Shipt Tower
The Shipt Tower is a 34-story, 454-foot (138 m) tall office building in Birmingham, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters for SouthTrust Corporation, the building was known as the SouthTrust Tower until 2005, when SouthTrust completed its merger with Wachovia and it became the Wachovia Tower. It became the Wells Fargo Tower in September 2010 after Wells Fargo completed its purchase of Wachovia and a new logo was placed atop the building. Shipt, a local start-up and subsidiary of the Target Corporation announced in January 2019 that it would become the anchor tenant of the building in 2020. The Tower was rebranded as the Shipt Tower[2] on May 23, 2020, when corporate signage was placed atop the tower.[3]
| Shipt Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Class A Office Building |
| Location | 420 Twentieth Street North Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33.5176°N 86.8083°W |
| Opening | 1986 |
| Owner | Barry Companies |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 454 feet (138 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 550,994 square feet (51,189 m2)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Giattina, Fisher & Aycock |
| Structural engineer | MBA Structural Engineers, Inc. |
| Main contractor | Brice Building Company |
| References | |
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History
The building was developed by Johnston-Rast & Hays and designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Giattina, Fisher & Aycock.[4] Brice Building Company was the contractor for the project. It displaced the First National Bank Building in Mobile as the tallest building in Alabama and held that distinction until 2006, when the RSA Battle House Tower in Mobile surpassed it.[5]
Today, the building's largest tenant is law firm Burr & Forman. It is also a regional headquarters for Wells Fargo, the second largest tenant, and home to the Birmingham office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and Deloitte.
References
- "Wells Fargo Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- WVTM 13 Digital (Jan 7, 2019). "Shipt taking over Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Birmingham". WVTM. Retrieved Jul 11, 2021.
- "Shipt logo tops Birmingham's tallest building". May 26, 2020. Retrieved Jul 11, 2021.
- GmbH, Emporis. "Wells Fargo Tower, Birmingham | 125536 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- Kilpatrick, Andrew (September 25, 1985). "With one floor to go, SouthTrust Tower offers a view from the top of Alabama". Birmingham Post-Herald. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Wachovia Tower site Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine