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| Former names | One Shell Square |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | international style |
| Location | 701Poydras Street New Orleans,Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29°57′01″N90°04′16″W / 29.9502°N 90.0711°W /29.9502; -90.0711 |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Client | Shell USA |
| Owner | Hertz Investment Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | 697 ft (212 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 51 |
| Floor area | Office: 1,256,988 sq ft (116,778.0 m2) Retail: 32,700 sq ft (3,040 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Developer | Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
| Structural engineer | Fazlur Rahman Khan |
| Website | |
| hancockwhitneycenter.com | |
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Hancock Whitney Center, formerlyOne Shell Square, is a 51-story, 697-foot (212 m)skyscraper designed in theInternational style bySkidmore, Owings and Merrill, located at 701Poydras Street in theCentral Business District ofNew Orleans, Louisiana. It is the tallest building in both the city of New Orleans and thestate ofLouisiana, and is taller than Louisiana's tallest peak,Driskill Mountain. The building is primarily used for leasable office space, with some retail space on the ground level.
The design of the building is very similar to Houston'sOne Shell Plaza and Denver'sRepublic Plaza, as well as Rochester'sFive Star Bank Plaza, all designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Hines Interest is the developer of Hancock Whitney Center and Lincoln Property Company.Shell USA is the building's largest tenant. The building was renamed in 2018.[4] It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places that same year.
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Hancock Whitney Center was built using a double tube system, with asteel core and a concrete perimeter, and opened for business in 1972.[5] The exterior of the building is clad in Italian travertine (limestone) and bronze glass. There has been concern over the years regarding the limestone's integrity during severe weather such as tropical systems. These fears did not play out duringHurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the building weathered the storm with minimal damage, such as blown out windows and rain damage. The building reopened to tenants in December 2005.
At the time of its completion in 1972, it was the tallest building in theSoutheast, surpassing theWachovia Bank of Georgia Building inAtlanta. It held the title of the Southeast's tallest building until 1976, when theWestin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta surpassed it. Hancock Whitney Center was the first skyscraper in theSouth to surpass the 200 meter mark.
Hancock Whitney Center is bounded by Poydras Street to the south, Carondelet Street to the west, Perdido Street to the north, and St. Charles Avenue to the east.
Hancock Whitney Center has its ownZIP code, 70139 surrounded by 70130.
In August 2017,Hancock-Whitney Bank announced that it would relocate to One Shell Square in 2018. Although Shell is still the largest tenant by space, the building was rebranded as "Hancock Whitney Center."[6]
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