METRO Administration Building
Houston, Texas
Construction Cost: $41M
Completion Date: 2005
Size: 400,000 SF
PGAL provided preliminary and final architectural and engineering services for METRO's new Downtown Transit Center and Administration Office Building. The new facility is the jewel in the crown of METRO's $300-million, 7.5-mile, 16-station light rail transit starter line, which boarded its first passengers in January 2004.
The METRO project was completed using a fast-track design and construction process so that the opening of the downtown transit center-located in the office building's lobby level- would coincide with the opening of its light rail starter line. The new facility combines all of METRO's administrative services and public functions in a single, easily accessible location, with the lobby level functioning as part of the transit center.