Whitacre Tower

Whitacre Tower
View of One AT&T Plaza from the southeast
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General information
TypeOffice
Location208 South Akard St
Completed1984
OwnerAT&T (lease)
PacElm Properties
Height
Roof580 ft (180 m)
Technical details
Floor count37
Design and construction
Main contractorThe Beck Group

Whitacre Tower, also known as One AT&T Plaza, and formerly known as One Bell Plaza, is a 37-story high-rise in Downtown Dallas, built adjacent to the Akard Street Mall in 1984.

The building is the headquarters for AT&T and Southwestern Bell Telephone, which operates as "AT&T Southwest". It is 580 feet (177 m) tall, the 13th-tallest building in the city. The white stone and glass skyscraper has over 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of office space.

History

The Whitacre Tower was built in 1982.

AT&T moved its headquarters to the tower from a location in San Antonio, Texas, in 2008. Mayor of Dallas Tom Leppert said then he hoped AT&T would stay in the central city. Most of the around 700 workers moving to the Whitacre Tower were moved into 17 floors that were being refurbished. In August 2008, AT&T sold the tower to Icahn Enterprises and took a long-term lease in the tower.

AT&T renamed the tower the "Whitacre Tower" after Edward Whitacre Jr., a former chairman and chief executive, in 2009. AT&T moved Spirit of Communication, a gold statue, from its Bedminster, New Jersey, offices to the Whitacre Tower.

See also

32°46′46″N 96°47′56″W / 32.77944°N 96.79889°W / 32.77944; -96.79889



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