Shipt Tower
Office tower in Birmingham, Alabama, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
Shipt Tower | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Class A Office Building |
Location | 420 Twentieth Street North Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Coordinates | 33.5176°N 86.8083°W / 33.5176; -86.8083 |
Opening | 1986 |
Owner | Barry Companies |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 454 feet (138 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 34 |
Floor area | 550,994 square feet (51,189 m2)[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Giattina, Fisher & Aycock |
Structural engineer | MBA Structural Engineers, Inc. |
Main contractor | Brice Building Company |
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