| 555 17th Street | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office[1] |
| Location | 555 17th Street,Denver,Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°44′43″N104°59′22″W / 39.745185°N 104.989549°W /39.745185; -104.989549 |
| Opening | 1978[1] |
| Owner | Antelope Properties, Qwest Communications International, Inc.[2] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 507 ft (155 m)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38[1] |
| Floor area | 683,207 sq ft (63,472.0 m2)[3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[2] |
| Developer | Mile High Properties[2] |
555 17th Street, formerly known as theAnaconda Tower and theQwest Tower, is askyscraper inDenver,Colorado. The building was completed in 1978, and rises 40 floors and 507 feet (155 m) in height.[2] The building stands as the seventh-tallest building in Denver and Colorado. It also stood as the tallest building in the city at the time of its 1978 completion, and held that distinction for three years until it was surpassed by the 522-foot (159 m)707 17th Street in 1981.[4]
555 17th Street was originally known as the Anaconda Tower, after the Anaconda Company who relocated their headquarters from New York City to Denver in 1978. The building became the worldheadquarters ofQwest in 1997, at which point it was adorned with two large Qwest signs.[5] The building served as Qwest's headquarters until 2000, when thecorporation moved to1801 California Street, the second-tallest building in Denver situated two blocks away.[5] Although Qwest moved its headquarters in 2000, the two brightly lit blue signs on 555 17th Street remained in place for four more years.[1] Qwest finally removed thelogos in 2004, but prior to that the signs were left dark for several months.[1]
555 17th Street is composed entirely ofClass A office space, containing features such as a tenants' restaurant, private club, and conference center.[6] The building is home to the offices of accounting firm RSM US LLP.[6]Holland & Hart LLP, a major law firm, has its headquarters in 555 17th Street.[6] Holland & Hart's firm name now adorns the east-side of the building.
555 17th Street has been installed with several environmentally "green" features, including a 600-ton flat plate heat exchanger and electronic ballast lighting technology.[6] The building's management company, Mile High Properties, estimates that the upgraded features have generated savings ofUS$$1,835,000 in five years.[6] Due to its green features, 555 17th Street has been designated a "Labeled Building" byEnergy Star and theUnited States Environmental Protection Agency.[6]
Cushman And Wakefield is the current property manager. 555 17th Street has the same owners as the Grand Hyatt.
Ogilvy PR Worldwide - Third floor[7]
Huron Consulting Group - 16th Floor
JWT - Third floor
Clarity Media Group - Seventh floor
Examiner.com - Fourth floor
Parsons Brinckerhoff - Fourth, Fifth and Sixth floors[8]
Grand Hyatt Denver - 2nd and 38th Floor
Long View Systems - 16th Floor[9]
RSM US, LLP - Eleventh and Twelfth floor[10]
Planisware - 17th floor
Crescent Point Energy Corp. - 18th and 19th floors
Willis Towers Watson - 20th and 21st floors
Anschutz Corporation - Twenty-fourth 23, and 22nd floor[12]
Monticello Associates - Twenty-sixth floor[13]
Holland & Hart LLP - Law Firm - 32nd-25th floor[14]
Gordon and Rees - 34th floor
Cushman & Wakefield - 7th floor
Starbucks - In lobby
FedEx- In Lobby
Snarf's Sandwiches - In Lobby
| Preceded by | Tallest Building in Denver 1978—1981 155m | Succeeded by |