717 Harwood

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717 Harwood
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location717 North Harwood Street, Dallas, Texas, United States
Coordinates 32°47′09″N96°47′53″W / 32.78577°N 96.798188°W / 32.78577; -96.798188
Opening1980
Owner SKW Funding
Height
Roof481 ft (147 m)
Technical details
Floor count34
Design and construction
Developer Harlan Crow

717 Harwood is a skyscraper in Downtown Dallas, Texas. The building rises 481 feet (147 meters). It contains 34 floors, and was completed in 1980. 717 Harwood currently stands as the 22nd-tallest building in the city. The building is well known for its sloping exterior glass walls, which slant inward from the building's top floor to ground level. 717 Harwood is owned by SKW Funding, a New York–based real estate investment firm. [1]

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The building formerly housed the Dallas offices of KPMG, until their move in 2015 to the new KPMG Plaza tower. [2]

717 Harwood is home to the headquarters of HilltopSecurities, which is a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. Other tenants include Active Network, Lanyon and Omnitracs, [3] and HOK. [4]

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