One Wachovia Center

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = One Wachovia Center


caption =
location = 301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
coordinates = coord|35.233982|-80.840063|format=dms|display=inline,title
status =
groundbreaking = 1985
constructed = 1985-1988
est_completion =
opening = September 14, 1988
use = office
roof = convert|588|ft|m|0
top_floor =
floor_count = 42
elevator_count =
cost =
floor_area = convert|972427|sqft|m2|abbr=on.
architect = HLM Design, JPJ Architects
engineer =
contractor =
developer = Childress Klein Properties
owner = Childress Klein Properties
management = Childress Klein Properties
references = Emporiscite web | title = One Wachovia Center | work = Emporis | publisher = Emporis Corporation | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1wachoviacenter-charlotte-nc-usa | accessdate = 2008-03-09] , Childress Kleincite web | title = Property Profile: One Wachovia Center | publisher = Childress Klein Properties | url = http://www.childressklein.com/ck/properties/buildings/detail.sa?detail=569#spaces | accessdate = 2008-03-09] One Wachovia Center is a skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the world headquarters for Wachovia, [cite web | title = Company Information | publisher = Wachovia Corporation | url = http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,132,00.html | accessdate = 2008-03-09] the fourth largest bank in the United States by assets. [cite web | title = Top 50 bank holding companies | publisher = National Information Center | date = 2007-12-31 | url = http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/Top50Form.aspx | format = table | accessdate = 2008-03-09] At convert|588|ft|m|0 tall and 42 stories, it is the third tallest building in Charlotte. When it was opened on September 14, 1988 it was the tallest building in North Carolina. In 1992, One Wachovia Center was surpassed by the Bank of America Corporate Center, and again in 2002 by Hearst Tower, another Bank of America building. [cite web | title = Hearst Tower | work = Emporis | publisher = Emporis Corporation | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hearsttower-charlotte-nc-usa | accessdate = 2008-03-09] It is considered Charlotte's first postmodern high-rise.

One Wachovia Center is the largest of several buildings making up Wachovia Center. It was known as One First Union Center prior to First Union's purchase of Wachovia in 2001, and subsequent adoption of Wachovia's name in 2002. [cite news | last = Rothacker | first = Rick | title = Wachovia Renames First Union Towers in Charlotte, N.C. | work = The Charlotte Observer | publisher = HighBeam Research, Inc. | date = 2002-01-18 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120637120.html | accessdate = 2008-03-09] Although Wachovia is the largest tenant and the namesake of the building, it is occupied by several large North Carolina businesses and national law firms. [cite web | title = One First Union Center | work = Civil Engineering Trails | publisher = American Society of Civil Engineers | url = http://sections.asce.org/n_carolina/CE%20Trails/web_pages/1STUnion.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-09] [cite web | title = Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Charlotte Office Detail | publisher = Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice | url = http://www.wcsr.com/default.asp?id=109&objId=1 | accessdate = 2008-03-09] Wachovia Center also includes Two Wachovia Center, Three Wachovia Center, a Hilton hotel, and a 58 unit condominium complex.

In 2007, Wachovia announced that it will be moving its headquarters to the new Wachovia Corporate Center, scheduled for completion in 2010. [cite news | title = Wachovia to move top execs to new building | work = Charlotte Business Journal | publisher = American City Business Journals, Inc. | date = 2007-08-21 | url = http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/08/27/daily53.html | accessdate = 2008-03-09] It is not known at this time how much of Wachovia's workforce will remain at One Wachovia Center.

See also

*List of tallest buildings in Charlotte

References

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1wachoviacenter-charlotte-nc-usa One Wachovia Center] , Emporis entry