One Tampa City Center

One Tampa City Center
One Tampa City Center as seen from Amalie Arena
General information
Type	Office
Location	201 North Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida, United States
Opening	1981
Owner	Alliance Partners
Height
Roof	537 ft (164 m)
Technical details
Floor count	39
Floor area	735,024 sq ft (68,286 m^2)
Design and construction
Architect	Welton Becket & Associates
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor	Pavarini Construction Southeast, Inc.
References
[1][2]

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.^[3] At 39 stories tall, it is currently the third tallest structure in the city at 537 feet tall.^[4]

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.^[5]

On October 30, 2014, the building was sold for $128 million dollars to Alliance Partners HSP.^[6]

One Tampa City Center is the third-tallest building in Tampa

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;

• Verizon
• Merrill Lynch
• Morgan & Morgan
• Holland & Knight
• PNC Bank
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Northwestern Mutual

^[7]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Tampa
• Downtown Tampa

References

1. "One Tampa City Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. "One Tampa City Center". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
3. Skyscraper Page
5. PNC Bank logo to top Tampa's third highest building
6. "Tampa City Center tower sells for $128 million". TBO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
7. "Exclusive: Tampa City Center snapped up in $128 million deal". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

External links

• Tampa City Center's official website

Coordinates: 27°56′49″N 82°27′25″W / 27.94694°N 82.45694°W