STS Tower

(formerly Color Tile Building) 515 Houston - 1925; renovated - 2000

This 95,000 square foot building was designed by Wiley G. Clarkson of Fort Worth originally for the Sanger Brothers Department Store. Harry B. Friedman was the General Contractor.  The eight story building features a limestone base and shaft with an elaborate terra cotta cornice. Sanger's occupied the building for only four years until they opened another store one block north. See Sanger Building. The best locally known tenant of the building was Meacham's Department Store. Meacham's occupied the building from 1947 until 1971.  After Meacham's closed, Color Tile relocated their corporate headquarters to this site. In July 1997, Color Tile closed its doors. The building recently sold and the new owners have just completed renovations inside to accommodate telecommunications and Internet-type companies.  Serving originally as a department store, the structure features 14 foot high ceilings.  There is some office space currently available for lease.  Another significant note is that this is the second property being redeveloped adjacent to Sundance Square.  The principal tenants of the building are Supreme Telecom Systems, AT&T, MCI WorldCom, WinStar Communications, Springboard, and CoServ Communications.  Bennigan's Grill & Tavern now occupies 7,387 square feet on the ground floor. Aqua Lounge operates on the building's second floor.