FourFortyFour South Flower
FourFortyFour South Flower, formerly Citigroup Center, is a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 South Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California.[1] At the time of its completion, in 1981, the tower was the fifth-tallest in the city.
| FourFortyFour South Flower | |
|---|---|
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| Former names | Citigroup Center Wells Fargo Building 444 Plaza Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 444 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34.051612°N 118.255050°W |
| Construction started | 1978 |
| Completed | 1981[1] |
| Owner | Coretrust Capital Partners[1] |
| Management | Coretrust Management, LP |
| Height | |
| Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
| Developer | Rockefeller Group |
| Main contractor | AECOM Hunt Tishman |
| References | |
| [2][3][4][5] | |
History
The structure was developed by the Rockefeller Group and designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates. It opened in 1981 as the Wells Fargo Building.[6] In 2003, Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, for US$170 million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd.[7] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[8] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016[9] for $336 million.[10] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby 1 Cal Plaza building.[11]
Public artwork
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[12] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery.[13]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019.[14]
- Marc Di Suvero - "Shoshone", 1981.
- Michael Heizer - "North, East, South, West", 1967-1981.
- Frank Stella - "Long Beach XXIII", 1982.
- Robert Rauschenberg - "Fargo Podium", 1982.
- Bruce Nauman - "Trench, Shafts, Pit, Tunnel, and Chambers", 1982.[15]
- Augustine Kofie - "Two-movement", 2019.[14]
In popular culture
- The building was used on a number of occasions as a corporate office location throughout episodes of the 1983-1986 ABC action and crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick.
- Appears in the main heist of Heat film
- The building appears in the opening credits and establishing shots of the 1986-1994 NBC television drama L.A. Law as the office building in which the principal characters worked.[1]
- In the unreleased 1994 adaptation of the Fantastic Four, the building is used as The Baxter Building.
- The building was the setting for the 1996 action thriller Skyscraper, starring Anna Nicole Smith.
- The building appears in the Los Angeles level of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
- The building appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. It is located in downtown Los Santos (the game's equivalent of Los Angeles), however is renamed the Schlongberg Sachs Center, which is the game's equivalent of The Goldman Sachs Group.
- The building appears as the headquarters of CatCo Worldwide Media in Supergirl. In season 5, Obsidian North, a Buenos Aires-based technology company, is revealed to have offices downstairs from CatCo.
- The building appears to collapse when the US Bank Tower collapses on top of it in San Andreas .
- The building appears as the Los Angeles branch of the CIA in Gotcha!.
Major tenants
- WSP
- Bank of China
- Equinox
- Morgan Stanley
- Parker Stanbury, LLP
References
- Vincent, Roger (December 28, 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "FourFortyFour South Flower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- "Emporis building ID 116519". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- "FourFortyFour South Flower". SkyscraperPage.
- FourFortyFour South Flower at Structurae
- "444 S. Flower Building, Los Angeles. Background information".
- "Beacon Capital Acquires Citicorp Center - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 22 November 2003.
- "Citigroup Center". Broadway Partners. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- Vincent, Roger (28 December 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- "Iconic Downtown LA Office Building Commands $336M - Commercial Property Executive". 5 January 2017.
- "Citigroup to Exit Citigroup Center; Taking New Lease at One Cal Plaza | Los Angeles Business Journal". 29 June 2018.
- Vincent, Roger (28 December 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- "444 S. Flower Building, Los Angeles. Background information". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- "Augustine Kofie". augustinekofie.info. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- "Public Art at 444 S. Flower St., Bunker Hill, Los Angeles". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
External links
- FourFortyFour South Flower Official Website
- Citigroup Center at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- FourFortyFour South Flower Tenant Handbook