South Tryon Square
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South Tryon Square is an office and retail building in Charlotte, North Carolina
located at 201 and 237 South Tryon Street. Incorporating the 14-story former BarclaysAmerican building built in 1961, it has 236680 square feet (21,988.3 m²) of office and retail space and a 698-space parking deck. It includes gray and green granite
and green glass with ornamental metal.
across the street may have been the state's first Miesian
glass and steel
skyscrapers
. Their design was based on the Lever House
skyscraper in New York City
.
American Credit Corporation, whose "ACC" logo on top of the building became prominent in Charlotte's skyline, became BarclaysAmerican in 1980.
Spectrum Properties renovated the BarclaysAmerican building in the 1990s. Tearing the building down was considered, but developers added a new exterior.
At the time the building was sold for $68.5 million to a pension fund
for the city of Detroit in 2006, major tenants included Wachovia
, Dean & DeLuca
, and a Marriott Courtyard
hotel
. Spectrum continued to manage the building.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
located at 201 and 237 South Tryon Street. Incorporating the 14-story former BarclaysAmerican building built in 1961, it has 236680 square feet (21,988.3 m²) of office and retail space and a 698-space parking deck. It includes gray and green granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and green glass with ornamental metal.
History
The George Cutter Building and the NCNB Building200 South Tryon
200 South Tryon is a tall skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 1961 and has 18 floors. It is the 19th tallest building in the city...
across the street may have been the state's first Miesian
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname....
glass and steel
Steel frame
Steel frame usually refers to a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal -beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame...
skyscrapers
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
. Their design was based on the Lever House
Lever House
Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, is the quintessential and seminal glass-box skyscraper built in the International style according to the design principles of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Completed in 1952, it was...
skyscraper in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
American Credit Corporation, whose "ACC" logo on top of the building became prominent in Charlotte's skyline, became BarclaysAmerican in 1980.
Spectrum Properties renovated the BarclaysAmerican building in the 1990s. Tearing the building down was considered, but developers added a new exterior.
At the time the building was sold for $68.5 million to a pension fund
Pension fund
A pension fund is any plan, fund, or scheme which provides retirement income.Pension funds are important shareholders of listed and private companies. They are especially important to the stock market where large institutional investors dominate. The largest 300 pension funds collectively hold...
for the city of Detroit in 2006, major tenants included Wachovia
Wachovia
Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...
, Dean & DeLuca
Dean & DeLuca
Dean & DeLuca is a chain of upscale grocery stores. The first one was established in New York City's SoHo district by Joel Dean, Giorgio DeLuca and Jack Ceglic in September 1977. It is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.-Locations:...
, and a Marriott Courtyard
Marriott International
Marriott International, Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by son J.W. Marriott, Jr...
hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
. Spectrum continued to manage the building.