AT&T Center (St. Louis)

One AT&T Center

Former names	One Bell Center SBC Building Southwestern Bell Telephone Building
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Location	909 Chestnut Street St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′40″N 90°11′41″W / 38.6277°N 90.1946°W / 38.6277; -90.1946Coordinates: 38°37′40″N 90°11′41″W / 38.6277°N 90.1946°W / 38.6277; -90.1946
Completed	1986 (1986)
Cost	US$150 million
Owner	Inland Real Estate Group
Height
Roof	179 m (587 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	44
Floor area	1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m²)
Lifts/elevators	24
Design and construction
Architect	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
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One AT&T Center (formerly One SBC Center and One Bell Center) is a 44-story building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri at 909 Chestnut Street on the Gateway Mall. It is Missouri's largest building by area with 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m²).^[4] The building is leased entirely by AT&T, except for some small retail locations in the lobby.

The building was built to replace the Southwestern Bell Building as the Southwestern Bell world headquarters. However, in a series of mergers the headquarters moved to San Antonio, Texas and was renamed AT&T.

In 2006 Inland American Real Estate Trust, a subsidiary of the Inland Real Estate Group in Chicago bought the building for $205 million. AT&T then signed a 10-year lease to be the sole tenant.^[5]

At one point, 4,800 AT&T employees worked in the building but that number has dropped through layoffs, outsourcing and telecommuting to approximately 2,000. In September 2013, AT&T announced they would vacate the building over the next 12 months, although their lease on the building runs through 2017.^[6]

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Timeline of the tallest buildings in Missouri

Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864)
Union Station (70 m) (1894)
Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906)
Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914)
925 Grand (91 m) (1921)
Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926)
Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931)
One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976)
Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980)
AT&T Center (179 m) (1986)
Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986)
One Kansas City Place (198 m) (1988)

Timeline of the tallest buildings in St. Louis

Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) Union Station (70 m) (1894) Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) Laclede Gas Building (122 m) (1969) One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)

Skyscrapers in St. Louis

Current	Metropolitan Square One AT&T Center Eagleton Federal Courthouse One US Bank Plaza Laclede Gas Building Southwestern Bell Building Civil Courts Building Bank of America Plaza One City Center Park East Tower Queeny Tower Park Plaza Apartments St. Francis de Sales Church 1010 Market Street Four Seasons Hotel Millennium Hotel Crowne Plaza Mansion House Gentry's Landing Continental Life Building 500 Broadway Equitable Building

Proposed	Ballpark Village Tower III MW Tower Roberts Mayfair Tower

See also: List of tallest buildings in Missouri

AT&T Center (St. Louis)

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