Frost Tower (San Antonio)

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Frost Tower (San Antonio)
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Frost Tower (San Antonio)
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location111 West Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Coordinates 29°25′37″N98°29′49″W / 29.4269°N 98.4970°W / 29.4269; -98.4970
Construction startedMarch 7, 2017 [1]
Completed2019
Height
Roof400 ft (120 m) [1]
Technical details
Floor count23 [1]
Design and construction
Architect(s) Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Alamo Architects, Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc. [1]
Main contractor Clark Construction [2]

The Frost Tower is a 23-story skyscraper in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was opened in 2019 at a cost of $142 million and is the first new office tower built in downtown San Antonio since 1989 when Weston Centre was built. [3] [4] Frost Tower replaced the old Frost Bank Tower as the headquarters of the eponymously named Frost Bank when it opened in 2019. [5] In early 2025, the Institute of Texan Cultures will move in due to its original building being demolished. [6]

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Reception

The building won the 2019 Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Project by Engineering News-Record (ENR Texas & Louisiana) [7] and has been compared to Queen Elsa's ice palace, a drill bit, and a can opener. [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Frost Tower, San Antonio | 1232095". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  2. "Frost Tower". Arrowall Co. 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  3. Webner, Richard (March 15, 2017). "Developers allowed to break ground on towers in downtown, the Pearl". MySA. Hearst.
  4. Petty, Kathleen (December 2018). "Frost Tower: A Modern Addition". San Antonio Magazine.
  5. Biediger, Shari (June 21, 2019). "Frost Tower Move-In Days Have Arrived for Bank Employees". San Antonio Report. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  6. Morgan, Jack (April 4, 2024). "Take pictures soon: Institute of Texan Cultures will be torn down in 2025".
  7. "Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: Frost Tower". ENR Texas & Louisiana. October 15, 2019.
  8. Marini, Richard A. (February 5, 2019). "S.A.'s new Frost Bank Tower gets likened to drill bit, Bart Simpson".