U.S. Bank Center (Phoenix)
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The US Bank Center is a high-rise office building located in
Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...
. It is the second tallest building in the state of
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. Built in 1976, it is tall.


History

The design was released in 1973 by Thomas F. Marshall who at the time worked for the Tulsa Oklahoma firm of Kelley-Marshall & Associates. In 1974 Marshall formed his own firm of Thomas F. Marshall Associates. Associate architect was Schoenberger, Straub, Florence & Associates of Phoenix. Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates were consulting architects on the project. Ground was broken in 1974 and the tower was constructed by the M. M. Sundt Construction Company of Phoenix. In 1975 when the building was about half complete the Del E. Webb Realty & Management Company a subsidiary of the Del E. Webb Corporation was named the leasing and property manager. The Webb firm also served as project manager to Sundt for the last year of construction. When it was built, it served as the headquarters for Arizona Bancwest, parent company of The Arizona Bank, which (after Arizona passed legislation allowing for interstate banking) was acquired by
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in 1986 (itself in turn acquired by
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in 1992). Bank of America then occupied the tower until 2000 when the Bank of America Tower was built at the Collier Center. In January 2005, this tower was renamed U.S. Bank Center and underwent a modest
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to reflect the building's newest and largest tenant. New ground-floor restaurants were added and the building was repainted; the restaurants have since closed. The new U.S. Bank signs were installed in February 2005. In September 2022, U.S. Bank left the tower, and the signs were removed shortly thereafter. The building is designed in the International Style. Above the
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sits a seven level
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. The tower rises an additional 23 floors for a total of 31 above ground floors. The building was also the first high rise in Phoenix to be built with an automatic fire sprinkler system.


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Arizona *''Note: Table widths too wide for most users; tables forced to 1920px to prevent crowding.'' The following is a chronological list of buildings in the state of Arizona that are taller than 7-stories or have historical relevance, grouped by city ...
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List of tallest buildings in Phoenix Phoenix, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona, has 23 buildings standing at least . The tallest building in Phoenix is the 40-story Chase Tower, completed in 1972 with 38 habitable floors rising to . It is also the tallest building in Ari ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Us Bank Center (Phoenix) Skyscraper office buildings in Phoenix, Arizona Office buildings completed in 1976 Bank buildings in Arizona 1976 establishments in Arizona International style architecture in Arizona Del E. Webb buildings