Wells Fargo Center (Seattle)

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Wells Fargo Center
Wells Fargo Center (Seattle).jpg
Former names First Interstate Tower
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 999 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington
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Completed 1983
Owner Ivanhoe Cambridge
Management Jones Lang LaSalle
Height
Roof 174.96 m (574.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 47
Lifts/elevators 24
Design and construction
Architect McKinley Architects
Main contractor Howard S. Wright Construction
References
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Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. Formerly named First Interstate Center when completed in 1983, the 47 storey, 175 m (574 ft) tower is now the ninth tallest building in the city, and has 24 elevators. 87,400 m2 (941,000 sq ft) of rentable space.[4] The design work was done by The McKinley Architects, and it was owned by Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust. In 2013 the building was purchased by Canada's Ivanhoe Cambridge from Beacon Capital Partners of Boston. [5]

The exterior façade Wells Fargo Center is composed of a six-sided, steel-framed tower that features a combination of tinted continuous double-glazed glass and polished spring rose granite panels. As is common with buildings in Downtown Seattle, the Wells Fargo Center rests on a slope. The Eastern entrance facing Third Avenue is slightly more than two stories higher than the Western side facing Second Avenue. On the west side, the building has a public hill climb on two flights of outdoor escalators that were encased in clear tubes until 2006 when they were updated with a simpler, yet more modern glass roof. The building has three levels of outdoor plazas.

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