The Bank of the West Tower once known as Albuquerque Petroleum Building is a highrise office building located at 500 Marquette Avenue NW in downtown

Downtown Albuquerque

Downtown Albuquerque is the central business district of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is where a large number of the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region....

 Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

. It is 72 m (235 ft) tall and has 15 stories, making it Albuquerque's fourth tallest building. The top floor of the building was home to the Albuquerque Petroleum Club, a members-only restaurant which closed in 2007. The Albuquerque Petroleum Building was designed by Dwayne Lewis Architects and was completed in 1986. During the 1990s, it was owned and managed by the Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust

Equity Office Properties Trust

Equity Office Properties Trust, formed in 1976 by Samuel Zell and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, was the largest owner of office buildings in the United States until the Blackstone Group acquired them in February 2007 for $23 billion plus the assumption of $16 billion in debt...

. While under Equity Office, the building's official name was simply "500 Marquette."

External links

• Albuquerque Petroleum Building (Emporis)
• Petroleum Club