Tower Place

Location &

Amenities

At 104,844 square feet, this Class A office building also serves as a plug-and-play call center.

Exterior photo of Tower Place office building

Overview

With 600 parking spaces situated on 6.22 acres in the heart of Monroe’s business district, the seven-story Tower Place has served as a call center for more than 20 years. The granite and glass building is an iconic structure built in 1985 with the principle of passive survivability: redundant mechanical systems including back-up power and state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure with its own back-up power source. The fully-furnished facility offers 8 conference rooms, 7 local LAN rooms, multiple training rooms, telephone rooms, and an 18-wheeler loading dock. Tower Place is accessible to I-20 and the Monroe Regional Airport.

Amenities

  • 8 furnished conference rooms
  • At least 3 furnished training rooms with AV capabilities
  • Cafeteria with a fully equipped kitchen
  • Break or coffee room on each floor
  • Handicap-accessible bathrooms on each floor
  • Newly remodeled elevators: two main elevators; one service elevator
  • Fire protection room
  • Loading Dock: One elevated 18-wheeler loading dock
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Photo of a conference room at Tower Place
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Technology

  • Telecommunications:
  • Each floor is completely networked with overhead CAT 6 copper cabling. Cable troughs are also available.
  • All cubicles are terminated and labeled to an existing switch rack in the LAN room on each floor
  • 7 LAN and 7 telephone rooms – one on each floor sharing a self-contained 1.5 ton Stulz A/C unit
  • All LAN rooms are on UPS dedicated circuits with Generator back-up.
  • Wired with high-speed fiber optic cables
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  • Supplier: AT&T, Comcast, Uniti Fiber, or Lumen
  • Fiber Optics Supplier: AT&T, Uniti Fiber, or Lumen
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Photo of rooftop parking at Tower Place

Building

  • Size: 104,894 Total ft2
  • Parking Spaces: 621 surface level, paved parking spaces
  • Date of Construction: 1985
  • Floor Sizes:
    • Floor 1- 16,022 ft2
    • Floor 2- 16,757 ft2
    • Floor 3- 17,294 ft2
    • Floor 4- 17,283 ft2
    • Floor 5- 13,563 ft2
    • Floor 6- 13,566 ft2
    • Floor 7- 10,409 ft2

Construction

  • Type of Construction: irregularly shaped rectangle with varying floor sizes, reducing in size as it ascends; constructed of steel and masonry
    • Exterior Walls: granite and glass facade
    • Roof: membrane ballasted with stones
    • Interior Walls: drywall
    • Flooring: carpet and tile
    • Ceiling: acoustical tile ceiling
  • Architectural style: central atrium

Utilities

  • Lighting: fluorescent and LED lighting
    • Metal halide fixtures in a paved parking lot
  • Water/Sewer Supplier: City of Monroe
  • Electricity: obtained through low-voltage power lines;
    • Metered through a master meter
    • Emergency Power: 75KVA UPS with 300KVA backup generator for redundancy
    • Supplier: Entergy
  • Heat: electric VAV controlled, perimeter heating
  • Heating System: electric duct heaters and VAV controlled boxes
  • Cooling System: central AHU per floor supplied by 2 -320 ton centrifugal chillers
  • Cooling Equipment: ground-mounted 375-ton cooling tower
  • Plumbing: a combination of PVC, steel, copper, and cast iron piping throughout the building
    • Low water volume restrooms
Interior photo of main lobby reception area at Tower Place
Exterior photo of the front steps at Tower Place

Safety & Security

  • Sprinkler: 100% sprinklered, newly installed fire panels, fire protection room
  • Security: card readers and magnetic lock capabilities on each floor for compartmentalized security
    • Security cameras on every floor
    • Two security gates
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Convenience

Centrally located in the thriving Tower District, Tower Place Plug-and-Play Call Center is minutes away from I20 and the Monroe Regional Airport. The location of choice for companies like Lumen and IBM, Monroe offers a perfect blend of work and pleasure; ensuring the health of your business and your workforce.

Local Amenities Include:

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Photo of the Shoppes On Tower, blocks away from Tower Place
  • St Francis Community Health Center
  • Veteran’s Affairs Outpatient Clinic
  • Monroe Surgical Hospital
  • ULM College of Pharmacy
  • Regions Bank
  • Progressive Bank
  • Iberia Bank
  • Wal-Mart
  • Walgreens
  • Office Depot
  • Books-A-Million
  • Newk’s Express Café
  • Portico Bar and Grill
  • Delta Biscuit Co.
  • Sun Tan City
  • Beauty Nails
  • Louisiana Land Bank
  • UPS Store
  • Aurora CBD
  • CC’s Coffeehouse
  • Javi P’s
  • Amazing Lash