Gas Company Tower is a 52-story, class-A office
skyscraper on
Bunker Hill in
downtown Los Angeles,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
. Located on the north side of Fifth Street between Olive Street and
Grand Avenue, across from the
Biltmore Hotel, the building serves as the headquarters for the
Southern California Gas Company
The Southern California Gas Company (trading as SoCalGas) is a utility company based in Los Angeles, California, and a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. It is the primary provider of natural gas to Los Angeles and Southern California.
Overview
Its ...
, which vacated its previous offices on Eighth- and Flower-streets in 1991, and is home to the Los Angeles offices of
Arent Fox
Arent Fox Schiff LLP (formerly Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn) is a national white shoe law firm and lobbying firm. It represents global corporations, local and national politicians, and large non-profit organizations. The firm is ranked ...
and
Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,000 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide. The firm's headquarters is at One South Dearborn in Chicago's Loop. The firm specializes in a variety of areas in both litigatio ...
.
In 2014,
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of professio ...
became the first tenant to have their logo affixed to the peak of the building which had been left plain since the building was completed. This giant accounting firm moved from nearby
Two California Plaza, where it had been since 2000.
[Vincent, Roger (12 June 2014]
"Deloitte to move downtown L.A. office to Gas Co. Tower"
''Los Angeles Times
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''
In popular culture
The lobby is featured in the opening scene of the 1994 action movie ''
Speed
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
Mathematics
*Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
*Magnitude (ma ...
''.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles
The tallest building in Los Angeles, California, is the Wilshire Grand Center, which is tall and became the tallest building in 2017. It is also the tallest building in the state, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, and the ...
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List of tallest buildings in the United States
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. Since then, the United States has been home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers. New York City, specifically the borough of Manhattan, notably has the tallest skyline in the cou ...
References
External links
Gas Company Tower{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105123735/http://www.som.com/content.cfm/gas_company_tower , date=2011-01-05 at
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The fir ...
Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
Headquarters in the United States
Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles
Deloitte
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings
Brookfield Properties buildings
Office buildings completed in 1991