555 California Street | |
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Location within San Francisco
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Former names | Bank of America Center |
Record height | |
Preceded by | 44 Montgomery |
Surpassed by | Transamerica Pyramid |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location |
555 California Street San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°47′31″N 122°24′14″W / 37.7919°N 122.4038°WCoordinates: 37°47′31″N 122°24′14″W / 37.7919°N 122.4038°W |
Elevation | 35 ft (11 m) |
Completed | 1969 |
Owner |
Vornado Realty Trust (70%) The Trump Organization (30%) |
Management | HWA 555 Owners LLC |
Height | |
Roof | 779 ft (237 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 52 4 below ground |
Floor area | 1,969,979 sq ft (183,017.0 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 38 |
Design and construction | |
Architect |
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Wurster, Benardi and Emmons |
Structural engineer | H. J. Brunnier Associates |
Main contractor | Dinwiddie Construction |
References | |
555 California Street, formerly Bank of America Center, is a 52-story 779 ft (237 m) skyscraper in San Francisco, California. It is the fourth tallest building in the city, the largest by floor area, and a focal point of the Financial District. It is the 69th tallest building in the United States, one foot taller than One Worldwide Plaza in New York City and just 1 foot shorter than the 68th tallest building in the USA, which is also owned by Bank of America, the Bank of America Center in Houston, Texas at 780 ft (238 m), and just 2 feet shorter than the 67th tallest building in the USA, 30 Hudson Street in Jersey City, New Jersey at 781 ft (238 m). Some sites round the heights of all four buildings to 780 ft (238 m) making those four buildings tied as the 67th tallest buildings in the country.
Completed in 1969, the tower was the tallest building on the West Coast and west of the Mississippi River until the completion of the Transamerica Pyramid in 1972, and the world headquarters of Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank, when the company moved its headquarters to the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. A 70 percent interest was acquired by Vornado Realty Trust from foreign investors in March 2007 with a 30 percent limited partnership interest still owned by Donald Trump, managed by the Vornado Realty Trust.