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Shipt Tower

Coordinates: 33°31′03″N 86°48′30″W / 33.5176°N 86.8083°W / 33.5176; -86.8083
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Shipt Tower
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeClass A Office Building
Location420 Twentieth Street North Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Coordinates33°31′03″N 86°48′30″W / 33.5176°N 86.8083°W / 33.5176; -86.8083
Opening1986
OwnerBarry Companies
Height
Antenna spire454 feet (138 m)
Technical details
Floor count34
Floor area550,994 square feet (51,189 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Giattina, Fisher & Aycock
Structural engineerMBA Structural Engineers, Inc.
Main contractorBrice Building Company
References
www.thewachoviatower.com

The Shipt Tower is a 34-story, 454-foot (138 m) tall office building in Birmingham, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters for SouthTrust Corporation, the building was known as the SouthTrust Tower until 2005, when SouthTrust completed its merger with Wachovia and it became the Wachovia Tower. It became the Wells Fargo Tower in September 2010 after Wells Fargo completed its purchase of Wachovia and a new logo was placed atop the building. Shipt, a local start-up and subsidiary of the Target Corporation announced in January 2019 that it would become the anchor tenant of the building in 2020. The Tower was rebranded as the Shipt Tower[2] on May 23, 2020, when corporate signage was placed atop the tower.[3]

History

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Sunset on a skyscraper
Building when it was topped with Wachovia signage from 2005 to 2010

The building was developed by Johnston-Rast & Hays and designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Giattina, Fisher & Aycock.[4] Brice Building Company was the contractor for the project. It displaced the First National Bank Building in Mobile as the tallest building in Alabama and held that distinction until 2006, when the RSA Battle House Tower in Mobile surpassed it.[5]

Today, the building's largest tenant is law firm Burr & Forman. It is also a regional headquarters for Wells Fargo, the second largest tenant, and home to the Birmingham office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and Deloitte.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wells Fargo Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  2. ^ WVTM 13 Digital (Jan 7, 2019). "Shipt taking over Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Birmingham". WVTM. Retrieved Jul 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Shipt logo tops Birmingham's tallest building". May 26, 2020. Retrieved Jul 11, 2021.
  4. ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Wells Fargo Tower, Birmingham | 125536 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Kilpatrick, Andrew (September 25, 1985). "With one floor to go, SouthTrust Tower offers a view from the top of Alabama". Birmingham Post-Herald. Retrieved August 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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Preceded by Tallest Building in Alabama
1986–2007
138m
Succeeded by