191 Peachtree Tower

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191 Peachtree Tower

Location	191 Peachtree Street Northeast Atlanta
Status	Complete
Constructed	1990
Roof	770 feet (235 meters)
Floor count	50
Companies
Architect	Johnson/Burgee Architects
Developer	Hines
Owner	Cousins Properties

191 Peachtree Tower is the fourth tallest skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia. Standing in at 770 feet (235 m) and 50 stories, it is also among the tallest 200 buildings in the world.

Designed by Johnson/Burgee Architects and Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc, the building was completed in 1990 and won BOMA Building of the Year Awards the next year, repeating in 1998 and 2003. The building was originally proposed in July 1987 at 48 floors. The building's facade is made of flame finished Rosa Dante granite and the windows are made of gray tinted glass. Each "tower" possesses a rooftop crown that is illuminated at night. The primary entrance to the building is through a soaring 102-foot (7 stories / 31 m) tall atrium adjacent to Peachtree Street in Downtown Atlanta.

Throughout the 1990s 191 Peachtree was considered Atlanta's premier business address. However when two of its largest tenants, law firm King & Spalding, and Wachovia moved to Midtown's new 1180 Peachtree and Atlantic Station respectively in 2006, most of the building was left vacant. That same year, Cousins Properties purchased the building from Equity Office Properties, which marked a return to 191 for the company as it helped originally develop the building. Cousins relocated their headquarters to the building,^[1] signed a number of small tenants to subdivided space and in January 2008, signed an agreement with Deloitte to extend and expand the consulting firm's current lease from 100,000 s.f. to 260,000 s.f. bringing the building back to 87% occupancy.^[2]

[edit] See also

Architecture of Atlanta
List of skyscrapers A listing of buildings of this same type

[edit] References

^ "Cousins posts $232 million in annual net income", Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2007-02-05. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
^ "Deloitte grows at One Ninety One Peachtree", Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2008-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.

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Coordinates: 33°45′32″N, 84°23′13″W

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