| Shipt Tower | |
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 Interactive map of Shipt Tower | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Class A Office Building |
| Location | 420 Twentieth Street NorthBirmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33°31′03″N86°48′30″W / 33.5176°N 86.8083°W /33.5176; -86.8083 |
| Opening | 1986 |
| Owner | Barry Companies |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 454 feet (138 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 550,994 square feet (51,189 m2)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Giattina, Fisher & Aycock |
| Structural engineer | MBA Structural Engineers, Inc. |
| Main contractor | Brice Building Company |
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TheShipt Tower is a 34-story, 454-foot (138 m) tall office building inBirmingham, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters forSouthTrust Corporation, the building was known as theSouthTrust Tower until 2005, when SouthTrust completed its merger withWachovia and it became theWachovia Tower. It became theWells Fargo Tower in September 2010 afterWells Fargo completed its purchase ofWachovia and a new logo was placed atop the building.Shipt, a local start-up and subsidiary of theTarget Corporation announced in January 2019 that it would become the anchor tenant of the building in 2020. The Tower was rebranded as theShipt Tower[2] on May 23, 2020, when corporate signage was placed atop the tower.[3]
The building was developed by Johnston-Rast & Hays and designed by architectsSkidmore, Owings & Merrill and Giattina, Fisher & Aycock.[4] Brice Building Company was the contractor for the project. It displaced theFirst National Bank Building inMobile as the tallest building in Alabama and held that distinction until 2006, when theRSA Battle House Tower in Mobile surpassed it.[5]
Today, the building's largest tenant is law firmBurr & Forman. It is also a regional headquarters for Wells Fargo, the second largest tenant, and home to the Birmingham office ofBaker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz,Deloitte, andKPMG.
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