Energy Centre, the 39-story office tower at 1100 Poydras Street in New Orleans’ Central Business District, remains the fourth-tallest building in the city. The 530-foot tower entered a new financial chapter in February 2026, when owner Triangle Capital Group secured a $61 million fixed-rate, five-year loan for the property.

Completed in 1984, Energy Centre contains approximately 757,257 square feet of Class A office space. HKS designed the building with a distinctive parallelogram shape, tiered bay windows, polished granite panels and reflective bronze glass, creating one of the more recognizable profiles along the Poydras Street office corridor.

The tower underwent a full renovation in 2009. Its ownership later changed following financial difficulties involving former owner Hertz Investment Group, and Triangle Capital Group acquired the property in 2024 after a foreclosure process. The recent refinancing provides permanent debt for the building under its current ownership.

Energy Centre was 86.4 percent leased at the time of the refinancing. Law and mediation firms represented approximately 55 percent of the occupied space, while the remaining tenant base included financial, medical and other professional-services businesses. The building’s weighted average lease tenure was nearly 18 years.

Parking remains one of Energy Centre’s major advantages in the downtown office market. The property provides 982 covered spaces, including 536 spaces at the building and another 446 in an annex garage at 600 Loyola Avenue. Its location also provides access to Interstate 10, U.S. Highway 90, streetcar service and major downtown destinations.

For New Orleans commercial real estate, Energy Centre’s path from foreclosure to new long-term financing shows both the pressure and opportunity facing large downtown office properties. Its occupancy, established tenant base and parking capacity have helped it remain one of the stronger Class A assets in the Central Business District, even as office owners continue to manage changing workplace patterns and tighter financing conditions.

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