Bank of America Plaza
at 901 Main St, Dallas , 75202 United States
Address and contacts of Bank of America Plaza
901 Main St
Dallas , TX 75202
United States Email
P: (214) 209-1370 Website
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Description
Bank of America Plaza is a 72-story, 280.7m late-modernist skyscraper located in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the tallest skyscraper in the city, the 3rd tallest in Texas and the 22nd tallest in the United States. It contains 1900000sqft of office space. The building was designed by JPJ Architects and developed by Bramalea LTD of Toronto. The original owner was a joint venture arrangement including Prudential Insurance, Bramalea, LTD and First National Bank of Dallas under parent company InterFirst Corporation. Construction commenced in 1983 and the tower was completed in 1985.DesignArchitectureOriginal plans for the development, initially called Dallas Main Center, called for two 72-storey towers, a 600-room hotel, and a parking garage. Original designs for the tower were capped with stepped pyramid crowns and were initially intended to be clad in a silver glazing with gold accent band curtain wall. In order to gain FAA approval to build the tower, the stepped pyramid was removed. Another design change altered the curtain wall materials, which were replaced with blue glazing and grey marble accent bands.As a result of the collapse of the price for oil, real estate, and banking industry in Texas in the mid-eighties, the twin tower and hotel were never completed. The hotel site remains a surface parking lot, and the site of the second 72-story tower was purchased by the City of Dallas after a 2006 bond election. The surface parking lot was converted into Belo Garden Park.
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Bank of America Plaza is Dallas based place and this enity listed in Commercial Bank category. Located at 901 Main St TX 75202. Contact phone number of Bank of America Plaza: (214) 209-1370
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