1801 California Street
1801 California Street | |
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![]() 1801 California Street topped with the Transamerica logo in June 2016. | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office[1] |
Location | 1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado USA |
Coordinates | 39°44′52″N 104°59′23″W / 39.74778°N 104.98972°W |
Opening | 1982[1] |
Owner | AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust (51%) |
Height | |
Roof | 709 ft (216 m)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 53 (51 occupied) [1] |
Floor area | 118,872 m2 (1,279,530 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Metz, Train & Youngren[2] |
Main contractor | The Weitz Company[2] |
Website | |
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1801 California Street is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado. The building was completed in 1983, and rises 53 floors and 709 feet (216 m) in height.[2] The building stands as the second-tallest building in Denver and Colorado, and as the 151st-tallest building in the United States.
1801 California Street was previously occupied by offices for
The building has a brown concrete
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Qwest_HQ.jpg/220px-Qwest_HQ.jpg)
1801 California Street once held the distinction of hosting the brightest high-rise signs in the world, surpassing even the brightly lit high-rise logos found on the skyscrapers of Shanghai and Hong Kong.[1] Four Qwest logos were installed in 2000, after the corporation moved their offices from 555 17th Street, situated two blocks away.[3] The signs, light blue in color, were at the time the brightest high-rise lights in the world, visible from over 70 miles (113 km) away.[3] However, Qwest removed the signs in 2004 due to increasing complaints from residents of Downtown Denver and rising energy costs, and the lights were replaced with ones of a darker blue color.[1] In December 2011,
In the lobby of the building is an Ink Coffee and 1801 Eatery, and the Guard and Grace steakhouse.[6][7] Brookfield sold a 51% interest in the property to AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust for $286 million on March 30, 2018.[8]
Exterior shots of the building were used as the setting for Colbyco in the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "1801 California Street". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "1801 California Street". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ a b c "The tallest buildings in Colorado". DenverSkyscrapers.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "Brookfield Office Properties Acquires 1801 California Street". 9 December 2011.
- ^ "Transamerica moving to 1801 California; adding space, jobs - Denver Business Journal". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ^ "First look: Guard and Grace opens tonight - Westword". Denver Westword. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ "Downtown Denver's 1801 California tower unveils new image after remake - The Denver Post". The Denver Post. 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ "Partial sale values Denver's second-tallest tower at $560M - Business Den". BusinessDen.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.