AT&T global headquarters and skyscraper in Dallas Texas
Whitacre Tower View of One AT&T Plaza from the southeast
Type Office Location 208 South Akard St Completed 1984 Owner AT&T (lease)Icahn Enterprises Roof 580 ft (180 m) Floor count 37
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.[1]
History [ ]
The Whitacre Tower was built in 1982.[1]
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.[2] 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.[1]
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.[3]
See also [ ]
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References [ ]
^ a b c Brown, Steve. "AT&T selling its downtown Dallas office tower ." The Dallas Morning News . Monday, August 18, 2008. Retrieved on January 17, 2010.
^ Godinez, Victor, and David McLemore. "AT&T moving headquarters to Dallas from San Antonio ." The Dallas Morning News . Saturday, June 28, 2008. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
^ Bush, Rudolph. "AT&T unveils gilded statue in headquarters lobby in downtown Dallas ." The Dallas Morning News . Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Retrieved on July 26, 2009.
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