310 N. Mesa Street, El Paso, TX 79901

George Dipp

PRO

Principal

Listed by Wolf Investment Trust LLC

$18/SF/YR

12 days on market

Updated 8 days ago

The Cortez on the Plaza

Building Details

Property Type

Office

Sub Type

Traditional Office, Executive Office (+1)

Tenancy

Multiple

Lease Type

Modified Gross

Class

Total Building SqFt

117,318

Vacant SqFt

20,076

Total Parking Spaces

286

Year Built

1926

Spaces

The building's largest contiguous office plate — a full 10,544 SF floor directly above the ground-floor retail.

A right-sized executive suite for a single-occupant professional, sole-practitioner attorney or accountant, or a satellite office of a larger firm.

A full upper-floor plate with sweeping views of San Jacinto Plaza and the El Paso skyline north and south. Available as a single tenant block or carved into smaller suites.

Office | 3 spaces available | 982 SqFt - 10,544 SqFt

Building description

Cortez Trust LLC offers professional office space for lease in The Cortez on the Plaza — an eleven-story 1926 Henry C. Trost landmark on San Jacinto Plaza in Downtown El Paso. The building combines the irreplaceable character of National Register architecture with a fully restored mechanical plant (HVAC 2020, new elevators 2024) and a 286-space attached indoor parking garage. Tenants walk from car to desk without ever going outside.

Eleven stories of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture by Henry C. Trost, restored and modernized — with a 286-space attached parking garage and direct interior access to every suite. Available now in suites from 982 to 10,544 square feet, in the heart of Downtown El Paso.

Building highlights

Designed by Henry C. Trost and Trost & Trost — the firm that shaped El Paso's commercial architecture, The Cortez opened in 1926 as the largest hotel between Dallas and Los Angeles, Spanish Colonial Revival with Renaissance overtones: buff brick, cast-stone conquistador reliefs, wrought iron, glazed tiles, hand-painted wooden beams, On the National Register of Historic Places since 1980, Major HVAC system upgrade in 2020, Brand-new elevator systems in 2024, 24/7 HVAC included in the Full-Service Gross rate — not metered after hours, 24/7 secured tenant access, On-site maintenance and management staff Monday through Friday, 7 to 4, Daily parking-garage attendant, Directly on San Jacinto Plaza — the City's revitalized central park, reopened in 2016 after a $5.3M renovation by SWA Group, 286 spaces of attached indoor parking across six floors, with direct interior access from the garage to every office suite in the building, Hotel that hosted President Kennedy in 1963, Converted to professional office building in 1984