Bank of America Plaza (San Antonio)

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Bank of America Plaza (San Antonio)
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Bank of America Plaza (San Antonio)
General information
StatusCompleted
Completed1984
Height387 ft (118 m)
Technical details
Floor count28 [1]
Floor area533,171 sq ft (49,533.2 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

The Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It opened in 1984 as Interfirst Bank Plaza, was designed by the Houston office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and is 28 stories high. [2] The building has a postmodern design and a roof height of 387 feet (118 meters). [3]

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It is the largest office building in the city with 533,171 feet of office space. It is also the city's 6th tallest building. [4]

In 2016 a piece of art called Kinetic Skyline was installed on the side of Bank of America Plaza. [5] USAA purchased the building in downtown San Antonio on August 14, 2017, [6] but ended its deal to move 2,000 employees into downtown offices with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County in spring of 2022. [7]

The building was used for establishing shots in the opening credits and in episodes for the offices of the title character in the short lived NBC television series "J.J. Starbuck."

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bank of America Plaza (Tucson)</span> Building in downtown Tucson, Arizona

The Bank of America Plaza is a high-rise office building which was built in 1977 and is located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was designed by Friedman & Jobusch and built by DEFCO Construction Company. It took over the top spot from the Pima County Legal Services Building, which was the tallest building from 1967 to 1977. It was the tallest building in Tucson from the time of its completion in 1977, until 1986, when the UniSource Energy Tower was completed. It is located at 33 North Stone Avenue, at the southwest corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street. The Bank of America Plaza is one of three major skyscrapers in the downtown Tucson area that compose the highest part of the city's skyline, the other two being the One South Church and the Pima County Legal Services Building.

References

  1. ↑ "Bank of America Plaza". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Bank of America Plaza, San Antonio | 118198". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Bank of America Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ↑ "San Antonio | Buildings". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2022-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ Silva, Elda (March 31, 2016). "San Antonio artist's 'Kinetic Skyline' lights up downtown building Thursday". San Antonio Express-News.
  6. ↑ Webner, Richard (2017-08-16). "USAA Real Estate buys $88 M Bank of America Plaza in downtown San Antonio". mySA. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. ↑ Iszler, Madison (2022-05-18). "USAA ends downtown deals with San Antonio, Bexar County". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

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