Union Pacific Center at 1400 Douglas Street is a high-rise building in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. It houses the headquarters of the

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and its parent company, the

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. It officially opened in June 2004 and rises making it the fifth tallest building in Omaha.

History

In April 1999,

, then based in

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, announced that it would be moving its headquarters to Omaha, Nebraska. Their first headquarters in Omaha was built in 1910 and hadn't been expanded since 1971. Construction of a new Union Pacific headquarters had been speculated for years. However, it wasn't until June, 2001, that plans for a new headquarters were announced. The building would have 19 floors, contain of space, and was at an estimated cost of $260 million. Union Pacific also announced that it would consolidate employees from ten locations in Omaha, with around 700 customer service jobs from

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. The center was built on the former site of the Rialto Theater, which was demolished in 1986 to make a parking lot. The rest of the buildings were demolished in December 2001. Ground was broken on May 10, 2002, commemorating the 133rd anniversary of the

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. Union Pacific Center officially opened on June 2, 2004.

Design

The Union Pacific Center is often described as resembling a cube, due to the building's width to height ratio. The

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is made primarily granite, and tinted glass. The Union Pacific Center contains several setbacks.

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