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Rivergate Tower

Skyscraper in Tampa, Florida

Field	Value
name	Rivergate Tower
image	RivergateTower.jpg
location	400 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida
coordinates
start_date	1986
completion_date	1988
opening	1988
building_type	Office
roof	454 ft
floor_count	31
elevator_count	14
cost	$150 million
floor_area	515965 sqft
architect	Harry Wolf
owner	In-Rel Properties
management	In-Rel Properties

The Rivergate Tower, also known as the Beer Can Building, is a 454 ft skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. The skyscraper is the seventh tallest building in Tampa with 31 floors. Rivergate Tower's principal tenant is SouthState Bank.

History

The building was constructed in 1988 for $150 million as headquarters for North Carolina National Bank (NCNB), a predecessor to NationsBank. Parking is provided in a two-story sub-level structure with 731 spaces. The building was constructed from 1986 to 1988. Architect Harry Wolf based its measurements on the Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, leaving each tile in the floor and each window pane is bigger than the ones next to it. The building is faced in French and Texas limestone, making it one of the tallest limestone structures in the world. The distinctive cylindrical shape was meant to symbolize a lighthouse on the Tampa skyline.

The building was purchased by In-Rel Properties at a foreclosure sale in 2011 for $22 million.

Recognition

Harry Wolf's design for Rivergate Tower was given the 1993 National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

On April 18, 2012, the American Institute of Architects's Florida Chapter placed the Rivergate Tower on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.

Neighboring structures

An adjacent cube-shaped building houses the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts along with a bank and a café. Just to the north of the tower is Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, and just to the west is the Tampa Riverwalk on the Hillsborough River.

References

(November 21, 2013). "Hoist a cold one for the Beercan Building's 25th".
(July 30, 2019). "Name that skyscraper. These are the tallest buildings in the Tampa Bay area.".
"SouthState To Open Office in Tampa’s Rivergate Tower".
(2007). "A Guide to Historic Tampa, Florida". History Press.
"Welcome to Rivergate Tower's Tenant Portal".
(February 16, 2012). "Tampa's "beer can" building remodeled, ready for new chapter". Tampa Bay Times.
(June 1, 2019). "FLORIDA BUILDINGS I LOVE: No. 125: Rivergate Tower, 1988, Tampa".
"Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.".

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