Park Tower (Tampa)
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Park Tower - Downtown Tampa, Florida 27°56′52″N 82°27′34″W / 27.947739°N 82.459342°W
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 400 N Tampa Street Tampa, FL 33602, United States |
| Completed | 1973 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 458 ft (140 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36 |
Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is the second-oldest high-rise building in the current Tampa skyline. At the time of its completion in November 1973, it was the tallest in Florida, and is currently sixth-tallest in Tampa, at 460 feet (36 stories). It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
When it was originally built, it was the new home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). The Park Tower Building was the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was bought out by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006. The building then became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T, with its sign featured clearly on the top of the building. The building continues to serve as the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence. Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges) include Level 3 Communications, Global Crossing, TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications) XO Communications, Verizon Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm), Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC,USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks), AT&T, Cogent Communications, FiberLight, FPL FiberNet, Spectrum Communications (formerly Bright House Networks), Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom), and WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation WOW!).). Also, Tampa Internet Exchange http://tampix.com/ is located within the WOW Business Data Center.
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