{"id":1004713898,"date":"2024-05-17T01:32:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004713898"},"modified":"2024-05-17T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:32:46","slug":"health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cross Takes 132 KSF in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004713899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/buildingsignage-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BuildingSignage (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Property at 8101 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Houston&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The property came online in 1999 and was leased by HCA Houston Healthcare. Image courtesy of Health Care Service Corp.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg?w=1024\" height=\"225\" width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Property at 8101 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Houston\" class=\"wp-image-1004713899\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The property came online in 1999 and was leased by HCA Houston Healthcare<em>. Image courtesy of Health Care Service Corp.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has leased 132,000 square feet at the Westbelt Office Center, a 134,707-square-foot office building in Southwest Houston. The company signed an 11.5-year lease with the owner, identified by CommercialEdge as an entity affiliated with Sagard Real Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harvey | Harvey-Cleary is tasked with the buildout, expected to be completed in early 2025. New amenities will include an onsite caf\u00e9, employee training center and multi-purpose room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property debuted in 1999, with its first tenant being HCA Houston Healthcare, which signed a 100,552-square-foot lease in 2000. A year later, Sourcepoint leased the remaining 34,852 square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/medical-office-to-perform-well-in-2024-report\/\">Designing an Office Experience That Feels Like Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at 8101 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., between the Westwood and Sharpstown neighborhoods, Westbelt Office Center is roughly 2 miles north of Interstate 69 and 7 miles south of Interstate 10. Downtown Houston is some 17 miles northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blue-cross-blue-shield-s-office-endeavors\">Blue Cross Blue Shield&#8217;s office endeavors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With this lease, BCBSTX expands to 17 facilities throughout Texas, employing more than 168,000 physicians and health-care practitioners. The firm\u2019s footprint includes offices in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Care Service Corp. also operates Blue Cross Blue Shield in Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Last year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois leased a 103,000-square-foot facility in Chicago, destined to house nearly 300 customer service and information technology personnel. In 2020, BCBSIL brought online a 130,000-square-foot multipurpose facility in Chicago, creating roughly 330 jobs to date. There, the firm redeveloped an abandoned retail store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico broke ground on a neighborhood center in Albuquerque this February. Completion is expected in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tenant buildout is slated for completion in early 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3471,"featured_media":1004713899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,1589,21742,21747,51973],"tags":[38154,43766],"class_list":["post-1004713898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-houston","category-latest","category-office","category-southwest","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-association","tag-harvey-builders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Cross Takes 132 KSF in Houston - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas leased 132,000 square feet of medical office at the Westbelt Office Center in Southwest Houston.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue Cross Takes 132 KSF in Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas leased 132,000 square feet of medical office at the Westbelt Office Center in Southwest Houston.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-17T09:32:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-17T13:32:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claudiu Tiganescu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Cross Takes 132 KSF in Houston - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-17T09:32:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-17T13:32:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cbed638584257d6fb5a2a9c95c982b66\"},\"description\":\"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas leased 132,000 square feet of medical office at the Westbelt Office Center in Southwest Houston.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/health-care-service-corp-takes-132-ksf-in-houston\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/BuildingSignage-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"The property came online in 1999 and was leased by HCA Houston Healthcare. 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