Blackstone Plaza

Kiewit Plaza is one of the tallest buildings in Omaha, Nebraska. Located at 3555 Farnam Street at the corner of S 36th Street and home to the headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway^[1] since 1962^[2] when Warren Buffett dissolved his six partnerships into one partnership headquartered in this building.

It is named after Peter Kiewit's construction company, Peter Kiewit Sons', a company once considered as the most profitable construction company in the world^[3] and once called "Colossus of Roads".,^[4] which is also headquartered in the building.

References

^ Berkshire Hathaway site, http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
^ The Snowball by Alice Schroeder, p.240
^ The Snowball by Alice Schroeder, P.894
^ Dave Mack, "Colossus of Roads", Omaha Magazine, July 1977

41°15′27″N 95°57′56″W / 41.2574°N 95.9656°W / 41.2574; -95.9656

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[1] Berkshire Hathaway site, http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

[2] The Snowball by Alice Schroeder, p.240

[3] The Snowball by Alice Schroeder, P.894

[4] Dave Mack, "Colossus of Roads", Omaha Magazine, July 1977

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