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The Houston Business Journal got a sneak peek into the three new Energy Corridor towers. Energy Center 3 & 4 are both fully leased to Houston-based ConocoPhillips.

Houston Public Media

Leo Tanguma’s The Rebirth of our Nationality will have a rebirth of its own. The mural paying homage to the Chicano liberation movement lives on the wall of an old cannery on Canal Street, currently under renovation by Kirksey.

Houston Business Journal

Kirksey is the architect of record for Republic Square, a mixed-use complex on 35 acres off Interstate 10 that was formerly the site of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (NYSE: XOM) chemical operations, that will be breaking ground early next year.
 

Houston Chronicle

Kirksey Architecture, a company that has emphasized sustainability in the buildings it designs, is using that same principle as a way to transition into a new ownership structure for the first time in four decades.

Houston Business Journal

Houston-based Kirksey has announced that it has transitioned from a firm owned solely by its founder, John Kirksey, to one in which the company's stock is split up between Kirksey and 25 other partners.

Houston Business Journal

Pelican Builders Inc. plans to break ground in June on The Wilshire, a 17-story, 96-unit Class A condominium tower on the site of the former Westcreek apartment complex on Westcreek Lane, between Westheimer Road and San Felipe Street. Kirksey is the architect.

Austin American Statesman

Transwestern Development Co. said today that it has broken ground on a project that will bring 446,000 square feet of mixed-use development to the former Arnold Oil Co. site in East Austin.

Houston Business Journal 

Houston-based Pelican Builders Inc. plans to break ground on its 17-story luxury condominium tower near the Galleria in May despite economic uncertainty stemming from the energy industry.

Houston Business Journal

About seven years after buying prime Inner Loop land for a more than million-square-foot project, a New York developer is finally ready to break ground.

Houston Chronicle

The Sylvan Beach Pavilion and San Jacinto College's Lee Davis Library are among the finalists for Urban Land Institute Houston's 2015 Development of Distinction Awards in the heritage category.

Houston Business Journal

An 18-story office building recently broke ground near Buffalo Bayou.

CultureMap Houston

While elected officials and community leaders gathered in their professional best, it was the joggers and cyclists who added color to the ribbon cutting at the Memorial Park Running Trails Center.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal has revealed its 2014 Who's Who in Energy recognizing Houston-based key players in the energy industry. Brian Richard, AIA, was named Who's Who in Architecture.

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Houston Chronicle

The Petroleum Club hoped to stay put, but the building's new owner is planning a lengthy renovation that would leave the club without a home for several years, board president Tommy Edwards said Thursday during a reception for the new club at its existing space.

Houston Business Journal

For more than a decade, the Houston Business Journal has hosted the longest-running Best Places to Work awards program in the city, honoring top employers for their unique cultures, amenities, benefits and worker-retention and attraction strategies.

Houston Business Journal 

A leader in sustainable design, Houston-based architecture firm Kirksey has designed glittering high-rise office towers, small community theaters and everything in between. But the fact that its project base is so diverse came as no accident.

Houston Business Journal

A veteran theater company has lowered the curtain on its former name and building with plans to open a new facility next spring. The Queensbury Theatre, formerly the Country Playhouse, has begun construction on its new 21,000-square-foot theater on Queensberry Lane near Town and Country Boulevard.

Houston Business Journal

Houston Business Journal

Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors have begun construction on Energy Center Five, marking the final phase of the companies' Energy Corridor campus. The Class A 18-story office tower is slated to be complete in the second quarter of 2016.