One Wilshire
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One Wilshire is an office building located at the junction of
In 2001 the
History
Construction and first decades (1960s–2006)
Ground was broken for One Wilshire in 1964, and the building was completed in 1966
One Wilshire is located near
SBC Communications/Pacbell's central switching station at 400 S. Grand, with its towering, now nearly obsolete, microwave antenna. With deregulation looming in the 1980s, Pacific Bell banned competitors from the central switching station. Long distance carrier MCI thus mounted its own microwave station on the roof of One Wilshire, at the time one of the tallest buildings with good lines of sight in downtown. And so began One Wilshire's importance as a telecom site.— The Center for Land Use Interpretation, 2013[4]
In 1992, One Wilshire underwent a major renovation, with the improvements largely related to telecommunication network upgrades.
Sale to Hines Real Estate (2007–2012)
In December 2006, the
Recent sale and events (2013–present)
By 2013 One Wilshire was one of the top three telecommunications centers in the world, along with
Ownership timeline
Date | Seller | Buyer | Cost |
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1960s | Original land owners | S. Jon Kreedman & Company | Unknown |
2001 | S. Jon Kreedman & Company | Carlyle Group |
US$119 million[1] |
2007 | Carlyle Group |
Hines Real Estate Investment Trust | US$287 million[3] |
2013 | Hines Real Estate | GI Partners | US$437.5 million[11] |
Tenants
Initially One Wilshire leased office space to law firms, though in the 1990s most of its tenants became telecommunications companies.
See also
- List of notable meet-me rooms
- List of buildings
- Los Angeles skyline
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h LA's One Wilshire Sold for $287 Million. DataCenter Knowledge, August 6, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Vanian, Jonathan (June 8, 2015). "These are the buildings that make up the 'cloud'". Fortune. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Vincent, Roger (July 18, 2013). "One Wilshire sells for record $437.5 million". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h One Wilshire: Telco Hotel Central Archived November 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine". Center for Land Use Interpretation. Accessed September 21, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jardin, Xeni (February 19, 2007). "Xeni Tech: A Los Angeles 'Hotel' for Internet Carriers". National Public Radio – Day to Day.
- ^ a b "One Wilshire". Hines. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c Savageau, John (November 7, 2009). "Wiring Los Angeles with Eric Bender, President of Wilshire Connection". john-savageau.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Bullock, Dave (March 3, 2008). "A Lesson in Internet Anatomy: The World's Densest Meet-Me Room". Wired. Accessed September 21, 2013.
- ^ "Webb Spinner 1965-1968" (PDF). Delwebbsuncitiesmuseum.or. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "M. Pynoos, 84; Civic Booster, Engineer". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Tang, Jessica (June 5, 2015). "The Internet I.R.L." The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ a b Jones, Penny (May 30, 2014). "Wilcon: Taking a regional approach to colo in LA". Datacenter Dynamics. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ "Data Centers at One Wilshire". wilcon.com. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "Wilcon Acquires Freedom Dark Fiber Networks". Pamlico Capital. August 13, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Yang, Justin (March 19, 2014). "Wilcon Rebrands Firms Acquired in Recent Roll-Up". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Bernier, Paula (March 19, 2014). "Wilcon Announces Integration of Freedom, IX2, and Wilshire Connection". TMCnet.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ "One Wilshire Building and Tenants". Baxtel.
External links
- Media related to One Wilshire at Wikimedia Commons