Comerica Bank Tower 

Comerica Bank Tower


Information
Location 1717 Main Street
Dallas, Texas
 United States
Status Complete
Constructed 1987
Opening August 1987
Use office
Roof 787 feet (240 m)
Technical details
Floor count 60
Floor area 1,500,000 square feet (100,000 m2)
Companies
Architect Philip Johnson & John Burgee
Owner 1717 Dallas Partners LLC1

Comerica Bank Tower1 (formerly Bank One Center and Chase Center) is a 60-story postmodern skyscraper located at 1717 Main Street in downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). 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 were excluded, it would be the second tallest.) It is also the sixth tallest building in Texas and the 49th 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.

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History

Comerica Bank Tower was originally built to be the headquarters of MCorp Bank, which moved from the nearby Mercantile National Bank Building. Originally known as Momentum Place, the Comerica Bank Tower was completed in August 1987. MCorp Bank initially leased 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of the space in the tower. However, the bank was on the verge of collapse because of the economic downturn of the late 1980s and the savings and loan scandal. Bank One dissolved the bank and the building was reverted into fully leasable class A office space. Due to the economic downturn, this was the last high-rise to be completed in Downtown until the groundbreaking of One Arts Plaza in 2005.

On December 14, 2006, Crescent Real Estate Equities, who jointly owned the structure with Trizec Properties, sold the structure for US$216 million to Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Real Estate Developers.2

On August 13, 2007, Comerica Bank announced that it would move its corporate headquarters to the building. The decision to move the company's headquarters from Detroit, Michigan was made on March 6, 2007.3

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References

  1. ^ a b "Comerica Announces Site of New Corporate Headquarters in Texas", Comerica Inc. (2007-08-13). Retrieved on 16 August 2007. 
  2. ^ Brown, Steve (2007-12-15). "Bank One Center sold to investors", The Dallas Morning News, Belo Corp.. Retrieved on 16 August 2007. 
  3. ^ "Comerica to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Dallas", Comerica Inc. (2007-03-06). Retrieved on 16 August 2007. 

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