HOUSTON- January 27, 2025 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, announced today that CleanSky Energy, a provider of renewable energy and natural gas, has renewed a long-term lease for an entire floor (20,196 square feet) at 3355 West Alabama. The 12-story, Class-A, 236,932-square-foot office building is in the Greenway/Upper Kirby submarket, just inside Houston’s 610 Loop. In 2024, Granite signed thirteen deals at 3355 West Alabama, including new leases, renewals, and expansions for a total of 76,638 square feet.
CleanSky Energy was represented by Hughes Marino Senior Vice President Chris Nash and Vice President Rob Johnson, both founding members of Hughes Marino’s recently opened Houston office. Granite was represented by Jon Dutton and Andrew Elliott of Granite Properties.
“We’re excited that renewable energy firm, CleanSky Energy, will maintain their existing office footprint at 3355 West Alabama. This renewal and other deals we closed in 2024 represent the high appeal of our building and its central location surrounded by residential neighborhoods,” said Paul Bennett, Senior Managing Director, Granite Properties. “Granite’s Houston office portfolio is debt free. Our customers value our stability of ownership as well as our customer-centric service. We look forward to continuing to offer CleanSky a compelling work environment inclusive of a fitness center, outdoor workspace, conference center, and a new Murphy’s Deli opening in February,” he added.
“It has been a pleasure to continue what has been a nearly decade-long relationship working with the team at CleanSky Energy. Rob and I have completed a number of transactions with Granite as CleanSky has grown over the years. This latest lease extension is a signal of our client’s continued commitment in providing a quality environment to its workforce. We are excited to announce that CleanSky will remain a key customer in the building and thank the Granite team for its focus and effort in securing this long-term relationship,” said Chris Nash, Senior Vice President and founding member of Hughes Marino.
3355 West Alabama features a MEET conference center, a MOVE fitness center inclusive of lockers and showers, an EATS Murphy’s Deli, and outdoor workspace THE YARD. The building is Energy-Star rated and additional amenities include an on-site day porter, car wash, recycling program, EV charging stations, and a customer engagement program. The building is near Interstate-69 and in proximity to Downtown and Uptown Houston.
CleanSky Energy is a renewable energy and carbon-neutral natural gas provider serving Texas and the Northeast. The firm offers electricity plans powered by solar, wind or gas at competitive rates.
About Granite Properties
Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate investment, development and management company founded in 1991. The firm owns 11 million square feet of high-quality office space in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Southern California, Boston and Nashville. Granite is an established investor, developer and manager with a focus on sustainable, highly amenitized projects. It has completed more than $10 billion in real estate transactions and more than 30 million square feet of real estate development and acquisitions. Current active development projects in Boston, and Dallas total over 1.6 million square feet with total costs over $1.2 billion. Granite focuses on creating extraordinary customer experiences through mixed-use environments, rich amenities, customer-centric service, and innovative wellness features. Granite, NAIOP’s 2022 Developer of the Year, was named one of Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces nine times, ranking #8 on their 2022 Best Workplaces in Real Estate list. For more information, visit: graniteprop.com.
About Hughes Marino
Hughes Marino is a global corporate real estate advisory firm that has represented companies on tens of thousands of projects, helping them develop and execute on winning corporate real estate strategies. Hughes Marino specializes in representing occupiers of real estate in lease negotiations and structuring, owner user acquisitions, construction and project management, portfolio management, lease auditing, lease administration, capital markets, facility management and culture consulting. As one of the most award-winning companies in the country, Hughes Marino has been named the #1 Best Place to Work in the Nation by Fortune magazine, #2 Top Company Culture in the Nation by Entrepreneur and the #1 Best Place to Work by local business journals in many of their office locations. Hughes Marino has offices in Bellevue, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Orange County, Palo Alto, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.