Benson Tower (New Orleans)

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Benson Tower
General information
Type Office
Location 1450 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA
USA
Coordinates 29°57′05″N 90°04′41″W / 29.951336°N 90.078035°W / 29.951336; -90.078035Coordinates: 29°57′05″N 90°04′41″W / 29.951336°N 90.078035°W / 29.951336; -90.078035
Completed 1989
Height
Roof 406 feet (124 m)
Technical details
Floor count 26
Floor area Office: 486,692 square feet (45,215 m2)
Design and construction
Owner Zelia LLC
Main contractor Woodward Design+Build
Architect Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum-1989Renovation by Woodward Design Group of Woodward Design+Build

Benson Tower (formerly Dominion Tower and the CNG Tower), located at 1450 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 26-story, 406 feet (124 m)-tall skyscraper. The building was purchased by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson on September 15, 2009 and renamed the Benson Tower[1]. Ochsner Health System will move executives and as many as 750 administrative employees to the top four floors of the freshly renovated Benson Tower[2] in 2012. Mike Siegel, president of Corporate Realty, which was hired to lease the 487,760-square foot building, said that with the Ochsner lease being signed, Benson Tower is more than 90% leased.

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1450 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA

Broken windows after Hurricane Katrina

It is part of a complex of connected buildings which includes the Louisiana Superdome, 1250 Poydras Plaza, Entergy Tower, and the Hyatt Regency New Orleans.

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