AT&T Building (Nashville)
| AT&T Building | |
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View of the AT&T Building
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| General information | |
| Type | Offices |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | 333 Commerce Street Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Coordinates | 36°9′45″N 86°46′37″W / 36.16250°N 86.77694°WCoordinates: 36°9′45″N 86°46′37″W / 36.16250°N 86.77694°W |
| Construction started | 1991 |
| Completed | 1994 |
| Owner |
Pitney Bowes(1994–2006) Cerberus Capital Management(2006–2007) MTL Leasing(2007-present) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 617 ft (188.1 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 33 |
| Floor area | 690,297 sq ft (64,131 m2) office area >1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) total area |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Earl Swensson Associates |
| Developer | The Mathews Company |
| Structural engineer | Stanley D. Lindsey and Assoc. |
| Services engineer | I. C. Thomasson Assoc. |
| Main contractor |
Brasfield & Gorrie Ray Bell Construction |
The AT&T Building (formerly the South Central Bell Building and BellSouth Building, colloquially known as the Batman Building) is a 617 ft (188 m), 33-story skyscraper completed in August 1994 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The structure is designed as an office tower capable of housing 2,000 workers. It is currently the tallest building in the state of Tennessee.
The building sits on 2.7 acres (11,000 m2) of property on Commerce St between 3rd and 4th Avenues North, and has a footprint of 1⅔ city blocks. It features a three-story winter garden atrium as its foyer and has a nine-story underground parking garage with 1,300 vehicle capacity. Its distinctive design and dark coloration have earned it the nickname "Batman Building", due to its resemblance to the mask of superhero character Batman.
Richard Miller, the president of architectural firm Earl Swensson Associates, said of the design process: "...at the time we did that they [South Central Bell] wanted a signature piece of architecture. What happens inside the building drives the way the outside looks."
In August 2009, French online business journal Le Journal du Net named the iconic "Batman Building", or as the article names it "La Bat Tower", one of the 12 most original office buildings in the world.
The Melbourne Central Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia has a similar design.
In 2011, a drawing of the AT&T Building – alongside images of iconic structures from Tennessee's three other large cities (the Memphis Pyramid, Knoxville's Sunsphere, and the Tennessee Aquarium of Chattanooga) – was incorporated into the standard design of Tennessee's state-issued driver's licenses.
AT&T Inc., previously BellSouth Telecommunications and before that South Central Bell, has operated its Tennessee headquarters out of the building since it was opened in 1994. Prior to 2006, it was the sole occupant of the building, and now occupies approximately 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) of office space. AT&T holds a 23.5 year lease which ends January 2020.Nissan North America operated a temporary headquarters in the remainder of office area, twelve floors, for two years before relocating to a permanent location in Franklin, Tennessee in mid-2008.
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