. (17) 53 In 1511 the Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the city of Guangzhou by the sea and they settled on its port for a commercial monopoly of trade with other nations They were later expelled from their settlements but they were allowed the use of Macau which was also occupied in 1511 and to be appointed in 1557 as the base for doing business with Guangzhou the quasi-monopoly on foreign trade in the region would be maintained by the Portuguese until the early seventeenth century when the Spanish and Dutch arrived. Houston Texas Business Directory, Francisco Pizarro In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street.
. 1990 1,630,553 2.2% In the late 1990s and early 2000s decade there was a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential tower construction with several over 30 stories tall. Since 2000 more than 30 high-rise buildings have gone up in Houston; all told 72 high-rises tower over the city which adds up to about 8,300 units! . . . .
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