'Donnell of Studley represented the tenant, Houston-based IHI E&C International Corp.

HOUSTON — Phillips 66 has plans to build its new global headquarters on a 14-acre site, located between Westheimer Road and Briar Forest Drive in Houston's Westchase District. Phillips 66 will acquire the property from an affiliate of Thomas Properties Group. The campus will include office space, conference capabilities, training facilities and wellness and dining options. Construction is slated to take between two to three years and will commence when the design is finalized and the permits are in place. Phillips 66's temporary headquarters are in the Pinnacle Westchase building.