Type Office Owner Alliance Partners Floor count 39 Floors 39 Floor area 7 ha Architect Welton Becket | Opening 1981 Roof 537 ft (164 m) Height 164 m Opened 1981 Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti | |
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Location 201 North Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida, United States Address 201 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602, USA Similar SunTrust Financial Centre, 100 North Tampa, Park Tower, Bank of America Plaza, Rivergate Tower | ||
One tampa city center facts in five number 2111
One Tampa City Center, formerly known as GTE Center and Verizon Building, is an office skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It was the tallest building in the state for three years and the tallest building in the city until the completion of the Bank of America tower in 1986. At 39 stories tall, it is currently the third tallest structure in the city at 537 feet tall.
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One tampa city center facts in five number 2111
History
One Tampa City Center opened in 1981 as the GTE Building. It was the second skyscraper built in the city, after the Park Tower just a few blocks away.
On November 13, 2012, PNC Bank acquired the naming rights for the building from Verizon Communications, which began effective in May 2013.
On October 30, 2014, the building was sold for $128 million dollars to Alliance Partners HSP.
Height
The building is among Tampa's tallest buildings, as well as among Florida's tallest.
When it topped out in 1981, One Tampa City Center was the tallest building in Florida for four years from 1981 to 1984, when it was surpassed by the Wachovia Financial Center, which today is the Southeast Financial Center. The building was the tallest in Tampa from 1981 to 1986, until it was surpassed by neighboring office building the Bank of America Plaza. Today, the building remains the third tallest building in the city.
Tenants
The building holds offices for major companies and law firms;