| 100 North Tampa | |
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 100 North Tampa | |
 Interactive map of 100 North Tampa | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 100 North Tampa Street,Tampa, Florida,United States |
| Construction started | 1990 |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Opening | 1992 |
| Cost | US$108 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 579 ft (176 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 552,080 sq ft (51,290 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 15 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. |
| Structural engineer | Driggers Engineering Services, Inc. |
| Main contractor | Beers Construction |
| References | |
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100 North Tampa, formerly known as theRegions Building and theAmSouth Building, is askyscraper inTampa,Florida, United States. Rising to a height of 579 feet (176 m) and 42 floors inDowntown Tampa, the structure currently stands as thetallest building in Tampa and the twenty-sixth-tallest building in Florida.[3] 100 North Tampa was designed by theHKS, Inc. architectural firm, headquartered inDallas, Texas.[1] The building, an example ofpostmodern architecture, holds offices forRegions Bank, theAmerican International Group,Yara, North America,KPMG, andlaw firmsHolland & Knight,Foley & Lardner, andTurkel, Cuva, & Barrios.[4]
100 North Tampa beganconstruction after agroundbreaking ceremony in May 1990, and was completed and opened in June 1992.[2] Civil Engineering and Surveying for the structure was completed by John Herrick, PE, PLS of Greiner Engineering. The building was designed as theCitizens and Southern Bank Plaza, but opened in 1992 as the AmSouth Building after its primary tenant,AmSouth Bancorporation.[2] AmSouth merged withRegions Bank on May 25, 2005, and the building was renamed the Regions Building. However, shortly thereafter, the building's owners adopted its street address as the structure's official name.
The building was originally owned and developed by Plaza IV Associates; American International Group, a member of the ownership group, originally held an interest in the office tower.[4] The building was sold by AIG to theNewark,New Jersey–basedPrudential Financial in a record-breaking entity sale that took place in late June 2007.[5] While the full details of the deal, including the final price that 100 North Tampa sold at, were never released, investors estimate that Prudential purchased the building for up toUS$275 per 1 square foot (0.1 m2).[4] At this price, the building would have been sold for a final price of $150 million, a record price for a premium,Class A office tower in Tampa.[4] The deal wasbrokered by theCB Richard Ellis Group.[4]
Rising to a height of 579 feet (176 m), 100 North Tampa stands as the tallest building in Tampa.[1] The 42-story tower also stands as the tallest building in thestate of Florida outsideMiami andJacksonville and the tallest structure along Florida'sGulf Coast.[1] 100 North Tampa is overall the ninth-tallest building in Florida.[3]
In 2006, it was announced that a new construction project,Trump Tower Tampa, would surpass 100 North Tampa to become Tampa's tallest building, relegating the former Regions Building to second place in the city'shigh-rise rank.[6] Trump Tower, which was expected to rise to a height of 593 feet (181 m) and 52 floors,[6] began construction in mid-2006. However, the building's construction was halted in September 2006 when instabilities were found in the construction site's soil.[6] Trump Tower Tampa was ultimately canceled due to lack of buyers in a slowingreal estate market.[6]
100 North Tampa is composed of apewter-tinted glass andSpanish Rosa Dantegranitefaçade.[1] The former AmSouth Building is an example ofpostmodern architecture;[2] postmodern aspects of the building include itsGothic-style roof, granitecornices, prominentsetbacks at the levels of the 38th and 40th floors, and 40-foot (12 m) granite arches at the two entrances.[1]
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| Preceded by | Tallest Building in Tampa 1992—Present 177m | Succeeded by None |
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