Wells Fargo Center (Seattle)

Wells Fargo Center
Former names First Interstate Tower
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 999 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates 47°36′18″N 122°20′03″W / 47.605°N 122.3341°W / 47.605; -122.3341Coordinates: 47°36′18″N 122°20′03″W / 47.605°N 122.3341°W / 47.605; -122.3341
Completed 1983
Owner Ivanhoe Cambridge
Management Jones Lang LaSalle
Height
Roof 174.96 m (574.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 47
Lifts/elevators 24
Design and construction
Architect McKinley Architects
Main contractor Howard S. Wright Construction
References
[1][2][3]

Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. Formerly named First Interstate Center when completed in 1983, the 47 storey, 175 m (574 ft) tower is now the ninth tallest building in the city, and has 24 elevators. 87,400 m2 (941,000 sq ft) of rentable space.[4] The design work was done by The McKinley Architects, and it was owned by Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust. In 2013 the building was purchased by Canada's Ivanhoe Cambridge from Beacon Capital Partners of Boston. [5]

The exterior façade Wells Fargo Center is composed of a six-sided, steel-framed tower that features a combination of tinted continuous double-glazed glass and polished spring rose granite panels. As is common with buildings in Downtown Seattle, the Wells Fargo Center rests on a slope. The Eastern entrance facing Third Avenue is slightly more than two stories higher than the Western side facing Second Avenue. On the west side, the building has a public hill climb on two flights of outdoor escalators that were encased in clear tubes until 2006 when they were updated with a simpler, yet more modern glass roof. The building has three levels of outdoor plazas.

Tenants

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wells Fargo Center (Seattle) at Emporis
  2. ↑ Wells Fargo Center (Seattle) at SkyscraperPage
  3. ↑ Wells Fargo Center (Seattle) at Structurae
  4. ↑ Warren, James R.; Henry Gordon; Karen Milburn (1986). Where Mountains Meet the Sea: an Illustrated History of Puget Sound. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications. p. 243. ISBN 0-89781-175-5.
  5. ↑ http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/03/ivanhoe-cambridge-buys-47-story-wells-fargo-center-in-seattle-for-us390m/
  6. ↑ About Moss Adams
  7. ↑ Simburg Ketter home page


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