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Comerica Bank Tower (formerly Momentum Place, Bank One Center and Chase Center) is a 60-story postmodern skyscraper located at 1717 Main Street in the Main Street District in downtown Dallas, Texas . Standing at a structural height of , it is the third tallest skyscraper in the city of Dallas. (If the antennas and spires of Renaissance Tower were excluded, Comerica Bank Tower would be the second tallest.) It is also the sixth tallest building in Texas and the 49th tallest building in the United States. The building was designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and was completed in 1987. The structure has of office space. == History == Originally known as Momentum Place, the tower was built as the new headquarters of MCorp Bank. The site, which included the Woolf Brothers and Volk Brothers department stores, was one of the busiest blocks in downtown Dallas. Adjacent blocks included the Neiman Marcus Building, Wilson Building, Titche-Goettinger Building and Mercantile National Bank Building. The entire block from Ervay to St. Paul was leveled to make way for the new tower. The original design as proposed by Johnson called for several office buildings, a hotel and a large shopping mall designed in an ornate classical style. MCorp Bank instead desired a more restrained office tower without any retail; the design for the banking hall was also scaled down.〔David Dillon. "PHILIP JOHNSON - The flamboyant architect has transformed skylines from New York to Houston. What's in store for Dallas?." The Dallas Morning News 28 Apr. 1985, HOME FINAL, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: 1C. NewsBank. Web. 4 Jan. 2010.〕 Construction began in 1985 and the tower opened in 1987, with MCorp initially leasing of space after moving from the Mercantile National Bank Building. At time of completion it was the most legally-contested building on the Dallas skyline due to the economic downturn of the late 1980s and the savings and loan scandal. MCorp Bank collapsed shortly after the building's opening and the bank was dissolved by Bank One. Developers and financial backers sued over ownership of the tower. Other parties defaulted on loans, and the building went into foreclosure in 1991 and again in 1995, the two largest in city history.〔http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/3043650509/in/pool-dallasurbanhistory〕 Without a lead tenant, the tower was remarketed into fully leasable class AA office space. Due to the economic downturn, this was the last high-rise to be completed in downtown in the 1980s.〔http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=118428 Emporis Facts〕 In 1997 Crescent Real Estate Equities, in partnership with the financer Trizec Properties, bought the Bank One Center from Cigna and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for $238 million.〔Brown, Steve. "(Crescent, TrizecHahn buy Bank One Center )." ''The Dallas Morning News''. October 24, 1997. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.〕 On December 14, 2006, Crescent sold the structure for US$216 million to Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Real Estate Developers. On March 6, 2007, Comerica announced its decision to relocate its corporate headquarters to Dallas.〔("Company Press Release - Comerica to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Dallas" ) ((Archive )) Comerica Bank. March 6, 2007. Retrieved on November 23, 2013.〕 In August the company announced that it selected 1717 Main Street in Downtown Dallas and that the tower would be renamed Comerica Bank Tower.〔("Company Press Release - Comerica Announces Site of New Corporate Headquarters in Texas" ) Comerica Bank. August 13, 2007. Retrieved on March 8, 2014.〕 The company executives began moving into 1717 Main Street in November 2007.〔Hethcock, Bill. "Large ad agency cites area's vibrancy in decision to return." ''Dallas Business Journal''. December 9, 2007. p. (2 ). Retrieved October 17, 2010. "In August, Comerica Inc. announced it would move into the skyscraper, formerly known as Bank One Center, when the banking and financial firm relocated its headquarters from Detroit. Comerica leased five floors -- 164,000 square feet -- and the building was renamed to reflect its new lead tenant. Comerica executives began moving in last month."〕 The firm TM Advertising planned to move into the building on January 2, 2008. It was scheduled to take four floors,〔Hethcock, Bill. "Large ad agency cites area's vibrancy in decision to return." ''Dallas Business Journal''. December 9, 2007. p. (1 ). Retrieved October 17, 2010.〕 with a total of of space.〔 340 employees were scheduled to move there.〔 The space TM moved into was previously occupied by TXU Energy.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comerica Bank Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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