- Morgan Keegan Tower
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Morgan Keegan Tower General information Architectural style Postmodern Address 50 North Front Street Town or city Memphis, Tennessee Coordinates 35°08′50″N 90°03′10″W / 35.147183°N 90.052893°W Current tenants Morgan Keegan & Company, KPMG Completed 1985 Height Height 396.0 feet (120.7 m) Antenna spire 61.0 feet (18.6 m) Technical details Structural system Steel Floor count 21 Design and construction Owner Parkway Properties, Inc. Landlord Parkway Realty Services, LLC Main contractor Lowery Companies, LLC.com Architecture firm 3D/International Morgan Keegan Tower is a 21-story skyscraper and is the second tallest building in Memphis, Tennessee. The building is located at the corner of North Front Street and Jefferson Avenue and South Main Street. It is 403.0 feet (122.8 m) tall, including a 61.0 feet (18.6 m) spire, and has 334,668 square feet (31,091.7 m2) of office space.[1]
It is currently owned by Jackson, MS-based Parkway Properties, which has owned the building since 1997 along with six other buildings in Memphis.[2] As of July 2008, the building was 100% occupied.[3]
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Structure
The building is clad in carmen red flame cut and polished granite, and is topped with a 61-foot spire, which is a distinctive feature of the Memphis skyline.
In a nod to the past, the four giant stone griffins — a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle - that adorned the former Hotel King Cotton are displayed in the atrium of the MK Tower. [4]
History
The site was previously occupied by the Hotel King Cotton, a 12-story high-rise hotel built in 1927. The building demolition was performed by Memphis Wrecking Company and Controlled Demolition, Inc. in April 1984.[5]
The building was developed by Lowery Companies, LLC., [6] and was designed by 3D/International of Houston.
It is the currently the corporate headquarters of Morgan Keegan, which originally owned the building and remains the anchor tenant. Other tenants include KPMG and several local law firms.
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Memphis
References
- ^ MK tower Parkway Properties . Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ Memphis Market Portfolio Parkway Properties . Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ Ashby, Andy Rainey law firm, TVA fill up Morgan Keegan Tower Memphis Business Journal, July 4, 2008 . Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ Ask Vance: Ask Vance: Pieces of the Past. Memphis Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-10-19.
- ^ April 17, 2009. The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved on 2010-10-19.
- ^ Portfolio lowerycompanies.com . Retrieved September 19, 2010.
External links
Categories:- Skyscrapers in Memphis, Tennessee
- Tennessee building and structure stubs
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