FourFortyFour South Flower | |
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Former names | Citigroup Center Wells Fargo Building 444 Plaza Building |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 444 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°03′06″N 118°15′18″W / 34.051612°N 118.255050°W |
Construction started | 1978 |
Completed | 1981 [1] |
Owner | Coretrust Capital Partners [1] |
Management | Coretrust Management, LP |
Height | |
Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 48 |
Floor area | 83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 25 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
Developer | Rockefeller Group |
Main contractor | AECOM Hunt Tishman |
References | |
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FourFortyFour South Flower, formerly Citigroup Center, is a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 South Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California. [1] At the time of its completion, in 1981, the tower was the fifth-tallest in the city.
The structure was developed by the Rockefeller Group and designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates. It opened in 1981 as the Wells Fargo Building. [6] In 2003, Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, for US$170 million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd. [7] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009. [8] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016 [9] for $336 million. [10] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby 1 Cal Plaza building. [11]
FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles. [12] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery. [13]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019. [14]