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Hotel Redesign Retains Historic Commission Seal of Approval

Merriman Anderson/Architects modified the existing building structure of the former office building to provide the new hotel lobby on the second floor, and new meeting and ballroom space on the 20th and 21st floors.

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HOUSTON—The historic Great Southwest Building was built in 1926 as an office building, the Petroleum Building, and is located downtown at 1314 Texas Ave. The building is a Houston landmark and individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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