Sep 27, 2008

XTO Planning New Building At 7th & Calhoun

By: Kevin Buchanan


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A tip of the hat to The Recyclican, who noticed this Star-Telegram article by John Austin. XTO Energy is making plans for a new building at 7th & Calhoun, across the street from the historic Binyon O’Keefe warehouse they’re restoring.

The $38 million building would occupy the block bounded by Seventh, Jones, Calhoun and Eighth streets. In 2007, XTO bought the site, once considered for a 60-story tower, as a parking lot for employees who work in the former Binyon-O’Keefe warehouse.

Plans call for a subterranean floor for IT personnel, ground-floor offices topped with six levels of parking, then another floor of offices at what Brennan called the penthouse level.

Bob Ayers, a Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford principal, said the building would duplicate some of the architectural details of the nearby warehouse, using brick and cast-stone detailing.

In other words, it sounds like a structure very similar to 500 Commerce in Sundance Square. I look forward to hearing more about the building and seeing a rendering.

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3 Responses

  1. Briefly: XTO Planning New Building Downtown | West And Clear says:
    September 27, 2008 at 7:28 am

    [...] Just after the news of the Pour House planning to close and leave their now-XTO-owned building comes news that XTO is planning a new building on downtown’s east side. The building would replace the vacant lot at 7th & Calhoun the company was planning on using for parking for their Binyon O’Keefe Warehouse restoration across the street. If you’re curious, I’ve got more at sister site Fort Worthology. [...]

  2. Recyclican says:
    September 27, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Thanks for the hat-tip; it’s not difficult to scoop FortWorthology when I’m up late working on midterms – the Star-Telegram RSS feeds update around 1am.

    About this building, I sure hope it is tall enough to conceal that ugly blank facade of the Hilton-annex (behind Binyon O’Keefe). If not, I’ve always said that would make a prime facade for a supergraphic. You can clearly see that wall from even the Beach Street exit @ I-30W.

  3. Karen says:
    September 27, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    Cross Timbers has a habit of enhancing Fort Worth architecture. I can’t wait to see what they do.

    Too bad they don’t have all the leases, they act like a Fort Worth company.

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