Red Hat Tower
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| Type | Company headquarters |
| Location | 100 East Davie Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 |
| Completed | 2004 |
| Owner | JPMorgan Chase |
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| Floor count | 19 |
| Floor area | 366,000 sq ft (34,000 m2) |
Red Hat Tower is the headquarters of Red Hat. It is located at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It was completed in 2004 at a cost of $100 million as a headquarters for Progress Energy Inc[1] and has 19 floors[2] and 366,000 square feet (34,000 m2) of space. It is owned by J.P. Morgan Trust Co.
History
In 1999,
On September 2, 2004, the building officially opened with a
The January 2011 announcement that Progress will merge with Duke Energy left the status of Two Progress Plaza in question, since completion of the merger would likely mean the company needs less space.[6] However, on August 25, 2011, Red Hat announced plans to move 600 employees from its offices on the N.C. State Centennial Campus.[7] A ribbon cutting ceremony was held June 24, 2013 in the re-branded Red Hat Headquarters.[8]
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References
- ^ a b Dudley Price, "Downtown Raleigh gets boost", News & Observer, September 3, 2004.
- ^ "Two Progress Plaza, Raleigh, U.S.A." Emporis. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ Dudley Price, "First a tower, now a complex," News & Observer, February 15, 2002.
- ^ Dudley Price, "Downtown project has a developer," News & Observer, April 25, 2002.
- ^ Dudley Price, "Progress to hasten building of tower," News & Observer, October 4, 2002.
- ^ David Bracken, "Progress may leave big, empty space," News & Observer, January 16, 2011.
- ^ David Bracken, "Red Hat will move to downtown Raleigh," News & Observer, August 26, 2011.
- News and Observer. Archived from the originalon February 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
External links
Media related to Red Hat Tower at Wikimedia Commons
