44 Montgomery is a 43-story,
office
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skyscraper in the heart of
San Francisco's Financial District
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. Groundbreaking was in the spring of 1964. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of
Dallas
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, surpassed by
555 California Street
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(built as the world headquarters of
Bank of America
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) in 1969. The building was designed, built and dedicated for
Wells Fargo Bank
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, and their IT subsidiary was based there at one time (the bank's headquarters are at 464 California Street).
44 Montgomery, as part of the original design anticipating the then-under-construction
Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system, contains direct underground access to the
Montgomery Street Station
Montgomery refers to:
People
For people with the name Montgomery, see Montgomery (name)
Places Belgium
* Montgomery Square, Brussels
* Montgomery metro station, Brussels
Pakistan
* Montgomery (town), British India, former name of Sahiwal, Punjab ...
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History
The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio purchased the building from
AT&T
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in 1997 for $111 million. In 2017, Beacon Capital purchased it for $473 million.
Tenants
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Locke Lord
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Alpha Omega Financial Systems
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AppleOne Employment Services
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Armanino LLP
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Invest Northern Ireland
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Northwestern University
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Charte ...
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Signature Consultants
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Seagate Properties, Inc.
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Landrum & Brown
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RSM US LLP
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ContractPodAi
See also
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List of tallest buildings in San Francisco
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References
External links
44 Montgomery Street official website
{{Buildings in San Francisco
Financial District, San Francisco
Office buildings completed in 1967
Skyscraper office buildings in San Francisco