First Place Tower

First Place Tower
General information
Type office
Location 15 E 5th St.,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Coordinates 36°09′08″N 95°59′23″W / 36.1521007°N 95.9895873°W / 36.1521007; -95.9895873Coordinates: 36°09′08″N 95°59′23″W / 36.1521007°N 95.9895873°W / 36.1521007; -95.9895873
Completed 1973
Height
Roof 516 ft (157 m)
Technical details
Floor count 41

First Place Tower (originally the First National BanCorporation Tower) is a skyscraper located at 15 East Fifth in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was completed in 1973 and has 41 stories. At 516 feet (157 m) in height, it is the third tallest building in Tulsa behind BOK Tower and Cityplex Towers, and the fourth tallest in Oklahoma. The building is listed as a contributing property in the Oil Capital Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma).[1]

It is owned by Maurice Kanbar, a Californian entrepreneur. In 2006, Kanbar acquired 21 office buildings in downtown Tulsa.

In June 2014, CB/Richard Ellis (CBRE, a commercial real estate firm,) sued Kanbar Properties and John and Stuart Price, Kanbar's ownership properties, for breach of a contract involving the lease of office space for ONE Gas Inc. in the tower.[lower-alpha 1] CBRE alleged damages of one million dollars.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ ONE Gas Inc. is a subsidiary of ONEOK.

External links

Preceded by
Bank of America Center		 Tallest Building in Tulsa
1974—1975
157m 		Succeeded by
BOK Tower

References

  1. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Oil Capital Historic District. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Evatt, Robert. "CBRE sues Kanbar Properties." Tulsa World. June 5, 2014. Accessed December 23, 2015.


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