Type Office, hotel Floor count 14 Opened 1961 | Completed 1961 Floors 14 Floor area 2 ha | |
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Location 201 and 237 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Similar TradeMark, First Citizens Plaza, 129 West Trade, 200 South Tryon, BB&T Center | ||
South Tryon Square is an office and retail building in Charlotte, North Carolina located at 201 and 237 South Tryon Street. Incorporating the 14-story former Barclays American building built in 1961, it has 236,697 square feet (21,989.9 m2) of office and retail space and a 698-space parking deck. It includes gray and green granite and green glass with ornamental metal.
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Map of South Tryon Square, 237 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202, USA
History
The George Cutter Building and the NCNB Building across the street may have been the state's first Miesian glass and steel skyscrapers. Their design was based on the Lever House skyscraper in New York City.
American Credit Corporation, whose "ACC" logo on top of the building became prominent in Charlotte's skyline, became Barclays American in 1980.
Spectrum Properties renovated the BarclaysAmerican building in the 1990s. Tearing the building down was considered, but developers added a new exterior.
At the time the building was sold for $68.5 million to a pension fund for the city of Detroit in 2006, major tenants included Wachovia, Dean & DeLuca, and a Marriott Courtyard hotel. Spectrum continued to manage the building.