HOUSTON (Houston Business Journal) – Lakewood Church has purchased the former Compaq Center from the city for $7.5 million.
Lakewood signed a 30-year lease on the 16,000-seat facility in 2002 and spent over $80 million renovating it before beginning worship services there in July 2005.
The sale of the seven-acre property at 3700 Southwest Fwy. is a move by the Houston City Council to reduce the city’s budget deficit. A Lakewood spokesman said the church will use debt to fund the transaction, which is expected to close in 45 days.
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