Truist Center

Truist Center
Truist Center
Former names	Hearst Tower (2002–2019)
General information
Type	Office building
Location	214 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates	35°13′39″N 80°50′27″W / 35.227572°N 80.840803°W
Named for	Truist Financial; Hearst Communications (2002–2020)
Construction started	1999
Completed	2002
Opening	2002
Cost	$160 million (2002 USD)
Owner	Truist Financial
Height
Roof	659 feet (201 m)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Floor area	970,002 sq ft (90,116.1 m2)
Lifts/elevators	29
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc.
Developer	Trammel Crow Co. and The Keith Corporation
Other information
Public transit access	7th Street; Tryon Street

The Truist Center is a 47-story, 659 feet (201 m) skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1] The city's third tallest building, it is located along North Tryon Street. It was opened on November 14, 2002, and was the city's second tallest building,^[4] and was known as the "Hearst Tower" until 2019. The structure is composed of a 32-story tower resting atop a 15-floor podium. During Bank of America's occupancy in the building located on the podium was a three-story trading facility designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and operated by Bank of America. The trading facility included a 6,000-square-foot (560 m²), two-story trading floor. Now the former trading floor is part of Truist's 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) technology innovation center.^[5] The building is currently the headquarters of Truist Financial, which purchased the building in March 2020.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Hearst Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Sharipo, Amy (22 October 2022). "Charlotte's largest office buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^ Kalinoski, Gail (2019-06-13). "BB&T, SunTrust Take Big Lease at Charlotte Trophy Tower". Commercial Property Executive. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
^ "Hearst Tower built to charm pedestrians", The Charlotte Observer, August 25, 2000.
^ Hudson, Caroline (23 August 2022). "Truist unveils new Innovation and Technology Center at uptown HQ: 'It's a place people want to come and work'". Charlotte Inno.
^ Wright, Gordon (1 September 2003). "Topsy-Turvy Tower Skewed corners give Hearst Tower a distinctive image without upstaging a taller corporate neighbor in downtown Charlotte's banking mecca". Building Design + Construction. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[Truist-1] "Hearst Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[2] Sharipo, Amy (22 October 2022). "Charlotte's largest office buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

[3] Kalinoski, Gail (2019-06-13). "BB&T, SunTrust Take Big Lease at Charlotte Trophy Tower". Commercial Property Executive. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

[4] "Hearst Tower built to charm pedestrians", The Charlotte Observer, August 25, 2000.

[Hudson-5] Hudson, Caroline (23 August 2022). "Truist unveils new Innovation and Technology Center at uptown HQ: 'It's a place people want to come and work'". Charlotte Inno.

[bcd-6] Wright, Gordon (1 September 2003). "Topsy-Turvy Tower Skewed corners give Hearst Tower a distinctive image without upstaging a taller corporate neighbor in downtown Charlotte's banking mecca". Building Design + Construction. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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