Columbia Center
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skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Columbia Center is referenced by 268 other articles, and connects out to Safeco Plaza, list of tallest buildings by U.S. state and Washington, D.C..
The entry is geolocated on the map in WA.
Vinony files it under 1985 establishments in Washington (state), Bank of America buildings and Buildings and structures in Downtown Seattle.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Former names
- Bank of America Tower, Columbia Seafirst Center
- Preceded by
- Safeco Plaza
- Type
- Commercial offices
- Location
- 701 Fifth Avenue, Seattle , Washington , U.S.
- Completed
- January 12, 1985
- Opened
- March 2, 1985
- Cost
- US$ 200 million (approx. $599 million in 2025 dollars )
- Owner
- Gaw Capital Partners
- Architectural
- 933 ft (284 m)
- Tip
- 967 ft (295 m)
- Roof
- 937 ft (286 m)
- Observatory
- 902 ft (275 m)
- Floor count
- 76, (76 & 7 below ground)
- Floor area
- 1,538,000 sq ft (142,900 m )
- Architect
- Chester Lindsey Architects
- Developer
- Martin Selig
- Structural engineer
- Magnusson Klemencic Associates (formerly Skilling Helle Christiansen Robertson)
- Main contractor
- Howard S. Wright Construction
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- skyscraper
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Seattle
- Area
- 142891
- Material used
- glass
- Official website
- columbiacenterseattle.com
- Image
- Columbia center from smith tower.jpg
- Height
- 294.8
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- number of elevators
- 46
- Commons category
- Columbia Center (Seattle)
- floors above ground
- 76
- floors below ground
- 7
- capital cost
- 285000000
- native label
- Columbia Center
- date of official opening
- 1985-03-02
- inception
- 1985-01-12
- street address
- 701 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
The Columbia Center or Columbia Tower, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in the state of Washington, reaching a height of 933 ft (284 m). At the time of its completion in 1985, the Columbia Center was the tallest structure on the West Coast; as of 2017, it is the fourth-tallest, behind buildings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Columbia Center, developed by Martin Selig and designed by Chester L. Lindsey Architects, began construction in 1982 and was completed in 1985. The building is primarily leased for class-A office spaces by various companies, with the lower floors including retail space and the upper floors featuring a public observatory and private club lounge. The tower has the highest public viewing area west of the Mississippi River. It occupies most of the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Cherry and Columbia Streets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbia Center” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.