Bank One Center (New Orleans)

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Bank One Center
Location	New Orleans, USA
Status	Complete
Constructed	1984
Use	Office, Retail
Height
Antenna/Spire	N/A
Roof	645 feet (197.0 m)
Floor count	53
Floor area	Office: 1,005,000 ft.² (93,364.5 m²) Retail: 58,000 ft.² (5,388.2 m²)
Companies
Architect	Moriyama & Teshima Architects

The Bank One Center (also known as Place St. Charles), located at 201 St. Charles Avenue in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 53-story, 645 ft. (197 m) -tall skyscraper designed in the post-modern style by Moriyama & Teshima Architects. It is the second tallest building in both the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Despite JPMorgan Chase's 2004 acquisition of Bank One, no plans have been made to drop the Bank One Center name. Floors 1 & 2 are used for retail space, 3-13 are parking levels, and 14-52 hold office space. Loeb Partners Realty is the current owner, while Corporate Realty manages the property. The largest tenants are JPMorgan Chase, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, an international law firm and Energy Partners. Current occupany of the building is approximately 93%.

The Bank One Center was constructed on the site of the former St. Charles Hotel and opened in 1984. The exterior of the building is clad in granite and glass. A unique design aspect of the building are the French Quarter inspired balconies on the lower 3 levels along St. Charles Ave. Inside the Bank One Center, the first two floors house 58,000 ft.² of retail space, including two restaurants, a 10-station Food Court and a Bank One branch location. The 11 levels of parking are accessed from Gravier Street. Additionally, there is an elevated walkway connecting the building to an adjoining Hampton Inn.

The building was the least damaged major high rise in the city during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and reopened by mid October 2005. The offices of the New Orleans Downtown Development District relocated to the Bank One Center in April 2006 due to severe damage to their former offices at 1010 Common.