999 Peachtree is a high-rise class A office building in

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. Built in 1987 by Heery Architects and Engineers, the building is situated on the

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, at the intersection of

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and Tenth Street.

History

The building was designed in 1985/86 by Heery Architects and Engineers, with John Cheek as the project architect and Joe Gottardy as the lead mechanical engineer. Construction was completed in 1987. Originally called First Union Plaza, the building served as the headquarters for First Union National Bank of Georgia, which later merged into

First Union First Union Corporation was a bank holding company that provided commercial and retail banking services in eleven states in the eastern U.S. First Union also provided various other financial services, including mortgage banking, credit card, inv ...

. In 1988 the Atlanta-based law firm

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moved into the location, where they have remained to the current day. In February 2007, the property was purchased by

Jamestown L.P. Jamestown L.P. is a Real estate investment trust, real estate investment and Property management, management company based in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The company invests in commercial and mixed-use real estate developments in seve ...

The next year, Jamestown hired

Cousins Properties Cousins Properties Incorporated is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in office buildings in Atlanta, Charlotte, Austin, Phoenix, Tampa, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The company has developed notable propertie ...

to manage the property. In 2010, Empire State South, a restaurant owned by restaurateur

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, opened in the building. Jamestown later sold the property in 2013 to Franklin Street Properties for $157.9 million. Shortly after the purchase, Franklin announced that

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had been chosen to manage the property. In 2019, the building received LEED Platinum certification from the

U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a private 501(c)3, membership-based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and op ...

. 999 Peachtree was purchased from Franklin and is presently owned by Piedmont Office Realty Trust.

References

External links

999 Peachtree Street
on the Piedmont Office Realty Trust website * {{Atlanta landmarks Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta Buildings and structures completed in 1987 1987 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)