The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is a 14- story highrise at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of

downtown Atlanta Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The largest of the city's three commercial districts (Midtown Atlanta, Midtown and Buckhead being the others), it is the location of many corporate and region ...

, which houses the business school of

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. When completed in 1901 as the Empire Building, it was the first steel-frame structure and the tallest in the city, until surpassed by the Candler Building in 1906. Morgan & Dillon and Hentz, Adler & Shutze were architects. In 1972, while named the Citizens & Southern National Bank Building, the structure was added to the

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. The ground floor houses a full-service

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branch.

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purchased Citizens & Southern National Bank in 1991, and after later acquiring BankAmerica Corp., it, along with its branches, was renamed Bank of America. The building doubled as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan association building in the 2016 film ''

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'', a biopic of

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starring

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Robinson College of Business official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, J. Mack, College of Business Administration Building Commercial buildings completed in 1901 Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta Georgia State University Morgan & Dillon buildings National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Hentz, Reid & Adler buildings City of Atlanta-designated historic sites 1901 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Georgia (U.S. state)

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