Wells Fargo Center (Denver)
architectural structure (skyscraper) in Denver, Colorado
Wells Fargo Center (formerly One Norwest Center) is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is known colloquially as the Cash Register Building for the way its uppermost floors curve together resembling the shape of an antique cash register. At 52 stories tall, it is 698 feet (213 m) high and the third tallest building in Denver. It is shorter than the Republic Plaza building at 714 feet (218 m), and 1801 California Street at 709 feet (216 m).
The building was designed by architect Philip Johnson, under a master plan by I. M. Pei, and was completed in 1983. As it was originally designed to be for a downtown area in Texas, a heated roof is necessary to prevent snow from accumulating and sliding dangerously off the curved crown. Located at 1700 Lincoln Street, a skybridge over Lincoln Street connects the Wells Fargo Center to the older Mile High Center at 1700 Broadway; which also housed retail and offices branch of Wells Fargo Bank until they sold them to Beacon Capital Partners in 2020. Both buildings have large atria constructed in the same cash register style. The building has its own ZIP code, 80274.
Beacon Capital Partners bought the building from Maguire Properties Denver in 2012 for $387.5 million.
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