The Shipt Tower is a 34-story, tall office building in

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. 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

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and it became the Wachovia Tower. It became the Wells Fargo Tower in September 2010 after

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completed its purchase of

and a new logo was placed atop the building. Shipt, a local start-up and subsidiary of the

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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 and Giattina, Fisher & Aycock. Brice Building Company was the contractor for the project. It displaced the First National Bank Building in

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as the tallest building in Alabama and held that distinction until 2006, when the

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in Mobile surpassed it. Today, the building's largest tenant is law firm Burr & Forman. It is also a regional headquarters for Wells Fargo, the second largest tenant, and home to the Birmingham office of

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and

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References

External links

Wachovia Tower site
{{s-end 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

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