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The Allen Center is a skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of five buildings, One Allen Center (500 Dallas Street),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brookfieldofficeproperties.com/us/houston/allencenter/oneallencenter )〕 the Devon Energy Tower or Two Allen Center (1200 Smith Street),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brookfieldofficeproperties.com/us/houston/allencenter/twoallencenter )〕 Three Allen Center (333 Clay Street),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brookfieldofficeproperties.com/us/houston/allencenter/threeallencenter )〕 Allen Center Clay Street (Clay Street),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brookfieldofficeproperties.com/us/houston/allen-center/allen-center-clay-street )〕 and Five Allen Center (Houston).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brookfieldofficeproperties.com/us/houston/allen-center/five-allen-center )〕 The complex has about of space.〔Zehr, Leonard. "TrizecHahn nabs U.S. leasing deal Continental Airlines enticed to move head office to downtown Houston from suburbs." ''The Globe and Mail''. September 11, 1997. Report on Business B7. Retrieved from LexisNexis on April 1, 2010.〕 ==History== The area that became the Allen Center was originally considered to be an eastern portion of the Fourth Ward. The opening of Interstate 45 in the 1950s separated the eastern portion from the rest of the Fourth Ward; that portion became the Allen Center and is now considered to be a part of Downtown Houston.〔"(Study Area 11 )." ''City of Houston''. Accessed October 21, 2008.〕〔"(Best Event That No One Thought Would Ever Happen )." ''Houston Press''. Accessed October 23, 2008〕 TrizecHahn Properties acquired the Allen Center in 1996.〔Carlsen, Peter S. and Dale E. Smith. "(Houston's CBD resurgence is theme of Legacy Awards )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Friday February 21, 1997. Retrieved on December 1, 2009.〕 Trizec defeated 16 other real estate companies so it could purchase the center for an amount reported by Tanya Rutledge of the ''Houston Business Journal'' as $270 million.〔Rutledge, Tanya. "(Canadian company buying Allen Center )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Friday October 4, 1996. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.〕 When Trizec acquired the Allen Center in November 1996, the complex had a 76 percent occupancy rate. By 1997, Trizec had convinced several tenants of the Cullen Center, also owned by Trizec, to relocate to the Allen Center. Paul Layne, a vice president of the office division of Trizec, said that the shifting of tenants would lead to Allen Center having an occupancy rate of 92 percent in 1998.〔 In 2001, when Enron collapsed, it vacated of space in the Allen Center and Cullen Center complexes in Downtown Houston.〔Bivins, Ralph. "(SURVIVAL OF THE NEWEST / OCCUPANCY DOWNTOWN TUMBLING, BUT THREE TOWERS DEFY TREND )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday July 27, 2003. Business 1. Retrieved on November 11, 2009.〕 In 2010 Devon Energy was trying to sublease about of space that it occupies in the Allen Center complex. Hess Corporation will vacate around of space in the complex when a new office tower in the east side of Downtown Houston opens.〔Sarnoff, Nancy. "(Tenant has a ticket to fly )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 8, 2010. Retrieved on July 12, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allen Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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