![]() ![]() Also the Hunt corporation bought a whole city block in downtown El Paso,I can't wait to see what plans they have for this location,since it's right across from the proposed Art Space housing development.Then there is the new Hilton brand hotel Home2 Suites to be built on Montana Avenue,over one hundred rooms in a six story building. and El Paso Development News,the rest I figure it out for myself.My favorite subject is the ongoing downtown redevelopment, I'm curious as to when are they going to start with the streetcar project,I know that the electric street cars have already been removed and taken somewhere but I don't know if any work is being done on them. ![]() I get most of my news source from El Paso Inc. I happen to be a highrise enthusiast! I've been following this forum from time to time for several years now! to learn from it and to find out what is going on in El Paso's development and future planned projects. I'm new to this awesome website, SkyscraperCity! The company preferred the 700 block of Buchanan for the new headquarters because of the ability to acquire a complete block of downtown real estate, and also because of the planned package of developments taking place on Buchanan that include a new convention hotel, parking garage and multi-purpose event center to be located directly across the street from the Xcel Energy/Southwestern Public Service Company building. Xcel Energy announced in January it plans to relocate the headquarters of its regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Company, once its current lease in the Chase Tower expires in March 2017. Xcel Energy will be the primary tenant once the building is completed in March 2017. (The Opus Group®) of Minneapolis are developing, designing and building the new structure, which will be the first high-rise office building constructed in downtown Amarillo since the 1980s. Opus Development Company, L.L.C., Opus AE Group, L.L.C. Southwest General Contractors of Amarillo is overseeing the demolition, site preparation and utility work. Xcel Energy will lease the new building from an investment partnership under a long-term lease arrangement. Loya said the new building is aimed at attracting new customers and new employees.ĪRILLO - Demolition has started at the site of Xcel Energy's new downtown Amarillo headquarters in the 700 block of South Buchanan Street.įinal closing documents were signed on Thursday that transferred two parcels of land occupied by the Renaissance office and condominium complex and a city of Amarillo parking lot. "They wanted something to give them some visibility," Lievanos said. The parking lot will be in the back of the building to bring the front exterior closer to the street as another way to enhance its appearance, he said. The building will feature a glass-walled front entrance, a large, airy lobby, and other features aimed at embodying a national, corporate image, said architect Carlos Lievanos, of Liev Arch Architecture Studio, who designed the building. Loya said the new building will not replace the company's current headquarters building at Lee Trevino and Trawood, also on the East Side. The new facility will be on a piece of industrial land at 11577 Pellicano, a few blocks from George Dieter. The building will eventually house 600 employees, he said. The company, which employs 3,800 people, including 631 people in El Paso, plans to hire an additional 150 people in El Paso when the center opens, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of next year, Loya said. It also will house the company's quality control, information and technology, accounts payable, and human resources departments, he added. The company issues and sells auto insurance. ![]() The new center will handle auto insurance claims and customers' calls from 12 states, and that's expected to grow to 30 states in the next few years, he said. The company, which reported $571 million in sales last year, plans to begin construction this summer on a $15 million, 82,000 square-foot claims processing and call center in East El Paso that eventually will house 600 employees, reported Fred Loya Jr., chief executive officer of the company started about 40 years ago by his father. Fred Loya Insurance, a large El Paso auto-insurance company and local employer, is expanding. ![]()
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