City Place I
City Place I is a 38-story, 163.7 m (537 ft) skyscraper at 185 Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the tallest building in the state, and two meters taller than Travelers Tower, built in 1919. City Place I was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in 1980. The majority of the building is office space, though there are various restaurant and retail establishments found on the lower floors.
| City Place I | |
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.jpg) City Place (right) viewed from Bushnell Park | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 185 Asylum Street Hartford, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.766895°N 72.676615°W |
| Completed | 1980 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 163.7 m (537 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38 |
| Floor area | 76,180 m2 (820,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Structural engineer | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| References | |
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The building was sold on April 2, 2012 to CommonWealth REIT, a real estate investment trust based in Newton, Massachusetts, for $99 million, by the original owner, CityPlace LLC. This price is approx. $112 per square foot.[5]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Hartford
- List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
References
- "City Place I". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- City Place I at Emporis
- "City Place I". SkyscraperPage.
- City Place I at Structurae
- Associated Press (2 April 2012). "Tallest building in Connecticut sold for $99 million". The Day. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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