| FourFortyFour South Flower | |
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| Former names | Citigroup Center Wells Fargo Building 444 Plaza Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 444 South Flower Street Los Angeles,California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′06″N118°15′18″W / 34.051612°N 118.255050°W /34.051612; -118.255050 |
| Construction started | 1978 |
| Completed | 1981[1] |
| Owner | Coretrust Capital Partners[1] |
| Management | Coretrust Management, LP |
| Height | |
| Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
| Developer | Rockefeller Group |
| Main contractor | AECOM Hunt Tishman |
| References | |
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FourFortyFour South Flower, formerlyCitigroup Center, is a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 South Flower Street in theBunker Hill area ofdowntown Los Angeles,California.[1] At the time of its completion, in 1981, the tower was thefifth-tallest in the city.
In 1935, the eight-storySunkist Building was built byWalker & Eisen at the corner of 5th street and Hope street.[6] In October 1970, Sunkist traded its land and building for a larger property onRiverside Drive inSherman Oaks.[6] In 1972, the Sunkist Building was demolished and the site sat empty for two years.[6]
In 1981, the structure, developed by theRockefeller Group, and designed byAlbert C. Martin & Associates, opened as the Wells Fargo Building.[7] In 2003,Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, forUS$170 million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd.[8] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[9] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016[10] for $336 million.[11] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby1 Cal Plaza building.[12]
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[13] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery.[14]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019.[15]