The Shipt Tower is a 34-story, tall office building in
Birmingham, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters for
SouthTrust Corporation, the building was known as the SouthTrust Tower until 2005, when SouthTrust completed its merger with
Wachovia and it became the Wachovia Tower. It became the Wells Fargo Tower in September 2010 after
Wells Fargo completed its purchase of
Wachovia and a new logo was placed atop the building.
Shipt
Shipt is an American delivery service owned by Target Corporation. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
In December 2017, it was announced that Target Corporation was acquiring Shipt for $550 million and that it would operate as an i ...
, a local start-up and subsidiary of the
Target Corporation announced in January 2019 that it would become the anchor tenant of the building in 2020. The Tower was rebranded as the Shipt Tower on May 23, 2020, when corporate signage was placed atop the tower.
History
The building was developed by Johnston-Rast & Hays and designed by architects
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...
and Giattina, Fisher & Aycock. Brice Building Company was the contractor for the project. It displaced the
First National Bank Building in
Mobile
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* Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city
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as the tallest building in Alabama and held that distinction until 2006, when the
RSA Battle House Tower in Mobile surpassed it.
Today, the building's largest tenant is law firm
Burr & Forman
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. It is also a regional headquarters for Wells Fargo, the second largest tenant, and home to the Birmingham office of
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and
Deloitte.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Birmingham, Alabama
References
External links
Wachovia Tower site
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Skyscraper office buildings in Birmingham, Alabama
Office buildings completed in 1986
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings
Bank buildings in Alabama
Wells Fargo buildings
1986 establishments in Alabama