HOUSTON – June 1, 2023 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, today announced that Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) has signed a headquarters lease for three floors (62,584 square feet) at One Eldridge in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The company will occupy the ninth, eleventh and twelfth floor of the 12-story office building at 777 N. Eldridge Parkway. Diamond Offshore will relocate from 15415 Katy Freeway in Q4 2023, bringing approximately 160 employees.
Diamond Offshore was represented on the lease transaction by Lonna Jenks of JLL and Eric Anderson of Transwestern. Granite was represented by Jon Dutton and Andrew Elliott of Granite.
“Leasing momentum at Eldridge, in the very active Energy Corridor, continues to be strong,” said Scott Martin, Executive Managing Director, Granite Properties. “One Eldridge provides a modern, Class-A work environment with amenities and programming designed to optimize the employee experience. Through customer-centric office buildings like Eldridge, we’re thrilled to support companies in attracting top talent to the office and positioning them for success,” he added.
Diamond Offshore is a leader in offshore drilling, providing contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe with a fleet of 14 offshore drilling rigs, consisting of four owned drillships, eight owned semi-submersible rigs and two managed rigs. Diamond Offshore has 2,100 employees across the world in offices and rigs, including Brazil, the United Kingdom and Australia.
“We selected One Eldridge because it provides our employees with a state of the art, collaborative workspace that supports our company culture,” said Amy Roddy, SVP Human Resources for Diamond Offshore. “The Energy Corridor location, convenient access to I-10, and amenities will enhance our ability to attract and retain top talent.”
One Eldridge is a Class-A, 245,315 square feet, LEED Gold certified office building. It’s part of Eldridge, a Class-A, 824,632 square foot, three-building office complex Granite acquired in 2019. All three buildings feature updated hospitality driven lobbies and new outdoor workspaces called The Yard. Eldridge also has a Customer Connection Center at the center of the complex, which was completed in 2020, and is accessible to all Granite customers. The center has a greeting desk, coffee bar, space for an EATS café, a MOVE fitness center with virtual classes, lockers and showers, and three MEET conference rooms, including a training facility and phone room.
In 2020, Granite updated Eldridge with wellness features, including an air filtration system, handsfree entry doors and touchless fixtures in restrooms. Eldridge’s Property Experience Team organizes social activities, charity efforts, and professional development events through Granite’s signature customer engagement program, TogetherWeConnect. Connecting customers to nature, the building is located steps from Terry Hershey Park and offers sustainability initiatives, including a rooftop beehive program with alveole, an urban beekeeping company. Granite is installing a living roof for the beehives, which will be completed this summer.
“One Eldridge represents a significant step forward for Diamond Offshore, enabling them to optimize their operations with a more efficient footprint while simultaneously elevating the employee experience,” said Lonna Jenks, JLL Vice President. “JLL conducted an extensive workplace study to not only identify the best location, but also create a workplace that fosters collaboration, boosts productivity, and supports the company’s unique culture.”
Conveniently located, Eldridge has direct access to Interstate-10, Memorial Drive and North Eldridge Parkway, and is surrounded by popular restaurants and retail.
Granite’s leasing team, Jon Dutton and Andrew Elliott, is leasing Eldridge.
About Granite Properties
Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate investment, development and management company founded in 1991. The firm owns 12 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 $10.3 billion in real estate transactions and more than 30 million square feet of real estate development and acquisitions. Current active development projects in Atlanta, Boston, and Dallas total over 2 million square feet with total costs over $1.5 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 Diamond Offshore
Diamond Offshore is a leader in offshore drilling, providing innovation, thought leadership and contract drilling services to solve complex deepwater challenges around the globe. Additional information about the company is available at diamondoffshore.com.
About JLL
For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $20.9 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 103,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.