Whitacre Tower, also known as One AT&T Plaza, and formerly known as One Bell Plaza, is a 37-story high-rise in

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, built adjacent to the Akard Street Mall in 1984. The building is the headquarters for

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and

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, which operates as "AT&T Southwest". It is 580 feet (177 m) tall, the 13th-tallest building in the city. The white stone and glass skyscraper has over of office space.Brown, Steve.
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History

The Whitacre Tower was built in 1982. AT&T moved its headquarters to the tower from a location in

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, in 2008.

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Tom Leppert said then he hoped AT&T would stay in the central city. Most of the around 700 workers moving to the Whitacre Tower were moved into 17 floors that were being refurbished. In August 2008, AT&T sold the tower to Icahn Enterprises and took a long-term lease in the tower. AT&T renamed the tower the "Whitacre Tower" after Edward Whitacre, Jr., a former chairman and chief executive, in 2009. AT&T moved

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, a gold statue, from its Bedminster, New Jersey, offices to the Whitacre Tower.Bush, Rudolph.
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