AT&T Center (Los Angeles)
AT&T Center | |
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Alternative names |
SBC Tower Transamerica Tower Occidental Life Building |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type |
Commercial offices SBC Tower Transamerica Tower Occidental Life Building |
Architectural style | International style Modernism |
Location |
1150 South Olive Street Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Coordinates | 34°02′22″N 118°15′43″W / 34.0395°N 118.261853°WCoordinates: 34°02′22″N 118°15′43″W / 34.0395°N 118.261853°W |
Completed | 1965 |
Owner | Canyon-Johnson Realty Advisors |
Height | |
Roof | 137.77 m (452.0 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 32 |
Floor area | 54,035 m2 (581,630 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | William Pereira & Associates |
Structural engineer | Brandow & Johnston |
References | |
[1][2][3] |
AT&T Center, formerly SBC Tower, Transamerica Building, and Occidental Life Building, is a 32-story, 138 m (453 ft) skyscraper in the South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Built to house the offices and computer center of the Occidental Life Insurance Company,[4] it was completed in 1965. It is the 32nd-tallest building in Los Angeles, and was the second-tallest (after the Los Angeles City Hall) when it was completed. The International styled building was designed by William Pereira & Associates.
History
The building is part of a 12-acre (4.9 ha) complex originally called Occidental Center which includes a 225,000-square-foot (20,900 m2) building at 1149 S. Broadway, a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) building on Hill Street, three parking decks with 3,500 spots, and a 6-acre (2.4 ha) plot on the corner of Eleventh and Olive Streets. The three buildings are connected by underground pedestrian tunnels.
Canyon-Johnson Realty Advisors bought the entire complex in April 2003 for $88 million. After they bought it, they converted the least occupied building into below market-rate apartments. In September 2006 Transamerica signed $75 million lease to retain its offices in the building. In 2007 to 2008 it went under a $35 million renovation. Scaffolding was put around the building's crown, the metallic panels were replaced, and the office space was upgraded.
See also
References
- ↑ "AT&T Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
- ↑ AT&T Center (Los Angeles) at Emporis
- ↑ "AT&T Center". SkyscraperPage.
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, January 25, 1963