EverBank Center
It takes up an entire city block in Downtown Jacksonville. The building was built by The Auchter Company. A notable feature of the structure is that each floor has 16 corner offices.
The entrance to the building features a two-story atrium. There is a 280-seat auditorium on the second level and a backup power system for the entire building. The JTA Skyway central station is across the street and an adjoining seven-level parking garage has spaces for 641 vehicles.
History
The building was designed by KBJ Architects and opened in 1983. The building was constructed on the former site of the Hotel Mayflower.
The tower was built for the Southern Bell Telephone company. The following year, American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) was forced to divest its regional phone companies and Southern Bell became a unit of BellSouth; the signage was changed to reflect the new name. In 2006, AT&T re-acquired BellSouth and the signage was changed back to AT&T in 2008.
Ownership
In September 2004, the building and a nearby garage were purchased by El-Ad Group for $90.9 million. In 2014, the building and the nearby parking garage were acquired by Amkin Real Estate for $47.4 million.
Tenants
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is a tenant.
In 2011, CSX vacated space it had rented in the tower, leaving it mostly empty. Later that year, the City of Jacksonville finalized a deal with EverBank, in which the bank received tax incentives to relocate over 1,200 employees into 9 floors of the building and add 200 jobs.
In April 2013, AT&T vacated the building.
Gallery
See also
- Architecture of Jacksonville
- Downtown Jacksonville
- List of tallest buildings in Jacksonville
- List of tallest buildings in Florida
References
- ^ "AT&T Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
- ^ "AT&T Tower". SkyscraperPage.com.
- ^ "301 W Bay St". LoopNet.
- ^ Geddes, Ryan (September 6, 2004). "Tower sells for $91M". American City Business Journals.
- ^ Bull, Roger (September 4, 2014). "Downtown Jacksonville's EverBank Center sells for $47.4 million". The Florida Times-Union.
- ^ Mathis, Karen Brune (September 4, 2014). "Update: EverBank Center sold for $47.4 million, new owners bringing 'seasoned experience'". Jacksonville Daily Record.
- ^ "Contact Us". Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
- ^ Mathis, Karen Brune (December 19, 2011). "EverBank to move Downtown, AT&T Tower 301 becomes EverBank Center". Jacksonville Daily Record.
- ^ Bull, Roger (August 13, 2013). "Downtown's largest building with big hole to fill as AT&T is leaving EverBank Center". The Florida Times-Union.