Comerica Bank Tower
| Comerica Bank Tower | |
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| Alternative names | Bank One Center Chase Center Momentum Place |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1717 Main Street Dallas, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°46′54″N 96°47′48″W / 32.78157°N 96.7966°WCoordinates: 32°46′54″N 96°47′48″W / 32.78157°N 96.7966°W |
| Construction started | February 1985 |
| Completed | 1987 |
| Owner | 1717 Dallas Partners LLC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 239.88 m (787.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60 |
| Floor area | 142,200 m2 (1,531,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Johnson/Burgee Architects HKS, Inc. |
| Main contractor | The Beck Group HCB Contractors |
| References | |
Comerica Bank Tower (formerly Momentum Place, Bank One Center and Chase Center) is a 60-story postmodern skyscraper located at 1717 Main Street in the Main Street District in downtown Dallas, Texas . Standing at a structural height of 787 feet (240 m), it is the third tallest skyscraper in the city of Dallas. (If the antennas and spires of Renaissance Tower were excluded, Comerica Bank Tower would be the second tallest.) It is also the sixth tallest building in Texas and the 61st tallest building in the United States. The building was designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and was completed in 1987. The structure has 1,500,000 square feet (100,000 m2) of office space.
Originally known as Momentum Place, the tower was built as the new headquarters of MCorp Bank. The site, which included the Woolf Brothers and Volk Brothers department stores, was one of the busiest blocks in downtown Dallas. Adjacent blocks included the Neiman Marcus Building, Wilson Building, Titche-Goettinger Building and Mercantile National Bank Building. The entire block from Ervay to St. Paul was leveled to make way for the new tower. The original design as proposed by Johnson called for several office buildings, a hotel and a large shopping mall designed in an ornate classical style. MCorp Bank instead desired a more restrained office tower without any retail; the design for the banking hall was also scaled down.
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