City Place I is a 38-story, 537-foot (164 m) skyscraper at 185 Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the tallest building in the state, tallest building in New England outside of Boston, and about ten feet taller than Travelers Tower, built in 1919. City Place I was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and completed in 1980. The majority of the building is office space, though there are various restaurant and retail establishments found on the lower floors.
| City Place I | |
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 City Place I viewed from Bushnell Park | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 185 Asylum Street Hartford, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41°46′01″N 72°40′36″W / 41.766895°N 72.676615°W |
| Completed | 1980 |
| Owner | Paradigm Properties LLC |
| Management | Paradigm Properties LLC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 537 feet (164 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38 |
| Floor area | 76,180 m2 (820,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Structural engineer | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Website | |
| cityplace | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
The building was sold on April 2, 2012 to CommonWealth REIT, a real estate investment trust based in Newton, Massachusetts, for $99 million, by the original owner, CityPlace LLC. This price is approx. $112 per square foot.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ "City Place I". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 122585". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "City Place I". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ City Place I at Structurae
- ^ Associated Press (April 2, 2012). "Tallest building in Connecticut sold for $99 million". The Day. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2013.