Editing Compaq (section)

==Headquarters==
The Compaq World Headquarters campus consisted of {{convert|80|acre|m2}} of land which contained 15 office buildings, 7 manufacturing buildings, a product conference center, an employee cafeteria, mechanical laboratories, warehouses, and chemical handling facilities.<ref>"[http://www.matrixdesigncompanies.com/MatrixSpencer/Compaq-Houston.html Compaq Computer Corporation—World Headquarters]." Matrix Spencer - Matrix Design Companies. Retrieved on August 9, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hp-compaq-houston-campus/view/?service=0 Compaq Computer Corporation – World Headquarters]. "World Globetrotting Satellite imagery" and knowledge from a former employee. CCA1-CCA15 were office buildings, CCM1-CCM7 where the manufacturing buildings</ref>

Instead of headquartering the company in a downtown Houston skyscraper, then-CEO and co-founder Rod Canion chose a West Coast-style campus surrounded by forests, where every employee had similar offices and no-one (not even the CEO) had a reserved parking spot.<ref name="scribd1"/><ref name="entrepreneur1"/> As it grew, Compaq became so important to Houston that it negotiated the expansion of [[Texas State Highway 249|SH&nbsp;249]] in the late 1980s, and many other technology companies appeared in what became known as the "249 Corridor".<ref name="ryan20130125">{{cite news |url = http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2013/01/25/what-houston-means-to-hp-tech-giant.html?page=all |title = What Houston means to HP: Tech giant opens former Compaq campus doors for rare tour |work = Houston Business Journal |date = 2013-01-25 |access-date = 24 October 2013 |author = Ryan, Molly }}</ref>

After Canion's ouster, senior vice-president of human resources, Hans W. Gutsch, oversaw the company's facilities and security. Gutsch had an extensive security system and guard station installed on the eight floor of CCA-1, where the company's senior vice presidents had their offices. Eckhard Pfeiffer, president and CEO, introduced a whole series of executive perks to a company that had always had an egalitarian culture; for instance, he oversaw the construction of an executive parking garage, previously parking places had never been reserved.<ref name="dwightsilverman.com"/><ref>{{cite news |url = https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260278/ |work = CNN |first = David |last = Kirkpatrick |title = Eckhard's Gone But the PC Rocks On Compaq's CEO blames his ouster on a savagely competitive industry. But other PC makers are fine |date = 1999-05-24 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034053/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260278/ |archive-date = 2013-12-03 }}</ref>

On August 31, 1998, the Compaq Commons was opened in the headquarters campus, which featured a conference center, an employee convenience store, a wellness center, and an employee cafeteria.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Compaq+Commons+Opens+at+Company's+Worldwide+Headquarters+in...-a050273570 |title = The Compaq Commons Opens at Company's Worldwide Headquarters in Houston; New Facility Includes Advanced Fitness, Wellness Centers and Aggressive End Hunger Project. - Free Online Library |publisher = Thefreelibrary.com |date = 1998-08-31 |access-date = 2012-11-16 |archive-date = 2015-04-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403092820/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Compaq+Commons+Opens+at+Company%27s+Worldwide+Headquarters+in...-a050273570 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Compaq's former headquarters then became HP's United States campus after Compaq was acquired by HP in 2002. From May 2002 to April 2022, the site was one of HP's largest campuses, with 7,000 employees in all six of HP's divisions. In 2009, HP sold part of Compaq's former headquarters to the [[Lone Star College System]],<ref name="lonestar1"/> which became [[Lone Star College–University Park]] in 2010. Hewlett Packard Buildings #7 & #8, which consisted of two eight-story reinforced concrete buildings totaling 450,000 square feet plus a 1,200-car parking garage and a central chiller plant, were all deemed by the college to be too robust and costly to maintain,<ref>"[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/08/29/lone-star-campus-to-raze-former-hp.html Lone Star campus to raze former HP buildings]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Monday August 29, 2011. Retrieved on August 29, 2011.</ref> and so were subsequently demolished by implosion on September 18, 2011 to make way for a new green space where the buildings once stood.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neAOrRd0Uds |title = Former HP Building Implosion |date = September 19, 2011 |publisher = YouTube |access-date = 2012-11-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://swamplot.com/the-coming-local-hp-implosion/2011-08-30/ |title = The Coming Local HP Implosion » Swamplot: Houston's Real Estate Landscape |publisher = Swamplot |date = 2011-08-30 |access-date = 2012-11-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb37yyHgT8 |title = Hewlett Packard Buildings #7 & #8 - Controlled Demolition, Inc.| date=September 29, 2011 |publisher = YouTube |access-date = 2012-11-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.duskbeforethedawn.net/2011/09/compaq-building-implosion-hp-and-apple/ |title = COMPAQ: Building implosion, HP and Apple |publisher = Dusk Before the Dawn |date = 2011-09-18 |access-date = 2012-11-16 }}</ref><ref>"[http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/champions/news/lone-star-college-plans-demolition-to-create-green-space/article_8355838a-cf90-56e7-b24e-a55829682d94.html Lone Star College plans demolition to create ‘green’ space]." ''[[The Champions Sun]]''. Monday August 29, 2011. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.</ref>

The campus was later inherited by [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]], one of the successor companies when HP split into two in November 2015.{{r|ryan20130125}} In 2018, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced the sale of the entire former Compaq headquarters, which was subsequently sold to Mexican beverage distributor Mexcor in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/hewlett-packard-sells-2-msf-houston-campus/|title=Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sells Houston Campus|publisher=Commercial Property Executive|date=April 1, 2022|access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://realtynewsreport.com/huge-hpe-campus-acquired-by-mexcor/|title=Huge HPE Campus Acquired by Mexcor|website=Realty News Report|date=March 31, 2022|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> In March 2024, a major portion of Compaq's former headquarters and HP/HPE campus was then rebranded as Viva Center by the property owner, Morales Capital Group, which plans to turn the campus into a mixed-use tech hub featuring public gathering areas, events and apartments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/cy-fair/development/2024/03/08/former-hpe-campus-in-northwest-houston-rebranded-as-viva-center/|title=Former HPE campus in northwest Houston rebranded as Viva Center|first=Danica|last=Lloyd|date=March 8, 2024|website=Community Impact|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2024/03/05/hpe-compaq-campus-now-viva-center-synergenx-lease.html|title=Former HPE, Compaq campus in northwest Houston is now Viva Center, signs tenant|first=Florian|last=Martin|website=Houston Business Journal|date=March 5, 2024|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>