Dominion Tower is one of the distinctive and recognizable features of
Downtown Norfolk Downtown Norfolk serves as the traditional center of commerce, government, and culture in the Hampton Roads region. Norfolk, Virginia's downtown waterfront shipping and port activities historically played host to numerous and often noxious port an ...
,
Virginia
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,
United States
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. Once the tallest building in the
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James River, James, Nansemond River, Nansemond and Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's ...
metro area, it is now the tallest building in the
City of Norfolk, having been surpassed by the mid-2000s construction of the
Armada Hoffler Tower
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and
Westin Virginia Beach Town Center
The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center is a 38 story high rise hotel and living residence in Virginia Beach Town Center. The 4 star, 236-room hotel occupies the first 15 floors of the building, while the upper stories are residential. The 119 cond ...
tower in neighboring
Virginia Beach
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. The 26 story tower was named after the state of Virginia's nickname: "The Old Dominion". The tower's completion and opening took place in 1987. Today, various corporations have offices in the building.
In late 2016, Bank of America moved its regional headquarters and affixed its signage to the building, replacing the signage of
Bank of Hampton Roads, which relocated its headquarters to Virginia Beach in 2012 but maintained a branch in the building.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Norfolk, Virginia
The history of high-rises in Norfolk, Virginia, began in the early 1900s with the construction of such structures as the 12-story Royster Building in 1912.
The skyline of Downtown Norfolk remained relatively low to mid-rise until the 1960s whic ...
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List of tallest buildings in Virginia
This list of tallest buildings in Virginia ranks skyscrapers over tall in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia by height. The tallest building in Virginia is the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center in Virginia Beach, which contains 38 floors and is t ...
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Norfolk, Virginia
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External links
The Dominion Tower (official page)
References
Office buildings completed in 1987
Skyscraper office buildings in Norfolk, Virginia
Buildings and structures in Norfolk, Virginia
Office buildings in Norfolk, Virginia
Downtown Norfolk, Virginia
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