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Wells Fargo Center (Salt Lake City)
Encyclopedia
The Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper located in Salt Lake City, Utah
, United States. It was built in 1998 and is the tallest skyscraper in Utah
, standing 24 stories above street level and 121.9 m (399.9 ft) at roof level, 128.7 m (422.2 ft) at its highest point excluding the antenna.
(owners of Sav-on, Osco
, Jewel
grocery/pharmacy stores.) Shortly after completion, the company was acquired by Albertsons on August 3, 1998, and the building became known as the Delta Tower shortly thereafter. When Albertsons decided to move operations to the Hardware Building on 400 West near North Temple, the building was purchased by Wells Fargo Bank, and renamed to its current name.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
, United States. It was built in 1998 and is the tallest skyscraper in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, standing 24 stories above street level and 121.9 m (399.9 ft) at roof level, 128.7 m (422.2 ft) at its highest point excluding the antenna.
History
The American Stores Tower was originally built as the corporate headquarters for American StoresAmerican Stores
American Stores Company was an American public corporation and a holding company which ran chains of supermarkets and drugstores in the United States from 1917 through 1999...
(owners of Sav-on, Osco
Osco
Osco is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Osco is first mentioned in 1171 as Hoscho. In 1237 it was mentioned as Osco. Golasecca culture graves have been discovered in Freggio and Brusgnano. Osco was one of the three Degagne of the...
, Jewel
Jewel (supermarket)
Jewel-Osco is a supermarket chain headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Jewel-Osco has 182 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest Indiana.Jewel-Osco and Jewel are currently wholly owned subsidiaries of Eden Prairie,...
grocery/pharmacy stores.) Shortly after completion, the company was acquired by Albertsons on August 3, 1998, and the building became known as the Delta Tower shortly thereafter. When Albertsons decided to move operations to the Hardware Building on 400 West near North Temple, the building was purchased by Wells Fargo Bank, and renamed to its current name.
Details
- Architect - HKS Architects
- Elevator count - 13
- Building use - office, commercial
- Structural type - highrise
- Architectural style - postmodern
- Materials - glass and Cold Springs salt and pepper granite
- It has two helicopter pads on the roof
- KUTV is housed in the building