| PacWest Center | |
|---|---|
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  Location within Portland, Oregon | |
| Alternative names | KeyBank Tower at PacWest Center |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1211 SW Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°30′55″N122°40′49″W / 45.5153°N 122.6804°W /45.5153; -122.6804 |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Owner | Ashforth Pacific |
| Management | Langley Investment Properties |
| Height | |
| Roof | 127.41 m (418.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Floor area | 491,528 sq ft (45,664.4 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 14 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Hugh Stubbins & Associates Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Main contractor | Hoffman Construction Company[1] |
| References | |
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PacWest Center is a 30-story, 127.41 m (418.0 ft) office skyscraper inPortland, Oregon. It is the sixth-tallest building in Portland, and the fourth largest with 491,528 sq ft (45,664.4 m2).[6] The building was designed byHugh Stubbins & Associates of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed in 1984.
Construction of PacWest Center began in October 1982,[7] and the building was formally dedicated on November 1, 1984.[8] The building's name is derived from former anchor tenant, Pacific Western Bank of Oregon, owned by PacWest Bancorp. However, PacWest's Oregon operations were acquired by KeyCorp in 1986 and became part ofKeyBank.[9][10] Tokyo-basedMitsubishi Estate Co. had been the majority owner in the building since it rose in 1984.[11]
In 1985, the building's design won its architects, Hugh Stubbins & Associates andSkidmore, Owings & Merrill, the year's top "honor award" from the Portland chapter of theAmerican Institute of Architects.[12] The building's lobby was remodeled in 2002.[6] In December 2007 the building was sold to Ashforth Pacific Inc. for $161.5 million.[13] During a windstorm in December 2014 a piece of sheet metal blew off from the tower and damaged the neighboringStandard Plaza.[14] Ashforth sold the PacWest Center in 2016 for $170 million to LPC Realty Advisors I LP.[15]
PacWest is the fourth largest office building in Portland with 491,528 sq ft (45,664.4 m2) of floorspace.[6] The modern, metallic look of the building comes from the use ofaluminum panels imported fromJapan. Law firmSchwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is one of the largest tenants, occupying the 15th to 19th floors.[16] The firm has been based in the building since 1984.[16]
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