550 South Tryon

550 South Tryon
Former names	Duke Energy Center
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office building
Location	550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC
Coordinates	35°13′26.48″N 80°50′53.28″W / 35.2240222°N 80.8481333°W / 35.2240222; -80.8481333
Construction started	February 28, 2006
Opening	January 2010; 14 years ago (January 2010)
Cost	$880 million
Owner	Wells Fargo
Height
Roof	786 feet (240 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	48 floors (54 in total with mechanical floors)
Floor area	1,370,214 square feet (127,297.0 m2)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	tvsdesign
Structural engineer	TRC Worldwide Engineering, Inc.
Main contractor	Batson-Cook Company subcontractors: Boda Plumbing, Inc.; J Davis Contracting Juba Aluminum Products Co., Inc.
Other information
Public transit access	Brooklyn Village
Website
www.childressklein.com/550-s-tryon
References
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550 South Tryon (formerly the Duke Energy Center) is a 786-foot (240 m) tall,^[1] 48-floor (54 floors including mechanical floors) skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina.

When completed in 2010, it was the largest building in Charlotte (in square footage), second tallest building in Charlotte, 63rd tallest building in the United States, and the tallest in the world to use precast double tees.^[5]