One Wells Fargo Center

One Wells Fargo Center
General information
Type	office
Location	301 South College Street Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Coordinates	35°13′26″N 80°50′41″W / 35.223805°N 80.844616°W / 35.223805; -80.844616Coordinates: 35°13′26″N 80°50′41″W / 35.223805°N 80.844616°W / 35.223805; -80.844616
Construction started	1985
Completed	1988
Opening	September 14, 1988
Height
Roof	588 feet (179 m)
Technical details
Floor count	42
Floor area	972,427 sq ft (90,341.4 m2).
Design and construction
Owner	Childress Klein Properties
Management	Childress Klein Properties
Architect	HLM Design, JPJ Architects
Developer	Childress Klein Properties
References
Emporis[1], Childress Klein[2]

One Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the headquarters for Wells Fargo's east coast division.^[1][3] At 588 feet (179 m) tall and 42 stories, it is the fifth tallest building in Charlotte. When it was opened on September 14, 1988 it was the tallest building in North Carolina. In 1992, One Wells Fargo Center was surpassed by the Bank of America Corporate Center,^[1] and again in 2002 by Hearst Tower, another Bank of America building.^[4] It is considered Charlotte's first postmodern high-rise.^[1]

History

In 1985, Two First Union Center, named for its main occupant and to be built by Trammell Crow Co. and Norfolk Southern Corp., was to be an $85 million 34-story Art Deco tower built of granite and glass. It would be the city's first postmodernist office tower. The project would also include a hotel, two office buildings and a park. Unlike nearby buildings with flat roofs, the JPJ Architects design used a roof where "[t]he top is rounded, a bold arch rising above the setback sections that enliven the principal facade ... this one looks like an old radio."^[5]

By mid-1986, Two First Union Center was referred to as a 42-story building, to be Charlotte's tallest.^[6] The $100 million One First Union Center became the city's tallest building on August 21, 1987 with the pouring of concrete for the 41st floor.^[7] When First Union employees began moving in to the new building in February 1988, the name Two First Union Center referred to the bank's previous headquarters on Tryon Street.^[8]

After the First Union's purchase of Wachovia in 2001, and subsequent adoption of Wachovia's name in 2002, the building's name changed to One Wachovia Center.^[9]

In 2007, Wachovia announced that it will be moving its headquarters to the new Wachovia Corporate Center, scheduled for completion in 2010.^[10] It is not known at this time how much of Wachovia's workforce will remain at One Wells Fargo Center Center. However, the future plans of One Wells Fargo Center Center are not known since the purchase of Wachovia by Wells Fargo. In February 2009, Duke Energy announced it would occupy the Duke Energy Center, formerly the Wachovia Corporate Center, as its corporate headquarters.

In December 2010, the building was renamed to One Wells Fargo Center.^[11]

Although Wells Fargo is the largest tenant and the namesake of the building, it is occupied by several large North Carolina businesses and national law firms.^[12][13] Wells Fargo Center also includes Two Wells Fargo Center, Three Wells Fargo Center, a Hilton hotel, and a 58 unit condominium complex.^[2]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Charlotte

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "One Wachovia Center". Emporis. Emporis Corporation. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1wachoviacenter-charlotte-nc-usa. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Property Profile: One Wachovia Center". Childress Klein Properties. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20071109201901/http://childressklein.com/ck/properties/buildings/detail.sa?detail=569#spaces. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
3. ^ "Company Information". Wachovia Corporation. http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,132,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
4. ^ "Hearst Tower". Emporis. Emporis Corporation. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hearsttower-charlotte-nc-usa. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
5. ^ Richard Maschal, "New High-Rise to Reach into History," The Charlotte Observer, July 11, 1985.
6. ^ Wendy McBane, "College Street Reemerges," The Charlotte Observer, June 14, 1986.
7. ^ David Perlmutt, "Hitting New Heights: First Union Gets Tall Bragging Rights," The Charlotte observer, August 21, 1987.
8. ^ M.S. Van Hecke, "First Union Moving into New Tower,"The Charlotte Observer, February 6, 1988>
9. ^ Tannenbaum, Fred (2002-01-18). "Wachovia Renames Charlotte's First Union Buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2002/01/14/daily52.html. Retrieved 2009-02-05. 
10. ^ "Wachovia to move top execs to new building". Charlotte Business Journal (American City Business Journals, Inc.). 2007-08-21. http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/08/27/daily53.html. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
11. ^ Rothacker, Rick (2010-12-14). "Wells Fargo changing names of uptown towers". The Charlotte Observer. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/12/14/1910624/wells-fargo-changing-names-of.html. Retrieved 2010-12-21. 
12. ^ "One First Union Center". Civil Engineering Trails. American Society of Civil Engineers. http://sections.asce.org/n_carolina/CE%20Trails/web_pages/1STUnion.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
13. ^ "Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Charlotte Office Detail". Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080206105056/http://www.wcsr.com/default.asp?id=109&objId=1. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 

External links

• One Wachovia Center, Emporis entry

Preceded by Bank of America Plaza

Tallest Building in Charlotte 1988—1992 179 m

Succeeded by Bank of America Corporate Center