The Alliance Center is a complex in
Atlanta
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,
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. Its tallest building is the 478-foot, 40-floor
Paramount at Buckhead. It also includes the 22-floor One Alliance Center, and the 30-floor Two Alliance Center.
Previously the
Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta
The is a diplomatic mission of Japan. It is located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. The consulate's jurisdiction includes Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[Kennesaw Mountain
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. In 2005 the consul general's mansion was also in Buckhead.
[Chapman, Dan. "A different breed; Japan's man in Atlanta has fallen in love with the city and doesn't want to go home." '']The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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''. Wednesday February 16, 2005. Atlanta & The World p. 1F. "Hisaeda (pronounced hee-sah-EH-dah) proudly noted that he welcomed more visitors than any previous Japanese consul general since the consulate was established in 1974. "I have been very successful as a host," he said during an interview in his 16th-floor Buckhead office, with a panoramic view northward to Kennesaw Mountain." Available from Infotrac
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. In 2002 the consulate announced it was moving from
Colony Square
Colony Square is a mixed-use development and sub-district in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, located on Peachtree Street in between 14th and 15th Streets. The oldest high-rise development in Midtown, the sub-district was built between 1969 and 1975, wi ...
to
One Alliance Center The Alliance Center is a complex in Atlanta, Georgia. Its tallest building is the 478-foot, 40-floor Paramount at Buckhead. It also includes the 22-floor One Alliance Center, and the 30-floor Two Alliance Center.
Previously the Consulate-General o ...
. It had signed a ten-year lease there for fewer than of space. The consulate had over three years left on the lease of Colony Square. Because
Trizec Properties
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owned both office properties, the consulate was easily able to move to its new location.
Global Payments
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is headquartered in Three Alliance Center.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Atlanta
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