JLL today announced Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. has signed a 52,834-square-foot office sublease for the 14th and 15th floors of Energy Tower IV at 11750 Katy Freeway in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The new office location will house the company’s oil, gas and chemical engineering group. 

The Omaha, Nebraska-based company provides engineering, procurement and construction services to the transportation, oil and gas, power, commercial building, water and wastewater, and mining sectors. The company also has an office at 3831 Technology Forest Blvd. in The Woodlands.

JLL’s Louie Crapitto represented Kiewit in the transaction. Andrew Zeplain of CBRE represented the sublessor, BASF.  

“This new location puts Kiewit’s engineering team at the center of their client base,” said Crapitto. “Given the market, they were able to take advantage of availability in this premier office building providing their employees with an exceptional work environment in support of their operations.” 

Energy Tower IV is a 429,157-square-foot Class A office building in Houston’s Katy Freeway West office submarket. Built in 2015, the 17-story building features a state of the art fitness center, on-site restaurant with courtyard seating, dedicated parking garage, direct access to Interstate 10 and is next to a Hilton Embassy Suites.

According to JLL research, the Katy Freeway West office submarket has approximately 2.3 million square feet of sublease space, second only to Houston’s CBD.