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. It is the second tallest building in the state of

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. Built in 1976, it is tall.

History

The design was released in 1973 by Thomas F. Marshall who at the time worked for the Tulsa Oklahoma firm of Kelley-Marshall & Associates. In 1974 Marshall formed his own firm of Thomas F. Marshall Associates. Associate architect was Schoenberger, Straub, Florence & Associates of Phoenix. Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates were consulting architects on the project. Ground was broken in 1974 and the tower was constructed by the M. M. Sundt Construction Company of Phoenix. In 1975 when the building was about half complete the Del E. Webb Realty & Management Company a subsidiary of the

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was named the leasing and property manager. The Webb firm also served as project manager to Sundt for the last year of construction. When it was built, it served as the headquarters for Arizona Bancwest, parent company of The Arizona Bank, which (after Arizona passed legislation allowing for interstate banking) was acquired by

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–based

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in 1986 (itself in turn acquired by

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in 1992). Bank of America then occupied the tower until 2000 when the Bank of America Tower was built at the Collier Center. In January 2005, this tower was renamed U.S. Bank Center and underwent a modest

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to reflect the building's newest and largest tenant. New ground-floor restaurants were added and the building was repainted; the restaurants have since closed. The new U.S. Bank signs were installed in February 2005. In September 2022, U.S. Bank left the tower, and the signs were removed shortly thereafter. The building is designed in the

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. Above the

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sits a seven level

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. The tower rises an additional 23 floors for a total of 31 above ground floors. The building was also the first high rise in Phoenix to be built with an automatic

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