Texas

HOUSTON — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction has completed a $16.5 million renovation of the 65,000-square-foot Building 12 at the NASA Johnson Space Center, located in Houston. The property was upgraded to achieve LEED Gold certification with features like lighting controls, wind turbines, high-effeciency plumbing fixtures and a 32,000-square-foot garden roof that houses more than 67,000 plants. Building 12 provides office space for human resources, finance, administration and onsite training functions.

HOUSTON — The 1.7 million-square-foot JPMorganChase Tower, a 75-story office tower located at 600 Travis St. in downtown Houston, has experienced a frenzy of leasing activity. The tower is now more than 96 percent leased, thanks to leases totaling more than 145,000 square feet. Linn Energy has expanded its lease by 58,944 square feet, which brings the total to 175,000 square feet. Trey Strake and Chris Oliver of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in lease negotiations. Hines is the property manager of JPMorganChase Tower. Other leasing activity includes Breitburn Energy Partners expanding its lease by 22,561 square feet for a total of 66,045 square feet; Indigo Minerals and M2 Midstream renewed leases for 21,900 square feet; Denham Capital Management renewed its lease for 13,191 square feet; Crest Investment Co. renewed its lease for 11,493 square feet; KKR has expanded its lease by 9,286 square feet for a total of 23,291 square feet; McMurrey Investment Advisors signed a lease for 5,281 square feet; and KeyBank National Association signed a lease for 2,533 square feet.