Infomart
| INFOMART | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 1950 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 32°48′03″N 96°49′11″W / 32.800953°N 96.819657°WCoordinates: 32°48′03″N 96°49′11″W / 32.800953°N 96.819657°W |
| Opening | 1985 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Martin Growald |
| Developer | Trammell Crow |
The Infomart is one of the largest buildings in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was the world’s first and only information processing marketing center.[1]
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[edit] History
The $85 million Infomart was opened as part of Trammell Crow's Dallas Market Center in 1985 on the site of the P.C. Cobb Stadium. It was built to serve the needs of information technology companies and provide an environment that would stimulate growth. After several years as a permanent trade show for information technology vendors, the building was sold in 1999 and 2006.[2] The building was purchased by DCI Holdings and currently serves as a technology office and data center, home to more than 110 technology and telecommunications companies.[3]
[edit] Design
At 1,583,309-square-foot (147,094.2 m2) spread across 7 floors and 18.2 acres (74,000 m2), the Infomart is one of the largest and most distinctive buildings in Dallas.[4] The design was modeled after The Crystal Palace, a huge iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park in 19th century Britain to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.[5] The Infomart also contains a reproduction of the Crystal Fountain created by the same company, Barovier-Toso.[6] Prince Charles visited the Infomart on February 18, 1986 and promotional materials stated that England’s Parliament declared the Infomart official successor to the Crystal Palace.[3]
The Infomart was built with steel frame curtain wall construction. The building's hospital-grade electrical power is supplied by 4 independent electric feeds and six in-building transformer substations, providing a very reliable source. More than 16 fiber providers have a physical presence at the Infomart, allowing 8,700 strands of fiber into the building with bandwidth capacity near 26 trillion bytes per second.[7]
[edit] Location
The Infomart is located at 1950 N. Stemmons Freeway in the Market Center neighborhood between Oak Lawn and Interstate 35E near downtown. It is served by DART's Market Center Station.
[edit] References
- ^ http://dallasmarketcenter.com/documents/oview_history.pdf
- ^ Jordan, Jaime S. (2006-02-08). "Dallas Infomart sold to California firm - Dallas Business Journal". Dallas.bizjournals.com. http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/02/06/daily32.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ a b http://www.infomartusa.com/history_home.html
- ^ "ULI - Development Case Studies". Casestudies.uli.org. http://casestudies.uli.org/Profile.aspx?j=7987&p=1&c=7. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Infomart". Infomartusa.com. http://www.infomartusa.com/buildinginfo.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "entschwindet und vergeht: the Infomart Uncanny". Youyouidiot.blogspot.com. 2009-10-06. http://youyouidiot.blogspot.com/2009/10/infomart-uncanny.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Infomart". Infomartusa.com. http://www.infomartusa.com/building_infrastructure.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
