Hearst Tower (Charlotte)

The Hearst Tower in Charlotte, North Carolina is a 47-story skyscraper along North Tryon Street that rises 659 feet (201 m) in height. It opened on 14 November 2002 and is the 4th-tallest building in Charlotte. The 32-story tower rests atop a 15-floor podium. Located within the podium is a three-story, 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m²) trading floor designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and operated by Bank of America. The building is currently owned by Bank of America, although the Hearst Corporation also has offices in the building. The building's reverse floorplate design makes the upper floors average 24,000 square feet (2,200 m²) compared to an average of only 20,000 square feet (1,900 m²) for the lower floors.

In the College Street lobby are brass railings designed by Edgar Brandt that were rescued from an Au Bon Marche department store in Paris. The Hearst Plaza, a 160 by 65-foot (20 m) public plaza lined with restaurants, shops, and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, is located next to the main entrance off North Tryon Street. In front of the plaza is a 10-foot (3.0 m) glass and bronze sculpture crafted by Howard Ben Tre entitled the Castellan, which translates to "keeper of the castle." Within the lobby is the Bank of America Gallery, which contains priceless artworks and is open to the public during regular business hours.

The building is located across the street from the Bank of America Corporate Center and 201 North Tryon.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Charlotte

External links

• Hearst Tower Charlotte on Emporis
• Hearst Tower on SkyscraperPage
• Hearst Tower in Charlotte, NC

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