Salesforce Tower (Indianapolis)
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Salesforce Tower | |
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Former names |
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General information | |
Type | Office |
Location | 111 Monument Circle Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Coordinates | 39°46′11″N 86°9′26″W / 39.76972°N 86.15722°W |
Completed | 1990 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 811 ft (247 m) |
Roof | 701 ft (214 m) |
Top floor | 625 ft (191 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 48 |
Floor area | 905,158 sq ft (84,092 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 31 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | KlingStubbins |
Website | |
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References | |
"Chase Tower". SkyscraperPage. |
Salesforce Tower (formerly known as Bank One Tower, then Chase Tower, and originally conceived as American Fletcher Tower) is the
The tower's step pyramidal cap reflects the design of the
Observation deck
The tower has no official observation deck. However, views of Monument Circle and the immediate downtown area can be seen from floors 2 and 7 in the common areas on the Circle side of the complex. In 2017, electronic turnstiles were implemented in the tower as a security measure. In turn, the elevators are no longer accessible by the public. However, Visitors Passes can be attained from the Security Desk in both the Circle and Tower-side lobbies. The tower can be seen from various spots around greater Indianapolis.[2]
Background and history
The tower was originally conceived in the late 1970s by
Before construction of the building began, American Fletcher became the first major Indianapolis bank holding company to be sold to an out-of-state financial institution, agreeing in the spring of 1986 to merge with
This was done mainly to secure the prestigious Monument Circle address for the new tower, which rises between Ohio Street and Wabash Street (the east-west alley between Market and Ohio). Thus, the Ohio Street entrance to the tower is the complex's back door with a concourse-style passageway on the second level running over Scioto Street (the north-south alley between Pennsylvania and Meridian) to connect the skyscraper (and its attached parking garage along Pennsylvania Street) to the main entrance in the original 1960 American National Bank Building at 111 Monument Circle.
A separate
On May 6, 2016, Salesforce announced plans to lease hundreds of thousands of square feet in the building and start moving employees there in early 2017. The building has since been rebranded as Salesforce Tower Indianapolis.[8]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
- List of tallest buildings in Indianapolis
- List of tallest buildings in Indiana
Notes
- Fort Wayne News Sentinel. May 8, 1986.
The parent company of Indiana's largest bank has agreed to become part of Ohio's second-largest bank company. Officials of American Fletcher Corp. of Indianapolis and Banc One Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, said Wednesday the stock-swap deal was valued at $597.3 million, or about $60 a share of American Fletcher stock. The price paid is the highest so far for any Indiana bank, experts said. The Indianapolis bank will join Banc One, one of the Midwest's largest bank companies. Banc One has assets of more than $11 billion. American Fletcher's assets total $4.1 billion. American Fletcher will change its name to Banc One, Indiana Corp. and will gain a role in the management of the parent company. As part of the agreement, American Fletcher Chairman Frank E. McKinney Jr. will become president of the Ohio-based company. John B. McCoy, now Banc One president, will become chairman and chief executive officer. McKinney and two other directors of American Fletcher will be added to the Columbus-based company's board of directors. The two additional directors have not been named.
- ^ a b McCutcheon, Matt (June 24, 2017). "Salesforce Tower tour: A look inside Indiana's tallest building". WTHR. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Salesforce Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ "Salesforce Tower & Circle Building". www.hertzgroup.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- Newspapers.com.
It's getting harder to tell the difference between banks in Hamilton County and Indianapolis. Two county banks have agreed to be acquired by members of the Indianapolis "Big Three." Another is controlled by the Frenzel family, which runs another large Indianapolis institution, Merchants National Bank. "It will become very much like Marion County," Frank E. McKinney Jr., chairman of American Fletcher Corp., says of Hamilton County. The Indianapolis bank firm is the latest to enter the Hamilton market reaching a pact on Aug. 30 to buy Carmel Bank and Trust Co... Since the early 1970s, the major Indianapolis banks Merchants, American Fletcher and Indiana national banks have looked toward Hamilton County... Carmel Bank & Trust Co. $17.8 million in assets agreed to be acquired by American Fletcher Corp... In the meantime, Carmel Bank the county's smallest bank with about $17.8 million in assets intends to start branches as well. The bank currently has only its main office in Carmel. American Fletcher's McKinney adds that results won't be dramatic.
- ^ "American Fletcher Corp. and Banc One Corp. Monday completed..." United Press International. January 27, 1987. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ Schouten, Cory (December 18, 2013). "Chase attaches name to downtown's tallest building". Indianapolis Business Journal.
- Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 28, 2019.