171 17th Street is a skyscraper located in the Midtown district of

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, within the

Atlantic Station Atlantic Station is a neighborhood on the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States comprising a retail district, office space, condominiums, townhomes and apartment buildings. First planned in the mid-1990s and officially op ...

mixed-use development. It has 22 stories of office space and was completed in 2004, when it was called the Southtrust Tower. 171 17th Street was the first skyscraper in Atlanta west of the

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and north of 14th Street.

Overview

Originally intended to be the Atlanta headquarters for SouthTrust, shortly after its completion it became

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's property following the 2004 merger of SouthTrust and Wachovia. When Wachovia merged with

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in 2009, the Wachovia marquee atop the building was replaced with the Wells Fargo logo. Developed by AIG Global Real Estate, 171 17th Street was awarded the silver certificate in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Core and Shell Development program. 171 17th Street became the first-ever LEED Silver-Core and Shell certified high-rise office building, and the first high-rise office building in Georgia to receive any LEED certification.

Gallery

File:Autumn Atlanta 1 036.jpg, Seen from the southeast File:Wells Fargo, 171 17th Street, Atlanta.jpg, The Wells Fargo signage

References

External links

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171 17th Street
official web site
Emporis listing

SkyscraperPage listing
{{Wells Fargo Office buildings completed in 2004 Wells Fargo buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta