555 California Street, formerly known as the Bank of America Center, is a 52-story, 779 ft (237.4 m) skyscraper in San Francisco. It stands as the second tallest building in the city and the focal point of the Financial District. Completed in 1969, it was the world headquarters of Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank, at which point the company moved its headquarters to Charlotte. The building is sometimes called Triple Five Cal...
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555 California Street, formerly known as the Bank of America Center, is a 52-story, 779 ft (237.4 m) skyscraper in San Francisco. It stands as the second tallest building in the city and the focal point of the Financial District. Completed in 1969, it was the world headquarters of Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank, at which point the company moved its headquarters to Charlotte. The building is sometimes called Triple Five Cal or Triple Nickel Cal (based on its name) by bike messengers who deliver there.
On March 16, 2007, it was announced that Vornado Realty Trust had acquired a 70% interest from foreign investors with 30% in limited partnership interest still owned by Donald J. Trump. The building continued to be managed by the Shorenstein Company.
555 California Street was meant to be a deliberate and unmistakable display of Bank of America's wealth, power, and importance. To that end, the center was handled by the architecture firms Wurster, Benardi and Emmons...
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