The BMO Tower is a

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in Midtown Phoenix, Arizona, also known as the Viad Corporate Center and formerly the Dial Tower. The tower was constructed in 1991 for the

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, which is why the building resembles a bar of Dial soap. It was previously occupied by

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, which spun off subsidiary Dial Corporation in 1996 but since 2016, the

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(BMO) has occupied most of the office space. It rises 374 feet (114 meters) and 24 floors, and is currently the sixth

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in Phoenix. It was designed in the

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style by

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Originally, the tower was supposed to have a twin, rotated 90 degrees from the current tower, but due to the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, the second tower was dropped. Today, the BMO Tower stands as one of Phoenix's most prominent skyscrapers. It is located across the street from the

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on Central Avenue just north of McDowell Road between

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and

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. The building features a large landscaped public park with many statues and fountains near the entrance. Completed in 1991, the BMO Tower was the last major skyscraper to be constructed in Midtown. In early 2016,

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, N.A. (Canada's Bank of Montreal and Chicago's Harris Bank) moved into the Viad Tower, renamed the building to BMO Tower, and had a BMO logo placed atop the mid-town tower.

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