- AT&T Center (St. Louis)
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One AT&T Center 
General information Status Complete Type Office Location 909 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Missouri Coordinates 38°37′40″N 90°11′41″W / 38.6277°N 90.1946°WCoordinates: 38°37′40″N 90°11′41″W / 38.6277°N 90.1946°W Completed 1986 Cost US$150 million Height Roof 179 m (587 ft)[1] Technical details Floor count 44 Floor area 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m2) Design and construction Owner Inland Real Estate Group Architect Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum One AT&T Center (formerly One SBC Center and One Bell Center) is a 44-story building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri on Chestnut Street on the Gateway Mall. It is Missouri's largest building by area with 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2).[2] It is located
The building was built to replace the Southwestern Bell Building as the Southwestern Bell world headquarters. However, in a series of mergers the headquarters was to move to San Antonio, Texas and renamed itself for AT&T.
There is still a sizeable work force in St. Louis with the entire AT&T Center solely occupied by AT&T. 4,800 AT&T employees work in the building.
In 2006 Inland American Real Estate Trust, a subsidiary of the Inland Real Estate Group in Chicago bought the building for $205 million. AT&T then signed a 10-year lease to be the sole tenant.[3]
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Timeline of the tallest buildings in Missouri Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)
Timeline of the tallest buildings in St. Louis Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Laclede Gas Building (122 m) (1969) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)
Current Metropolitan Square · One AT&T Center · Eagleton Federal Courthouse · One US Bank Plaza · Laclede Gas Building · Southwestern Bell Building · Civil Courts Building · Bank of America Plaza · One City Center · Park East Tower · Queeny Tower · Park Plaza Apartments · St. Francis de Sales Church · 1010 Market Street · Four Seasons Hotel · Millennium Hotel · Crowne Plaza · Mansion House · Gentry's Landing · Continental Life Building · 500 BroadwayProposed See also: List of tallest buildings in MissouriCategories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1986
- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
- Skyscrapers in St. Louis, Missouri
- AT&T buildings
- Telecommunications company headquarters in the United States
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