1201 Pacific

1201 Pacific, formerly the Wells Fargo Plaza, is the tallest building in Tacoma, Washington, and was completed in 1970. It was built with help from investors such as George Weyerhaeuser and Ben Cheney,^{[citation needed]} and was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.^[3]

Key Information

1201 Pacific
Wells Fargo Plaza from Commerce Street
Interactive map of the 1201 Pacific area
Former names	Wells Fargo Plaza, Bank of Washington Plaza, First Interstate Plaza
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1201 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates	47°15′08″N 122°26′15″W / 47.252194°N 122.437429°W / 47.252194; -122.437429
Construction started	1969
Completed	1970
Renovated	1988
Cost	$14 million
Owner	Unico Properties
Height
Architectural	338 ft (103 m)
Roof	290 ft (88 m)
Technical details
Floor count	25
Floor area	308,000 sq ft (28,600 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Other information
Parking	418
References
[1][2]
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The $14 million building was announced in 1968 and uses land that was cleared under Tacoma's urban renewal program. It was originally built for the National Bank of Washington,^[4] which was acquired in 1970 by Pacific National Bank (later First Interstate Bank of Washington),^[5] in turn acquired in 1996 by Wells Fargo.^[6] It was known as the Wells Fargo Center until 2016, when it lost its naming rights.^[7]

The building, now owned by Unico Properties, was awarded LEED Silver certification in 2011.^[8]

1. ^ "1201 Pacific". CVU Skyscraper Center.
2. ^ "Emporis building ID 125343". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
3. ^ "Unico Properties". Unico Properties. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
4. ^ "Bank Will Build Tacoma's Tallest". The Seattle Times. November 20, 1968. p. 2.
5. ^ "State's third largest bank created in merger today". The Seattle Times. August 17, 1970. p. B6.
6. ^ Buck, Richard (January 24, 1996). "Wells Fargo buying First Interstate Bank, state's 4th largest". The Seattle Times. p. A1.
7. ^ Roberts, C.R. (August 2, 2016). "Tacoma, don't call it the Wells Fargo tower anymore". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
8. ^ "Year In Review: LEED silver Wells Fargo Plaza". Tacoma Daily Index. December 22, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2017.

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