100 North Tampa

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = 100 North Tampa


caption = 100 North Tampa is the tallest building in Tampa.
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location = 100 North Tampa Street, Tampa, Florida,
USA
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groundbreaking = 1990
constructed = 1990–1992
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opening = 1992
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use = Office
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roof = 579 ft (176 m)
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floor_count = 42
elevator_count = 15
cost = US$180 million
floor_area = convert|552080|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on
architect = HKS, Inc.
engineer = Driggers Engineering Services, Inc.
contractor = Beers Construction
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references = cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=amsouthbuilding-tampa-fl-usa|title=Regions Building|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=Emporis.com] cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6056|title=100 North Tampa|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com.com]

100 North Tampa, formerly known as the Regions Building and the AmSouth Building, is a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida, USA. Rising to a height of convert|579|ft|m|0 and 42 floors in Downtown Tampa, the structure currently stands as the tallest building in Tampa and the ninth-tallest building in Florida.cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=37985644|title=Diagram of completed Florida skyscrapers|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] 100 North Tampa was designed by the HKS, Inc. architectural firm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The building, an example of Postmodern architecture, holds offices for Regions Bank, the American International Group and notable international law firm Holland & Knight.cite web|url=http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/06/25/daily27.html|title=100 North Tampa sold, but details sketchy|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc.|work=Tampa Bay Business Journal|date=2007-06-27]

History

100 North Tampa began construction after a groundbreaking ceremony in May 1990, and was completed and opened in June 1992. Civil Engineering and Surveying for the structure was completed by John Herrick, PE, PLS of Greiner Engineering. The building was designed as the Citizens and Southern Bank Plaza, but opened in 1992 as the AmSouth Building after its primary tenant, AmSouth Bancorporation. AmSouth merged with Regions Bank on May 25, 2005, and the building was renamed the Regions Building. However, shortly thereafter, the building's owners adopted its street address as the structure's official name.

The building was originally owned and developed by Plaza IV Associates; American International Group, a member of the ownership group, originally held interest in the office tower. The building was sold by AIG to the Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential Financial in an record-breaking entity sale that took place in late June 2007.cite web|url=http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/07/23/focus9.html|title=Changes at 100 North Tampa should be transparent to tenants|author=Cronan, Carl|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc.|work=Tampa Bay Business Journal|date=2007-06-27] While the full details of the deal, including the final price that 100 North Tampa sold at, were never released, investors estimate that Prudential purchased the building for up to US$275 per convert|1|sqft|m2|+1. At this price, the building would have been sold for a final price of $150 million, a record price for a premium, Class A office tower in Tampa. The deal was brokered by the CB Richard Ellis Group.

Height

Rising to a height of convert|579|ft|m|0, 100 North Tampa stands as the tallest building in Tampa. The 42-story tower also stands as the tallest building in the state of Florida outside of Miami and Jacksonville and the tallest structure along Florida's Gulf Coast. 100 North Tampa is overall the ninth-tallest building in Florida.

In 2006, it was announced that a new construction project, Trump Tower Tampa, would surpass 100 North Tampa to become Tampa's tallest building, relegating the former Regions Building to second place in the city's high-rise rank.cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=trumptowertampa-tampa-fl-usa|title=Trump Tower Tampa|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=Emporis.com] Trump Tower, which was expected to rise to a height of convert|593|ft|m|0 and 52 floors, began construction in mid-2006. However, the building's construction was halted in September 2006 when instabilities were found in the construction site's soil. Trump Tower Tampa was ultimately canceled due to lack of buyers in a slowing real estate market.

Design

100 North Tampa is composed of a pewter-tinted glass and Spanish Rosa Dante granite façade. The former AmSouth Building is an example of Postmodern architecture; postmodern aspects of the building include its Gothic-style roof, granite cornices, prominent setbacks at the levels of the 38th and 40th floors and convert|40|ft|m|0|adj=on granite arches at the two entrances.

Gallery

ee also

* List of tallest buildings in Tampa
* Bank of America Tower (Tampa)

References

External links

* [http://www.100nt.com/ Official site]

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title=Tallest Building in Tampa
years=1992—Present 177m
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