9454 Wilshire Boulevard, also known as The Bank of America Tower, is a 174,490 RSF (rentable square feet), 12-story landmark office building with a three-level underground parking lot located in
Beverly Hills, California at the corner of Beverly Drive and Wilshire Boulevard. Beverly Wilshire Investment Company, LLC, a real estate holding company owned and controlled by the Nourafchan Family, owns the building.
Location
The building is located at 9454 on
Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire Boulevard is a prominent boulevard in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, extending from Ocean Avenue in the city of Santa Monica east to Grand Avenue in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles. One of the principal ...
in the City of Beverly Hills.
History
The building was built for the
Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association.
It was completed in 1968.
It was designed by architects
Robert E. Langdon, Jr. and
Ernest C. Wilson, Jr. The
cornice is made of
dalle de verre
''Dalle de verre'', from French: "glass slab", is a glass art technique that uses pieces of coloured glass set in a matrix of concrete and epoxy resin or other supporting material.
Technique
The technique was developed by Jean Gaudin in Paris i ...
, thus giving the impression of rainbow-like reflections as one gets closer to the building.
It was the first high-rise building in the Beverly Hills section of Wilshire Boulevard.
It is a twelve-story high-rise, making it the tallest office building and the second tallest building in Beverly Hills after the
Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
The Beverly Hills City Council required the developer to create a green space in exchange for the height of the building.
As a result, Reeves Park, a pocket park, was created.
There is a three-level subterranean parking lot underneath the building.
In 1981, the building was purchased by the Beverly Wilshire Investment Company, LLC.
There is currently a
Bank of America
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank ...
branch on the first floor.
Notable tenants include Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Ferrari, Compass, and First American Title Company.
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Buildings and structures in Beverly Hills, California
Wilshire Boulevard
Skyscraper office buildings in California
Office buildings completed in 1968
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